1955 - 2018
Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and was also involved in several other crimes. Asahara was sentenced to death in 2004, and his final appeal failed in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoko Asahara has received more than 2,062,507 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Shoko Asahara is the 1,129th most popular writer (up from 1,131st in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Japan (up from 217th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Writer.
Shoko Asahara is most famous for being the founder of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. He is also known for being the mastermind behind the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
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Among writers, Shoko Asahara ranks 1,129 out of 5,794. Before him are Jaan Kross, Sami Frashëri, John Dryden, Ephraim Kishon, Léon Bloy, and Harry Harrison. After him are Thomas De Quincey, Laura Marx, Henri Michaux, P. G. Wodehouse, Allan Pinkerton, and Rosalía de Castro.
1920 - 2007
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,123
1850 - 1904
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,124
1631 - 1700
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,125
1924 - 2005
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,126
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,127
1925 - 2012
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,128
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1,129
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 1,130
1845 - 1911
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 1,131
1899 - 1984
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 1,132
1881 - 1975
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1,133
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1,134
1837 - 1885
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 1,135
Among people born in 1955, Shoko Asahara ranks 37. Before him are François Cluzet, Mariano Rajoy, Dodi Fayed, Carme Forcadell, John Grisham, and Roland Emmerich. After him are Binali Yıldırım, Denis Mukwege, Haitham bin Tariq, Brendan Gleeson, J. K. Simmons, and Billy Idol. Among people deceased in 2018, Shoko Asahara ranks 60. Before him are Gérard Genette, Milena Dravić, Joe Jackson, Wim Kok, Christine Nöstlinger, and Steve Ditko. After him are Ruud Lubbers, Anthony Bourdain, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Oskar Gröning, and Gene Sharp.
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 31
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 32
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 33
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 36
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 40
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 41
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 42
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 43
1930 - 2018
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 54
1940 - 2018
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 55
1928 - 2018
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 56
1938 - 2018
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 57
1936 - 2018
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 58
1927 - 2018
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 59
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 60
1939 - 2018
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 61
1956 - 2018
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 62
1924 - 2018
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 63
1924 - 2018
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 64
1921 - 2018
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 65
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 66
Among people born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 212 out of 5,560. Before him are Shiro Misaki (null), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Setsuko Hara (1920), Yoshio Furukawa (1934), Hideo Sakai (1909), and Jiro Miyake (1900). After him are Masao Takada (null), Takashi Kawanishi (1899), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Emperor Kenzō (450), and Yamato Takeru (72).
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 206
1659 - 1719
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 207
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 208
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 209
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 210
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 211
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 212
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 213
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 214
1887 - 1945
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 215
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 216
450 - 487
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 217
72 - 113
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 218
Among writers born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 23. Before him are Issei Sagawa (1949), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), and Yosa Buson (1716). After him are Shūsaku Endō (1923), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Ono no Komachi (825), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), and Ihara Saikaku (1642).
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 17
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 18
1363 - 1443
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 19
1870 - 1966
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 20
1894 - 1965
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 21
1716 - 1783
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 22
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 23
1923 - 1996
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 24
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 25
845 - 903
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 26
825 - 900
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 27
1896 - 1933
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 28
1642 - 1693
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 29