1918 - 2019
Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘, Nakasone Yasuhiro, 27 May 1918 – 29 November 2019) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies and pursuing a hawkish and pro-U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuhiro Nakasone has received more than 679,617 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Yasuhiro Nakasone is the 3,394th most popular politician (up from 3,412th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Japan (up from 167th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Politician.
Yasuhiro Nakasone was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. He is most famous for his economic reforms that helped Japan get out of a recession.
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Among politicians, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 3,394 out of 15,577. Before him are Eraric, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Seretse Khama, Choummaly Sayasone, and Norodom Ranariddh. After him are Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Servilia, Hans Lammers, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Maria Pia of Savoy.
450 - 541
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,388
229 BC - 174 BC
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,389
1930 - 2010
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3,390
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,391
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,392
1944 - 2021
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,393
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,394
915 - 967
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,395
1001 - 1027
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,396
104 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3,397
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,398
1928 - 2011
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,399
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3,400
Among people born in 1918, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 45. Before him are André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, Günther Rall, Jens Christian Skou, Ahmed Deedat, and Patricio Aylwin. After him are Robert Aldrich, Sam Walton, Hans Scholl, Paul D. Boyer, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Julian Schwinger. Among people deceased in 2019, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 50. Before him are Giya Kancheli, Claudine Auger, Henri, Count of Paris, Demetris Christofias, David J. Thouless, and Lennart Johansson. After him are Lee Iacocca, Sydney Brenner, César Pelli, Ágnes Heller, Matti Nykänen, and Alicia Alonso.
1918 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 39
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 40
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 41
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 42
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 44
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 45
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 46
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 47
1918 - 1943
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 48
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 50
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 51
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 44
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 45
1933 - 2019
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 46
1946 - 2019
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 47
1934 - 2019
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 48
1929 - 2019
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 49
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 50
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 51
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 52
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 53
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 54
1963 - 2019
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 55
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 56
Among people born in Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 164 out of 6,048. Before him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Mikao Usui (1865), Emperor Ōjin (210), and Kitarō (1953). After him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), and Sugawara no Michizane (845).
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 158
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 159
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 160
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 161
210 - 310
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 162
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 163
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
Among politicians born in Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 57. Before him are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Emperor Sujin (-147), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Emperor Ōjin (210). After him are Emperor Tenji (626), Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), Naoto Kan (1946), and Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519).
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 51
147 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 52
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 53
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 54
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 55
210 - 310
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 56
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 57
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 58
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 59
680 - 748
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 60
336 - 405
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 61
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 62
1519 - 1560
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 63