Kamakura
Kamakura ranks 1,263rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Derry, Créteil, and Launceston, Tasmania. The most famous people from Kamakura are Hōjō Tokimune, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Minamoto no Yoriie. The most famous people who died in Kamakura are Minamoto no Yoritomo, Chiune Sugihara, and D. T. Suzuki. Kamakura has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Kamakura is located in Japan.
People
Between 1182 and 1990, Kamakura was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Hōjō Tokimune, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Minamoto no Yoriie. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Kamakura including Minamoto no Yoritomo, Chiune Sugihara, and D. T. Suzuki. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Kamakura than were born there.
People Born in Kamakura
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Hōjō Tokimune
POLITICIAN
1251 - 1284
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 1
Akiyuki Nosaka
WRITER
1930 - 2015
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 2
Minamoto no Yoriie
POLITICIAN
1182 - 1204
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 3
Prince Morikuni
POLITICIAN
1301 - 1333
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 4
Prince Koreyasu
POLITICIAN
1264 - 1326
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 5
Kujō Yoritsugu
POLITICIAN
1239 - 1256
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 6
Takashi Sambonsuge
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 7
Junko Ozawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 8
Kentaro Sawada
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 9
Nao Shikata
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 10
Nayuha Toyoda
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 11
Iyo Sky
WRESTLER
1990 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kamakura
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Minamoto no Yoritomo
POLITICIAN
1147 - 1199
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 1
Chiune Sugihara
DIPLOMAT
1900 - 1986
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 2
D. T. Suzuki
WRITER
1870 - 1966
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 3
Hōjō Tokimasa
POLITICIAN
1138 - 1215
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 4
Minamoto no Yoshitomo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1123 - 1160
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 5
Prince Morikuni
POLITICIAN
1301 - 1333
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 6
Kitaro Nishida
PHILOSOPHER
1870 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 7
Prince Moriyoshi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1308 - 1335
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
Toriyama Sekien
PAINTER
1712 - 1788
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 9
Tsuda Umeko
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1929
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 10
Nobuko Yoshiya
WRITER
1896 - 1973
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
Jinichi Kusaka
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1972
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kamakurawere soccer players (6), politicians (5), writers (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were politicians (4), military personnels (3), writers (2), diplomats (1), and philosophers (1).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kamakura since 1700.
