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Ōyama Iwao

1842 - 1916

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Prince Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌; 12 November 1842 – 10 December 1916) was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. He was representative of the outstanding military commanders of the late modern period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ōyama Iwao is the 6,701st most popular politician (down from 5,494th in 2024), the 547th most popular biography from Japan (down from 380th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōyama Iwao ranks 6,701 out of 19,576. Before him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, John Hawkwood, Nikolai Golitsyn, Urraca of Portugal, and William Waddington. After him are Neeme Järvi, Langdarma, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Theodor Körner, Édouard Balladur, and Pascal Lissouba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Ōyama Iwao ranks 35. Before him are Arkhip Kuindzhi, Giovanni Boldini, Mykola Lysenko, Charles W. Alcock, Alphonse Borrelly, and Nikolaos Gyzis. After him are Gaston, Count of Eu, Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, François Coppée, Rikard Nordraak, and Georg Ritter von Schönerer. Among people deceased in 1916, Ōyama Iwao ranks 56. Before him are Torakusu Yamaha, Antonio Sant'Elia, Joseph Gallieni, Hetty Green, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Fredrik Idestam. After him are Thomas Eakins, Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, Oswald Boelcke, Herbert Kilpin, and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōyama Iwao ranks 547 out of 6,245. Before him are Takao Nishiyama (1942), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Miki Matsubara (1959), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), and Michiyo Taki (null). After him are Seiichi Sakiya (1950), Empress Masako (1963), Ken Kutaragi (1950), Tomomi Seo (1950), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Taira no Masakado (903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōyama Iwao ranks 188. Before him are Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), and Tokugawa Ieharu (1737). After him are Empress Masako (1963), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Ichijō (980), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Hajime Sugiyama (1880), and Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840).

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