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Kanazawa (jpn)

Japan

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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 13 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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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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Kanazawa since 1700.