1941 - 1997
Gunpei Yokoi (横井 軍平, Yokoi Gunpei, 10 September 1941 – 4 October 1997), sometimes transliterated Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunpei Yokoi has received more than 798,457 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gunpei Yokoi is the 7th most popular game designer (down from 6th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from Japan (up from 538th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Gunpei Yokoi ranks 7 out of 56. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto, Markus Persson, Ralph H. Baer, Hideo Kojima, Gabe Newell, and Jeff Kinney. After him are Satoru Iwata, Masayuki Uemura, Alexey Pajitnov, Satoshi Tajiri, Sid Meier, and Lizzie Magie.
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 1
1979 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 2
1922 - 2014
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 4
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 5
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 6
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 7
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 8
1943 - 2021
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 12
1866 - 1948
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1941, Gunpei Yokoi ranks 134. Before him are Stacy Keach, Raúl Ruiz, Andrei Mironov, Charles Whitman, Sérgio Mendes, and Jorge Solari. After him are Hisao Kami, Sigmar Polke, Philippe Honoré, Paul Bremer, Maurice White, and Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Among people deceased in 1997, Gunpei Yokoi ranks 79. Before him are Alparslan Türkeş, Ernst Wilimowski, Giuseppe De Santis, Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, and Samuel Fuller. After him are Hastings Banda, François Furet, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, and Bo Widerberg.
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 128
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 129
1941 - 1987
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 130
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 131
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 132
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 133
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 134
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 135
1941 - 2010
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 136
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 137
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 138
1941 - 2016
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 139
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 140
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 73
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 74
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 75
1907 - 1997
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 76
1901 - 1997
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 77
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 78
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 79
1898 - 1997
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 80
1927 - 1997
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 81
1921 - 1997
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 82
1969 - 1997
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 83
1924 - 1997
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 84
1930 - 1997
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 85
Among people born in Japan, Gunpei Yokoi ranks 496 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Takakura (1161), Emperor Hanazono (1297), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Seki Takakazu (1642), and Emperor Kazan (967). After him are Hisao Kami (1941), Hifuyo Uchida (null), Hibari Misora (1937), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Juntoku (1197), and Machiko Kyō (1924).
1161 - 1181
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 490
1297 - 1348
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 491
1182 - 1204
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 492
1852 - 1933
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 493
1642 - 1708
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 494
967 - 1008
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 495
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 496
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 497
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 498
1937 - 1989
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 499
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 500
1197 - 1242
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 501
1924 - 2019
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 502
Among game designers born in Japan, Gunpei Yokoi ranks 3. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952) and Hideo Kojima (1963). After him are Satoru Iwata (1959), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Toru Iwatani (1955), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Shinji Mikami (1965), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), and Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974).
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 2
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 3
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 4
1943 - 2021
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 6
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 12