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Fukuoka Prefecture (jpn)

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Fukuoka Prefecture ranks 217th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Egypt, Sweden, and Utrecht. Memorable people born in Fukuoka Prefecture include Seichō Matsumoto, Ted Fujita, and Takeshi Shudo. Fukuoka Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Fukuoka Prefecture is located in Japan.

Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2. Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the south, and Ōita Prefecture to the southeast. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1909 and 2001, Fukuoka Prefecture was the birth place of 58 globally memorable people, including Seichō Matsumoto, Ted Fujita, and Takeshi Shudo.

People Born in Fukuoka Prefecture

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Fukuoka Prefecture were soccer players (49), actors (4), writers (3), physicists (1), and comic artists (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, including Akinobu Yokouchi, Masaharu Nishi, and Naoyuki Fujita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fukuoka Prefecture, including Akinobu Yokouchi, Masaharu Nishi, and Naoyuki Fujita.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Fukuoka Prefecture since 1700.