1833 - 1877
Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允, born Wada Kogorō (和田 小五郎); August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), formerly known as Katsura Kogorō (桂 小五郎), was a Japanese statesman, samurai and shishi who is considered one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kido Takayoshi has received more than 309,316 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Kido Takayoshi is the 4,619th most popular politician (up from 5,780th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 449th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Kido Takayoshi ranks 4,619 out of 15,577. Before him are Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Alexandre Pétion, Marcus Antonius, Sher Ali Khan, Gentius, and Francis II, Duke of Brittany. After him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Xanana Gusmão, Osorkon I, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Joannes, and Emperor Muzong of Tang.
114 BC - 63 BC
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,613
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,614
143 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4,615
1825 - 1879
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,616
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,617
1435 - 1488
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,618
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,619
1857 - 1928
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,620
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,621
1000 BC - 889 BC
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4,622
932 - 999
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 4,623
400 - 425
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 4,624
795 - 824
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 4,625
Among people born in 1833, Kido Takayoshi ranks 16. Before him are Félicien Rops, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Léon Bonnat, Edward Burne-Jones, Eugen Dühring, and Charles George Gordon. After him are Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Carola of Vasa, Prince Gong, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe. Among people deceased in 1877, Kido Takayoshi ranks 20. Before him are Nathan Bedford Forrest, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Antoine Augustin Cournot, and Constantine Kanaris. After him are Yaqub Beg, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Friedrich Graf von Wrangel.
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 10
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 11
1833 - 1922
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 12
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 13
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 14
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 15
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 16
1833 - 1897
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 17
1833 - 1907
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 18
1833 - 1898
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 19
1833 - 1905
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 20
1833 - 1916
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 21
1833 - 1895
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 22
1821 - 1877
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 14
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 15
1793 - 1877
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 16
1794 - 1877
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 17
1801 - 1877
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 18
1793 - 1877
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 19
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 20
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 21
1806 - 1877
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 22
1808 - 1877
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 23
1809 - 1877
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 24
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 25
1784 - 1877
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 26
Among people born in Japan, Kido Takayoshi ranks 272 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Ankan (466), Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Hideo Kojima (1963), Yosa Buson (1716), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), and Emperor Bidatsu (538). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Toshio Iwatani (1925), and Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127).
466 - 536
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 266
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 267
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 268
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 269
1684 - 1751
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 270
538 - 585
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 271
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 272
1887 - 1957
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 273
1932 - 1988
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 274
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 275
1561 - 1611
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 276
1925 - 1970
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 277
1127 - 1192
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 278
Among politicians born in Japan, Kido Takayoshi ranks 105. Before him are Hara Takashi (1856), Terauchi Masatake (1852), Hōjō Masako (1156), Emperor Ankan (466), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), and Emperor Bidatsu (538). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Yūryaku (418), and Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196).
1856 - 1921
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 99
1852 - 1919
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 100
1156 - 1225
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 101
466 - 536
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 102
1684 - 1751
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 103
538 - 585
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 104
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 105
1887 - 1957
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 106
1561 - 1611
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 107
1127 - 1192
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 108
1924 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 109
418 - 479
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 110
1196 - 1231
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 111