1530 - Today
Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man of African origin who came to Japan in the Sengoku period and became a retainer in the household of Oda Nobunaga. He was employed by the Japanese Sengoku daimyō Oda Nobunaga and served as a koshō (小姓, page or sword-bearer). He was valued as a retainer who was given a stipend by Nobunaga. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuke has received more than 4,625,141 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yasuke is the 634th most popular religious figure (up from 673rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Religious Figure.
Yasuke was a samurai who traveled to Japan in the 1500s. He was the first foreigner to ever live in Japan, and he became a samurai for the warlord Oda Nobunaga. He is most famous for being the first foreigner to ever live in Japan.
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Among religious figures, Yasuke ranks 634 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Stephen V, Truganini, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Stephen IX, Alexius of Rome, and Nicodemus. After him are Scholastica, Baal Shem Tov, Óscar Romero, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Célestin Freinet, and Dōgen.
850 - 891
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 628
1812 - 1876
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 629
1473 - 1530
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 630
1020 - 1058
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 631
400 - 412
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 632
50 BC - 100
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 633
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 634
480 - 547
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 635
1700 - 1760
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 636
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 637
1486 - 1534
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 638
1896 - 1966
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 639
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 640
Among people born in 1530, Yasuke ranks 7. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, Étienne de La Boétie, Uesugi Kenshin, Anastasia Romanovna, and Jean Nicot. After him are Louis, Prince of Condé, Ruy López de Segura, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Jan Kochanowski, Christopher Báthory, and Juan de Herrera.
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 1
1530 - 1596
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 2
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 3
1530 - 1578
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 4
1530 - 1560
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 5
1530 - 1605
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 6
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 7
1530 - 1569
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 8
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 9
1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 10
1530 - 1584
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 11
1530 - 1581
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 12
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 13
Among people born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 2 out of 34. Before him are Eusébio (1942). After him are Carlos Queiroz (1953), Samora Machel (1933), Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924), Joaquim Chissano (1939), Graça Machel (1945), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), and Filipe Nyusi (1959).
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 3
1933 - 1986
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 4
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 6
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
1935 - 2014
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 9
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 10
1920 - 1969
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 12
Among religious figures born in Mozambique, Yasuke ranks 1. After him are Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924) and Júlio Duarte Langa (1927).
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 1
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 2
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 3