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Jiang Qing

1914 - 1991

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Jiang Qing (March 1914 – 14 May 1991; also spelled as Chiang Ching) was a Chinese communist revolutionary, actress, and political figure. She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount leader of China. Jiang was best known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution as the leader of the radical Gang of Four. Born into a declining family with an abusive father and a mother who worked as a domestic servant and sometimes a prostitute, Jiang Qing became a renowned actress in Shanghai, and later the wife of Mao Zedong in Yan'an, in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiang Qing is the 1,442nd most popular politician (down from 1,015th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from China (down from 66th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Chinese Politician.

Jiang Qing is most famous for being a member of the Gang of Four, a group of Chinese communist officials who were blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiang Qing ranks 1,442 out of 19,576. Before her are Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Petronius Maximus, Clement Attlee, Samo, and Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. After her are Edith Wilson, Vladimir II Monomakh, Antiochus V Eupator, Urho Kekkonen, Astyages, and Shang Yang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jiang Qing ranks 16. Before her are Tenzing Norgay, Marguerite Duras, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Alec Guinness. After her are Richard Widmark, Michael Wittmann, Jack LaLanne, Romain Gary, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and William S. Burroughs. Among people deceased in 1991, Jiang Qing ranks 14. Before her are Carl David Anderson, Yves Montand, Klaus Barbie, Klaus Kinski, Gustáv Husák, and W. Arthur Lewis. After her are Graham Greene, John Bardeen, Miles Davis, Frank Capra, Marcel Lefebvre, and Lazar Kaganovich.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jiang Qing ranks 82 out of 1,610. Before her are Jianwen Emperor (1377), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), 2nd Dalai Lama (1476), Wanli Emperor (1563), Soong Ching-ling (1893), and Fuxi (-2900). After her are Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), Emperor Yao (-2324), and Hu Yaobang (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Jiang Qing ranks 51. Before her are Jianwen Emperor (1377), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), 2nd Dalai Lama (1476), Wanli Emperor (1563), Soong Ching-ling (1893), and Fuxi (-2900). After her are Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Emperor Yao (-2324), Hu Yaobang (1915), Daoguang Emperor (1782), and Hongxi Emperor (1378).

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