Kyoto
Kyoto ranks 92nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Diego, Seattle, and Baghdad. Memorable people born in Kyoto include Emperor Meiji, Matsuo Bashō, and Emperor Kōmei. Memorable people who died in Kyoto include Emperor Ninkō, Emperor Kōkaku, and Hideki Yukawa. Kyoto has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Kyoto is located in Japan.
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 169 and 2001, Kyoto was the birth place of 115 globally memorable people, including Emperor Meiji, Matsuo Bashō, and Emperor Kōmei. Additionaly, 65 globally memorable people have passed away in Kyoto including Emperor Ninkō, Emperor Kōkaku, and Hideki Yukawa.
People Born in Kyoto
Go to all RankingsEmperor Meiji
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 1
Matsuo Bashō
WRITER
1644 - 1694
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 2
Emperor Kōmei
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 3
Emperor Ninkō
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
Emperor Kōkaku
POLITICIAN
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 5
Dōgen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1200 - 1253
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 6
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
POLITICIAN
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 7
Empress Meishō
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1696
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 8
Sugawara no Michizane
WRITER
845 - 903
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 9
Kunishige Kamamoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 10
Emperor Nakamikado
POLITICIAN
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 11
Emperor Higashiyama
POLITICIAN
1675 - 1710
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kyoto
Go to all RankingsMineko Iwasaki
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 47
Ichikawa Raizō VIII
ACTOR
1931 - 1969
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 74
Masao Harada
ATHLETE
1912 - 2000
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 75
Rikiya Koyama
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 77
Shuhei Yoshida
BUSINESSPERSON
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 88
Fumiko Okuno
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.50
Rank: 99
Miho Takeda
ATHLETE
1976 - Present
HPI: 26.70
Rank: 101
Marin Honda
SKATER
2001 - Present
HPI: 26.39
Rank: 102
Satoko Miyahara
SKATER
1998 - Present
HPI: 24.79
Rank: 105
People Deceased in Kyoto
Go to all RankingsEmperor Ninkō
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1
Emperor Kōkaku
POLITICIAN
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 2
Hideki Yukawa
PHYSICIST
1907 - 1981
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 3
Dōgen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1200 - 1253
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 4
Yasuke
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1530 - Present
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 5
Sakamoto Ryōma
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1836 - 1867
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 6
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
POLITICIAN
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 7
Empress Meishō
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1696
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 8
Sei Shōnagon
WRITER
966 - 1025
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
Emperor Go-Momozono
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1779
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 10
Kenji Mizoguchi
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 11
Emperor Nakamikado
POLITICIAN
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Kyoto
Go to all RankingsKanō Masanobu
PAINTER
1434 - 1530
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 63
Osamu Hayaishi
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 2015
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 65
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kyoto were politicians (42), soccer players (26), painters (6), writers (5), and businesspeople (5), while most who died were politicians (41), religious figures (5), painters (3), physicists (2), and writers (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kyoto, including Kunishige Kamamoto, Seishiro Shimatani, and Tadao Onishi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kyoto, including Emperor Meiji, Emperor Kōmei, and Emperor Ninkō.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 24 globally memorable people born in Kyoto since 1700.