1905 - 1987
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, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 495 out of 842. Before 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.
1582 - 1628
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 489
1134 - 1184
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 490
1649 - 1704
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 491
1764 - 1782
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 492
1654 - 1714
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 493
1490 - 1539
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 494
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 495
1207 - 1285
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 496
1280 - 1327
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 497
1373 - 1410
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 498
1896 - 1971
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 499
1572 - 1578
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 500
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 501
Among people born in 1905, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 96. Before 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 64. Before 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.
1905 - 1995
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 90
1905 - 1937
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 91
1905 - 1979
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 92
1905 - 1993
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 93
1905 - 1993
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 94
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 95
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 96
1905 - 2001
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 97
1905 - 1946
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 98
1905 - 1961
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 99
1905 - 1980
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 100
1905 - 1963
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 101
1905 - 2002
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 102
1903 - 1987
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 58
1901 - 1987
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 59
1924 - 1987
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 60
1900 - 1987
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 61
1912 - 1987
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 62
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 63
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 64
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 65
1933 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 66
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 67
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 68
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 69
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 70
Among people born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 544 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1737 - 1786
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 538
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 539
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 540
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 541
1173 - 1263
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 542
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 543
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 544
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 545
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 546
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 547
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 548
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 549
1867 - 1952
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 550
Among noblemen born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 5. Before 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).
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 6
1946 - 2012
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 9
2001 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 11
2006 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 12