Kyoto ranks 80th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dresden, Edinburgh, and Alexandria. Memorable people born in Kyoto include Emperor Meiji, Matsuo Bashō, and Murasaki Shikibu. Memorable people who died in Kyoto include Oda Nobunaga, Murasaki Shikibu, and Emperor Ninkō. Kyoto has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. 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. 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
Between 169 and 1995, Kyoto was the birth place of 114 globally memorable people, including Emperor Meiji, Matsuo Bashō, and Murasaki Shikibu. Additionaly, 74 globally memorable people have passed away in Kyoto including Oda Nobunaga, Murasaki Shikibu, and Emperor Ninkō.
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 1
1644 - 1694
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 2
973 - 1014
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 3
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 4
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 5
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 6
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 7
1758 - 1779
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 8
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 9
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 10
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 11
1633 - 1654
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 12
1865 - 1945
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 54
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 67
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 69
1663 - 1743
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 75
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 77
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 81
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 83
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 91
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 93
1994 - Present
HPI: 33.35
Rank: 96
1984 - Present
HPI: 29.04
Rank: 98
1995 - Present
HPI: 22.43
Rank: 104
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 1
973 - 1014
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 2
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 3
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 4
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 5
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 6
1758 - 1779
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 7
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 8
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 9
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 10
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 11
1740 - 1813
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Kyoto were politicians (47), soccer players (26), writers (7), painters (7), and religious figures (4), while most who died were politicians (46), writers (5), religious figures (5), painters (4), and military personnels (2).
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 Keizo Imai. 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in Kyoto since 1700.