1891 - 1945
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (栗林 忠道, Kuribayashi Tadamichi, 7 July 1891 – c. 26 March 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, part-time writer, haiku poet, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tadamichi Kuribayashi has received more than 1,153,049 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadamichi Kuribayashi is the 200th most popular military personnel (up from 205th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Japan (up from 66th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
Tadamichi Kuribayashi was a Japanese general who commanded the Japanese garrison at the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was killed in action on March 11, 1945.
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Among military personnels, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 200 out of 1,468. Before him are Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Amr ibn al-As, Mikhail Frunze, Maximilian von Weichs, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. After him are Parmenion, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Gotthard Heinrici, Josip Jelačić, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, and Sun Jian.
1769 - 1851
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 194
580 - 664
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 195
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 196
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 197
1559 - 1632
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 198
1712 - 1780
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 199
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 200
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 201
1886 - 1921
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 202
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 203
1801 - 1859
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 204
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 205
155 - 191
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 206
Among people born in 1891, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 23. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Otto Dix, Genrikh Yagoda, Helmuth Weidling, Ilya Ehrenburg, and Fritz Todt. After him are John Howard Northrop, Alexander Rodchenko, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Edward Bernays, Fumimaro Konoe, and Osip Mandelstam. Among people deceased in 1945, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 45. Before him are Oskar Dirlewanger, Roland Freisler, Hans Fischer, Josef Kramer, Wilhelm Burgdorf, and Käthe Kollwitz. After him are Stefan Banach, Giovanni Agnelli, Robert Ritter von Greim, Karl-Otto Koch, Karl Hanke, and Theodore Dreiser.
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1891 - 1938
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 19
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 20
1891 - 1967
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 21
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 22
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 23
1891 - 1987
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 24
1891 - 1956
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
1891 - 1942
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 26
1891 - 1995
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 27
1891 - 1945
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 28
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 29
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 39
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 40
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 41
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 43
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 44
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 45
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 46
1866 - 1945
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 47
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 48
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 49
1903 - 1945
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 50
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 51
Among people born in Japan, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 61 out of 6,048. Before him are Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Empress Michiko (1934), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Yoshihide Suga (1948), and Shinzō Abe (1954). After him are Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Liv Ullmann (1938), and Uesugi Kenshin (1530).
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 55
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 56
1147 - 1199
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 57
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 59
1954 - 2022
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 60
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 61
669 BC - 548 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 62
1624 - 1662
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 63
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 64
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 65
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 66
1530 - 1578
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 67
Among military personnels born in Japan, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 10. Before him are Hiroo Onoda (1922), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), and Akechi Mitsuhide (1526). After him are Date Masamune (1567), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).
1922 - 2014
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 4
1542 - 1597
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 5
1828 - 1877
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 6
1887 - 1944
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 7
1159 - 1189
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 8
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 9
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 10
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 13
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 16