MARTIAL ARTS

Ip Man

1893 - 1972

Ip Man

Ip Man (born Ip Kai-man; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right, the most famous among them being Bruce Lee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ip Man is the most popular martial arts, the 19th most popular biography from China (up from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Martial Arts.

Ip Man is most famous for being the first martial arts instructor to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun to Westerners.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Ip Man ranks 1 out of 179. After him are Kanō Jigorō, Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Choi Hong Hi, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Conor McGregor, Matsumura Sōkon, and Jon Jones.

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Ip Man
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 1
Kanō Jigorō
1860 - 1938
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 2
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 3
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 4
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
Choi Hong Hi
1918 - 2002
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 6
Wong Fei-hung
1925 - 1925
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 7
Huo Yuanjia
1868 - 1910
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 8
Linda Lee Cadwell
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 9
Conor McGregor
1988 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 10
Matsumura Sōkon
1809 - 1899
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 11
Jon Jones
1987 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ip Man ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong, Hermann Göring, and Joan Miró. After him are Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Walter Ulbricht, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Leslie Howard, Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Alexander of Greece. Among people deceased in 1972, Ip Man ranks 4. Before him are Edward VIII, Harry S. Truman, and Maria Goeppert Mayer. After him are Frederick IX of Denmark, Ezra Pound, Yasunari Kawabata, M. C. Escher, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Neilia Hunter Biden, Kwame Nkrumah, and Paul-Henri Spaak.

Others Born in 1893

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Mao Zedong
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 88.70
Rank: 1
Hermann Göring
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.02
Rank: 2
Joan Miró
PAINTER
1893 - 1983
HPI: 82.90
Rank: 3
Ip Man
MARTIAL ARTS
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 4
Joachim von Ribbentrop
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 5
Alfred Rosenberg
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 6
Walter Ulbricht
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1973
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 7
Vladimir Mayakovsky
WRITER
1893 - 1930
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 8
Leslie Howard
ACTOR
1893 - 1943
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 9
Allen Dulles
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1969
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 10
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1893 - 1937
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 11
Alexander of Greece
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1920
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1972

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Edward VIII
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 89.23
Rank: 1
Harry S. Truman
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 2
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 3
Ip Man
MARTIAL ARTS
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 4
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 5
Ezra Pound
WRITER
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 6
Yasunari Kawabata
WRITER
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 7
M. C. Escher
ARTIST
1898 - 1972
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 8
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 9
Neilia Hunter Biden
COMPANION
1942 - 1972
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 10
Kwame Nkrumah
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1972
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 11
Paul-Henri Spaak
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 12