1836 - 1867
Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬 or 坂本竜馬, 3 January 1836 – 10 December 1867) was a Japanese samurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period. Sakamoto was a low-ranking samurai from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an active opponent of the Tokugawa Shogunate after the end of Japan's sakoku isolationist policy. Under the alias Saitani Umetarō (才谷梅太郎) he worked against the Bakufu, the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was often hunted by their supporters and the Shinsengumi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sakamoto Ryōma has received more than 1,325,990 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sakamoto Ryōma is the 85th most popular social activist (down from 77th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Japan (down from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Social Activist.
Sakamoto Ryōma was a samurai and politician of the Bakumatsu period. He is most famous for his role in the 1866 coup d'état against the Tokugawa shogunate, which led to the Meiji Restoration.
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Among social activists, Sakamoto Ryōma ranks 85 out of 538. Before him are Thomas Cranmer, Axel Munthe, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Liu Xiaobo, Edmond James de Rothschild, and Bugsy Siegel. After him are Gerald Durrell, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Amílcar Cabral, Errico Malatesta, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Fra Dolcino.
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 79
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 80
1753 - 1811
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 81
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 82
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 83
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 84
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 85
1925 - 1995
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 86
1876 - 1917
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 87
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 88
1853 - 1932
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 89
1927 - 1988
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 90
1250 - 1307
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 91
Among people born in 1836, Sakamoto Ryōma ranks 10. Before him are Léo Delibes, Sophia of Nassau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Marie Henriette of Austria, and Henri Fantin-Latour. After him are Ferdinand Cheval, James Tissot, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Joseph Chamberlain, Jules Chéret, and Princess Anna of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1867, Sakamoto Ryōma ranks 10. Before him are Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Kōmei, Théodore Rousseau, Otto of Greece, Franz Bopp, and Jean-Victor Poncelet. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Elias Howe, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, and Victor Cousin.
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 4
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 5
1836 - 1912
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 6
1836 - 1894
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 7
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 8
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 9
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 10
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 11
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 12
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 13
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 14
1836 - 1932
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 15
1836 - 1918
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 16
1832 - 1867
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 4
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 5
1812 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 6
1815 - 1867
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 7
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 8
1788 - 1867
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 9
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 10
1816 - 1867
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 11
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 12
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 13
1845 - 1867
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 14
1849 - 1867
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 15
1792 - 1867
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 16
Among people born in Japan, Sakamoto Ryōma ranks 105 out of 6,048. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Kenzō Takada (1939), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Prince Shōtoku (574), and Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885). After him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Empress Meishō (1624), Kōbō Abe (1924), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).
1886 - 1965
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 99
1894 - 1952
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 100
1939 - 2020
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 101
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 102
574 - 622
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 103
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 104
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 105
1633 - 1654
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 106
505 BC - 392 BC
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 107
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
Among social activists born in Japan, Sakamoto Ryōma ranks 2. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943). After him are 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