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Jiroemon Kimura

1897 - 1897

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Jiroemon Kimura (Japanese: 木村 次郎右衛門, Hepburn: Kimura Jirōemon; 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the verified oldest living person between Dina Manfredini's death on 17 December 2012 and his own death at age 116 years and 54 days on 12 June 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiroemon Kimura has received more than 2,402,361 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jiroemon Kimura is the 4,857th most popular politician (down from 3,674th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Japan (down from 188th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Japanese Politician.

Jiroemon Kimura was most famous for being the oldest man in recorded history. He was born on April 19, 1897 and died on June 12, 2013.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 4,857 out of 19,576. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Anaxandridas II, Leo Kanner, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, and Alexander II of Macedon. After him are Giovanni il Popolano, Hamani Diori, Eupraxia of Kiev, Momčilo Krajišnik, Lê Lợi, and Rudolph I of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 63. Before him are Dmitry Pavlov, Zakir Husain, Theodor Busse, Lester B. Pearson, Yeghishe Charents, and Ana Aslan. After him are Vito Genovese, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Karl Löwith, Hans Baur, Sidney Bechet, and Adolf Heusinger. Among people deceased in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 16. Before him are Albert Marth, James Joseph Sylvester, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Andrés Bonifacio, and Giuseppina Strepponi. After him are Sebastian Kneipp, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Salomon August Andrée, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, and Stanislas de Guaita.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 314 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Saitō Hajime (1844), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Waichiro Omura (1933), and Go Nagai (1945). After him are Emperor Seiwa (850), Masayoshi Son (1957), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Tokugawa Iemochi (1846), and Kondō Isami (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 129. Before him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Empress Masako (1963), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Emperor Fushimi (1265). After him are Emperor Seiwa (850), Tokugawa Iemochi (1846), Kondō Isami (1834), Nobuyuki Abe (1875), Saitō Makoto (1858), and Kakuei Tanaka (1918).

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