Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture ranks 185th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Königsberg, Busan, and Pamplona. 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
Between 1909 and 2000, Fukuoka Prefecture was the birth place of 56 globally memorable people, including Seichō Matsumoto, Ted Fujita, and Takeshi Shudo.
People Born in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Seichō Matsumoto
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 1
Ted Fujita
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 2
Takeshi Shudo
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3
Yukari Tamura
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 4
Takehiro Tomiyasu
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 5
Kensho Ono
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 6
Kana Asumi
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.28
Rank: 7
Akinobu Yokouchi
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.51
Rank: 8
Kentaro Sakai
1975 - Present
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 9
Kenji Miyazaki
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.37
Rank: 10
Naoyuki Fujita
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.23
Rank: 11
Masaharu Nishi
1977 - Present
HPI: 26.36
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Fukuoka Prefecture
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Fukuoka Prefecture were soccer players (50), actors (3), writers (2), and physicists (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 Takehiro Tomiyasu, Akinobu Yokouchi, and Kentaro Sakai. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fukuoka Prefecture, including Takehiro Tomiyasu, Akinobu Yokouchi, and Kentaro Sakai.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Fukuoka Prefecture since 1700.
