1852 - 1912
Mutsuhito (Japanese: 睦仁, 3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō), was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Meiji has received more than 4,978,070 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Emperor Meiji is the 240th most popular politician (down from 210th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Japan (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Politician.
Emperor Meiji is most famous for the modernization of Japan.
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Among politicians, Emperor Meiji ranks 240 out of 15,577. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Olof Palme, Ashurbanipal, Puyi, Mars, and Enver Hoxha. After him are Georgy Zhukov, James VI and I, Şehzade Bayezid, Woodrow Wilson, Helmut Kohl, and Henry II of France.
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 234
1927 - 1986
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 235
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 236
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 237
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 238
1908 - 1985
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 239
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 240
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 241
1566 - 1625
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 242
1525 - 1561
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 243
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 244
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 245
1519 - 1559
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 246
Among people born in 1852, Emperor Meiji ranks 3. Before him are Antoni Gaudí and Henri Becquerel. After him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, Henri Moissan, Gojong of Korea, Albert A. Michelson, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, William Ramsay, Francisco Tárrega, and Joseph Joffre. Among people deceased in 1912, Emperor Meiji ranks 1. After him are Henri Poincaré, August Strindberg, Jules Massenet, Edward Smith, Bram Stoker, Frédéric Passy, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, Thomas Andrews, Robert Falcon Scott, and Joseph Lister.
1852 - 1926
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 1
1852 - 1908
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 2
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 3
1852 - 1911
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 4
1852 - 1919
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 5
1852 - 1907
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 6
1852 - 1919
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 7
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 8
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 9
1852 - 1916
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 10
1852 - 1909
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 11
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 12
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 1
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 2
1849 - 1912
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 3
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 4
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 5
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 6
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 7
1843 - 1912
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 8
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 9
1873 - 1912
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 10
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 11
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Emperor Meiji ranks 8 out of 6,048. Before him are Hokusai (1760), Akihito (1933), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), and Oda Nobunaga (1534). After him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), and Naruhito (1960).
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 3
1910 - 1998
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 5
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 6
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 7
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 8
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 9
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 10
1644 - 1694
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 12
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
1960 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Meiji ranks 2. Before him are Hirohito (1901). After him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771).
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 2
1536 - 1598
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 3
711 BC - 585 BC
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 4
1884 - 1948
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 5
1583 - 1612
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 7
175 - 248
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 8
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 9
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 10
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12