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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 287,123 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu is the 495th most popular nobleman (up from 533rd in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Japan (up from 677th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 495 out of 842Before him are John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Constantin Brâncoveanu, and John III, Duke of Cleves. After him are Philip I, Count of Savoy, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Marie Elisabeth of France, and Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 96Before him are Chen Yun, Attila József, Jean-Marie Villot, Myrna Loy, Yen Chia-kan, and Banine. After him are Pierre Klossowski, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Anna May Wong, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and Joseph Bonanno. Among people deceased in 1987, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 64Before him are Anny Ondra, Maxwell D. Taylor, Geraldine Page, Mervyn LeRoy, Gordon Gollob, and Herbert Blumer. After him are Charan Singh, Will Sampson, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Masatoshi Nakayama, Joop den Uyl, and Alfred Bester.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 544 out of 6,048Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Tatsuya Shiji (1938), Toshio Suzuki (1948), Shinran (1173), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931). After him are Masanobu Izumi (1944), Masao Ono (1923), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), and Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867).

Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 5Before him are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887). After him are Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), and Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006).