1880 - 1965
Kodo Sawaki (沢木 興道, Sawaki Kōdō, June 16, 1880 – December 21, 1965) was a prominent Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōdō Sawaki has received more than 85,686 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kōdō Sawaki is the 1,518th most popular religious figure (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 694th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 1,518 out of 2,238. Before him are Sobekemsaf II, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Colette of Corbie, Modestus of Jerusalem, Dashrath Manjhi, and Dobri Dobrev. After him are Kaundinya, Arp Schnitger, Bashar ibn Burd, Rahotep, Mang of Xia, and Joseph Cardijn.
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,512
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,513
1381 - 1447
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,514
537 - 634
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,515
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,516
1914 - 2018
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 1,517
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 1,518
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 1,519
1648 - 1719
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 1,520
714 - 783
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 1,521
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 1,522
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 1,523
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 1,524
Among people born in 1880, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 83. Before him are Arnold Gesell, Sholem Asch, Marie Stopes, Carl Van Vechten, Leon Rupnik, and Waldemar Bonsels. After him are Archie Hahn, Mihail Sadoveanu, Joseph Trumpeldor, Eric Lemming, Gabriel Voisin, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. Among people deceased in 1965, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 73. Before him are Wilhelm Worringer, Jesse Douglas, Lionel Terray, Bertil Lindblad, Corrado Gini, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Louis Harold Gray, Alfredo Guzzoni, Kurt Goldstein, Abraham Fraenkel, Lee Hoi-chuen, and Fred Quimby.
1880 - 1961
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 77
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 78
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 79
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 80
1880 - 1946
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 81
1880 - 1952
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 82
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 83
1880 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 84
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 85
1880 - 1920
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 86
1880 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 87
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 88
1880 - 1968
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 89
1881 - 1965
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 67
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 68
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 69
1895 - 1965
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 70
1884 - 1965
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 71
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 72
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 73
1905 - 1965
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 74
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 75
1878 - 1965
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 76
1891 - 1965
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 77
1901 - 1965
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 78
1886 - 1965
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 79
Among people born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 692 out of 6,048. Before him are Keisai Eisen (1790), Noritaka Hidaka (1947), Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Izumi Shikibu (976), Ukita Hideie (1573), and Yoshinobu Ishii (1939). After him are Akira Nishino (1955), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), and Motoo Kimura (1924).
1790 - 1848
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 686
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 687
1866 - 1949
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 688
976 - 1033
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 689
1573 - 1655
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 690
1939 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 691
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 692
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 693
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 694
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 695
1825 - 1883
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 696
1218 - 1256
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 697
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 698
Among religious figures born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 19. Before him are Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), and Hōnen (1133). After him are Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), and Peter Doi (1892).
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 13
767 - 822
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 14
1173 - 1263
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 15
1538 - 1590
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 16
551 - 626
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 17
1133 - 1212
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 18
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 19
1914 - 1982
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 21
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 22
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 23
1904 - 1996
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 24
1892 - 1970
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 25