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Nagoya (jpn)

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Nagoya ranks 193rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Empire of Japan, Nuremberg, and Abidjan. Memorable people born in Nagoya include Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Akira Toriyama. Memorable people who died in Nagoya include Isamu Akasaki, Wang Jingwei, and Sakichi Toyoda. Nagoya has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many physicists, and politicians. Nagoya is located in Japan.

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11 million. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, with the Port of Nagoya being Japan's largest seaport. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1998, Nagoya was the birth place of 67 globally memorable people, including Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Akira Toriyama. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Nagoya including Isamu Akasaki, Wang Jingwei, and Sakichi Toyoda.

People Born in Nagoya

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Nagoya were soccer players (26), politicians (5), skaters (4), actors (4), and athletes (4),  while most who died were physicists (2), politicians (1), inventors (1), and military personnels (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nagoya, including Jong Tae-se, Masaaki Kato, and Yutaka Akita. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nagoya, including Jong Tae-se, Masaaki Kato, and Yutaka Akita.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Nagoya since 1700.