Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu ranks 274th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Douala, Lille, and San Sebastián. Memorable people born in Hamamatsu include Soichiro Honda, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Shogo Kamo. Hamamatsu has been the birth place of many soccer players and businesspeople. 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
Between 1579 and 1999, Hamamatsu was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Soichiro Honda, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Shogo Kamo.
People Born in Hamamatsu
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Soichiro Honda
1906 - 1991
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1
Tokugawa Hidetada
1579 - 1632
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 2
Shogo Kamo
1915 - 1977
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 3
Tadao Horie
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 4
Goro Shimura
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 5
Hiroshi Amano
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 6
Takeshi Kamo
1915 - 2004
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 7
Keisuke Kinoshita
1912 - 1998
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 8
Koji Suzuki
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 9
Shigetatsu Matsunaga
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 10
Hiromi Uehara
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 11
Nobuhiro Takeda
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Hamamatsu were soccer players (33), businesspeople (1), politicians (1), mathematicians (1), 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 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, Tadao Horie, and Takeshi Kamo.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Hamamatsu since 1700.
