Hiroshima
Hiroshima ranks 162nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Strasbourg, Bergen, and Buffalo, New York. Memorable people born in Hiroshima include Issey Miyake, Mōri Motonari, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. Memorable people who died in Hiroshima include Sadako Sasaki, Mōri Motonari, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara. Hiroshima has been the birth place of many soccer players and singers 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
Between 1497 and 1997, Hiroshima was the birth place of 63 globally memorable people, including Issey Miyake, Mōri Motonari, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Hiroshima including Sadako Sasaki, Mōri Motonari, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara.
People Born in Hiroshima
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Issey Miyake
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1
Mōri Motonari
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 2
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 3
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 4
Nobuyuki Oishi
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 5
Koji Funamoto
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 6
Arawa Kimura
1931 - 2007
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 7
Yukio Shimomura
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 8
Seiichi Sakiya
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 9
Masashi Watanabe
1936 - 1995
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 10
Teruki Miyamoto
1940 - 2000
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 11
Hidemaro Watanabe
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Hiroshima
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People Deceased in Hiroshima
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Sadako Sasaki
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1
Mōri Motonari
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 2
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 3
Hidemaro Watanabe
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4
Naoemon Shimizu
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 5
Ichirō Nagai
1931 - 2014
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 6
Most individuals born in present day Hiroshima were soccer players (48), singers (3), politicians (2), musicians (2), and wrestlers (2), while most who died were soccer players (3), social activists (1), politicians (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, Nobuyuki Oishi, 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, Nobuyuki Oishi, and Koji Funamoto.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Hiroshima since 1700.
