1567 - 1636
Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyō in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Date Masamune has received more than 1,229,771 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 35 in 2019). Date Masamune is the 209th most popular military personnel (down from 191st in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Japan (down from 59th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
Masamune is most famous for the creation of a sword called "Kusanagi-no-tsurugi" or "Grass Cutting Sword." This sword was said to be one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan and was used by the emperor during coronation ceremonies.
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Among military personnels, Date Masamune ranks 209 out of 1,468. Before him are Wilhelm Mohnke, Maxime Weygand, Alfred von Tirpitz, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Giovanni Giustiniani, and Sun Ce. After him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Bertrand du Guesclin, Pedro de Valdivia, Nikolai Vatutin, Kurt Student, and Han Xin.
1911 - 2001
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 203
1867 - 1965
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 204
1849 - 1930
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 205
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 206
1418 - 1453
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 207
175 - 200
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 208
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 209
229 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 210
1320 - 1380
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 211
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 212
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 213
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 214
231 BC - 196 BC
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 215
Among people born in 1567, Date Masamune ranks 4. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi, Francis de Sales, and Maurice, Prince of Orange. After him are Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Willem Schouten, Eleanor de' Medici, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, and Honoré d'Urfé. Among people deceased in 1636, Date Masamune ranks 2. Before him is Pieter Brueghel the Younger. After him are Santorio Santorio, Mulla Sadra, Stefano Maderno, Dong Qichang, Sendivogius, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Iskandar Muda, and Gregorio Fernández.
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 1
1567 - 1622
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 2
1567 - 1625
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 3
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 4
1567 - 1635
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 5
1567 - 1597
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 6
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 7
1567 - 1589
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 8
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 9
1567 - 1611
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 10
1567 - 1640
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 11
1567 - 1625
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 12
1564 - 1636
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 1
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 2
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 3
1571 - 1636
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 4
1576 - 1636
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 5
1555 - 1636
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 6
1566 - 1636
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 7
1568 - 1636
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 8
1583 - 1636
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 9
1576 - 1636
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 10
Among people born in Japan, Date Masamune ranks 68 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Liv Ullmann (1938), and Uesugi Kenshin (1530). After him are Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Fumio Kishida (1957), Sonny Chiba (1939), Hideki Yukawa (1907), Kenzō Tange (1913), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).
669 BC - 548 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 62
1624 - 1662
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 63
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 64
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 65
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 66
1530 - 1578
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 67
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 69
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 70
1939 - 2021
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 71
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 72
1913 - 2005
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 73
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 74
Among military personnels born in Japan, Date Masamune ranks 11. Before him are Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), and Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891). After him are Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), and Iwane Matsui (1878).
1542 - 1597
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 5
1828 - 1877
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 6
1887 - 1944
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 7
1159 - 1189
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 8
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 9
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 10
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 13
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 16
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 17