The visibility of Japanese (20-39 years old)		n=	36
These ranking charts are the results of "the greatest people of the last 1,000 years", which BBC News Online asked people to vote for in 1999. Because I would like to know the difference of the visibility of the results between Japanese and people from other countries, I send out questionnaires about visibility of these great people's name and their works. These numbers are the visibility of 36 Japanese (20-39 years old).
		name		works
■inventor		183	50.8%	179	49.7%
1. Johannes Gutenberg	Printing Press	30	83.3%	26	72.2%
2. Thomas Alva Edison	Electrical innovations	36	100.0%	36	100.0%
3. Leonardo Da Vinci	Foreshadow invention in flight, astronomy, hydrodynamics	35	97.2%	34	94.4%
4. Niccola Tesla	AC (alternating current) induction motor	4	11.1%	5	13.9%
5. Michael Faraday	Electric motor, generator and transformer	17	47.2%	13	36.1%
6. Charles Babbage	Precursor of calculator and computer	2	5.6%	3	8.3%
7. Alexander Graham Bell	Telephone	32	88.9%	32	88.9%
8. John Logie Baird	Television	1	2.8%	3	8.3%
9. Frank Whittle	Jet engine	2	5.6%	2	5.6%
10. Sir Isaac Newton	Discovery of gravity	24	66.7%	25	69.4%
		name		works
■writer		218	60.6%	221	61.4%
1. William Shakespeare		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
2. Jane Austen		14	38.9%	14	38.9%
3. George Orwell		23	63.9%	18	50.0%
4. Charles Dickens		27	75.0%	27	75.0%
5. Iain Banks		3	8.3%	1	2.8%
6. JRR Tolkien		15	41.7%	18	50.0%
7. James Joyce		15	41.7%	15	41.7%
8. Fyodor Dostoyevsky		33	91.7%	33	91.7%
9. Miguel Cervantes		22	61.1%	27	75.0%
10. Mark Twain		30	83.3%	32	88.9%
		name		works
■artist		313	82.5%	279	77.5%
1. Leonardo da Vinci		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
2. Michelangelo		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
3. Pablo Picasso		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
4. Vincent Van Gogh		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. Salvador Dali		35	97.2%	29	80.6%
6. Jan Vermeer		27	75.0%	23	63.9%
7. Claude Monet		35	97.2%	31	86.1%
8. Rembrandt (Harmenszoon) van Rijn		26	72.2%	21	58.3%
9. Raphael (Rafaello Sanzio)		34	94.4%	25	69.4%
10. Giotto		12	33.3%	6	16.7%
		name		works
■composer		325	90.3%	297	82.5%
1. Paul McCartney		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart		36	100.0%	34	94.4%
3. Johann Sebastian Bach		36	100.0%	35	97.2%
4. Ludwig van Beethoven		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. John Lennon		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
6. Frank Zappa		25	69.4%	23	63.9%
7. Prince		32	88.9%	26	72.2%
8. Richard Wagner		36	100.0%	29	80.6%
9. Bob Dylan		34	94.4%	29	80.6%
10. Van Morrison		18	50.0%	13	36.1%
		name		works
■leader		347	96.4%	345	95.8%
1. Mahatma Gandhi		35	97.2%	35	97.2%
2. Winston Churchill		33	91.7%	33	91.7%
3. Elizabeth I		34	94.4%	34	94.4%
4. George Washington		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. Abraham Lincoln		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
6. Nelson Mandela		32	88.9%	32	88.9%
7. Martin Luther King		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
8. Franklin D. Roosevelt		35	97.2%	34	94.4%
9. Ronald Reagan		35	97.2%	34	94.4%
10. Adolf Hitler		35	97.2%	35	97.2%
		name		works
■star of stage or screen		195	54.2%	169	46.9%
1. Amitabh Bachchan		1	2.8%	0	0.0%
2. Sir Lawrence Olivier		21	58.3%	17	47.2%
3. Sir Alec Guinness		11	30.6%	11	30.6%
4. Charlie Chaplin		36	100.0%	35	97.2%
5. Homer Simpson		10	27.8%	8	22.2%
6. Robert De Niro		34	94.4%	30	83.3%
7. Cary Grant		22	61.1%	17	47.2%
8. Buster Keaton		24	66.7%	16	44.4%
9. Marylin Monroe		36	100.0%	35	97.2%
10. Govinda		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
		name		works
■sportsperson		154	42.8%	146	40.6%
1. Muhammad Ali		35	97.2%	34	94.4%
2. Pele		31	86.1%	30	83.3%
3. Sunil Gavaskar		1	2.8%	1	2.8%
4. Michael Jordan		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. Sachin Tendulkar		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
6. Sir Don Bradman		2	5.6%	0	0.0%
7. Kapil Dev		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
8. Imran Khan		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
9. Jesse Owens		13	36.1%	11	30.6%
10. Ayrton Senna		36	100.0%	34	94.4%
		name		works
■funniest person		113	31.4%	113	31.4%
1. Spike Milligan		8	22.2%	6	16.7%
2. John Cleese		5	13.9%	8	22.2%
3. Billy Connolly		2	5.6%	2	5.6%
4. Charlie Chaplin		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. Rowan Atkinson		28	77.8%	29	80.6%
6. Peter Cook		4	11.1%	2	5.6%
7. Laurel and Hardy		5	13.9%	3	8.3%
8. Peter Sellers		16	44.4%	17	47.2%
9. Lucille Ball		7	19.4%	7	19.4%
10. Eric Morecambe		2	5.6%	3	8.3%
		name		works
■thinker		312	86.7%	278	77.2%
1. Karl Marx		35	97.2%	35	97.2%
2. Albert Einstein		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
3. Sir Isaac Newton		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
4. Charles Darwin		36	100.0%	36	100.0%
5. Thomas Aquinas		22	61.1%	12	33.3%
6. Stephen Hawking		31	86.1%	27	75.0%
7. Immanuel Kant		34	94.4%	28	77.8%
8. Rene Descartes		35	97.2%	32	88.9%
9. James Clerk Maxwell		15	41.7%	8	22.2%
10. Friedrich Nietzche		32	88.9%	28	77.8%