POLITICIAN

Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu

1902 - 1953

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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (秩父宮雍仁親王, Chichibu-no-miya Yasuhito Shinnō, 25 June 1902 – 4 January 1953) was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of Japan, he was the patron of several sporting, medical, and international exchange organizations. Before and after World War II, the English-speaking prince and his wife attempted to foster good relations between Japan and the United Kingdom and enjoyed a good rapport with the British royal family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu has received more than 415,872 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu is the 6,476th most popular politician (down from 5,766th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Japan (down from 396th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu ranks 6,476 out of 19,576Before him are Jānis Čakste, Mika Špiljak, Hanns Albin Rauter, Samuel Noah Kramer, Ante Starčević, and Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus. After him are William II, Count of Hainaut, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Alexander Lebed, Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, and Hajime Sugiyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu ranks 83Before him are Langston Hughes, Lyubov Orlova, Charan Singh, Alfredo Binda, Anatole Litvak, and Norma Shearer. After him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Maurice Duruflé, Hans Bellmer, Jean Rey, Giuseppe Pella, and Cesare Zavattini. Among people deceased in 1953, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu ranks 49Before him are Elsa Beskow, Hank Williams, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Noe Zhordania, Nobutake Kondō, and Bill Tilden. After him are Stanisław Wojciechowski, Jacques Thibaud, Albert Gleizes, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Sergei Winogradsky, and René Fonck.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu ranks 489 out of 6,245Before him are Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), Miki Matsubara (1959), Satoru Iwata (1959), and Soemu Toyoda (1885). After him are Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Hifuyo Uchida (null), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Nobuo Matsunaga (1921), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), and Junji Kawano (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu ranks 202Before him are Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Noboru Takeshita (1924), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Emperor Ichijō (980), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), and Kusunoki Masashige (1294). After him are Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), Emperor Kameyama (1249), Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), and Minamoto no Yoriie (1182).