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Hiroshima (jpn)

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Hiroshima ranks 176th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Buffalo, New York, Bristol, and Auckland. Memorable people born in Hiroshima include Sadako Sasaki, Issey Miyake, and Mōri Motonari. Memorable people who died in Hiroshima include Sadako Sasaki, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, and Hidemaro Watanabe. Hiroshima has been the birth place of many soccer players, and wrestlers and the death place of many soccer players, and social activists. Hiroshima is located in Japan.

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the second largest urban area in the Chugoku Region of Japan, following the Okayama metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1497 and 1997, Hiroshima was the birth place of 67 globally memorable people, including Sadako Sasaki, Issey Miyake, and Mōri Motonari. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Hiroshima including Sadako Sasaki, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, and Hidemaro Watanabe.

People Born in Hiroshima

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People Deceased in Hiroshima

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Hiroshima were soccer players (48), wrestlers (3), politicians (2), actors (2), and musicians (2),  while most who died were soccer players (3), social activists (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hiroshima, including Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Arawa Kimura, and Koji Funamoto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hiroshima, including Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Arawa Kimura, and Koji Funamoto.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Hiroshima since 1700.