1888 - 1946
Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Honma Masaharu, November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaharu Homma has received more than 651,346 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Masaharu Homma is the 6,831st most popular politician (down from 6,364th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Japan (up from 529th in 2019) and the 209th most popular Japanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Masaharu Homma ranks 6,831 out of 15,577. Before him are Su Tseng-chang, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Seonjong of Goryeo, Hajime Sugiyama, and Thorbjörn Fälldin. After him are Sati Beg, Géraud Duroc, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, and Jovinus.
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,825
1854 - 1924
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,826
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,827
1049 - 1094
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,828
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,829
1926 - 2016
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6,830
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 6,831
1300 - 1345
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 6,832
1772 - 1813
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 6,833
1764 - 1788
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 6,834
1202 - 1248
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 6,835
1810 - 1885
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 6,836
310 - 413
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 6,837
Among people born in 1888, Masaharu Homma ranks 76. Before him are Louis Durey, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Vicki Baum, Wellington Koo, Henry A. Wallace, and Prince Axel of Denmark. After him are Fritz Reiner, Clara Campoamor, Grigori Sokolnikov, Gunichi Mikawa, Soong Ai-ling, and Victor Goldschmidt. Among people deceased in 1946, Masaharu Homma ranks 68. Before him are Max Koegel, Arthur Greiser, Jeanne Lanvin, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, and William Joyce. After him are Louis Slotin, Mihai Antonescu, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Henri Gouraud, and George Washington.
1888 - 1979
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 70
1888 - 1968
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 71
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 72
1888 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 73
1888 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 74
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 75
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 76
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 77
1888 - 1972
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 78
1888 - 1939
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 79
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 80
1888 - 1973
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 81
1888 - 1947
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 82
1895 - 1946
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 62
1897 - 1946
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 63
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 64
1922 - 1946
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 65
1862 - 1946
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 66
1906 - 1946
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 67
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 68
1910 - 1946
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 69
1904 - 1946
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 70
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 71
1905 - 1946
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 72
1867 - 1946
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 73
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 74
Among people born in Japan, Masaharu Homma ranks 521 out of 6,048. Before him are Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Kondō Isami (1834), Sadaharu Oh (1940), Taro Kagawa (1922), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), and Hajime Sugiyama (1880). After him are Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Emperor Suzaku (923), Satoru Iwata (1959), Waichiro Omura (1933), and Kiyoo Kanda (1900).
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 515
1834 - 1868
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 516
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 517
1922 - 1990
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 518
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 519
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 520
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 521
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 522
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 523
923 - 952
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 524
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 525
1933 - 2003
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 526
1900 - 1970
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 527
Among politicians born in Japan, Masaharu Homma ranks 209. Before him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), Kondō Isami (1834), and Hajime Sugiyama (1880). After him are Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Emperor Suzaku (923), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), and Emperor Junnin (733).
1793 - 1853
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 203
966 - 1028
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 204
1435 - 1490
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 205
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 206
1834 - 1868
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 207
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 208
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 209
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 210
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 211
923 - 952
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 212
1910 - 1980
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 213
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 214
733 - 765
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 215