1564 - 1620
William Adams (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), known in Japanese as Miura Anjin (Japanese: 三浦按針, "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan leading a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Adams has received more than 58,504 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. William Adams is the 52nd most popular explorer (up from 56th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 460th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Explorer.
William Adams, also known as Miura Anjin, was a navigator and explorer who helped the Tokugawa shogunate establish trade with the Western world. He is most famous for his role in the opening of Japan to the Western world.
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Among explorers, William Adams ranks 52 out of 405. Before him are Robert Falcon Scott, Henry Hudson, Sven Hedin, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, and Diego de Almagro. After him are Ernest Shackleton, John Smith, Hernando de Soto, William Baffin, Samuel de Champlain, and Hanno the Navigator.
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 46
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 47
1865 - 1952
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 48
1741 - 1788
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 49
1832 - 1901
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 50
1475 - 1538
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 51
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 52
1874 - 1922
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 53
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 54
1500 - 1542
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 55
1584 - 1622
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 56
1567 - 1635
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 57
633 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 58
Among people born in 1564, William Adams ranks 5. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Joos de Momper, and Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1620, William Adams ranks 4. Before him are Simon Stevin, Wanli Emperor, and Mahfiruz Hatun. After him are Taichang Emperor, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Thomas Campion.
1564 - 1642
HPI: 95.35
Rank: 1
1564 - 1616
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 2
1564 - 1636
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 3
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 4
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 5
1564 - 1597
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 6
1564 - 1617
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 7
1564 - 1612
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1564 - 1624
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 9
1564 - 1644
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 10
1564 - 1635
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 11
1564 - 1613
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 12
1548 - 1620
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 1
1563 - 1620
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 2
1590 - 1620
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 3
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 4
1582 - 1620
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 5
1547 - 1620
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 6
1555 - 1620
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 7
1582 - 1620
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 8
1567 - 1620
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 9
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Adams ranks 443 out of 6,924. Before him are Thomas Hardy (1840), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Erasmus Darwin (1731), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Sid Vicious (1957), and Oliver Sacks (1933). After him are David Beckham (1975), Gary Moore (1952), Edward the Martyr (962), Charlie Watts (1941), Henry Every (1659), and Robert Brown (1773).
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 437
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 438
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 439
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 440
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 441
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 442
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 443
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 444
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 445
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 446
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 447
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 448
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 449
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Adams ranks 7. Before him are James Cook (1728), Francis Drake (1540), David Livingstone (1813), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and Henry Hudson (1570). After him are John Smith (1580), William Baffin (1584), Richard Francis Burton (1821), James Clark Ross (1800), William Dampier (1651), and John Davis (1550).
1728 - 1779
HPI: 86.48
Rank: 1
1540 - 1596
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 2
1813 - 1873
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 3
1841 - 1904
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 4
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 5
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 6
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 7
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 8
1584 - 1622
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
1821 - 1890
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 10
1800 - 1862
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1651 - 1715
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 12
1550 - 1605
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 13