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Minoru Genda

1904 - 1989

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General Minoru Genda (源田 実, Genda Minoru; 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was an Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He is best known for helping to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the war he became the third Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Minoru Genda is the 6,388th most popular politician (down from 6,131st in 2024), the 516th most popular biography from Japan (down from 444th in 2019) and the 176th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Minoru Genda ranks 6,388 out of 19,576. Before him are Otto Rasch, Husni al-Za'im, Clara Campoamor, Behgjet Pacolli, Butvydas, and Giulio Douhet. After him are Zeki Velidi Togan, Abu Sa'id Mirza, Boris Pugo, Charles Dupuy, Isabelle of France, and Chunghye of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Minoru Genda ranks 73. Before him are Leopold Trepper, Arnold Gehlen, George Stevens, Elyesa Bazna, María Zambrano, and Viktor Brack. After him are Georges Canguilhem, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Isamu Noguchi, Count Basie, Arshile Gorky, and Ralph Bellamy. Among people deceased in 1989, Minoru Genda ranks 71. Before him are Kazimierz Deyna, Karel Zeman, Princess Deokhye, Luis Carlos Galán, Leonardo Sciascia, and Lucille Ball. After him are Józef Cyrankiewicz, Hamani Diori, Bernard Blier, Barbara W. Tuchman, Hassan Fathy, and Carlos Arias Navarro.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Minoru Genda ranks 516 out of 6,245. Before him are Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Emperor Jomei (593), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), and Sessue Hayakawa (1886). After him are Kawakami Gensai (1834), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Ueda Akinari (1734), Shigeru Takahashi (null), and Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Minoru Genda ranks 176. Before him are Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Emperor Jomei (593), and Kantarō Suzuki (1868). After him are Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Emperor Kazan (967), and Emperor Go-Murakami (1328).

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