MILITARY PERSONNEL

Kijirō Nambu

1869 - 1949

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Kijirō Nambu (南部 麒次郎, Nanbu Kijirō, September 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949) was a Japanese firearms designer and career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He founded the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of Japanese military firearms during the period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kijirō Nambu has received more than 112,956 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kijirō Nambu is the 1,518th most popular military personnel, the 1,002nd most popular biography from Japan and the 84th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kijirō Nambu ranks 1,518 out of 2,058. Before him are Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Caupolicán, Gisulf I of Friuli, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Honoré Charles Reille, and Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires. After him are Alvin York, Courtney Hodges, Patrick Gordon, Johann von Werth, Dmitry Milyutin, and Braxton Bragg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Kijirō Nambu ranks 98. Before him are Albert Kahn, Edwin Lutyens, Hendrikus Colijn, Boris Rosing, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, and Robbie Ross. After him are Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Józef Mehoffer, Johannes Linnankoski, Armas Järnefelt, Dmitri Egorov, and Alice Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1949, Kijirō Nambu ranks 105. Before him are Nándor Dáni, Walter Short, Wallace Beery, Henri Rabaud, Frank Morgan, and Makino Nobuaki. After him are Elin Pelin, Émile Eddé, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Leonor Michaelis, Helen Churchill Candee, and Maria Ouspenskaya.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kijirō Nambu ranks 1,002 out of 6,245. Before him are Natsuo Kirino (1951), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Takehito Koyasu (1967), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Kuniharu Nakamoto (1959), and Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928). After him are Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Chica Umino (null), Hiroji Imamura (1949), Shigesato Itoi (1948), and Akira Kamiya (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Kijirō Nambu ranks 84. Before him are Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), and Akashi Motojiro (1864). After him are Jinichi Kusaka (1888), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Shirase Nobu (1861), Nozu Michitsura (1840), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), and Kiichiro Higuchi (1888).

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