1884 - 1973
Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tanzan Ishibashi has received more than 98,963 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Tanzan Ishibashi is the 8,760th most popular politician (down from 8,178th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Japan (down from 695th in 2019) and the 265th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 8,760 out of 15,577. Before him are Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Fred Sinowatz, Huhanye, Franz von Sickingen, Charles, Count of Soissons, and Princess Marie of Prussia. After him are Taxiles, Zbigniew of Poland, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Seyni Kountché, Kurunta, and James Michel.
88 BC - 40 BC
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,754
1929 - 2008
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,755
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,756
1481 - 1523
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,757
1566 - 1612
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,758
1855 - 1888
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,759
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,760
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,761
1070 - 1112
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8,762
1490 - 1557
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 8,763
1931 - 1987
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 8,764
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 8,765
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 8,766
Among people born in 1884, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 82. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos, Corrado Gini, Ferdinand von Bredow, Werner Krauss, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, and Philipp Frank. After him are Marcel Granet, Boris Asafyev, Gustave Garrigou, Claude Auchinleck, Helene Deutsch, and Johannes Popitz. Among people deceased in 1973, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 97. Before him are Noël Coward, Marthe Bibesco, Gene Krupa, Tarsila do Amaral, Lidia Ruslanova, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Henry Darger, Ben Webster, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Walter Krüger, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, and Gabriel Voisin.
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 76
1884 - 1965
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 77
1884 - 1934
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 78
1884 - 1959
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 79
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 80
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 81
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 82
1884 - 1940
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 83
1884 - 1949
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 84
1884 - 1963
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 85
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 86
1884 - 1982
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 87
1884 - 1945
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 88
1899 - 1973
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 91
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 92
1909 - 1973
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 93
1886 - 1973
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 94
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 95
1878 - 1973
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 96
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 97
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 98
1909 - 1973
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 99
1889 - 1973
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 100
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 101
1888 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 102
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 103
Among people born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 704 out of 6,048. Before him are Motoo Kimura (1924), Koji Funamoto (1942), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Yumi Umeoka (1950), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Arawa Kimura (1931). After him are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kyōka Izumi (1873), and Takehiko Kawanishi (1938).
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 698
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 699
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 700
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 701
662 - 710
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 702
1931 - 2007
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 703
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 704
1543 - 1590
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 705
1752 - 1815
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 706
1686 - 1769
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 707
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 708
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 709
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 710
Among politicians born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 265. Before him are Ii Naosuke (1815), Keisai Eisen (1790), Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Ukita Hideie (1573), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), and Kujō Yoritsune (1218). After him are Emperor En'yū (959), Keisuke Okada (1868), Katō Takaaki (1860), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931).
1815 - 1860
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 259
1790 - 1848
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 260
1866 - 1949
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 261
1573 - 1655
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 262
1825 - 1883
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 263
1218 - 1256
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 264
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 265
959 - 991
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 266
1868 - 1952
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 267
1860 - 1926
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 268
1882 - 1950
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 269
1465 - 1489
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 270
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 271