MILITARY PERSONNEL
Nogi Maresuke
1849 - 1912
Nogi Maresuke
Count Nogi Maresuke (乃木 希典), also known as Kiten, Count Nogi GCB (December 25, 1849 – September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians. He was a national hero in Imperial Japan as a model of feudal loyalty and self-sacrifice, ultimately to the point of suicide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nogi Maresuke has received more than 404,033 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nogi Maresuke is the 415th most popular military personnel (up from 482nd in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Japan (up from 229th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
Memorability Metrics
400k
Page Views (PV)
61.70
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
3.27
Effective Languages (L*)
3.64
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS
Among military personnels, Nogi Maresuke ranks 415 out of 2,058. Before him are Pierre Augereau, Reinhard Scheer, Henri Guisan, Mitsuru Ushijima, Israel Tal, and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel. After him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, John of Austria the Younger, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Richard Winters, Erasmo of Narni, and Shoichi Yokoi.
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HPI: 61.76
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1849, Nogi Maresuke ranks 13. Before him are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, John William Waterhouse, Alfred von Tirpitz, Sergei Witte, and Bertha Benz. After him are John Ambrose Fleming, Blanche Monnier, Eva Gonzalès, Ellen Key, Max Nordau, and Alexander Kielland. Among people deceased in 1912, Nogi Maresuke ranks 24. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch, Johann Martin Schleyer, James Paul Moody, Nettie Stevens, George Darwin, and Franz Reichelt. After him are Osborne Reynolds, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Bolesław Prus, John Jacob Astor IV, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen.
Others Born in 1849
Go to all RankingsFrances Hodgson Burnett
WRITER
1849 - 1924
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 7
Bernhard von Bülow
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1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 8
John William Waterhouse
PAINTER
1849 - 1917
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 9
Alfred von Tirpitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1849 - 1930
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 10
Sergei Witte
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1915
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 11
Bertha Benz
BUSINESSPERSON
1849 - 1944
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 12
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1849 - 1912
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 13
John Ambrose Fleming
ENGINEER
1849 - 1945
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 14
Blanche Monnier
CELEBRITY
1849 - 1913
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 15
Eva Gonzalès
PAINTER
1849 - 1883
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 16
Ellen Key
WRITER
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 17
Max Nordau
WRITER
1849 - 1923
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 18
Alexander Kielland
WRITER
1849 - 1906
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 19
Others Deceased in 1912
Go to all RankingsWilliam McMaster Murdoch
WRITER
1873 - 1912
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 18
Johann Martin Schleyer
LINGUIST
1831 - 1912
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 19
James Paul Moody
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1912
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 20
Nettie Stevens
BIOLOGIST
1861 - 1912
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 21
George Darwin
ASTRONOMER
1845 - 1912
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 22
Franz Reichelt
INVENTOR
1879 - 1912
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 23
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1849 - 1912
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 24
Osborne Reynolds
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1912
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 25
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 26
Bolesław Prus
WRITER
1847 - 1912
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 27
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HPI: 60.54
Rank: 28
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
CHEMIST
1838 - 1912
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 29
Gerhard Armauer Hansen
PHYSICIAN
1841 - 1912
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 30
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Nogi Maresuke ranks 196 out of 6,245. Before him are Nagisa Oshima (1932), Emperor Antoku (1178), Kitarō (1953), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), and Mitsuru Ushijima (1887). After him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Empress Genshō (680), and Leo Esaki (1925).
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HPI: 61.81
Rank: 190
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HPI: 61.81
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1953 - Present
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 192
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POLITICIAN
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HPI: 61.77
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HPI: 61.70
Rank: 196
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HPI: 61.64
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HPI: 61.62
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan
Among military personnels born in Japan, Nogi Maresuke ranks 23. Before him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Iwane Matsui (1878), Sanada Yukimura (1567), and Mitsuru Ushijima (1887). After him are Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Saitō Hajime (1844), and Mitsuo Fuchida (1902).
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1838 - 1922
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 17
Toyotomi Hideyori
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
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Rank: 19
Iwane Matsui
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 20
Sanada Yukimura
1567 - 1615
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 21
Mitsuru Ushijima
1887 - 1945
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 22
Nogi Maresuke
1849 - 1912
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 23
Shoichi Yokoi
1915 - 1997
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 24
Honda Tadakatsu
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