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Zhang Wentian

1900 - 1976

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Zhang Wentian (30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Nanhui, he attended the Hohai Civil Engineering School in Nanjing and spent a year at the University of California. He later joined the CCP in 1925 and was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, from 1926 to 1930. He was a member of the group known as the 28 Bolsheviks, but switched to supporting Mao Zedong during the Long March. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhang Wentian is the 8,670th most popular politician (down from 7,988th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from China (down from 584th in 2019) and the 327th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhang Wentian ranks 8,670 out of 19,576Before him are Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Shantanu, Ignaz Seipel, Fritz Fischer, Galeazzo I Visconti, and Lubomír Štrougal. After him are Urbano Rattazzi, Edmund Heines, Emperor An of Jin, Alexander Orlov, Maria, wife of Constantine V, and Garret Hobart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Zhang Wentian ranks 115Before him are Emanuel Ringelblum, Evald Aav, Leonardo Conti, Arnold Orville Beckman, Herbert Blumer, and Otto Braun. After him are Santos Urdinarán, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Srinagarindra, Giovanni Urbani, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and Yvonne de Gaulle. Among people deceased in 1976, Zhang Wentian ranks 81Before him are Carol Reed, Willi Hennig, Paul Morand, Karl Schäfer, David Jacobs, and Gregor Piatigorsky. After him are Rudolf Kempe, Mickey Cohen, Wilhelm Marschall, Hans von Obstfelder, Tommy Bolin, and Alexander Lippisch.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Wentian ranks 585 out of 1,610Before him are Wang Huning (1955), Jia Chong (217), Chen Gongbo (1892), Wang Zhengjun (-71), Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), and Nie Rongzhen (1899). After him are Yan Zhenqing (709), Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), Hu Hanmin (1879), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Jianzhen (688), and 8th Dalai Lama (1758).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhang Wentian ranks 327Before him are Wang Huning (1955), Jia Chong (217), Chen Gongbo (1892), Wang Zhengjun (-71), Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), and Nie Rongzhen (1899). After him are Yan Zhenqing (709), Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), Hu Hanmin (1879), Sengge Rinchen (1811), 8th Dalai Lama (1758), and Man Chong (209).