Kanazawa
Kanazawa ranks 1,146th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Varanasi, Saskatoon, and Bielefeld. Memorable people born in Kanazawa include D. T. Suzuki, Nobuyuki Abe, and Senjūrō Hayashi. Memorable people who died in Kanazawa include Maeda Toshiie. Kanazawa has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many politicians. Kanazawa is located in Japan.
Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres (180.94 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 1997, Kanazawa was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including D. T. Suzuki, Nobuyuki Abe, and Senjūrō Hayashi. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Kanazawa including Maeda Toshiie.
People Born in Kanazawa
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D. T. Suzuki
WRITER
1870 - 1966
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1
Nobuyuki Abe
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 2
Senjūrō Hayashi
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1943
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 3
Kyōka Izumi
WRITER
1873 - 1939
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 4
Natsuo Kirino
WRITER
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 5
Hisashi Kimura
ASTRONOMER
1870 - 1943
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 6
Takeshi Koshida
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 7
Mamiko Noto
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 8
Kaori Matsumoto
ATHLETE
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.15
Rank: 9
Koji Hashimoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 23.34
Rank: 10
Takahiro Takagi
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 22.04
Rank: 11
Hikaru Kitagawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 21.37
Rank: 12
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People Deceased in Kanazawa
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kanazawa were soccer players (5), writers (3), politicians (2), astronomers (1), and actors (1), while most who died were politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kanazawa, including Takeshi Koshida, Koji Hashimoto, and Takahiro Takagi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kanazawa, including Takeshi Koshida, Koji Hashimoto, and Takahiro Takagi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Kanazawa since 1700.
