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Liu Xiaobo

1955 - 2017

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Liu Xiaobo (Chinese: 刘晓波; pinyin: Liú Xiǎobō; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in China. He was arrested numerous times, and was described as China's most prominent dissident and the country's most famous political prisoner. On 26 June 2017, he was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with liver cancer; he died a few weeks later on 13 July 2017. Liu rose to fame in 1980s Chinese literary circles with his exemplary literary critiques. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liu Xiaobo is the 81st most popular social activist (up from 96th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from China (up from 205th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Social Activist.

Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese dissident, human rights activist, and literary critic. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" in 2009. He became the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to be imprisoned in China.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Liu Xiaobo ranks 81 out of 840. Before him are Gunnar Sønsteby, Camilo Cienfuegos, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Anneliese Michel, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, and Martin Niemöller. After him are Jenny von Westphalen, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Buenaventura Durruti, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Axel Munthe, and Lê Đức Thọ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Liu Xiaobo ranks 29. Before him are Isabelle Adjani, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Haitham bin Tariq, Donatella Versace, Whoopi Goldberg, and Katalin Karikó. After him are Angus Young, John Hinckley Jr., Olga Korbut, Guillermo Lasso, Mariano Rajoy, and Nina Hagen. Among people deceased in 2017, Liu Xiaobo ranks 36. Before him are Martin Landau, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Mário Soares, Simone Veil, Slobodan Praljak, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. After him are Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, Liliane Bettencourt, and Emmanuelle Riva.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liu Xiaobo ranks 154 out of 1,610. Before him are Empress Lü (-241), Emperor Huizong of Song (1082), Huineng (638), Jiang Ziya (-1090), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), and Chenghua Emperor (1447). After him are Zhu De (1886), Hongzhi Emperor (1470), Faxian (340), Wen Jiabao (1942), Soong Mei-ling (1897), and Wang Yangming (1472).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In China

Among social activists born in China, Liu Xiaobo ranks 1. After him are Zhang Jue (200), Meng Huo (101), Chen Sheng (-250), Li Hongzhi (1951), Zhang Guotao (1897), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Chen Qimei (1878), Harry Wu (1937), Hu Jia (1973), Chen Guangcheng (1971), and Wu'erkaixi (1968).

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