MILITARY PERSONNEL

Takeichi Nishi

1902 - 1945

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Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi (西 竹一, Nishi Takeichi, July 12, 1902 – c. March 22, 1945) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer, equestrian show jumper, and Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeichi Nishi has received more than 505,668 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Takeichi Nishi is the 621st most popular military personnel (down from 570th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Japan (down from 297th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Takeichi Nishi ranks 621 out of 2,058. Before him are Lauri Törni, Mikhail Skobelev, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Johan Laidoner, Hubert Lyautey, and Wolfgang Lüth. After him are Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Heinz Reinefarth, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Heraclius the Elder, and Viktor Pavičić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Takeichi Nishi ranks 68. Before him are Marcel Aymé, George Gaylord Simpson, Rafael Alberti, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Kirill Moskalenko, and Christian de Castries. After him are Bruno Streckenbach, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Demchugdongrub, Markian Popov, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, and Eugen Jochum. Among people deceased in 1945, Takeichi Nishi ranks 105. Before him are Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Anton Dostler, Walter Krüger, Else Lasker-Schüler, Fritz Klein, and Wolfgang Lüth. After him are Charles Spearman, Helmuth James von Moltke, Franz Hössler, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Werner Ostendorff, and Lord Alfred Douglas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeichi Nishi ranks 390 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeshi Inoue (1928), Akira Yoshino (1948), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Hōjō Masako (1156), and Takeo Wakabayashi (1907). After him are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), Yoshio Furukawa (1934), Yukiya Amano (1947), Toru Takemitsu (1930), and Tokugawa Ienari (1773).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Takeichi Nishi ranks 36. Before him are Kawakami Gensai (1834), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Saburō Sakai (1916), Kenji Doihara (1883), and Taira no Masakado (903). After him are Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), Sadao Araki (1877), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Nobutake Kondō (1886), and Takeo Kurita (1889).

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