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Ōkuma Shigenobu

1838 - 1922

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Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu (大隈 重信, March 11, 1838 – January 10, 1922) was a Japanese statesman and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. He served as the second Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan in 1898 and from 1914 to 1916. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and founder of Waseda University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōkuma Shigenobu has received more than 215,895 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Ōkuma Shigenobu is the 4,259th most popular politician (down from 3,616th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Japan (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Over the past year Ōkuma Shigenobu has had the most page views in the with 284,887 views, followed by English (32,436), and Chinese (19,922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Classical Chinese (7,500.00%), Ido (123.94%), and Catalan (67.02%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōkuma Shigenobu ranks 4,259 out of 19,576Before him are Phraates III, Marcus Antistius Labeo, Erwig, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Jehan Sadat, and Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha. After him are Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Bairam Khan, Agrippa Postumus, Sun Liang, Queen Munjeong, and Malcolm IV of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ōkuma Shigenobu ranks 21Before him are Anton Mauve, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Princess Louise of Prussia, Liliʻuokalani, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Camille Jordan. After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Konstanty Kalinowski, Marià Fortuny, 11th Dalai Lama, Edward W. Morley, and Cleveland Abbe. Among people deceased in 1922, Ōkuma Shigenobu ranks 33Before him are Mori Ōgai, Camille Jordan, Alessandro Moreschi, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Lothar von Richthofen, and Velimir Khlebnikov. After him are Hermann Alexander Diels, Henri Désiré Landru, Catherine Dolgorukov, Giovanni Verga, Arthur Nikisch, and Gaston, Count of Eu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōkuma Shigenobu ranks 251 out of 6,245Before him are Ken Noritake (1922), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), and Hideo Kojima (1963). After him are Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Yoshio Okada (1926), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Masaru Ibuka (1908), and Emperor Senka (467).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōkuma Shigenobu ranks 100Before him are Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masamune (1300), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), and Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596). After him are Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Ingyō (376), Emperor Toba (1103), and Emperor Monmu (683).