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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". Sumitada is also known as the lord who opened the port of Nagasaki to foreign trade. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ōmura Sumitada is the 9,769th most popular politician (down from 9,385th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from Japan (down from 758th in 2019) and the 266th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 9,769 out of 19,576. Before him are Sayf al-Dawla, Paul Levi, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Danilo Medina, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and Dirk I, Count of Holland. After him are Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Antipater Etesias, Maria Dobroniega of Kiev, Muhammad az-Zanati, Irene Camber, and Gilbert Horal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 22. Before him are Alonso de Ercilla, Antonio Possevino, Joachim Beuckelaer, Cornelis Cort, Eknath, and Anna van Egmont. After him are Asakura Yoshikage, Valentin Weigel, and David Rizzio. Among people deceased in 1587, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 8. Before him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Occhiali, Gotthard Kettler, Bianca Cappello, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Felix of Cantalice. After him are Ōtomo Sōrin, Hai Rui, John Foxe, Juraj Drašković, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, and Caspar Olevian.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 812 out of 6,245. Before him are Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yuji Kishioku (1954), Sanae Mishima (1957), Nobuo Fujishima (1950), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), and Takashi Miike (1960). After him are Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Isao Inokuma (1938), Chieko Hase (1956), Tadashi Yanai (1949), and Donald Tsang (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōmura Sumitada ranks 266. Before him are Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), and Prince Munetaka (1242). After him are Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Donald Tsang (1944), Prince Koreyasu (1264), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Takako Shimazu (1939), and Prince Hisaaki (1276).

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