Trending Linguists in China this month
The 100 most-viewed linguists this month on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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Ranked
3,168
Total Views (this month)
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1
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
333
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2
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
188
views
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3
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
178
views
views
4
Fu Ssu-nien
Chinese linguist (1896-1950)
114
views
views
5
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
103
views
views
6
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895β1976)
96
views
views
7
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
91
views
views
8
Chang Ping-lin
Chinese linguist (1868-1936)
88
views
views
9
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892β1982)
88
views
views
10
Murray MacLehose
British politician (1917β2000)
78
views
views
11
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
76
views
views
12
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
72
views
views
13
Sima Guang
Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019β1086)
69
views
views
14
Chen Yinque
Chinese historian, linguist, and scholar (1890β1969)
69
views
views
15
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
67
views
views
16
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
59
views
views
17
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
51
views
views
18
Ji Xianlin
Chinese academic, linguist, historian, translator and university teacher (1911-2009)
40
views
views
19
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
40
views
views
20
Ching-heng Wu
Chinese scholar (1865-1953)
38
views
views
21
Fu Lei
Chinese writer (1908-1966)
35
views
views
22
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
33
views
views
23
Jane Hawking
British author
32
views
views
24
Confucius Institute
Chinese international educational partnership program
29
views
views
25
Michele Ruggieri
Italian Jesuit priest and sinologist (1543β1607)
29
views
views
26
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910β1967)
27
views
views
27
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792β1822)
27
views
views
28
Thomas Barclay
British missionary (1849β1935)
26
views
views
29
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739β1791)
26
views
views
30
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
26
views
views
31
Robert Morrison
British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)
25
views
views
32
Gu Yanwu
Chinese philologist and geographer (1613β1682)
25
views
views
33
Paul Georg von MΓΆllendorff
German linguist
24
views
views
34
Li Da
Chinese Marxist philosopher (1890β1960)
24
views
views
35
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
23
views
views
36
Qian Xuantong
chinese esperantist and linguist (1887β1939)
22
views
views
37
Mori Εgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
22
views
views
38
Jung Chang
Chinese-British author (born 1952)
21
views
views
39
Yang Xiong
Chinese linguist, poet and writer (53 BCE β 18 CE)
20
views
views
40
Nakahama ManjirΕ
English interpreter
19
views
views
41
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857β1913)
19
views
views
42
Thomas Francis Wade
British linguist (1818β1895)
18
views
views
43
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
18
views
views
44
Ruan Yuan
Chinese historian, politician and writer (1764β1849)
18
views
views
45
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906β1989)
18
views
views
46
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
17
views
views
47
Sidney Rittenberg
American academic (1921-2019)
17
views
views
48
Kim Tu-bong
Korean linguist and politician (1886β1958?)
16
views
views
49
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709β1784)
15
views
views
50
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
15
views
views
51
Zhou Guoping
Chinese philosopher
15
views
views
52
Zhu Min
Chinese professor and daughter of Zhu De (1926-2009)
14
views
views
53
Ong Iok-tek
Taiwanese linguist (1924β1985)
14
views
views
54
Wi-vun Chiung
Taiwanese linguist and activist
13
views
views
55
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
13
views
views
56
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopΓ¦dist (1713β1784)
13
views
views
57
Nitobe InazΕ
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862β1933)
13
views
views
58
Fang Yizhi
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54996 (1611β1671)
13
views
views
59
Ovid Tzeng
Taiwanese politician
13
views
views
60
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
13
views
views
61
Timothy Brook
Canadian university professor, historian
12
views
views
62
Nishi Amane
Japanese philosopher and politician (1829β1897)
12
views
views
63
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
12
views
views
64
Panini
ancient Sanskrit grammarian
12
views
views
65
MichaΕ Boym
Jesuit missionary into China
12
views
views
66
NaitΕ TorajirΕ
Japanese historian and sinologist (1866β1934)
12
views
views
67
Ding Weifen
Chinese politician
12
views
views
68
ShΕ«mei Εkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886β1957)
12
views
views
69
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
11
views
views
70
Qian Wenzhong
11
views
views
71
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
11
views
views
72
Karl GΓΌtzlaff
German missionary in China (1803-1851)
11
views
views
73
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343β1400)
11
views
views
74
Paul Jen-kuei Li
Taiwanese linguist
11
views
views
75
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767β1835)
11
views
views
76
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786β1859)
11
views
views
77
Kim Sun-il
South Korean terrorism victim (1970-2004)
11
views
views
78
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162β1241)
10
views
views
79
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
10
views
views
80
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
10
views
views
81
Giuseppe Peano
Italian mathematician (1858β1932)
10
views
views
82
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932β2016)
10
views
views
83
JosΓ© MartΓ
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
10
views
views
84
Ang Ui-jin
Taiwanese linguist
10
views
views
85
Paul Pelliot
French sinologist (1878-1945)
10
views
views
86
Xu Shen
Chinese author of Shuowen Jiezi
10
views
views
87
Katyayana
figure mentioned in Early Buddhist texts; leading disciple of Gautama Buddha
9
views
views
88
Julio CortΓ‘zar
Argentine writer (1914β1984)
9
views
views
89
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900β2000)
9
views
views
90
Qian Daxin
historian and linguist of Qing dynasty in China (1728β1804)
9
views
views
91
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771β1832)
9
views
views
92
Abay Kunanbaiuly
Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)
9
views
views
93
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924β1998)
9
views
views
94
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922β1999) President of Uganda (1978β1979)
9
views
views
95
Wang Yun-wu
Chinese educator and politician (1888β1979)
9
views
views
96
Liu Bannong
Chinese writer and linguist (1891β1934)
9
views
views
97
Muhammad Ma Jian
Chinese Islamic scholar and translator (1906β1978)
9
views
views
98
Wang Li
Chinese linguist (1900β1986)
9
views
views
99
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
9
views
views
100
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839β1908)
8
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