1880 - 1946
Yōsuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke, March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yōsuke Matsuoka has received more than 298,822 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yōsuke Matsuoka is the 6,928th most popular politician (up from 7,121st in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Japan (up from 604th in 2019) and the 214th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 6,928 out of 15,577. Before him are Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Kais Saied, Stefan Radoslav, Daniel arap Moi, Devlet Bahçeli, and Alyattes of Lydia. After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Rajaraja I, Jo Gwang-jo, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Princess Caroline of Denmark, and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover.
1226 - 1250
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,922
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,923
1192 - 1234
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,924
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 6,925
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,926
640 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,927
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,928
1804 - 1885
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,929
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,930
1482 - 1520
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6,931
1842 - 1921
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,932
1793 - 1881
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,933
1879 - 1948
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 6,934
Among people born in 1880, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 67. Before him are Prince Georg of Bavaria, Tod Browning, Robert Stolz, Abram Ioffe, Jacques Thibaud, and Hajime Sugiyama. After him are Fethi Okyar, Lincoln Ellsworth, Osami Nagano, Nikolaj Velimirović, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, and Ivar Kreuger. Among people deceased in 1946, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 71. Before him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, William Joyce, Masaharu Homma, Louis Slotin, and Mihai Antonescu. After him are Martin Gottfried Weiss, Henri Gouraud, George Washington, Elisabeth Becker, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, and Wilhelm Souchon.
1880 - 1943
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 61
1880 - 1962
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 62
1880 - 1975
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 63
1880 - 1960
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 64
1880 - 1953
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 65
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 66
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 67
1880 - 1943
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 68
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 69
1880 - 1947
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 70
1880 - 1956
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 71
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 72
1880 - 1932
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 73
1922 - 1946
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 65
1862 - 1946
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 66
1906 - 1946
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 67
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 68
1910 - 1946
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 69
1904 - 1946
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 70
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 71
1905 - 1946
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 72
1867 - 1946
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 73
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 74
1923 - 1946
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 75
1903 - 1946
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 76
1864 - 1946
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 77
Among people born in Japan, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 534 out of 6,048. Before him are Norio Yoshimizu (1946), Shiro Teshima (1907), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), and Kinuyo Tanaka (1909). After him are Emperor Junnin (733), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Mako (1933), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), and Tatsuya Shiji (1938).
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 528
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 529
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 530
1910 - 1980
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 531
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 532
1909 - 1977
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 533
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 534
733 - 765
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 535
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 536
1933 - 2006
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 537
1737 - 1786
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 538
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 539
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 540
Among politicians born in Japan, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 214. Before him are Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Masaharu Homma (1888), Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Emperor Suzaku (923), and Masayoshi Ōhira (1910). After him are Emperor Junnin (733), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Muryeong of Baekje (462), and Tokugawa Ienari (1773).
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 208
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 209
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 210
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 211
923 - 952
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 212
1910 - 1980
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 213
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 214
733 - 765
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 215
1737 - 1786
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 216
1867 - 1952
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 217
1662 - 1712
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 218
462 - 523
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 219
1773 - 1841
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 220