MILITARY PERSONNEL

Saigō Takamori

1828 - 1877

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Saigō Takamori (or Takanaga) (西鄕 隆盛 [隆永], January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. He was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, he later led the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saigō Takamori has received more than 2,254,812 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Saigō Takamori is the 100th most popular military personnel (up from 147th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Japan (up from 45th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Saigō Takamori is most famous for his role in the Meiji Restoration. He was a samurai who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the establishment of the Meiji government.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Saigō Takamori ranks 100 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Albert Kesselring, Heinrich Müller, Bernard Montgomery, Wilhelm Canaris, and Konstantin Rokossovsky. After him are John of Austria, Miloš Obilić, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, George S. Patton, Zhang Fei, and Andrea Doria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Saigō Takamori ranks 5. Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Henry Dunant, and Henrik Ibsen. After him are Rani of Jhansi, Hippolyte Taine, Charbel Makhlouf, Randal Cremer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Ferdinand Cohn. Among people deceased in 1877, Saigō Takamori ranks 4. Before him are Gustave Courbet, Crazy Horse, and Brigham Young. After him are Adolphe Thiers, Urbain Le Verrier, Henry Fox Talbot, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 31 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Sadako Sasaki (1943), and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892). After him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Itō Hirobumi (1841), and Isao Takahata (1935).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 5. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), and Hattori Hanzō (1542). After him are Hiroo Onoda (1922), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Date Masamune (1567), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).

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