1868 - 1957
Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) was the founder of Shotokan karate-do, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922, following its earlier introduction by his teacher Itosu. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gichin Funakoshi has received more than 458,189 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Gichin Funakoshi is the 3rd most popular martial arts (down from 2nd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Japan (down from 26th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Martial Arts.
Gichin Funakoshi is most famous for being the founder of Shotokan karate.
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Among martial arts, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 3 out of 117. Before him are Ip Man and Kanō Jigorō. After him are Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Choi Hong Hi, Kenwa Mabuni, Ankō Itosu, Hélio Gracie, and Chōjun Miyagi.
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 1
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 2
1868 - 1957
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 3
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 4
1923 - 1994
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 5
1925 - 1925
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 6
1868 - 1910
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 7
1918 - 2002
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 8
1889 - 1952
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 9
1831 - 1915
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 10
1913 - 2009
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 11
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1868, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 10. Before him are Miklós Horthy, Fritz Haber, Abdulmejid II, Constantine I of Greece, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. After him are Gertrude Bell, Arnold Sommerfeld, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Emanuel Lasker, Peter Behrens, and Robert Falcon Scott. Among people deceased in 1957, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 15. Before him are Wilhelm Reich, Oliver Hardy, Constantin Brâncuși, Haakon VII of Norway, Johannes Stark, and Henry van de Velde. After him are Arturo Toscanini, Walther Bothe, Gabriela Mistral, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Gerty Cori, and František Kupka.
1868 - 1957
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 4
1868 - 1934
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 5
1868 - 1944
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 6
1868 - 1923
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 7
1868 - 1953
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 8
1868 - 1914
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 9
1868 - 1957
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 10
1868 - 1926
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1868 - 1951
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 12
1868 - 1924
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 13
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 14
1868 - 1940
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 15
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 16
1897 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 9
1892 - 1957
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 10
1876 - 1957
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
1872 - 1957
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 12
1874 - 1957
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 13
1863 - 1957
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 14
1868 - 1957
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 15
1867 - 1957
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 16
1891 - 1957
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 17
1889 - 1957
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 18
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 19
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 20
1871 - 1957
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 21
Among people born in Japan, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 29 out of 5,560. Before him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Isao Takahata (1935), and Kanō Jigorō (1860). After him are Joan Fontaine (1917), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Himiko (175), and Hiroshige (1797).
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 23
1159 - 1189
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 24
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 25
1928 - 1989
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 26
1935 - 2018
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 27
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 28
1868 - 1957
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 29
1917 - 2013
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 31
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 32
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 33
175 - 248
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 34
1797 - 1858
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 35
Among martial arts born in Japan, Gichin Funakoshi ranks 2. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860). After him are Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Ankō Itosu (1831), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Motobu Chōki (1870), Morihiro Saito (1928), and Koichi Tohei (1920).
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 1
1868 - 1957
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 3
1889 - 1952
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 4
1831 - 1915
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 5
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 6
1913 - 1987
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 7
1853 - 1916
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 8
1809 - 1899
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 9
1870 - 1944
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 10
1928 - 2002
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 11
1920 - 2011
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 12