1949 - Today
Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政, Sagawa Issei, born 26 April 1949), also known as Pang or The Kobe Cannibal, is a Japanese murderer, cannibal, and necrophile known for the killing of Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981. Sagawa murdered Hartevelt then mutilated, cannibalized, and performed necrophilia on her corpse over several days. Sagawa was arrested but released after two years of pre-trial detention upon being found legally insane and deported to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Issei Sagawa has received more than 3,449,784 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Issei Sagawa is the 850th most popular writer (up from 883rd in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Japan (up from 140th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Writer.
Issei Sagawa is most famous for being a Japanese cannibal who killed and ate a Dutch woman in Paris in 1981.
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Among writers, Issei Sagawa ranks 850 out of 5,794. Before him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Sidonius Apollinaris, André Bazin, Aelius Donatus, James Jones, and Rubén Darío. After him are John Updike, Virginia Satir, Ingeborg Bachmann, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Nikolay Karamzin, and Ibn Hawqal.
1901 - 1968
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 844
430 - 489
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 845
1918 - 1958
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 846
320 - 380
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 847
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 848
1867 - 1916
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 849
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 850
1932 - 2009
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 851
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 852
1926 - 1973
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 853
102 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 854
1766 - 1826
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 855
943 - 988
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 856
Among people born in 1949, Issei Sagawa ranks 45. Before him are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Philippe Petit, Thaksin Shinawatra, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Joan Enric Vives Sicília, and Tom Waits. After him are Jarosław Kaczyński, Ivana Trump, Bill Nighy, Gene Simmons, Fanny Ardant, and Billy Joel.
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 39
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 40
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 41
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 42
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 43
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 44
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 45
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 46
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 47
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 48
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 49
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 51
Among people born in Japan, Issei Sagawa ranks 111 out of 5,560. Before him are Akio Morita (1921), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Emperor Kōan (-427), Mori Ōgai (1862), and Yamagata Aritomo (1838). After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797).
1921 - 1999
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 105
505 BC - 392 BC
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 106
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 107
427 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 108
1862 - 1922
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 109
1838 - 1922
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 110
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 111
1835 - 1901
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 112
1251 - 1284
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 113
1654 - 1732
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 114
1675 - 1710
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 115
1878 - 1948
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 116
1797 - 1861
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 117
Among writers born in Japan, Issei Sagawa ranks 17. Before him are Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Kōbō Abe (1924), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Mori Ōgai (1862). After him are Kobayashi Issa (1763), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Yosa Buson (1716), and Shoko Asahara (1955).
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 12
1924 - 1993
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 13
1943 - 2014
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 14
1886 - 1965
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 15
1862 - 1922
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 16
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 17
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 18
1363 - 1443
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 19
1870 - 1966
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 20
1894 - 1965
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 21
1716 - 1783
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 22
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 23