MILITARY PERSONNEL

Isamu Chō

1895 - 1945

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Isamu Chō (長 勇, Chō Isamu, 19 January 1895 – 22 June 1945) was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isamu Chō has received more than 434,820 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Isamu Chō is the 1,050th most popular military personnel (down from 899th in 2019), the 721st most popular biography from Japan (down from 632nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Isamu Chō ranks 1,050 out of 2,058Before him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Yang Kyoungjong, Oskar Kummetz, Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, John Fastolf, and Abdul Fatah Younis. After him are Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Mehmed IV Giray, and Günther Lützow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Isamu Chō ranks 118Before him are Rolf Nevanlinna, Ernst Kantorowicz, Bertil Lindblad, Tomoji Tanabe, Pan Yuliang, and Ernesto Lecuona. After him are Robert Heinrich Wagner, Paul Giesler, Walter Gieseking, Susanne Langer, Trifko Grabež, and Agop Dilâçar. Among people deceased in 1945, Isamu Chō ranks 174Before him are Achille Starace, Fritz Klingenberg, Ernst-Günther Baade, Alfred Meyer, Pavle Đurišić, and Hans von Dohnanyi. After him are Mihail Sebastian, Paul Giesler, Günther Lützow, Heinrich Ehrler, Peter Högl, and Volin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Isamu Chō ranks 721 out of 6,245Before him are Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Kozo Arai (1950), and Yamamoto Kansuke (1493). After him are Shigeo Shingo (1909), Masami Kurumada (1953), Fukusaburo Harada (null), Ikki Kita (1883), Motoo Kimura (1924), and Takao Nishiyama (1942).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Isamu Chō ranks 67Before him are Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Tōdō Takatora (1556), Matome Ugaki (1890), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), and Tomoji Tanabe (1895). After him are Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Jirō Minami (1874), Oku Yasukata (1847), Kodama Gentarō (1852), and Kuroki Tamemoto (1844).