MILITARY PERSONNEL

Iwane Matsui

1878 - 1948

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Iwane Matsui (松井 石根, Matsui Iwane, July 27, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937. He was convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanjing Massacre. Born in Nagoya, Matsui chose a military career and served in combat during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iwane Matsui has received more than 840,503 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Iwane Matsui is the 366th most popular military personnel (down from 331st in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Japan (down from 126th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Iwane Matsui is most famous for being the first Japanese player to play in Major League Baseball.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Iwane Matsui ranks 366 out of 2,058. Before him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Sergei Skripal, Nicolas Chauvin, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Ban Chao, and Kirill Meretskov. After him are Lü Meng, Alexander Yegorov, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Leonid Govorov, François Achille Bazaine, and Ashraf Marwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Iwane Matsui ranks 20. Before him are Ferenc Molnár, Alfred Döblin, Paul Reynaud, Milan Nedić, Shigeru Yoshida, and Gustav Radbruch. After him are Gemma Galgani, Louis Chevrolet, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Stepan Shaumian, Georg Kaiser, and George Whipple. Among people deceased in 1948, Iwane Matsui ranks 33. Before him are Kurt Schwitters, John J. Pershing, Georges Bernanos, Hugo Boss, Umberto Giordano, and D. W. Griffith. After him are Pompeu Fabra, Kantarō Suzuki, Emil Ludwig, Yoshiko Kawashima, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Hans Aumeier.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Iwane Matsui ranks 158 out of 6,245. Before him are Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kenzō Takada (1939), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Junko Tabei (1939), Kobayashi Issa (1763), and Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885). After him are Ken Watanabe (1959), Shoko Asahara (1955), Osamu Yamaji (1929), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Emperor Ōjin (210), and Antonio Inoki (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Iwane Matsui ranks 20. Before him are Okita Sōji (1842), Shunroku Hata (1879), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), and Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885). After him are Sanada Yukimura (1567), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), and Tamon Yamaguchi (1892).

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