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Zheng Zhilong

1604 - 1661

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Zheng Zhilong (Chinese: 鄭芝龍; pinyin: Zhèng Zhīlóng; Wade–Giles: Ching Chih-lung; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Chi-liông; April 16, 1604 – November 24, 1661), baptismal name Nicholas Iquan Gaspard, was a Fujianese (Hokkien) admiral, merchant, translator, military general, politician, and pirate leader of the late Ming dynasty who later defected to the Qing dynasty. He was the founder of the Zheng clan and the father of Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), who would later establish the pro-Ming Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, thus making him an ancestor of the House of Koxinga. During his reign, he controlled a massive and capable fleet of pirates that later united with the Ming dynasty's navy, thereby becoming the Ming admiral that controlled all trade and security in the southern waters off mainland China. He held a powerful maritime empire which controlled more sea than land. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zheng Zhilong is the 8,233rd most popular politician (down from 6,995th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from China (down from 525th in 2019) and the 310th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zheng Zhilong ranks 8,233 out of 19,576Before him are John Connally, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nikol Pashinyan, Tarabai, and Miguel Miramón. After him are Borjana Krišto, Nicolae Văcăroiu, Lucius Cornelius Balbus, Charles Curtis, Horst Sindermann, and Euphemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, Zheng Zhilong ranks 10Before him are Tokugawa Iemitsu, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, İslâm III Giray, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Claudia de' Medici, and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Menasseh Ben Israel, Catherine of Brandenburg, Abraham Bosse, Antoine III de Gramont, Heinrich Albert, and Jan Boeckhorst. Among people deceased in 1661, Zheng Zhilong ranks 12Before him are Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Murad Bakhsh, Jan Fyt, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. After him are Martino Martini, Andrea Sacchi, Pieter de Molijn, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Louis Couperin, and Pyotr Beketov.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zheng Zhilong ranks 554 out of 1,610Before him are Fang Xuanling (578), Lo Wei (1918), Cheng Yi (1033), Deng Yingchao (1904), Ouyang Xun (557), and Cheng Pei-pei (1946). After him are Go Seigen (1914), Bian Que (-401), Octar (350), Li Zhi (1527), Zhou Yongkang (1942), and Guan Hanqing (1210).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zheng Zhilong ranks 310Before him are He Yingqin (1890), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Zhong Yao (151), Fang Xuanling (578), Deng Yingchao (1904), and Ouyang Xun (557). After him are Octar (350), Zhou Yongkang (1942), Ma Bufang (1903), Prince Gong (1833), Chen Yi (1901), and Xu Shichang (1855).