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Norio Ohga

1930 - 2011

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Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio), otherwise spelled Norio Oga (January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), was the former president and chairman of Sony Corporation, credited with spurring the development of the compact disc as a commercially viable audio format. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norio Ohga has received more than 276,815 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Norio Ohga is the 337th most popular businessperson (down from 261st in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 766th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

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  • 51.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Norio Ohga ranks 337 out of 601. Before him are Horacio Pagani, Paul Sacher, Pierre Veyron, Vladimir Lisin, Amadeo Giannini, and Herbert Hainer. After him are Eddie Jordan, Lee Shau-kee, Tommy Mottola, Stefan Persson, Alfred Edwards, and Albert Ballin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Norio Ohga ranks 245. Before him are Paul Poupard, Bora Kostić, Anne Francis, Paul Mazursky, Jean Vincent, and Gastone Nencini. After him are Boris Parygin, Ilya Glazunov, Stanley Myers, Frank Carlucci, Christian Tumi, and Kalevi Sorsa. Among people deceased in 2011, Norio Ohga ranks 164. Before him are Andrea True, Anne Francis, John Stott, Charles T. Kowal, Würzel, and Ali Saibou. After him are Koichi Tohei, Arnošt Lustig, Kazimierz Świątek, Hella Haasse, Josip Katalinski, and John Neville.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norio Ohga ranks 863 out of 6,048. Before him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Tomomi Seo (1950), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Tarō Kōno (1963). After him are Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Koichi Tohei (1920), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), and Futabatei Shimei (1864).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Norio Ohga ranks 12. Before him are Masayoshi Son (1957), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), and Tadashi Yanai (1949). After him are Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Akio Toyoda (1956), Kaz Hirai (1960), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), and Joi Ito (1966).

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