RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paulo Miki

1564 - 1597

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Paul Miki, SJ (Japanese: パウロ三木; (‘Paulo Miki’) c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and Jesuit, known for his martyrdom during a 16th-century anti-Catholic uprising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo Miki has received more than 156,269 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Miki is the 662nd most popular religious figure (up from 709th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Japan (up from 114th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Paulo Miki is most famous for being the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in the United States.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paulo Miki ranks 662 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Benedict IV, Evagrius Ponticus, Menno Simons, Benkei, Romanos the Melodist, and Je Tsongkhapa. After him are Olaus Magnus, Empress Meishō, Louis de Montfort, Pope Benedict V, Mattathias, and Justin Martyr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Paulo Miki ranks 6. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, and William Adams. After him are David Fabricius, Ahmad Sirhindi, Hans Leo Hassler, Francisco Pacheco, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Federico Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1597, Paulo Miki ranks 5. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, Maharana Pratap, and Peter Canisius. After him are Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 99 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Itoku (-553), Prince Shōtoku (574), Benkei (1155), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Naoto Kan (1946), and Akira Suzuki (1930). After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Empress Meishō (1624), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Joan Fontaine (1917), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), and Hiroto Muraoka (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 5. Before him are Kane Tanaka (1903), Dōgen (1200), Nichiren (1222), and Benkei (1155). After him are Empress Meishō (1624), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Mikao Usui (1865), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), and Ikkyū (1394).

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