1870 - 1939
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, Masabumi Hosono ranks 178 out of 405. Before 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.
1873 - 1969
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 172
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 173
1834 - 1885
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 174
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 175
1764 - 1807
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 176
1864 - 1934
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 177
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 178
1844 - 1909
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 179
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 180
1724 - 1772
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 181
1867 - 1913
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 182
900 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 183
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 184
Among people born in 1870, Masabumi Hosono ranks 63. Before 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 51. Before 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.
1870 - 1963
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 57
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 58
1870 - 1951
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
1870 - 1913
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 60
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 61
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 64
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 65
1870 - 1926
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 66
1870 - 1916
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 67
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 68
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 69
1888 - 1939
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 45
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 46
1874 - 1939
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 47
1893 - 1939
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 48
1867 - 1939
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 49
1862 - 1939
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 50
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 51
1881 - 1939
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 52
1883 - 1939
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 53
1869 - 1939
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 54
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 55
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 56
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 57
Among people born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 590 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 584
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 585
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 586
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 587
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 588
980 - 1011
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 589
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 590
1922 - 1998
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 591
1912 - 2012
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 592
1106 - 1180
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 593
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 594
1886 - 1975
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 595
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 596
Among explorers born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 1.