Religious Figure

Shinran

Japanese Buddhist monk

1173 - 1263

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His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Shinran is the 1,378th most popular religious figure (down from 1,258th in 2024), the 593rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 524th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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#21,975

More than 7 centuries after death, Shinran still holds rank #21,975 among all individuals in Pantheon.

May 28

Shinran shares a May 28 birthday with Selim II, George I of Great Britain, and Edvard Beneš.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Shinran ranks 1,378 out of 3,187. Before him are Johannes Oecolampadius, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Saichō, Barsanuphius, and Dominik Duka. After him are Ignatius IV of Antioch, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Cristóvão Ferreira, Sultan Walad, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1173, Shinran ranks 3. Before him are Llywelyn the Great, and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Eudokia Angelina, and Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1263, Shinran ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Nevsky, Haakon IV of Norway, Mindaugas, and Manuel I of Trebizond. After him are Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinran ranks 593 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideaki Anno (1960), Junji Ito (1963), Satoshi Kon (1963), Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), and Yasuji Okamura (1884). After him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Satoru Iwata (1959), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), and George W. Casey Jr. (1948).

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Among Religious Figures In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Shinran ranks 14. Before him are Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), and Saichō (767). After him are Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Hōnen (1133), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), and Hōjō Ujimasa (1538).

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