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Takeo Kurita

1889 - 1977

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Takeo Kurita (Japanese: 栗田 健男, Hepburn: Kurita Takeo; 28 April 1889 – 19 December 1977) was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Kurita commanded IJN 2nd Fleet, the main Japanese attack force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Takeo Kurita is the 748th most popular military personnel (down from 704th in 2024), the 573rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Takeo Kurita ranks 748 out of 2,058. Before him are Herbert Kappler, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Andriy Melnyk, Roustam Raza, Grigory Kulik, and Lei Feng. After him are Julian, Count of Ceuta, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Hans Hermann von Katte, Max Immelmann, Süleyman Pasha, and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Takeo Kurita ranks 73. Before him are Harry Nyquist, Frans Masereel, Reggie Walker, Stanislav Kosior, R. G. Collingwood, and María Capovilla. After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Tom Naudé, Philippe Thys, Léon Brillouin, Pierre Reverdy, and Erle Stanley Gardner. Among people deceased in 1977, Takeo Kurita ranks 66. Before him are Félix Gouin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Marc Bolan, Eduard Roschmann, Marien Ngouabi, and Tom Pryce. After him are Carlos Pace, Edmund Veesenmayer, Paul Desmond, Bruno Streckenbach, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, and Jean Duvieusart.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeo Kurita ranks 573 out of 6,245. Before him are Ichiro Hosotani (1946), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), Tokutaro Ukon (1913), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), Yoshio Kikugawa (1944), and Hitoshi Ashida (1887). After him are Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), Yosano Akiko (1878), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), and Saitō Makoto (1858).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Takeo Kurita ranks 45. Before him are Kawakami Gensai (1834), Sadao Araki (1877), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Taira no Masakado (903), Nobutake Kondō (1886), and Seiichi Itō (1890). After him are Yasuji Okamura (1884), Otozō Yamada (1881), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), Takeo Takagi (1892), Soemu Toyoda (1885), and Hiroshi Ōshima (1886).

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