1937 - 2000
Keizō Obuchi (小渕 恵三, Obuchi Keizō, 25 June 1937 – 14 May 2000) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000. Obuchi was elected to the House of Representatives in Gunma Prefecture in 1963, becoming the youngest legislator in Japanese history, and was re-elected to his seat eleven times. Obuchi rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party and distinguished himself in the prominent posts of Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keizō Obuchi has received more than 179,796 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Keizō Obuchi is the 5,267th most popular politician (up from 5,286th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Japan (up from 385th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Keizō Obuchi ranks 5,267 out of 15,710. Before him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg, Princess Wencheng, Fouad Siniora, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony. After him are Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria, George III of Georgia, Phraates II, Leo Tindemans, and Frederick IV, Elector Palatine.
1504 - 1553
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5,261
1905 - 1985
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5,262
1328 - 1365
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5,263
628 - 680
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5,264
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,265
1728 - 1797
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,266
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,267
1818 - 1881
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,268
1324 - 1397
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,269
1200 - 1184
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5,270
200 BC - 127 BC
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 5,271
1922 - 2014
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 5,272
1574 - 1610
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 5,273
Among people born in 1937, Keizō Obuchi ranks 92. Before him are Thomas Nagel, Ronald Venetiaan, Tamara Press, Valentin Pavlov, Cüneyt Arkın, and Nikolai Kapustin. After him are Anatoly Sobchak, Hélène Cixous, Bruce McCandless II, Robert Gallo, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Billy Meier. Among people deceased in 2000, Keizō Obuchi ranks 57. Before him are Takashi Kano, Loretta Young, Barbara Cartland, Lazar Koliševski, Yasuo Suzuki, and Akira Nozawa. After him are Anatoly Sobchak, Lolo Ferrari, Richard Farnsworth, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Ivan Stambolić, and Pierre Plantard.
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 86
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 87
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 88
1937 - 2003
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 89
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 90
1937 - 2020
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 91
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 92
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 93
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 94
1937 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 95
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 96
1937 - 2006
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 97
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 98
1920 - 2000
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 51
1913 - 2000
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 52
1901 - 2000
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 53
1914 - 2000
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 54
1913 - 2000
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 55
1914 - 2000
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 56
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 57
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 58
1963 - 2000
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 59
1920 - 2000
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 60
1902 - 2000
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 61
1936 - 2000
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 62
1920 - 2000
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 63
Among people born in Japan, Keizō Obuchi ranks 381 out of 5,560. Before him are Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), and Shigechiyo Izumi (1865). After him are Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Masayoshi Son (1957), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Kondō Isami (1834), and Hifuyo Uchida (null).
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 375
1572 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 376
1347 - 1424
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 377
1642 - 1693
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 378
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 379
1865 - 1865
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 380
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 381
1555 - 1600
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 382
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 383
1851 - 1916
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 384
1653 - 1725
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 385
1834 - 1868
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 386
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 387
Among politicians born in Japan, Keizō Obuchi ranks 134. Before him are Emperor Seiwa (850), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Azai Nagamasa (1545), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), and Shigechiyo Izumi (1865). After him are Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Kondō Isami (1834), Emperor Konoe (1139), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Tokugawa Iesada (1824), and Emperor Fushimi (1265).
850 - 881
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 128
1267 - 1324
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 129
1545 - 1573
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 130
1572 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 131
1347 - 1424
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 132
1865 - 1865
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 133
1937 - 2000
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 134
1555 - 1600
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 135
1834 - 1868
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 136
1139 - 1155
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 137
1032 - 1073
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 138
1824 - 1858
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 139
1265 - 1317
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 140