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Uesugi Kenshin

1530 - 1578

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Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō. He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. He was one of the most powerful daimyō of the Sengoku period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uesugi Kenshin has received more than 1,097,381 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Uesugi Kenshin is the 1,743rd most popular politician (down from 1,566th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Japan (down from 58th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Politician.

Uesugi Kenshin was a samurai who ruled over Echigo and Shinano provinces in Japan during the Sengoku period. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561, where he defeated Takeda Shingen, the most powerful warrior of the Takeda clan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Uesugi Kenshin ranks 1,743 out of 15,577. Before him are Olof Skötkonung, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Conrad of Montferrat, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Conradin, Chilperic II, Alaeddin Pasha, and Bao Zheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Uesugi Kenshin ranks 4. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, and Étienne de La Boétie. After him are Anastasia Romanovna, Jean Nicot, Yasuke, Louis, Prince of Condé, Ruy López de Segura, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Jan Kochanowski, and Christopher Báthory. Among people deceased in 1578, Uesugi Kenshin ranks 5. Before him are Mihrimah Sultan, John of Austria, Sebastian of Portugal, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal. After him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Piali Pasha, Pierre Lescot, Sebastiano Venier, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, and Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Uesugi Kenshin ranks 67 out of 6,048. Before him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), and Liv Ullmann (1938). After him are Date Masamune (1567), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Fumio Kishida (1957), Sonny Chiba (1939), Hideki Yukawa (1907), and Kenzō Tange (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Uesugi Kenshin ranks 20. Before him are Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Suizei (-669), and Koxinga (1624). After him are Fumio Kishida (1957), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), and Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740).

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