Religious Figure

Paulo Miki

Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian and martyr

1564 - 1597

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His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2024). Paulo Miki is the 588th most popular religious figure (up from 661st in 2024), the 63rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 99th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Paulo Miki ranks 588 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Rosalia, Marcel Lefebvre, Antipope Alexander V, Parascheva of the Balkans, Pope Donus, and Anas ibn Malik. After him are Abdullah ibn Masud, Charles de Foucauld, Maria al-Qibtiyya, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Saint Maurice, and Sabbas the Sanctified.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Paulo Miki ranks 6. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, William Adams, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are David Fabricius, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Federico Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1597, Paulo Miki ranks 3. Before him are Willem Barentsz, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Peter Canisius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, and Barbara Blomberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 63 out of NaN. Before him are Hideki Yukawa (1907), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), and Kane Tanaka (1903). After him are Mako (1933), Koxinga (1624), Dōgen (1200), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Antonio Inoki (1943), and Isamu Akasaki (1929).

Among Religious Figures In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 2. Before him is Kane Tanaka (1903). After him are Dōgen (1200), Nichiren (1222), Empress Meishō (1624), Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), and Eisai (1141).

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