1497 - 1571
Mōri Motonari (毛利 元就, April 16, 1497 – July 6, 1571) was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari was called the "Beggar Prince". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mōri Motonari has received more than 348,616 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Mōri Motonari is the 4,377th most popular politician (down from 4,225th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 91st most popular Japanese Politician.
Mōri Motonari is most famous for the Battle of Sekigahara, which was the decisive battle in the power struggle between two major factions in Japan, the Toyotomi and the Tokugawa.
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Among politicians, Mōri Motonari ranks 4,377 out of 15,577. Before him are Rafael del Riego, Miguel López de Legazpi, Diodotus Tryphon, Iry-Hor, Boris II of Bulgaria, and Zakir Husain. After him are Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prince Rahotep, Elena Glinskaya, Barham Salih, Frederick the Simple, and Gustav Noske.
1784 - 1823
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,371
1502 - 1572
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,372
150 BC - 138 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,373
3101 BC - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,374
931 - 977
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,375
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,376
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,377
1692 - 1740
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,378
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,379
1510 - 1538
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,380
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,381
1342 - 1377
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,382
1868 - 1946
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,383
Among people born in 1497, Mōri Motonari ranks 6. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, and Emperor Go-Nara. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Jean Fernel, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1571, Mōri Motonari ranks 6. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, John Sigismund Zápolya, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Titu Cusi, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Marfa Sobakina, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 1
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 2
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 3
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 4
1497 - 1557
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 5
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 6
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 7
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 8
1497 - 1543
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 9
1497 - 1555
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 10
1500 - 1571
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 1
1540 - 1571
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 2
1512 - 1571
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3
1505 - 1571
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 4
1511 - 1571
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 6
1535 - 1571
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 7
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 8
1552 - 1571
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 9
1515 - 1571
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 10
1510 - 1571
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 11
1516 - 1571
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 243 out of 6,048. Before him are Osamu Shimomura (1928), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), and Shintaro Ishihara (1932). After him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Masaru Ibuka (1908), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251).
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 237
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 238
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 239
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 240
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 241
1932 - 2022
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 242
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 243
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 244
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 245
1464 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 246
1621 - 1638
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 247
1908 - 1997
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 248
1251 - 1284
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 249
Among politicians born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 91. Before him are Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830), Emperor Seinei (444), Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), and Shintaro Ishihara (1932). After him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Sutoku (1119), and Emperor Shōmu (701).
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 85
444 - 484
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 86
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 87
1401 - 1428
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 88
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 89
1932 - 2022
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 90
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 91
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 92
1464 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 93
1621 - 1638
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 94
1251 - 1284
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 95
1119 - 1164
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 96
701 - 756
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 97