1830 - 1878
Ōkubo Toshimichi (大久保 利通) (26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan. Ōkubo was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Upon the founding of the new Empire of Japan, Ōkubo became a leading member of the Meiji Restoration and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōkubo Toshimichi has received more than 368,078 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ōkubo Toshimichi is the 4,163rd most popular politician (down from 3,736th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Japan (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Japanese Politician.
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain. He was a leader in the Meiji Restoration and is most famous for his role in the abolition of the shogunate.
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Among politicians, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 4,163 out of 15,577. Before him are Andrea Gritti, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Lenín Moreno, Tonyukuk, Gisela of Swabia, and Touman. After him are Emperor Keitai, Áed mac Cináeda, Artabanus IV of Parthia, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Şehzade Mahmud, and Wim Kok.
1455 - 1538
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 4,157
1661 - 1681
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,158
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,159
646 - 724
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,160
990 - 1043
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,161
250 BC - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,162
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,163
450 - 531
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 4,164
858 - 878
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 4,165
200 - 224
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 4,166
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 4,167
1582 - 1603
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 4,168
1938 - 2018
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 4,169
Among people born in 1830, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 20. Before him are Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Étienne-Jules Marey, Élisée Reclus, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, and Frederic Leighton. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Jules de Goncourt, Samori Ture, and Albert Bierstadt. Among people deceased in 1878, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 16. Before him are George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Elias Magnus Fries, and Angelo Secchi. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, Mariam Baouardy, Henri Victor Regnault, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, and Carl von Rokitansky.
1830 - 1894
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 14
1830 - 1905
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 15
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 16
1830 - 1905
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 17
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 18
1830 - 1896
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 19
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 20
1830 - 1912
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 21
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 22
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 23
1830 - 1870
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 24
1830 - 1900
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 25
1830 - 1902
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 26
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 10
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 11
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
1821 - 1878
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 13
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 14
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 15
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 16
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 17
1860 - 1878
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 18
1846 - 1878
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 19
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 20
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 21
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 22
Among people born in Japan, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 226 out of 6,048. Before him are Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853), Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Hanzei (336), and Masatoshi Koshiba (1926). After him are Leo Esaki (1925), Emperor Seinei (444), Shunichi Kumai (1910), Shunroku Hata (1879), Nogi Maresuke (1849), and Go Nagai (1945).
1558 - 1594
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 220
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 221
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 222
467 - 539
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 223
336 - 410
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 224
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 225
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 226
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 227
444 - 484
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 228
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 229
1879 - 1962
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 230
1849 - 1912
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 231
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 232
Among politicians born in Japan, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 85. Before him are Emperor Ankō (401), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Emperor Ninken (449), Emperor Senka (467), and Emperor Hanzei (336). After him are Emperor Seinei (444), Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), and Mōri Motonari (1497).
401 - 456
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 79
1305 - 1358
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 80
1868 - 1948
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 81
449 - 498
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 82
467 - 539
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 83
336 - 410
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 84
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 85
444 - 484
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 86
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 87
1401 - 1428
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 88
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 89
1932 - 2022
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 90
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 91