Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture ranks 59th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kyiv, Lisbon, and St. Louis. Memorable people born in Osaka Prefecture include Leo Esaki, Hideo Sakai, and Akira Kitaguchi. Memorable people who died in Osaka Prefecture include Koichi Sekimoto. Osaka Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players and physicists and the death place of many soccer players. Osaka Prefecture is located in Japan.
Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 and has a geographic area of 1,905 square kilometres (736 sq mi). Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1906 and 2003, Osaka Prefecture was the birth place of 141 globally memorable people, including Leo Esaki, Hideo Sakai, and Akira Kitaguchi. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Osaka Prefecture including Koichi Sekimoto.
People Born in Osaka Prefecture
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Leo Esaki
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1
Hideo Sakai
1909 - 1996
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 2
Akira Kitaguchi
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 3
Masahiro Hamazaki
1940 - 2011
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 4
Saizo Saito
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 5
Yoshio Furukawa
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 6
Naoto Tajima
1912 - 1990
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
Yukihiro Matsumoto
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 8
Takayoshi Yamano
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 9
Akihiro Nishimura
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 10
Katsuo Takaishi
1906 - 1966
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 11
Emiko Kubo
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Osaka Prefecture
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1906 - 1966
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 11
Mao Ichimichi
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.68
Rank: 17
Daichi Hayashi
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.26
Rank: 47
Teppei Chikaishi
1989 - Present
HPI: 13.96
Rank: 115
Kotaro Iba
1995 - Present
HPI: 12.29
Rank: 125
Yuzuru Yoshimura
1996 - Present
HPI: 11.81
Rank: 127
Kiyoshi Nakatani
1991 - Present
HPI: 10.84
Rank: 132
Kotaro Tokunaga
1996 - Present
HPI: 9.82
Rank: 134
Hayato Nishinoue
1996 - Present
HPI: 9.70
Rank: 135
Naoya Takahashi
2001 - Present
HPI: 9.63
Rank: 136
Kosei Nukina
1995 - Present
HPI: 9.45
Rank: 137
Jiro Nakamura
2003 - Present
HPI: 1.72
Rank: 140
People Deceased in Osaka Prefecture
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Most individuals born in present day Osaka Prefecture were soccer players (134), physicists (1), athletes (1), computer scientists (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were soccer players (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Osaka Prefecture, including Akira Kitaguchi, Masahiro Hamazaki, and Yoshio Furukawa. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Osaka Prefecture, including Hideo Sakai, Akira Kitaguchi, and Masahiro Hamazaki.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Osaka Prefecture since 1700.
