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Xu Xiangqian

1901 - 1990

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Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 – September 21, 1990) was a Marshal of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He was the son of a wealthy landowner, but joined the Kuomintang's (KMT) National Revolutionary Army (NRA), against his parents' wishes, in 1924. When the Chinese Civil War started in 1927, Xu joined the Eyuwan Soviet led by Zhang Guotao; Xu became commander of the Eyuwan-based Fourth Red Army. Zhang and Xu retreated to northern Sichuan after being defeated by a KMT encirclement campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xu Xiangqian is the 12,269th most popular politician (down from 11,535th in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from China (down from 767th in 2019) and the 397th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xu Xiangqian ranks 12,269 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Ekaterina Maximova, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Nabu-mukin-zeri, Marco I Sanudo, and José María Guido. After him are Milan Neralić, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Nicolò da Ponte, Koppány, Carl Schurz, and Valeriya Novodvorskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Xu Xiangqian ranks 171. Before him are Werner Egk, Fernando Tambroni, Edgar Ende, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Joseph Wendel, and Maurice Evans. After him are Julio Libonatti, Ugo Frigerio, Henri Sauguet, Alberto Hurtado, Hans Erich Nossack, and Elias Katz. Among people deceased in 1990, Xu Xiangqian ranks 142. Before him are Vladimir Stoychev, Zhang Qun, John Hansen, Carl A. Wirtanen, Jorge Bolet, and Alberto Lleras Camargo. After him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Otto E. Neugebauer, Rocky Graziano, Gerald Bull, Mario Pizziolo, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xu Xiangqian ranks 768 out of 1,610. Before him are Wei Jingsheng (1950), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Xiao Hong (1911), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Song Yu (-298), and Chen Jingrun (1933). After him are Shi Jingtang (892), Deng Sui (81), Rong Yiren (1916), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), and Tung Chee-hwa (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Xu Xiangqian ranks 397. Before him are Wan Li (1916), Zhang Qun (1889), Meng Hongwei (1953), Huang Fu (1883), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), and Nicholas Poppe (1897). After him are Deng Sui (81), Rong Yiren (1916), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Yikuang (1838), and Yang Jiechi (1950).

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