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Chiune Sugihara

1900 - 1986

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Chiune Sugihara (杉原 千畝, Sugihara Chiune, 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory, risking his career and the lives of his family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chiune Sugihara has received more than 2,107,621 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Chiune Sugihara is the 22nd most popular diplomat (down from 19th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Japan (down from 90th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Diplomat.

Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape from the Holocaust by issuing visas to them.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Chiune Sugihara ranks 22 out of 90. Before him are Chaim Herzog, Mohamed ElBaradei, Alva Myrdal, Antony Blinken, Hasekura Tsunenaga, and George F. Kennan. After him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, Édith Cresson, and Irina Bokova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Chiune Sugihara ranks 35. Before him are Jan Oort, Choe Yong-gon, Arno Breker, Karl Wolff, Pak Hon-yong, and Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta. After him are Walther Wenck, Mahavatar Babaji, Ragnar Granit, Julien Green, Gladwyn Jebb, and Anna Seghers. Among people deceased in 1986, Chiune Sugihara ranks 32. Before him are Samora Machel, Alva Myrdal, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Stanley Rous, Leonid Kantorovich, and Georges Dumézil. After him are Benny Goodman, Lê Duẩn, L. Ron Hubbard, Otto Preminger, Minoru Yamasaki, and Dean Reed.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiune Sugihara ranks 118 out of 6,245. Before him are Abe no Seimei (921), Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), and Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571). After him are Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Emperor Kōan (-427), Akio Morita (1921), Empress Kōjun (1903), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Emperor Higashiyama (1675).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Japan

Among diplomats born in Japan, Chiune Sugihara ranks 2. Before him are Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571). After him are Yukiya Amano (1947), Saburō Kurusu (1886), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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