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Chiune Sugihara

1900 - 1986

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Chiune Sugihara

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Chiune Sugihara is the 22nd most popular diplomat, the 113th most popular biography from Japan (up from 118th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Diplomat.

Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape from the Holocaust by issuing visas to them.

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Among Diplomats

Among diplomats, Chiune Sugihara ranks 22 out of 90. Before him are Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Chaim Herzog. After him are Hasekura Tsunenaga, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, George F. Kennan, William J. Burns, and Alfonso García Robles.

Most Popular Diplomats in Wikipedia

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Madeleine Albright
1937 - 2022
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 16
Lucien Bonaparte
1775 - 1840
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 17
Alva Myrdal
1902 - 1986
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 18
Folke Bernadotte
1895 - 1948
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 19
Jean Kennedy Smith
1928 - 2020
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 20
Chaim Herzog
1918 - 1997
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 21
Chiune Sugihara
1900 - 1986
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 22
Hasekura Tsunenaga
1571 - 1622
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 23
Viktor Chernomyrdin
1938 - 2010
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 24
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
1784 - 1865
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 25
George F. Kennan
1904 - 2005
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 26
William J. Burns
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 27
Alfonso García Robles
1911 - 1991
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 28

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Chiune Sugihara ranks 42. Before him are Kurt Weill, Pak Hon-yong, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Karl Wolff, Arno Breker, and Choe Yong-gon. After him are Anna Seghers, Jiro Miyake, Edward Stettinius Jr., Walther Wenck, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Julien Green. Among people deceased in 1986, Chiune Sugihara ranks 30. Before him are Leonid Kantorovich, Georges Dumézil, Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, Harold Macmillan, and Fritz Albert Lipmann. After him are Erich Koch, Benny Goodman, Stanley Rous, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Samora Machel, and Roy Cohn.

Others Born in 1900

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Kurt Weill
COMPOSER
1900 - 1950
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 36
Pak Hon-yong
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1955
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 37
Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1948
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 38
Karl Wolff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1984
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 39
Arno Breker
ARCHITECT
1900 - 1991
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 40
Choe Yong-gon
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1976
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 41
Chiune Sugihara
DIPLOMAT
1900 - 1986
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 42
Anna Seghers
WRITER
1900 - 1983
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 43
Jiro Miyake
SOCCER PLAYER
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 44
Edward Stettinius Jr.
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 45
Walther Wenck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1982
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 46
Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1976
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 47
Julien Green
WRITER
1900 - 1998
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 48