Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture ranks 217th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Egypt, Sweden, and Utrecht. The most famous people from Fukuoka Prefecture are Seichō Matsumoto, Takeshi Shudo, and Ted Fujita. Fukuoka Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Fukuoka Prefecture is located in Japan.
People
Between 1909 and 2001, Fukuoka Prefecture was the birth place of 63 globally memorable people, including Seichō Matsumoto, Takeshi Shudo, and Ted Fujita.
People Born in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Seichō Matsumoto
WRITER
1909 - 1992
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 1
Takeshi Shudo
WRITER
1949 - 2010
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 2
Ted Fujita
PHYSICIST
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 3
Naohiro Kitade
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 4
Takashi Maeda
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 5
Hidemasa Kobayashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 6
Hiroyuki Morita
FILM DIRECTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 7
Yukari Tamura
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 8
Toru Yasutake
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 9
Koyoharu Gotouge
COMIC ARTIST
1989 - Present
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 10
Atsushi Matsuo
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 11
Seiichi Saito
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Fukuoka Prefecture
Go to all RankingsHiroyuki Morita
FILM DIRECTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 7
Yūki Tabata
COMIC ARTIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 20
Ai Kakuma
ACTOR
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 26
Asahi Uenaka
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 30.52
Rank: 52
Ayumu Ōhata
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 30.01
Rank: 54
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Fukuoka Prefecturewere soccer players (51), actors (5), writers (3), comic artists (2), and physicists (1), while most who died were .
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Fukuoka Prefecture since 1700.
