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Katō Kiyomasa

1561 - 1611

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Katō Kiyomasa (加藤 清正, July 25, 1562 – August 2, 1611) was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was Higo-no-kami. His name as a child was Yashamaru, and first name was Toranosuke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katō Kiyomasa has received more than 277,828 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Katō Kiyomasa is the 4,211th most popular politician (up from 4,659th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Japan (up from 274th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

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  • 60.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Katō Kiyomasa ranks 4,211 out of 19,576. Before him are Ladislaus Hunyadi, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Yoav Galant, Ny-Hor, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, and Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia. After him are 12th Dalai Lama, Abdullah of Pahang, Li Zongren, Demetrius II Aetolicus, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and Vasili Kuznetsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Katō Kiyomasa ranks 5. Before him are Francis Bacon, Jacopo Peri, Luis de Góngora, and Santorio Santorio. After him are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Henry Briggs, Ii Naomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, and Philippe van Lansberge. Among people deceased in 1611, Katō Kiyomasa ranks 7. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Henry Hudson, Bartholomeus Spranger, and Eleanor de' Medici. After him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Sanada Masayuki, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, and Antonio Possevino.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katō Kiyomasa ranks 247 out of 6,245. Before him are Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Masamune (1300), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Ken Noritake (1922), and Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935). After him are Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Hideo Kojima (1963), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), and Honda Tadakatsu (1548).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Katō Kiyomasa ranks 97. Before him are Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masamune (1300), and Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935). After him are Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), and Kōki Hirota (1878).

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