POLITICIAN

Issey Miyake

1938 - 2022

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Issey Miyake (Japanese: 三宅 一生, Hepburn: Miyake Issei, [mijake iꜜsseː] 22 April 1938 – 5 August 2022) was a Japanese fashion designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Issey Miyake has received more than 1,918,654 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Issey Miyake is the 3,059th most popular politician (up from 4,232nd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Japan (up from 232nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Politician.

Issey Miyake is most famous for his avant-garde clothing designs, which are known for their asymmetrical shapes and vibrant colors.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

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  • 62.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Issey Miyake ranks 3,059 out of 19,576Before him are Emilio Mola, Émile Lahoud, Ali of Hejaz, Arnold Rüütel, Chlothar III, and Chindasuinth. After him are Ayşe Sultan, Cleomenes III, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Thorismund, Emperor Daizong of Tang, and Prince George, Duke of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Issey Miyake ranks 54Before him are Alpha Condé, Raymond Carver, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kurt Wüthrich, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Frederick Forsyth. After him are Lynn Margulis, Oliver Reed, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Dennehy, Marcello Gandini, and István Szabó. Among people deceased in 2022, Issey Miyake ranks 47Before him are Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kakuichi Mimura, Jacques Perrin, Ivica Osim, and Jerry Lee Lewis. After him are Angelo Badalamenti, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Louise Fletcher, Meat Loaf, Antonio Inoki, and Arata Isozaki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Issey Miyake ranks 151 out of 6,245Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Sujin (-147), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Kōrei (-341), and Torakusu Yamaha (1851). After him are Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kenzō Takada (1939), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Junko Tabei (1939), Kobayashi Issa (1763), and Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Issey Miyake ranks 49Before him are Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Sujin (-147), Emperor Kanmu (737), and Emperor Kōrei (-341). After him are Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Emperor Ōjin (210), Emperor Kaika (-208), Emperor Tenmu (631), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), and Emperor Suinin (-69).