1900 - 1986
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 job and the lives of his family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chiune Sugihara has received more than 2,004,803 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Chiune Sugihara is the 19th most popular diplomat (down from 18th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Japan (down from 89th 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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Among diplomats, Chiune Sugihara ranks 19 out of 52. Before him are Lucien Bonaparte, Folke Bernadotte, Mohamed ElBaradei, John R. Bolton, Alva Myrdal, and Hasekura Tsunenaga. After him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Chaim Herzog, George F. Kennan, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, and Thomas Klestil.
1775 - 1840
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 16
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 17
1571 - 1622
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 19
1784 - 1865
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 20
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 23
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 24
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1900, Chiune Sugihara ranks 32. Before him are Eyvind Johnson, Jan Oort, Thomas Wolfe, Richard Kuhn, Edith Frank, and Mahavatar Babaji. After him are W. Edwards Deming, Karl Wolff, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Ragnar Granit, Choe Yong-gon, and Pak Hon-yong. Among people deceased in 1986, Chiune Sugihara ranks 28. Before him are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Benny Goodman, Erich Koch, Edward Adelbert Doisy, and James Rainwater. After him are Jaroslav Seifert, Minoru Yamasaki, Georges Dumézil, L. Ron Hubbard, Leonid Kantorovich, and Samora Machel.
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 26
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 27
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 29
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 30
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 31
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 32
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 35
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 36
1900 - 1976
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 37
1900 - 1955
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 38
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 22
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 24
1896 - 1986
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 25
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 28
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 29
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 30
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 31
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
1933 - 1986
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 34
Among people born in Japan, Chiune Sugihara ranks 90 out of 6,048. Before him are Dōgen (1200), Akira Toriyama (1955), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), and Benkei (1155). After him are Emperor Itoku (-553), Masaru Emoto (1943), Joe Hisaishi (1950), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), and Emperor Kōan (-427).
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 84
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 85
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 86
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 87
1571 - 1622
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 88
1155 - 1189
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 89
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 90
553 BC - 477 BC
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 91
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 92
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 93
1891 - 1945
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 94
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 95
427 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 96
Among diplomats born in Japan, Chiune Sugihara ranks 2. Before him are Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571). After him are Yukiya Amano (1947) and Yasushi Akashi (1931).
1571 - 1622
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 1
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 2
1947 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 3
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 4