1534 - 1582
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ(ꜜ)naɡa] ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. 'person under heaven') and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobunaga was an influential figure in Japanese history and is regarded as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, along with his retainers Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oda Nobunaga has received more than 6,999,523 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Oda Nobunaga is the 16th most popular military personnel (up from 23rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Japan (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
Oda Nobunaga is most famous for unifying Japan and ending the Sengoku period.
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Among military personnels, Oda Nobunaga ranks 16 out of 1,468. Before him are Adolf Eichmann, Themistocles, William Wallace, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Romulus Augustulus, and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. After him are Erich von Manstein, Chiang Kai-shek, Heinz Guderian, Arminius, Ratko Mladić, and Ptolemy I Soter.
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 11
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 12
592 - 642
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 13
460 - 527
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 14
1857 - 1941
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 15
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 16
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 17
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 18
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 19
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 21
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1534, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Orlande de Lassus, Frederick II of Denmark, Myeongjong of Joseon, Isaac Luria, Joseph of Anchieta, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Lautaro, Guru Ram Das, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Robert Garnier. Among people deceased in 1582, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Teresa of Ávila, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Wu Cheng'en, Akechi Mitsuhide, Altan Khan, Mori Ranmaru, Takeda Katsuyori, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Charlotte of Bourbon, Oda Nobutada, and Zhang Juzheng.
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 1
1534 - 1594
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
1534 - 1588
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 3
1534 - 1567
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 4
1534 - 1572
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 5
1534 - 1597
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 6
1534 - 1578
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 7
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 8
1534 - 1557
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 9
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 10
1534 - 1612
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 11
1534 - 1590
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 12
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 1
1515 - 1582
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 2
1507 - 1582
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 3
1500 - 1582
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 4
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 5
1507 - 1582
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 6
1565 - 1582
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 7
1546 - 1582
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 8
1575 - 1582
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 9
1546 - 1582
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 10
1557 - 1582
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 11
1525 - 1582
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Oda Nobunaga ranks 7 out of 6,048. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Hokusai (1760), Akihito (1933), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), and Miyamoto Musashi (1584). After him are Emperor Meiji (1852), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542).
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
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
Among military personnels born in Japan, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Date Masamune (1567), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 1
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 2
1884 - 1943
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 3
1922 - 2014
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 4
1542 - 1597
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 5
1828 - 1877
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 6
1887 - 1944
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 7
1159 - 1189
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 8
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 9
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 10
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12