MILITARY PERSONNEL

Otozō Yamada

1881 - 1965

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Otozō Yamada (山田 乙三, Yamada Otozō, November 6, 1881 – July 18, 1965) was a career officer, convicted war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army, serving from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otozō Yamada has received more than 301,799 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Otozō Yamada is the 762nd most popular military personnel (down from 653rd in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 387th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otozō Yamada ranks 762 out of 2,058Before him are Alexander Marinesko, Albert Leo Schlageter, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, Fritz von Below, Saad el-Shazly, and Lala Şahin Pasha. After him are Friedrich Hossbach, Yağısıyan, Princess Pingyang, Meliton Kantaria, Alexios Apokaukos, and Peter Lacy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Otozō Yamada ranks 68Before him are Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Ramón Grau, Ernst Gräfenberg, Mikhail Larionov, Artur Phleps, and Max Pechstein. After him are Albert Gleizes, Ulrich von Hassell, Hans Wilsdorf, Kim Kyu-sik, Augustin Bea, and Vera Weizmann. Among people deceased in 1965, Otozō Yamada ranks 54Before him are Georges Gurvitch, Herberts Cukurs, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Taimur bin Feisal, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Carl Værnet. After him are William M. Branham, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Oskar R. Lange, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Humberto Delgado, and Sālote Tupou III.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Otozō Yamada ranks 532 out of 6,245Before him are Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), and Masao Nozawa (null). After him are Emperor Junnin (733), Jiro Miyake (1900), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), and Yoshio Nishina (1890).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Otozō Yamada ranks 48Before him are Takeo Kurita (1889), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Osami Nagano (1880), and Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554). After him are Seiichi Itō (1890), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), and Hitoshi Imamura (1886).