Gifu Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture ranks 1,302nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Georgetown, Guyana, Kalmar, and Londrina. Memorable people born in Gifu Prefecture include Mikao Usui, Hiroshi Ōshima, and Airi Suzuki. Gifu Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Gifu Prefecture is located in Japan.
Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 and has a geographic area of 10,621 square kilometres (4,101 sq mi). Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, Fukui Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture to the west, Mie Prefecture to the southwest, Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Nagano Prefecture to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1865 and 1996, Gifu Prefecture was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Mikao Usui, Hiroshi Ōshima, and Airi Suzuki.
People Born in Gifu Prefecture
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Mikao Usui
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 1
Hiroshi Ōshima
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1975
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 2
Airi Suzuki
SINGER
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.19
Rank: 3
Misaki Amano
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.37
Rank: 4
Masahiro Iwata
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 21.89
Rank: 5
Miki Kanie
ATHLETE
1988 - Present
HPI: 20.33
Rank: 6
Yuji Goto
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 19.61
Rank: 7
Go Nakamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 19.57
Rank: 8
Keigo Numata
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 18.92
Rank: 9
Takamasa Yamazaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 18.11
Rank: 10
Oribe Niikawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 17.47
Rank: 11
Kento Sugino
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 14.73
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Gifu Prefecture
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SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.37
Rank: 4
Yuma Nagai
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gifu Prefecture were soccer players (8), athletes (2), religious figures (1), military personnels (1), and singers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gifu Prefecture, including Misaki Amano, Masahiro Iwata, and Yuji Goto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gifu Prefecture, including Misaki Amano, Masahiro Iwata, and Yuji Goto.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Gifu Prefecture since 1700.
