1922 - 2019
Donald Lawrence Keene (June 18, 1922 – February 24, 2019) was an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. Keene was University Professor emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship under the name Kīn Donarudo (キーン ドナルド, "Donald Keene" in the Japanese name order). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Keene has received more than 295,178 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Donald Keene is the 279th most popular historian (down from 248th in 2019), the 4,863rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,732nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Historian.
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Among historians, Donald Keene ranks 279 out of 339. Before him are Emmanuel Todd, Natalie Zemon Davis, Edward Granville Browne, Léon Poliakov, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, and Gerald of Wales. After him are Leo Allatius, Maxime Rodinson, John Keegan, Joan Wallach Scott, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, and İbrahim Peçevi.
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 273
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 274
1862 - 1926
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 275
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 276
1705 - 1783
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 277
1146 - 1201
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 278
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 279
1586 - 1669
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 280
1915 - 2004
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 281
1934 - 2012
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 282
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 283
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 284
1574 - 1650
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 285
Among people born in 1922, Donald Keene ranks 237. Before him are Eusebio Tejera, Bigode, Micheline Ostermeyer, Simon Hantaï, Mariano Gonzalvo, and George Knobel. After him are Roland Dumas, Chairil Anwar, Evelyn Mase, Ruby Dee, Mariya Dolina, and Tom Finney. Among people deceased in 2019, Donald Keene ranks 234. Before him are Gene Wolfe, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Bob Hawke, Eduardo Fajardo, and Elio Sgreccia. After him are Robert Waseige, Freddie Jones, Karin Balzer, Theo Adam, Hannelore Elsner, and Dr. John.
1922 - 2002
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 231
1922 - 2003
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 232
1922 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 233
1922 - 2008
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 234
1922 - 2007
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 235
1922 - 2012
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 236
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 237
1922 - Present
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 238
1922 - 1949
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 239
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 240
1922 - 2014
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 241
1922 - 2010
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 242
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 243
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 228
1933 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 229
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 230
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 231
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 232
1928 - 2019
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 233
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 234
1939 - 2019
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 235
1927 - 2019
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 236
1938 - 2019
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 237
1926 - 2019
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 238
1942 - 2019
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 239
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 240
Among people born in United States, Donald Keene ranks 4,863 out of 18,182. Before him are Fred Kelly (1891), Frederick Lorz (1884), Sylvia Beach (1887), Ann Wilson (1950), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), and LL Cool J (1968). After him are Paul Sweezy (1910), Linda Thompson (1950), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), John Templeton (1912), Henry Darrow (1933), and Andrew Davis (1946).
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 4,857
1884 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,858
1887 - 1962
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,859
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,860
1890 - 1980
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,861
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,862
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,863
1910 - 2004
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,864
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 4,865
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 4,866
1912 - 2008
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 4,867
1933 - 2021
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 4,868
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 4,869
Among historians born in United States, Donald Keene ranks 15. Before him are Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Robert Darnton (1939), John King Fairbank (1907), William H. Prescott (1796), and Natalie Zemon Davis (1928). After him are Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), and Richard N. Frye (1920).
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 9
1861 - 1932
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 11
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 12
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 13
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 14
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 17
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 18
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 19
1883 - 1950
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 20
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 21