1884 - 1966
Yasuji Okamura (岡村 寧次, Okamura Yasuji, 15 May 1884 – 2 September 1966) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, and commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army from November 1944 to the end of World War II. He was tried but found not guilty of any war crimes by the Shanghai War Crimes Tribunal after the war. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuji Okamura has received more than 249,072 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yasuji Okamura is the 703rd most popular military personnel (up from 724th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Japan (up from 544th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Yasuji Okamura ranks 703 out of 1,468. Before him are Won Gyun, Frank Jack Fletcher, Georges Guynemer, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Paul Revere. After him are Yigael Yadin, David Elazar, Peithon, Doc Holliday, Soemu Toyoda, and Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary.
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 697
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 698
1894 - 1917
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 699
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 700
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 701
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 702
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 703
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 704
1925 - 1976
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 705
355 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 706
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 707
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 708
1817 - 1867
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 709
Among people born in 1884, Yasuji Okamura ranks 62. Before him are Wilhelm Backhaus, Johan Laidoner, Eugène Tisserant, Drastamat Kanayan, Alexander Belyaev, and Halide Edib Adıvar. After him are Félix Gouin, Maxwell Perkins, Claude Dornier, Henri Cornet, Anna Vyrubova, and Joseph Boxhall. Among people deceased in 1966, Yasuji Okamura ranks 59. Before him are Edward Gordon Craig, Evelyn Waugh, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Georges Duhamel, Demchugdongrub, and Sadao Araki. After him are Charles Whitman, Wäinö Aaltonen, Marguerite Long, Hendrik Verwoerd, Bud Powell, and Amédée Ozenfant.
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 56
1884 - 1953
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 57
1884 - 1972
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 58
1884 - 1956
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 59
1884 - 1942
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 60
1884 - 1964
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 61
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 62
1884 - 1977
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 63
1884 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 64
1884 - 1969
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 65
1884 - 1941
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 66
1884 - 1964
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 67
1884 - 1967
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 68
1872 - 1966
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 53
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 54
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 55
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 56
1902 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 57
1877 - 1966
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 58
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 59
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 60
1894 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 61
1874 - 1966
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 62
1901 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 63
1924 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 64
1886 - 1966
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 65
Among people born in Japan, Yasuji Okamura ranks 449 out of 6,048. Before him are Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Shiro Misaki (null), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), and Rei Kawakubo (1942). After him are Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Emperor Jomei (593), Emperor Kōkō (830), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), and Fumihiko Maki (1928).
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 443
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 444
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 445
1536 - 1565
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 446
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 447
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 448
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 449
1212 - 1234
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 450
593 - 641
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 451
830 - 887
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 452
1025 - 1068
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 453
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 454
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 455
Among military personnels born in Japan, Yasuji Okamura ranks 44. Before him are Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Otozō Yamada (1881), Sadao Araki (1877), Takeo Kurita (1889), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920). After him are Soemu Toyoda (1885), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Taira no Masakado (903), Seiichi Itō (1890), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758).
1891 - 1945
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 38
1881 - 1965
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 39
1877 - 1966
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 40
1889 - 1977
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 41
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 42
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 43
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 44
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 45
1123 - 1160
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 46
903 - 940
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 47
1890 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 48
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 49
758 - 811
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 50