MILITARY PERSONNEL

Osami Nagano

1880 - 1947

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Osami Nagano (永野 修身, Nagano Osami, June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In this capacity, he served as the navy's commander-in-chief in the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II until his removal in February 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osami Nagano has received more than 246,673 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Osami Nagano is the 736th most popular military personnel (up from 813th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Japan (up from 569th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Osami Nagano ranks 736 out of 2,058. Before him are Osman Pazvantoğlu, Georgios Karaiskakis, Yitzhak Hofi, Köten, Minamoto no Yorimasa, and Herberts Cukurs. After him are Boris Sheremetev, Herbert Kappler, Artur Phleps, Iosif Gurko, Artabazos II, and George B. McClellan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Osami Nagano ranks 61. Before him are Grock, Hajime Sugiyama, Mitsumasa Yonai, Abram Ioffe, Margherita Sarfatti, and Nikolaj Velimirović. After him are Alexander Grin, Gideon Sundback, Jacques Thibaud, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Jan Kubelík, and Vasily Degtyaryov. Among people deceased in 1947, Osami Nagano ranks 67. Before him are Władysław Raczkiewicz, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Charles Bally, Hugh Lofting, Archduchess Louise of Austria, and William C. Durant. After him are Alice Keppel, Arthur Machen, W. I. Thomas, Ludwig Fischer, Paul P. Harris, and Helmuth von Pannwitz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Osami Nagano ranks 511 out of 6,245. Before him are Takehiko Kawanishi (1938), Saichō (767), Emperor Yōzei (867), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), and Fujiwara no Kamatari (614). After him are Emperor Shirakawa (1053), Satoshi Nakamoto (1975), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Victoria Principal (1950), Momoko Kōchi (1932), and Eizo Yuguchi (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Osami Nagano ranks 46. Before him are Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Nobutake Kondō (1886), Takeo Kurita (1889), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Yasuji Okamura (1884), and Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106). After him are Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Otozō Yamada (1881), Seiichi Itō (1890), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Shibata Katsuie (1522), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758).

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