Engineer
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi
His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the 23rd most popular engineer (down from 17th in 2024), the 89th most popular biography from Japan (down from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Engineer.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was most famous for being the only person to survive the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Among Engineers
Among engineers, Tsutomu Yamaguchi ranks 23 out of 389. Before him are Umberto Nobile, Fritz Todt, Anatoly Dyatlov, Jack Kilby, Andrei Tupolev, and Artem Mikoyan. After him are Banū Mūsā, Leslie Groves, Hans Albert Einstein, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, and Bassel al-Assad.
Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia
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Umberto Nobile
1885 - 1978
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 17
Fritz Todt
1891 - 1942
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 18
Anatoly Dyatlov
1931 - 1995
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 19
Jack Kilby
1923 - 2005
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 20
Andrei Tupolev
1888 - 1972
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 21
Artem Mikoyan
1905 - 1970
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 22
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 23
Banū Mūsā
900 - 873
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 24
Leslie Groves
1896 - 1970
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 25
Hans Albert Einstein
1904 - 1973
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 26
August Horch
1868 - 1951
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 27
Willy Messerschmitt
1898 - 1978
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 28
Bassel al-Assad
1962 - 1994
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 29
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1916, Tsutomu Yamaguchi ranks 30. Before him are Hans Eysenck, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, Harold Wilson, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Walt Whitman Rostow. After him are Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ruth Handler, Natalia Ginzburg, and Abdul Rahman Arif. Among people deceased in 2010, Tsutomu Yamaguchi ranks 24. Before him are Alois Brunner, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Hopper, Néstor Kirchner, Vasily Smyslov, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg. After him are Zecharia Sitchin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Francesco Cossiga, Harry Mulisch, Algirdas Brazauskas, and Gennady Yanayev.
Others Born in 1916
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Hans Eysenck
PSYCHOLOGIST
1916 - 1997
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 24
Sune Bergström
CHEMIST
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 25
Maurice Wilkins
PHYSICIST
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 26
Harold Wilson
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1995
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 27
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2000
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 28
Walt Whitman Rostow
ECONOMIST
1916 - 2003
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 29
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
ENGINEER
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 30
Alexander Prokhorov
PHYSICIST
1916 - 2002
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 31
Paul Keres
CHESS PLAYER
1916 - 1975
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 32
Vitaly Ginzburg
PHYSICIST
1916 - 2009
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 33
Ruth Handler
INVENTOR
1916 - 2002
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 34
Natalia Ginzburg
WRITER
1916 - 1991
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 35
Abdul Rahman Arif
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2007
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 36
Others Deceased in 2010
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Alois Brunner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1912 - 2010
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 18
Claude Chabrol
FILM DIRECTOR
1930 - 2010
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 19
Dennis Hopper
ACTOR
1936 - 2010
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 20
Néstor Kirchner
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2010
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 21
Vasily Smyslov
CHESS PLAYER
1921 - 2010
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 22
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
CHEMIST
1927 - 2010
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 23
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
ENGINEER
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 24
Zecharia Sitchin
WRITER
1920 - 2010
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 25
Ali Hassan al-Majid
PUBLIC WORKER
1941 - 2010
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 26
Francesco Cossiga
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2010
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 27
Harry Mulisch
WRITER
1927 - 2010
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 28
Algirdas Brazauskas
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 29
Gennady Yanayev
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2010
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 30
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Tsutomu Yamaguchi ranks 89 out of NaN. Before him are Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Naoto Kan (1946), Empress Michiko (1934), and Kōbō Abe (1924). After him are Liv Ullmann (1938), Emperor Itoku (-553), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Junko Tabei (1939), and Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740).
Others born in Japan
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Yoichiro Nambu
PHYSICIST
1921 - 2015
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 83
Toyotomi Hideyori
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1593 - 1615
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 84
Uesugi Kenshin
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1578
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 85
Naoto Kan
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 86
Empress Michiko
CELEBRITY
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 87
Kōbō Abe
WRITER
1924 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 88
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
ENGINEER
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 89
Liv Ullmann
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 90
Emperor Itoku
POLITICIAN
553 BC - 477 BC
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 91
Ryuichi Sakamoto
COMPOSER
1952 - 2023
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 92
Emperor Go-Momozono
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1779
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 93
Junko Tabei
MOUNTAINEER
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 94
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
POLITICIAN
1740 - 1813
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 95
Among Engineers In Japan
Among engineers born in Japan, Tsutomu Yamaguchi ranks 1. After him are Jiro Horikoshi (1903), Masaru Ibuka (1908), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), and Naoki Hattori (1966).
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 1
Jiro Horikoshi
1903 - 1982
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 2
Masaru Ibuka
1908 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 3
Hidesaburō Ueno
1872 - 1925
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
Genichi Taguchi
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
Hidetsugu Yagi
1886 - 1976
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 6
Naoki Hattori
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 7
