Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu ranks 301st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dijon, Berkeley, California, and Daegu. Memorable people born in Hamamatsu include Soichiro Honda, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Hiroshi Amano. Hamamatsu has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Hamamatsu is located in Japan.
Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) over the total urban area of 1,558.06 km2 (601.57 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1579 and 2002, Hamamatsu was the birth place of 46 globally memorable people, including Soichiro Honda, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Hiroshi Amano.
People Born in Hamamatsu
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Soichiro Honda
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 1991
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 1
Tokugawa Hidetada
POLITICIAN
1579 - 1632
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 2
Hiroshi Amano
PHYSICIST
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 3
Shogo Kamo
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1977
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
Goro Shimura
MATHEMATICIAN
1930 - 2019
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 5
Takeshi Kamo
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 2004
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 6
Tadao Horie
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 2003
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 7
Keisuke Kinoshita
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 1998
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 8
Kenjiro Takayanagi
INVENTOR
1899 - 1990
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 9
Koji Suzuki
WRITER
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 10
Shigetatsu Matsunaga
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 11
Hiromi Uehara
MUSICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Hamamatsu
Go to all RankingsKenjiro Takayanagi
INVENTOR
1899 - 1990
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 9
Koki Ikeda
ATHLETE
1998 - Present
HPI: 21.55
Rank: 37
Tomoya Tsuboi
BOXER
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 44
Zerfe Wondemagegn
ATHLETE
2002 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 45
Mana Atsumi
ATHLETE
1989 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 46
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Hamamatsu were soccer players (33), athletes (3), businesspeople (1), politicians (1), and physicists (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 Hamamatsu, including Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Nobuhiro Takeda, and Masaaki Yanagishita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hamamatsu, including Shogo Kamo, Takeshi Kamo, and Tadao Horie.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Hamamatsu since 1700.
