1893 - 1966
George Ohsawa (born Nyoichi Sakurazawa (櫻澤 如一); October 18, 1893 – April 23, 1966) was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. He also used the French first name Georges while living in France, and his name is sometimes also given this spelling. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Ohsawa has received more than 182,412 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Ohsawa is the 2,186th most popular writer, the 649th most popular biography from Japan and the 45th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, George Ohsawa ranks 2,186 out of 5,755. Before him are Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mak Dizdar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Yasmina Reza, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Walter of Châtillon, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Matthew Arnold, John Flanagan, and Édouard Drumont.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,180
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,181
473 - 521
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,182
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,183
1812 - 1859
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,184
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,185
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,186
1135 - 1201
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,187
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,188
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,189
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,190
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,191
1844 - 1917
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,192
Among people born in 1893, George Ohsawa ranks 97. Before him are Marianne Brandt, William Moulton Marston, Gaston Julia, Miloš Crnjanski, Rahul Sankrityayan, and Vera Brittain. After him are Mikheil Gelovani, José Calvo Sotelo, Ben Hecht, Jean Absil, Alois Hába, and Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1966, George Ohsawa ranks 77. Before him are Wilhelm Röpke, Elena Stasova, Emil Brunner, Vladimir Minorsky, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski. After him are Vilis Lācis, Robert Rossen, Hermann Scherchen, Wieland Wagner, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Venceslau Brás.
1893 - 1983
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 91
1893 - 1947
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 92
1893 - 1978
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 93
1893 - 1977
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 94
1893 - 1963
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 95
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 96
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 97
1893 - 1956
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 98
1893 - 1936
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 99
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 100
1893 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 101
1893 - 1973
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 102
1893 - 1975
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 103
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 71
1873 - 1966
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 72
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 73
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 74
1882 - 1966
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 75
1899 - 1966
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 76
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 77
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 78
1908 - 1966
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 79
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 80
1917 - 1966
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 81
1886 - 1966
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 82
1868 - 1966
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 83
Among people born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 649 out of 6,048. Before him are Takeo Takagi (1892), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), and Tsuyoshi Kunieda (1944). After him are Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Nakano Takeko (1847), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), and Miki Matsubara (1959).
1892 - 1944
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 643
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 644
1915 - 2008
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 645
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 646
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 647
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 648
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 649
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 650
1563 - 1600
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 651
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 652
1847 - 1868
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 653
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 654
1959 - 2004
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 655
Among writers born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 45. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Saigyō (1118). After him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Kyōka Izumi (1873).
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 39
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 40
1871 - 1908
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 41
1283 - 1350
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 42
1162 - 1241
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 43
1118 - 1190
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 44
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 45
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 46
866 - 945
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 47
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 48
976 - 1033
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 49
662 - 710
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 50
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 51