1945 - Today
Fusako Shigenobu (Japanese: 重信 房子, Hepburn: Shigenobu Fusako, born 28 September 1945) is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA). Born in Japan, Shigenobu became involved in New Left activism while attending night school at Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1969, she joined the Red Army Faction (RAF), a communist group that advocated immediate, armed revolution against the governments of the United States and Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fusako Shigenobu has received more than 593,863 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Fusako Shigenobu is the 8,221st most popular politician (up from 8,739th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Japan (up from 746th in 2019) and the 251st most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 8,221 out of 15,577. Before her are Demetrius of Pharos, Publius Claudius Pulcher, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Théoneste Bagosora, Ulugh Muhammad, and Fatos Nano. After her are August Eigruber, Zu Jia, Francesco Saverio Nitti, King Yi of Zhou, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel.
300 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 8,215
295 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,216
1448 - 1473
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,217
1941 - 2021
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,218
1405 - 1445
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,219
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,220
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,221
1907 - 1947
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,222
1300 BC - 1226
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,223
1868 - 1953
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,224
850 BC - 878 BC
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 8,225
1889 - 1958
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8,226
1797 - 1889
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8,227
Among people born in 1945, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 170. Before her are Ilija Petković, Bobby Solo, Radu Lupu, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Grechuta, and Assi Dayan. After her are Marsha P. Johnson, Basil Poledouris, Betty Davis, Eizo Yuguchi, Nick Simper, and Roland Joffé.
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 164
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 165
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 166
1945 - 2021
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 167
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 168
1945 - 2014
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 169
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 170
1945 - 1992
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 171
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 172
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 173
1945 - 2003
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 174
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 175
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 176
Among people born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 661 out of 6,048. Before her are Miki Matsubara (1959), Emperor Sanjō (976), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), and Kikuzo Kisaka (null). After her are Takashi Miike (1960), Emperor Reizei (949), Shigeru Takahashi (null), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).
1959 - 2004
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 655
976 - 1017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 656
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 657
866 - 945
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 658
1538 - 1590
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 659
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 660
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 661
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 662
949 - 1011
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 663
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 664
1730 - 1801
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 665
1932 - 2009
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 666
1658 - 1716
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 667
Among politicians born in Japan, Fusako Shigenobu ranks 251. Before her are Hitoshi Ashida (1887), Sen Katayama (1859), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), and Emperor Sanjō (976). After her are Emperor Reizei (949), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Ii Naosuke (1815), Keisai Eisen (1790), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866).
1887 - 1959
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 245
1859 - 1933
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 246
1865 - 1945
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 247
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 248
1563 - 1600
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 249
976 - 1017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 250
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 251
949 - 1011
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 252
1079 - 1107
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 253
1836 - 1915
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 254
1815 - 1860
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 255
1790 - 1848
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 256
1866 - 1949
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 257