MILITARY PERSONNEL

Nagakura Shinpachi

1839 - 1915

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Nagakura Shinpachi (永倉 新八, May 23, 1839 – January 5, 1915) was the captain of the 2nd troop of the Shinsengumi, He was later known as Sugimura Yoshie (杉村 義衛) during the Meiji era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nagakura Shinpachi has received more than 241,909 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nagakura Shinpachi is the 999th most popular military personnel (down from 961st in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from Japan (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Over the past year Nagakura Shinpachi has had the most page views in the with 250,826 views, followed by English (39,413), and Chinese (22,233). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (65.27%), Serbian (55.04%), and Vietnamese (37.76%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nagakura Shinpachi ranks 999 out of 2,058Before him are François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Gaius Laelius, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Alime Abdenanova, Heinrich Bär, and Robert Blake. After him are Paddy Roy Bates, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Semyon Bogdanov, Tomoji Tanabe, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, and Helmut Lent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Nagakura Shinpachi ranks 32Before him are Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Gaston Paris, Hermann Levi, Ivan Goremykin, and Takasugi Shinsaku. After him are Béni Kállay, Imre Steindl, Hans Thoma, Joseph Oller, Ouida, and Pavlo Chubynsky. Among people deceased in 1915, Nagakura Shinpachi ranks 44Before him are Mubarak Al-Sabah, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, François Faber, Sandford Fleming, Anatoly Stessel, and Friedrich Loeffler. After him are Danilo Ilić, Akaki Tsereteli, Carlos Finlay, Pierre-Émile Martin, Karl Lamprecht, and Otto Weddigen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nagakura Shinpachi ranks 690 out of 6,245Before him are Matome Ugaki (1890), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Mie Hama (1943), and Heisuke Hironaka (1931). After him are Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Meiko Kaji (1947), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), and Naoko Takeuchi (1967).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Nagakura Shinpachi ranks 65Before him are Takeo Takagi (1892), Nakano Takeko (1847), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Tōdō Takatora (1556), and Matome Ugaki (1890). After him are Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Isamu Chō (1895), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Jirō Minami (1874), and Oku Yasukata (1847).