1943 - 1955
Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years, becoming one of the most widely known hibakusha—a Japanese term meaning "bomb-affected person". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sadako Sasaki has received more than 1,459,060 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Sadako Sasaki is the 34th most popular social activist, the 34th most popular biography from Japan (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Social Activist.
Sadako Sasaki is most famous for being the girl in the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. She was a victim of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Among social activists, Sadako Sasaki ranks 34 out of 538. Before her are Omar Mukhtar, Martin Niemöller, Pheidippides, Élie Ducommun, Ferdinand Lassalle, and Simon Wiesenthal. After her are Emily Greene Balch, Simon bar Kokhba, Nicholas Winton, Sophie Scholl, Jan Palach, and Emma Goldman.
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 28
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 29
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 30
1833 - 1906
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 31
1825 - 1864
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 32
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 33
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 34
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 35
50 - 135
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 36
1909 - 2015
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 37
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 38
1948 - 1969
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 39
1869 - 1940
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1943, Sadako Sasaki ranks 20. Before her are Keith Richards, Ben Kingsley, Joe Pesci, Toto Cutugno, Albano Carrisi, and Roger Waters. After her are Louise Glück, Joseph Stiglitz, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Christopher Walken, Tarja Halonen, and Howard Gardner. Among people deceased in 1955, Sadako Sasaki ranks 7. Before her are Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Thomas Mann, James Dean, Dale Carnegie, and José Ortega y Gasset. After her are António Egas Moniz, Charlie Parker, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Alberto Ascari, and Rodolfo Graziani.
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 16
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 19
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 20
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 22
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 23
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 25
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 26
1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.06
Rank: 1
1881 - 1955
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 2
1875 - 1955
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 3
1931 - 1955
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 4
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 5
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 7
1874 - 1955
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 8
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 9
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 11
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 12
1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 13
Among people born in Japan, Sadako Sasaki ranks 34 out of 6,048. Before her are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Osamu Tezuka (1928), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kane Tanaka (1903), and Gichin Funakoshi (1868). After her are Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Tadao Ando (1941), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Kenzaburō Ōe (1935).
1929 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 28
1928 - 1989
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 29
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 30
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 31
1903 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 32
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 33
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 34
175 - 248
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 35
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 37
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 38
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 39
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 40
Among social activists born in Japan, Sadako Sasaki ranks 1. After her are Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Megumi Yokota (1964), Akira Amano (1973), and Jared Taylor (1951).
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 2
1558 - 1594
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3
1943 - 1960
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 4
1837 - 1919
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 5
1888 - 1960
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 6
1838 - 1897
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 7
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 8
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 10