1844 - 1915
Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一) (born Yamaguchi Hajime (山口 一); February 18, 1844 – September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous wars of the Bakumatsu period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saitō Hajime has received more than 626,893 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Saitō Hajime is the 564th most popular military personnel (up from 595th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 390th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Saitō Hajime ranks 564 out of 1,468. Before him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Jack Phillips, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Werner Ostendorff, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach. After him are Aegidius, Heraclius the Elder, Maarten Tromp, Joseph Gallieni, Filipp Golikov, and Takeichi Nishi.
1775 - 1809
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 558
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 559
1762 - 1806
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 560
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 561
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 562
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 563
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 564
450 - 465
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 565
600 - 610
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 566
1598 - 1653
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 567
1849 - 1916
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 568
1900 - 1980
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 569
1902 - 1945
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 570
Among people born in 1844, Saitō Hajime ranks 31. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor, Charles-Émile Reynaud, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Karl Lueger, Julius Wellhausen, and Sophia Tolstaya. After him are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Henry J. Heinz, Adolf Engler, Mihály Munkácsy, Eduard Strasburger, and Louis Riel. Among people deceased in 1915, Saitō Hajime ranks 19. Before him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Michel Bréal, Armand Peugeot, Sergei Taneyev, Émile Waldteufel, and Edith Cavell. After him are Arthur Auwers, Anna Leonowens, James Murray, Julius von Payer, Konstantin Makovsky, and Anton von Werner.
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 25
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 28
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 30
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 31
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 32
1844 - 1919
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 33
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 34
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 36
1844 - 1885
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 37
1858 - 1915
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 13
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 14
1849 - 1915
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 15
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 16
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 17
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 19
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 20
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 21
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 22
1841 - 1915
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23
1839 - 1915
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 24
1843 - 1915
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 25
Among people born in Japan, Saitō Hajime ranks 292 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Empress Shōken (1849), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Emperor Monmu (683), Yosano Akiko (1878), and Maeda Toshiie (1538). After him are Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Yoshitoshi (1839), and Chūya Nakahara (1907).
1196 - 1231
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 286
1849 - 1914
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 287
1930 - 1996
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 288
683 - 707
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 289
1878 - 1942
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 290
1538 - 1599
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 291
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 292
1420 - 1506
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 293
1849 - 1940
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 294
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 295
1358 - 1408
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 296
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 297
1907 - 1937
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 298
Among military personnels born in Japan, Saitō Hajime ranks 32. Before him are Okita Sōji (1842), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Shunroku Hata (1879), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), and Kenji Doihara (1883). After him are Takeichi Nishi (1902), Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Nobutake Kondō (1886), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), and Takijirō Ōnishi (1891).
1842 - 1868
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 26
1886 - 1966
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 27
1879 - 1962
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 28
1849 - 1912
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 29
1892 - 1942
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 30
1883 - 1948
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 31
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 32
1902 - 1945
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 33
1879 - 1946
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 34
1835 - 1869
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 35
1886 - 1953
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 36
1885 - 1948
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 37
1891 - 1945
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 38