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Itō Hirobumi

1841 - 1909

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Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文, 16 October 1841 – 26 October 1909) was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Itō Hirobumi has received more than 1,069,386 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Itō Hirobumi is the 1,297th most popular politician (up from 1,344th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Japan (up from 51st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Politician.

Itō Hirobumi was the first Prime Minister of Japan, and is most famous for the Meiji Constitution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Itō Hirobumi ranks 1,297 out of 15,577. Before him are Gyula Andrássy, Sunjong of Korea, Amenemhat III, Reuven Rivlin, Briseis, and Maria Anna of Savoy. After him are Gregor Strasser, Jacques Necker, Vladimir II Monomakh, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Neoptolemus, and Imad ad-Din Zengi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Itō Hirobumi ranks 10. Before him are Gustave Le Bon, Georges Clemenceau, Berthe Morisot, Henry Morton Stanley, Henri Fayol, and Otto Wagner. After him are Frédéric Bazille, Emil Theodor Kocher, Félix Faure, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen. Among people deceased in 1909, Itō Hirobumi ranks 8. Before him are Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, and Hermann Minkowski. After him are Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Felice Beato, and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 46 out of 6,048. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Hiroshige (1797), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Saigō Takamori (1828). After him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Takeda Shingen (1521), Utamaro (1753), Isao Takahata (1935), and Soichiro Honda (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 13. Before him are Lee Myung-bak (1941), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771). After him are Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Suizei (-669), and Koxinga (1624).

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