POLITICIAN

Ōmura Sumitada

1533 - 1587

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Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in the mid-16th century. Following his baptism, he became known as "Dom Bartolomeu". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōmura Sumitada has received more than 114,102 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ōmura Sumitada is the 9,386th most popular politician (up from 10,768th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Japan (up from 871st in 2019) and the 276th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 9,386 out of 19,576Before him are André Marty, Haakon Magnusson of Norway, Wincenty Witos, Théophraste Renaudot, Hàm Nghi, and Artur London. After him are Arechis II of Benevento, Sabina of Bavaria, Marais Viljoen, José Félix Estigarribia, Ine of Wessex, and Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 20Before him are Hieronymus Fabricius, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Eknath, Antonio Possevino, Alonso de Ercilla, and Cornelis Cort. After him are Valentin Weigel, Joachim Beuckelaer, Asakura Yoshikage, Anna van Egmont, and David Rizzio. Among people deceased in 1587, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 9Before him are Occhiali, Gotthard Kettler, Bianca Cappello, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Felix of Cantalice, and Ōtomo Sōrin. After him are Hai Rui, John Foxe, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Caspar Olevian, Juraj Drašković, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 758 out of 6,245Before him are Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), and Katsuko Saruhashi (1920). After him are Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Masao Takada (null).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 276Before him are Donald Tsang (1944), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Ōtomo Sōrin (1530), Prince Hisaaki (1276), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931). After him are Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Prince Munetaka (1242), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Shō Hashi (1371), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), and Prince Koreyasu (1264).