Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture ranks 232nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tunis, Łódź, and Bangkok. Memorable people born in Hiroshima Prefecture include Akira Nozawa, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Takehiko Kawanishi. Hiroshima Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Hiroshima Prefecture is located in Japan.
Hiroshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 and has a geographic area of 8,479 km². Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama Prefecture to the east, Tottori Prefecture to the northeast, Shimane Prefecture to the north, and Yamaguchi Prefecture to the southwest. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Hiroshima Prefecture was the birth place of 53 globally memorable people, including Akira Nozawa, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Takehiko Kawanishi.
People Born in Hiroshima Prefecture
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Akira Nozawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 2000
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 1
Kunitaka Sueoka
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1998
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 2
Takehiko Kawanishi
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 3
Hisao Kami
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 4
Masao Nozawa
SOCCER PLAYER
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 5
Hiroshi Saeki
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 6
Gunichi Mikawa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 7
Kazuhisa Kono
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 8
Masanobu Izumi
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 9
Kenzo Ohashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2015
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 10
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 11
Shiro Teshima
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - 1982
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Hiroshima Prefecture
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Hiroshima Prefecture were soccer players (51), military personnels (1), and athletes (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 Hiroshima Prefecture, including Takehiko Kawanishi, Hisao Kami, and Hiroshi Saeki. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hiroshima Prefecture, including Akira Nozawa, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Takehiko Kawanishi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Hiroshima Prefecture since 1700.
