1564 - 1597
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 148,558 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Paulo Miki is the 714th most popular religious figure (down from 608th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Japan (down from 80th in 2019) and the 7th 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, Paulo Miki ranks 714 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Adrian IV, Émile Benveniste, Erasmus of Formia, Romanos the Melodist, Johann Tetzel, and Guru Gobind Singh. After him are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Antipope Ursicinus, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Theophilus of Antioch, and Maudgalyayana.
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 708
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 709
300 - 303
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 710
490 - 556
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 711
1460 - 1519
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 712
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 713
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 714
630 - 632
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 715
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 716
400 - 384
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 717
280 - 341
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 718
140 - 183
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 719
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 720
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, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Joos de Momper. Among people deceased in 1597, Paulo Miki ranks 5. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, Peter Canisius, and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain. After him are Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Barbara Blomberg, Franciscus Patricius, Edward Kelley, and Gunilla Bielke.
1564 - 1642
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 1
1564 - 1616
HPI: 90.88
Rank: 2
1564 - 1636
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 3
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 4
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 5
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 7
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 8
1564 - 1644
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 9
1564 - 1612
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 10
1564 - 1613
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 11
1564 - 1635
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 12
1550 - 1597
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1
1542 - 1597
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 2
1521 - 1597
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 3
1567 - 1597
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 5
1540 - 1597
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1534 - 1597
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 7
1533 - 1597
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 8
1527 - 1597
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 9
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 10
1555 - 1597
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 11
1568 - 1597
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 114 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Empress Meishō (1624), Kōbō Abe (1924), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), and Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894). After him are Emperor Reigen (1654), Akio Morita (1921), Emperor Momozono (1741), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Kūkai (774), and Empress Kōjun (1903).
1675 - 1710
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 108
1624 - 1696
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 109
1924 - 1993
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 110
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 111
1638 - 1685
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 112
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 113
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 114
1654 - 1732
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 115
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 116
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 117
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 118
774 - 835
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 119
1903 - 2000
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 120
Among religious figures born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 7. Before him are Kane Tanaka (1903), Nichiren (1222), Dōgen (1200), Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), and Empress Meishō (1624). After him are Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ikkyū (1394), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), and Eisai (1141).
1903 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 1
1222 - 1282
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 3
1155 - 1189
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 4
921 - 1005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 5
1624 - 1696
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 6
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 7
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 8
1659 - 1719
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 9
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 10
1394 - 1481
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 11
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 12
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 13