1927 - 2009
Hirotsugu Akaike (赤池 弘次, Akaike Hirotsugu, IPA: [akaike çiɾotsɯɡɯ], November 5, 1927 – August 4, 2009) was a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s, he formulated the Akaike information criterion (AIC). AIC is now widely used for model selection, which is commonly the most difficult aspect of statistical inference; additionally, AIC is the basis of a paradigm for the foundations of statistics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hirotugu Akaike has received more than 675,098 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hirotugu Akaike is the 2,377th most popular religious figure (down from 1,946th in 2019), the 1,171st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,047th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 2,377 out of 2,238. Before her are George Preca, Mikel Koliqi, Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Marcelo González Martín, and Teemu Sippo. After her are Chibly Langlois, Jacques Gaillot, Oliver Plunkett, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Ignacio Velasco, and Léon-Étienne Duval.
1880 - 1962
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 2,371
1900 - 1997
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 2,372
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,373
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 2,374
1918 - 2004
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 2,375
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 2,376
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 2,377
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 2,378
1935 - 2023
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 2,379
1625 - 1681
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 2,380
1924 - 2014
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 2,381
1929 - 2003
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 2,382
1903 - 1996
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 2,383
Among people born in 1927, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 299. Before her are Brock Peters, Roberto Suazo Córdova, Robert Guillaume, Adrián Escudero, Mort Sahl, and Victor Mees. After her are David Padilla, Oskar Pastior, Patrick O'Neal, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Edmund Szoka, and Jacques Dupin. Among people deceased in 2009, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 239. Before her are Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Norbert Eschmann, Jan Kaplický, Abel Goumba, Léon Glovacki, and Lukas Foss. After her are Kim Manners, Irving Kristol, Luciano Emmer, Dell Hymes, Ali Akbar Khan, and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.
1927 - 2005
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 293
1927 - 2018
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 294
1927 - 2017
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 295
1927 - 2011
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 296
1927 - 2021
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 297
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 298
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 299
1927 - 2016
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 300
1927 - 2006
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 301
1927 - 1994
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 302
1927 - 2008
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 303
1927 - 2014
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 304
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 305
1939 - 2009
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 233
1933 - 2009
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 234
1937 - 2009
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 235
1926 - 2009
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 236
1928 - 2009
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 237
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 238
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 239
1951 - 2009
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 240
1920 - 2009
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 241
1918 - 2009
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 242
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 243
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 244
1952 - 2009
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 245
Among people born in Japan, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 1,171 out of 6,048. Before her are Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), Kaori Momoi (1951), Junko Takeuchi (1972), and Yuto Nagatomo (1986). After her are Yasushi Akashi (1931), Yoshio Kikugawa (1944), Akira Endo (1933), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), and Hitoshi Sasaki (1891).
1947 - 2020
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 1,165
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 1,166
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 1,167
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 1,168
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 1,169
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 1,170
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 1,171
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 1,172
1944 - 2022
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 1,173
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 1,174
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 1,175
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 1,176
1891 - 1982
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 1,177
Among religious figures born in Japan, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 28. Before her are Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Peter Doi (1892), Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), and Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930). After her are Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949).
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 22
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 23
1904 - 1996
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 24
1892 - 1970
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 25
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26
1930 - 2007
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 27
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 29