MILITARY PERSONNEL

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

1837 - 1913

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Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu (德川 慶喜, also known as Keiki; October 28, 1837 – November 22, 1913) was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming at keeping some political influence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tokugawa Yoshinobu has received more than 1,766,009 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Tokugawa Yoshinobu is the 179th most popular military personnel (up from 245th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Japan (up from 77th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu is most famous for being the last shogun of Japan.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ranks 179 out of 2,058. Before him are Auguste de Marmont, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Akechi Mitsuhide, Michiel de Ruyter, and Hans Krebs. After him are Khalifa Haftar, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Parmenion, Felix Steiner, Mardonius, and Josip Jelačić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ranks 9. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals, J. P. Morgan, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, and Mily Balakirev. After him are Cosima Wagner, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Adam Opel, Pedro V of Portugal, and Ivan Kramskoi. Among people deceased in 1913, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ranks 8. Before him are George I of Greece, Rudolf Diesel, Alfred Russel Wallace, J. P. Morgan, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Lesya Ukrainka. After him are Menelik II, Sophia of Nassau, Tobias Asser, August Bebel, Josephine Cochrane, and Harriet Tubman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ranks 66 out of 6,245. Before him are Empress Michiko (1934), Mako (1933), Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kane Tanaka (1903), and Akechi Mitsuhide (1526). After him are Hideki Yukawa (1907), Kenzō Tange (1913), Fumio Kishida (1957), Akira Toriyama (1955), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), and Shirō Ishii (1892).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ranks 10. Before him are Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), and Akechi Mitsuhide (1526). After him are Date Masamune (1567), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Okita Sōji (1842), Shunroku Hata (1879), and Ishida Mitsunari (1559).

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