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Jiro Taniguchi

1947 - 2017

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Jiro Taniguchi (谷口 ジロー, Taniguchi Jirō, 14 August 1947 – 11 February 2017) was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiro Taniguchi has received more than 255,795 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jiro Taniguchi is the 7,118th most popular politician (up from 7,736th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Japan (up from 619th in 2019) and the 229th most popular Japanese Politician.

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  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiro Taniguchi ranks 7,118 out of 19,576. Before him are Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Qaitbay, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, and Rodoald. After him are Georg Ebers, Grigori Sokolnikov, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Archidamus III, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Sophia of Halshany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jiro Taniguchi ranks 154. Before him are Ian Anderson, Zdeněk Zeman, Giorgio Chinaglia, Margaret Chan, Muhyiddin Yassin, and Ángel Nieto. After him are Martin Chalfie, John Adams, Rob Reiner, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Mia Martini, and Sandie Shaw. Among people deceased in 2017, Jiro Taniguchi ranks 117. Before him are Roger Pingeon, Peter Abrahams, Heinz Kessler, Tom Petty, Peter Mansfield, and Ángel Nieto. After him are Azzedine Alaïa, Brian Aldiss, Shadia, Robert James Waller, Lubomyr Husar, and Jerry Fodor.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiro Taniguchi ranks 555 out of 6,245. Before him are Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Takeo Miki (1907), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), and Ankō Itosu (1831). After him are Ken Kutaragi (1950), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kiyosi Itô (1915), and Emperor Horikawa (1079).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Jiro Taniguchi ranks 229. Before him are Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Takeo Miki (1907), and Masayoshi Ōhira (1910). After him are Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Emperor Suzaku (923), and Emperor Murakami (926).

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