NOBLEMAN

Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

1905 - 1987

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Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (高松宮宣仁親王, Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito Shinnō, 3 January 1905 – 3 February 1987) was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four shinnōke or branches of the imperial family entitled to inherit the Chrysanthemum throne in default of a direct heir. From the mid-1920s until the end of World War II, Prince Takamatsu pursued a career in the Japanese Imperial Navy, eventually rising to the rank of captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu has received more than 318,596 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu is the 567th most popular nobleman (down from 493rd in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Japan (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 567 out of 1,415. Before him are William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, William, Duke of Brunswick, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg, and Emma of France. After him are Peter, Constable of Portugal, Louis I, Count of Nevers, Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Françoise-Louise de Warens, and Boniface, Count of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 101. Before him are Pierre Klossowski, Jacinto Quincoces, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, George Kelly, Nihal Atsız, and Gertrude Ederle. After him are Savitri Devi, Anna May Wong, Abraham Zapruder, Franjo Šeper, Alexander Rodimtsev, and Giacinto Scelsi. Among people deceased in 1987, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 80. Before him are Geraldine Page, Mervyn LeRoy, Herbert Blumer, Otto Wöhler, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Salim Ali. After him are Asim Ferhatović, Masatoshi Nakayama, Yasuo Haruyama, Anatoli Papanov, Lorne Greene, and J. P. Guilford.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 636 out of 6,245. Before him are Koji Miyata (1923), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Giant Baba (1938), Monkey Punch (1937), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), and Takashi Mizuno (1931). After him are Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Sen Katayama (1859), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Satoshi Tajiri (1965).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 6. Before him are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), and Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965). After him are Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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