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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 2,202,063 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Jiroemon Kimura is the 3,684th most popular politician (up from 4,003rd in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Japan (up from 231st in 2019) and the 70th 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 3,684 out of 15,577Before him are Gérard Genette, Emperor Kōtoku, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Magnus II of Sweden, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, and Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria. After him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, Emperor Kenzō, Demetrius II Aetolicus, Shepseskare, and Borut Pahor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 51Before him are Leonid Govorov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Emil Maurice, Herbert Gille, Dmitry Pavlov, and Georg Wittig. After him are John Cockcroft, Patrick Blackett, Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Ye Jianying, and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. Among people deceased in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 12Before him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Savitribai Phule, Edward Drinker Cope, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, James Joseph Sylvester, and Albert Marth. After him are Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sebastian Kneipp, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Salomon August Andrée, and Andrés Bonifacio.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 189 out of 6,048Before him are Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Emperor Kōtoku (596). After him are Emperor Kenzō (450), Shoko Asahara (1955), Emperor Seimu (83), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 70Before him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Masamune (1300), Emperor Tenmu (631), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Emperor Kōtoku (596). After him are Emperor Kenzō (450), Emperor Seimu (83), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Katsura Tarō (1848), and Emperor Chūai (149).