1936 - Today
Yasuo Fukuda (福田 康夫, Fukuda Yasuo, born 16 July 1936) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving in that role from 2000 to 2004 under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi. His record was surpassed by Yoshihide Suga, who served almost twice as long. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuo Fukuda has received more than 639,298 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Yasuo Fukuda is the 3,294th most popular politician (down from 2,627th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 107th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Japanese Politician.
Yasuo Fukuda is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Japan from 2007-2008.
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Among politicians, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 3,294 out of 15,577. Before him are Cordell Hull, Henry II, Count of Champagne, Gottlob Berger, Aleksandar Ranković, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and Otto I, Duke of Saxony. After him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and António de Spínola.
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,288
1166 - 1197
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,289
1896 - 1975
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,290
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,291
1443 - 1509
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,292
851 - 912
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,293
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,294
1866 - 1934
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,295
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,296
1430 - 1456
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,297
1910 - 1969
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,298
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,299
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,300
Among people born in 1936, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 50. Before him are Ferid Murad, Benedict Anderson, Uwe Seeler, Don Cherry, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Dean Stockwell. After him are Anna German, Choummaly Sayasone, Günter Blobel, Denny Hulme, Bruce Dern, and Alan J. Heeger.
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 44
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 45
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 46
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 47
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 48
1936 - 2021
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 49
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 50
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 51
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 52
1936 - 2018
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 53
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 54
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 55
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 56
Among people born in Japan, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 153 out of 6,048. Before him are Eisaku Satō (1901), Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), and Nagisa Oshima (1932). After him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Arata Isozaki (1931), Emperor Sujin (-147), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), and Fujiko Fujio (1934).
1901 - 1975
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 147
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 148
1579 - 1632
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 149
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 150
1797 - 1861
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 151
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 152
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 153
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 154
1931 - 2022
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 155
147 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 156
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 157
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 158
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 159
Among politicians born in Japan, Yasuo Fukuda ranks 51. Before him are Emperor Kaika (-208), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Eisaku Satō (1901), and Tokugawa Hidetada (1579). After him are Emperor Sujin (-147), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Emperor Ōjin (210), and Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918).
208 BC - 97 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 45
1896 - 1987
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 46
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 47
1880 - 1950
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 48
1901 - 1975
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 49
1579 - 1632
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 50
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