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Fukuoka ranks 245th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tulsa, Oklahoma, Phoenix, Arizona, and Yaoundé. Memorable people born in Fukuoka include Yoshinori Ohsumi, Sonny Chiba, and Isamu Chō. Memorable people who died in Fukuoka include Kane Tanaka, Empress Kōgyoku, and Cai E. Fukuoka has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Fukuoka is located in Japan.

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1864 and 2000, Fukuoka was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Yoshinori Ohsumi, Sonny Chiba, and Isamu Chō. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Fukuoka including Kane Tanaka, Empress Kōgyoku, and Cai E.

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Most individuals born in present day Fukuoka were soccer players (22), actors (6), singers (3), wrestlers (3), and military personnels (2),  while most who died were politicians (2) and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Fukuoka, including Osamu Maeda, Yosuke Ideguchi, and Yoshiteru Yamashita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Fukuoka, including Osamu Maeda, Yosuke Ideguchi, and Yoshiteru Yamashita.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Fukuoka since 1700.