1902 - 1976
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo, 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack. After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian convert and evangelist, traveling across the United States and Europe to tell his story. He later settled in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mitsuo Fuchida has received more than 821,694 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mitsuo Fuchida is the 359th most popular military personnel (up from 563rd in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Japan (up from 347th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 359 out of 1,468. Before him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Pierre Augereau, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Francisco de Miranda, Mamai, and Jean-Baptiste Bessières. After him are Thrasybulus, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, Kul Tigin, and Georg von Frundsberg.
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 353
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 354
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 355
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 356
1335 - 1380
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 357
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 358
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 359
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 360
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 361
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 362
148 - 220
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 363
685 - 731
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 364
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 365
Among people born in 1902, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 38. Before him are Reinhard Gehlen, Alexander Luria, Theodore Schultz, Émile Benveniste, Juscelino Kubitschek, and André Michel Lwoff. After him are Felix Wankel, Fritz Strassmann, Alexandre Kojève, Günther Anders, Luis Barragán, and Princess Mafalda of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1976, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 39. Before him are Émile Benveniste, Choe Yong-gon, Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, Andrei Grechko, and René Cassin. After him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Silvana Armenulić, Paul Lazarsfeld, Eileen Gray, and Kazi Nazrul Islam.
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 32
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 33
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 34
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 35
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 36
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 37
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 38
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 39
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 40
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 41
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 42
1902 - 1988
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 43
1902 - 1944
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 44
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 33
1900 - 1976
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 34
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 35
1905 - 1976
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 36
1903 - 1976
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 37
1887 - 1976
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 38
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 39
1900 - 1976
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 40
1893 - 1976
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 41
1939 - 1976
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 42
1901 - 1976
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 43
1878 - 1976
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 44
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 45
Among people born in Japan, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 141 out of 6,048. Before him are Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Emperor Kōgen (-272), and Emperor Sakuramachi (1720). After him are Emperor Kaika (-208), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Ko Arima (1917), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), and Eisaku Satō (1901).
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 135
1118 - 1181
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 136
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 137
1288 - 1339
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 138
272 BC - 157 BC
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 139
1720 - 1750
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 140
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 141
208 BC - 97 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 142
1896 - 1987
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 143
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 144
1917 - Present
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 145
1880 - 1950
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 146
1901 - 1975
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 147
Among military personnels born in Japan, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 21. Before him are Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Iwane Matsui (1878), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), and Yamagata Aritomo (1838). After him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Saburō Sakai (1916), Okita Sōji (1842), and Jisaburō Ozawa (1886).
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 16
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 17
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 18
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 21
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 22
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 23
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 24
1916 - 2000
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 25
1842 - 1868
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 26
1886 - 1966
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 27