1584 - 1645
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin, who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). Musashi is considered a Kensei, a sword-saint of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miyamoto Musashi has received more than 7,234,418 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Miyamoto Musashi is the 84th most popular writer (up from 104th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Japan (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Writer.
Miyamoto Musashi is most famous for being a samurai and his book The Book of Five Rings.
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Among writers, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 84 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert Frost, Toni Morrison, Paulo Coelho, Nikolai Gogol, Stephen King, and Jonathan Swift. After him are Milan Kundera, Heinrich Heine, Selma Lagerlöf, Virginia Woolf, Maxim Gorky, and Maurice Maeterlinck.
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 78
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 79
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 80
1809 - 1852
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 81
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 82
1667 - 1745
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 83
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 84
1929 - 2023
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 85
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 86
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 87
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 88
1868 - 1936
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 89
1862 - 1949
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 90
Among people born in 1584, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, William Baffin, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Francisco de Quevedo, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Yuan Chonghuan, Matthias Gallas, Herman Wrangel, Cornelis de Vos, Melchior Grodziecki, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. Among people deceased in 1645, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 1. After him are Hugo Grotius, Michael of Russia, Francisco de Quevedo, Li Zicheng, William Laud, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Anthony van Diemen, Feng Menglong, and Eudoxia Streshneva.
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 1
1584 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 2
1584 - 1622
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 3
1584 - 1647
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 4
1584 - 1645
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 5
1584 - 1638
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 6
1584 - 1630
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 7
1584 - 1647
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 8
1584 - 1643
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9
1584 - 1651
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 10
1584 - 1619
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 11
1584 - 1667
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 12
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 1
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 2
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 3
1584 - 1645
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 4
1606 - 1645
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 6
1577 - 1645
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 7
1587 - 1645
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
1565 - 1645
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 10
1574 - 1645
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 11
1608 - 1645
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 6 out of 6,048. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Hokusai (1760), Akihito (1933), Akira Kurosawa (1910), and Hayao Miyazaki (1941). After him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Emperor Meiji (1852), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), and Haruki Murakami (1949).
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 3
1910 - 1998
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 5
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 6
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 7
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 8
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 9
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 10
1644 - 1694
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Japan, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 1. After him are Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), and Kazuo Ishiguro (1954).
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 1
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 2
1644 - 1694
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 3
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 4
973 - 1014
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 5
1909 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 6
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 7
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 8
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 9
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 10
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 12