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Masabumi Hosono

1870 - 1939

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Masabumi Hosono (細野 正文, Hosono Masabumi, 15 October 1870 – 14 March 1939) was a Japanese civil servant. He survived the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912 but found himself condemned and ostracized by the Japanese public, press, and government because of a misconception that he decided to save himself rather than go down with the ship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masabumi Hosono has received more than 689,015 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masabumi Hosono is the 178th most popular explorer, the 590th most popular biography from Japan and the most popular Japanese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Masabumi Hosono ranks 178 out of 405Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Lincoln Ellsworth, Gustav Nachtigal, James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, and Carsten Borchgrevink. After him are Joshua Slocum, Olivier van Noort, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Hjalmar Johansen, Naddodd, and Don Walsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Masabumi Hosono ranks 63Before him are Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Kilpin, François Georges-Picot, Reginald Lee, Georges Claude, and Kitaro Nishida. After him are Guillaume Lekeu, Géza Maróczy, Leonid Krasin, Saki, Helmer Hanssen, and Emil Orlík. Among people deceased in 1939, Masabumi Hosono ranks 51Before him are Grigori Sokolnikov, Bronisława Dłuska, Wu Peifu, Armand Călinescu, Carl Laemmle, and Edvard Westermarck. After him are Louis Trousselier, Isaak Brodsky, Harvey Cushing, Oscar Milosz, Havelock Ellis, and Archibald Leitch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 590 out of 6,048Before him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Masao Uchino (1934), and Emperor Ichijō (980). After him are Sōsuke Uno (1922), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Isao Inokuma (1938), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), and Kazuo Sakamaki (1918).

Among EXPLORERS In Japan

Among explorers born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 1