1835 - 1901
Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉, January 10, 1835 – February 3, 1901) was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper Jiji-Shinpō, and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases. Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ideas about the organization of government and the structure of social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fukuzawa Yukichi has received more than 590,019 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Fukuzawa Yukichi is the 367th most popular philosopher (down from 340th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Japan (down from 112th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Philosopher.
Fukuzawa Yukichi is most famous for his book "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization," in which he argued that Japan's cultural identity is based on the "three pillars" of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto.
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Among philosophers, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 367 out of 1,081. Before him are Macrobius, Alexandre Kojève, Mulla Sadra, Ronald Dworkin, Edward de Bono, and Günther Anders. After him are Archelaus, Johann Georg Hamann, Moses Hess, Masanobu Fukuoka, H. L. A. Hart, and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
370 - 430
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 361
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 362
1571 - 1636
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 363
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 364
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 365
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 366
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 367
500 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 368
1730 - 1788
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 369
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 370
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 371
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 372
1460 - 1537
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 373
Among people born in 1835, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 19. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas, Giosuè Carducci, Eduard Strauss, Josef Stefan, William Stanley Jevons, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. After him are Nikolai Rubinstein, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Shoqan Walikhanov, Iwasaki Yatarō, and Elisha Gray. Among people deceased in 1901, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 15. Before him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Milan I of Serbia, Charles Hermite, Li Hongzhang, and Abdur Rahman Khan. After him are Zénobe Gramme, Gaetano Bresci, Elisha Gray, Paul Rée, Josef Rheinberger, and Francesco Crispi.
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 13
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 14
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 15
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 16
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 18
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 20
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 21
1835 - 1908
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 22
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 23
1835 - 1885
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 24
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 25
1832 - 1901
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 9
1819 - 1901
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 10
1854 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 11
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1823 - 1901
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 13
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 15
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 16
1869 - 1901
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 17
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 19
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 20
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
Among people born in Japan, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 148 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Kaika (-208), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Ko Arima (1917), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), and Eisaku Satō (1901). After him are Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), and Masaki Kobayashi (1916).
208 BC - 97 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 142
1896 - 1987
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 143
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 144
1917 - Present
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 145
1880 - 1950
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 146
1901 - 1975
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 147
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 148
1579 - 1632
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 149
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 150
1797 - 1861
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 151
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 152
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 153
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 154
Among philosophers born in Japan, Fukuzawa Yukichi ranks 1. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), George Ohsawa (1893), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Hayashi Razan (1583), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 1
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 2
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 3
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 4
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5
1730 - 1801
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 6
1686 - 1769
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 7
1583 - 1657
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 8
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 9
1666 - 1728
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 10