1909 - 1990
Shigeo Shingo (新郷 重夫, Shingō Shigeo, 1909–1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer who was considered as the world’s leading expert on manufacturing practices and the Toyota Production System. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shigeo Shingo has received more than 267,424 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Shigeo Shingo is the 171st most popular inventor (up from 176th in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from Japan (up from 608th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Inventor.
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Among inventors, Shigeo Shingo ranks 171 out of 354. Before him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Charles Cros, David Edward Hughes, Siegfried Marcus, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, and Georges Claude. After him are George Washington, Ottaviano Petrucci, Peter Henlein, Hubert Cecil Booth, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, and Melvil Dewey.
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 165
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 166
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 167
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 168
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 169
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 170
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 171
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 172
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 173
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 174
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 175
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 176
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 177
Among people born in 1909, Shigeo Shingo ranks 89. Before him are Roberto Burle Marx, Kinuyo Tanaka, Juan Carlos Onetti, Ryszard Siwiec, William M. Branham, and Stavros Niarchos. After him are Edwin H. Land, Eduard Wirths, Atsushi Nakajima, Matti Järvinen, Adolfo López Mateos, and Nelson Algren. Among people deceased in 1990, Shigeo Shingo ranks 77. Before him are Meir Kahane, José Figueres Ferrer, Taro Kagawa, J. C. R. Licklider, Tom Fogerty, and Dexter Gordon. After him are Arthur Kennedy, Vaso Čubrilović, Michel Leiris, Gerald Bull, Thorbjørn Egner, and Georgy Flyorov.
1909 - 1994
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 83
1909 - 1977
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 84
1909 - 1994
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 85
1909 - 1968
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 86
1909 - 1965
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 87
1909 - 1996
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 88
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 89
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 90
1909 - 1945
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 91
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 92
1909 - 1985
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 93
1909 - 1969
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 94
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 95
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 71
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 72
1922 - 1990
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 73
1915 - 1990
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 74
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 75
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 76
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 77
1914 - 1990
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 78
1897 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 79
1901 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 80
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 81
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 82
1913 - 1990
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 83
Among people born in Japan, Shigeo Shingo ranks 565 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Shirakawa (1053), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Shō Tai (1843), Isao Tomita (1932), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758). After him are Saizo Saito (1908), Takashi Murakami (1962), Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), Korechika Anami (1887), Ankō Itosu (1831), and Osami Nagano (1880).
1053 - 1129
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 559
1862 - 1933
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 560
1843 - 1901
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 561
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 562
1923 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 563
758 - 811
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 564
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 565
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 566
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 567
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 568
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 569
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 570
1880 - 1947
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 571
Among inventors born in Japan, Shigeo Shingo ranks 4. Before him are Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Momofuku Ando (1910), and Sakichi Toyoda (1867). After him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928).
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 1
1910 - 2007
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 2
1867 - 1930
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 3
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 4
1928 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 5