POLITICIAN

Huang Xianfan

1899 - 1982

Huang Xianfan

Huang Xianfan (Zhuang: Vangz Yenfanh; simplified Chinese: 黄现璠; traditional Chinese: 黄現璠; pinyin: Huáng Xiànfán; Wade–Giles: Huang2 Hsien4-fan2; November 13, 1899 – January 18, 1982) was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator. Huang is considered one of the founders of modern Chinese ethnology. He dedicated five decades of his life to the study of history and ethnology, his research encompassing a vast range of fields, including Chinese general history, pre-Qin history, medieval history, social and living history, cultural history, ethnology, linguistics, and Zhuang studies. His magnum opus, "A General Outline of Tang Dynasty Society," is widely hailed as the first comprehensive study of Tang dynasty social history in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Huang Xianfan is the 32nd most popular politician (down from 29th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from China (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Politician.

Huang Xianfan is most famous for his involvement in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Huang Xianfan ranks 32 out of 19,576. Before him are Charlemagne, George V, James VI and I, Commodus, Edward VI of England, and Mehmed the Conqueror. After him are William McKinley, Umar, Edward VIII, Ulysses S. Grant, George III of the United Kingdom, and Kim Il-sung.

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Charlemagne
748 - 814
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 26
George V
1865 - 1936
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 27
James VI and I
1566 - 1625
HPI: 89.83
Rank: 28
Commodus
161 - 192
HPI: 89.79
Rank: 29
Edward VI of England
1537 - 1553
HPI: 89.67
Rank: 30
Mehmed the Conqueror
1432 - 1481
HPI: 89.49
Rank: 31
Huang Xianfan
1899 - 1982
HPI: 89.40
Rank: 32
William McKinley
1843 - 1901
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 33
Umar
585 - 644
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 34
Edward VIII
1894 - 1972
HPI: 89.23
Rank: 35
Ulysses S. Grant
1822 - 1885
HPI: 89.19
Rank: 36
George III of the United Kingdom
1738 - 1820
HPI: 89.11
Rank: 37
Kim Il-sung
1912 - 1994
HPI: 89.10
Rank: 38

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Huang Xianfan ranks 1. After him are Ernest Hemingway, Jorge Luis Borges, Alfred Hitchcock, Frederick IX of Denmark, Al Capone, Lavrentiy Beria, Vladimir Nabokov, Yasunari Kawabata, Friedrich Hayek, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Humphrey Bogart. Among people deceased in 1982, Huang Xianfan ranks 1. After him are Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, Ayn Rand, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Bergman, Philip Noel-Baker, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, and Arthur Rubinstein.

Others Born in 1899

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Huang Xianfan
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1982
HPI: 89.40
Rank: 1
Ernest Hemingway
WRITER
1899 - 1961
HPI: 84.99
Rank: 2
Jorge Luis Borges
WRITER
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 3
Alfred Hitchcock
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1980
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 4
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 5
Al Capone
MAFIOSO
1899 - 1947
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 6
Lavrentiy Beria
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1953
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 7
Vladimir Nabokov
WRITER
1899 - 1977
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 8
Yasunari Kawabata
WRITER
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 9
Friedrich Hayek
ECONOMIST
1899 - 1992
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 10
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 1918
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 11
Humphrey Bogart
ACTOR
1899 - 1957
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 12