1870 - 1966
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎, Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō, 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966), self-rendered in 1894 as "Daisetz", was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, translator, and writer. He was a scholar and author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. T. Suzuki has received more than 583,976 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). D. T. Suzuki is the 1,044th most popular writer (down from 1,021st in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Japan (down from 175th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Writer.
D.T. Suzuki is most famous for his translations of Buddhist texts and his interpretations of Zen Buddhism.
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Among writers, D. T. Suzuki ranks 1,044 out of 5,755. Before him are Sonia Rykiel, Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, Khachatur Abovian, Robert de Montesquiou, and Natalie Clifford Barney. After him are Meša Selimović, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ernst Barlach, Fredric Brown, Edmund Spenser, and Mori Ōgai.
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,038
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,039
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,040
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,041
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,042
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,043
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,044
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,045
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,046
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,047
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,048
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,049
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,050
Among people born in 1870, D. T. Suzuki ranks 30. Before him are Sigfrid Edström, Georgy Gapon, Pierre Louÿs, Sophia of Prussia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, and Charlotte Cooper. After him are Ernst Barlach, Bernard Baruch, Louis Vierne, Jan Smuts, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Nariman Narimanov. Among people deceased in 1966, D. T. Suzuki ranks 37. Before him are Herbert Gille, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Alfred Naujocks, Elizabeth Arden, Gino Severini, and Charlotte Cooper. After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Hannes Kolehmainen, Cléo de Mérode, Ludwig Binswanger, Frank Lentini, and Erwin Piscator.
1870 - 1964
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1870 - 1906
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 25
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 26
1870 - 1932
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 27
1870 - 1891
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 28
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 29
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 30
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 31
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 32
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 33
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 34
1870 - 1949
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 35
1870 - 1925
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 36
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 31
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 32
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 33
1878 - 1966
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 34
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 35
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 36
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 37
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 38
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 39
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 40
1881 - 1966
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 41
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 42
1893 - 1966
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 43
Among people born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 198 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Seimu (83), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Shohei Imamura (1926), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), and Kawakami Gensai (1834). After him are Masao Nozawa (null), Katsura Tarō (1848), Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Emperor Chūai (149), and Empress Jingū (169).
83 - 191
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 192
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 193
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 194
1646 - 1709
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 195
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 196
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 197
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 198
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 199
1848 - 1913
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 200
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 201
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 202
149 - 200
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 203
169 - 269
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 204
Among writers born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 20. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Shoko Asahara (1955). After him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Yosa Buson (1716), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Yosano Akiko (1878).
1886 - 1965
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 14
1924 - 1993
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 15
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 16
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 17
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 18
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 19
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 20
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 21
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 22
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 23
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 24
1923 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 25
1878 - 1942
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 26