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entertainment · Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998) · film director
President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 · politician · autobiographer
Cross-field comparison
Akira Kurosawa leads 1–0 on 1 scored measure.
Different fields, so only measures that travel between them are scored.
Recognition
Different fields, so only measures that mean the same thing in both are shown.
- 36Prizes and honours wonThe one award measure that travels across fields24
- 4State orders12
- —Honorary doctorates4
- —Public offices held3
- 8Notable works1
Same awards
Awards both have received at least once.
- 4State order12
Profile
- 88Age95
- 23 March 1910Born18 July 1918
- ŌiBirthplaceMvezo
- Empire of Japan, JapanNationalitySouth Africa
- film director, film producer, screenwriterKnown aspolitician, autobiographer, lawyer
- 50 yrsCareer span27 yrs
Coverage on ChronoCite
How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.
- 83Entries133
- 0Quotes7
- 83Records126
- 0Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating0
- 2026Newest entry2026
Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.