845 - 903
Sugawara no Michizane (菅原 道真/菅原 道眞, August 1, 845 – March 26, 903) was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in waka and kanshi poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, Tenman-Tenjin (天満天神, often shortened to Tenjin). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sugawara no Michizane has received more than 517,344 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sugawara no Michizane is the 961st most popular writer (up from 1,350th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Japan (up from 313th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 961 out of 5,755. Before him are Khaled Hosseini, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Juan Antonio Villacañas, E. M. Forster, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Ernst Hanfstaengl. After him are Richard Matheson, Jean-Claude Carrière, Edogawa Ranpo, Gnaeus Naevius, Stephen Crane, and James Brendan Connolly.
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 955
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 956
1922 - 2001
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 957
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 958
1501 - 1536
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 959
1887 - 1975
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 960
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 961
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 962
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 963
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 964
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 965
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 966
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 967
Among people born in 845, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 2. Before him is Árpád. After him are Charles of Provence, Richilde of Provence, and Liutgard of Saxony. Among people deceased in 903, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict IV. After him are Ahmad ibn Rustah and Théodrate of Troyes.
845 - 907
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 1
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 2
845 - 863
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 3
845 - 910
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 4
845 - 885
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 5
860 - 903
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 1
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 2
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 3
868 - 903
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 4
Among people born in Japan, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 170 out of 6,048. Before him are Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952). After him are Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Tsugumi Ohba (1950).
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 164
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 165
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 166
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 167
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 168
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 169
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 170
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 171
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 172
680 - 748
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 173
336 - 405
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 174
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 175
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 176
Among writers born in Japan, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 16. Before him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Kōbō Abe (1924). After him are Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Shoko Asahara (1955), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Mori Ōgai (1862), and Kobayashi Issa (1763).
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 10
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 12
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 13
1886 - 1965
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 14
1924 - 1993
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 15
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 16
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 17
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 18
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 19
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 20
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 21
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 22