1924 - 2000
Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登, Takeshita Noboru, 26 February 1924 – 19 June 2000) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy. Takeshita led the largest faction at the time in the Liberal Democratic Party, which he inherited from Kakuei Tanaka, from the 1980s until his death in 2000. He was dubbed the "last shadow shogun" for his behind-the-scenes influence in Japanese politics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Noboru Takeshita has received more than 324,041 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Noboru Takeshita is the 5,916th most popular politician (down from 5,851st in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Japan (up from 462nd in 2019) and the 169th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Noboru Takeshita ranks 5,916 out of 15,577. Before him are Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Dong Xian, Eulji Mundeok, Praskovia Saltykova, Charaton, and Horace Walpole. After him are Ben Carson, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Leo V, King of Armenia, Ingenuus, Ramiro III of León, and Hōjō Tokimasa.
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 5,910
23 BC - 1 BC
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 5,911
550 - 700
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 5,912
1664 - 1723
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 5,913
400 - 500
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5,914
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5,915
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5,916
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5,917
880 - 943
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5,918
1342 - 1393
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5,919
200 - 260
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5,920
961 - 985
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5,921
1138 - 1215
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5,922
Among people born in 1924, Noboru Takeshita ranks 92. Before him are Israel Tal, Vasil Bykaŭ, Milka Planinc, Moktar Ould Daddah, Antoni Ramallets, and David Bronstein. After him are Torsten Wiesel, Claude Sautet, Tengiz Abuladze, Katy Jurado, Roland Petit, and Luigi Musso. Among people deceased in 2000, Noboru Takeshita ranks 62. Before him are Akira Nozawa, Keizō Obuchi, Maurice Richard, Don Budge, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Giorgio Bassani. After him are Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Ivan Stambolić, Kemal Sunal, Phạm Văn Đồng, Claude Sautet, and Barbara Cartland.
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 86
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 87
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 88
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 89
1924 - 2013
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 90
1924 - 2006
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 91
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 92
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 93
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 94
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 95
1924 - 2002
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 96
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 97
1924 - 1958
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 98
1914 - 2000
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 56
1937 - 2000
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 57
1921 - 2000
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 58
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 59
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 60
1916 - 2000
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 61
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 62
1902 - 2000
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 63
1936 - 2000
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 64
1944 - 2000
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 65
1906 - 2000
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 66
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 67
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 68
Among people born in Japan, Noboru Takeshita ranks 417 out of 6,048. Before him are Ryōji Noyori (1938), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takeo Kurita (1889), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Saburo Shinosaki (null), and Ishirō Honda (1911). After him are Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Mōri Terumoto (1533), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Masafumi Hara (1943), and Tetsu Katayama (1887).
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 411
1836 - 1908
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 412
1889 - 1977
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 413
1555 - 1600
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 414
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 415
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 416
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 417
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 418
1533 - 1625
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 419
1899 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 420
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 421
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 422
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 423
Among politicians born in Japan, Noboru Takeshita ranks 169. Before him are Tokugawa Iesada (1824), Emperor Konoe (1139), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), and Konishi Yukinaga (1555). After him are Mōri Terumoto (1533), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Tetsu Katayama (1887), Emperor Yōzei (867), Emperor Daigo (885), and Emperor Shijō (1231).
1824 - 1858
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 163
1139 - 1155
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 164
1218 - 1234
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 165
1243 - 1304
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 166
1836 - 1908
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 167
1555 - 1600
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 168
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 169
1533 - 1625
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 170
1899 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 171
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 172
867 - 949
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 173
885 - 930
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 174
1231 - 1242
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 175