Sendai
Sendai ranks 290th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leiden, Lahore, and Ottawa. Memorable people born in Sendai include Hirohiko Araki, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Kiyoshi Shiga. Memorable people who died in Sendai include Carlo Scarpa. Sendai has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many architects. Sendai is located in Japan.
Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1871 and 2003, Sendai was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Hirohiko Araki, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Kiyoshi Shiga. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Sendai including Carlo Scarpa.
People Born in Sendai
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Hirohiko Araki
COMIC ARTIST
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 1
Shigeyoshi Inoue
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1975
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 2
Kiyoshi Shiga
PHYSICIAN
1871 - 1957
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 3
Kiyotsugu Hirayama
ASTRONOMER
1874 - 1943
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4
Peter Doi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1892 - 1970
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 5
Fumio Hayasaka
COMPOSER
1914 - 1955
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 6
Yoko Kanno
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 7
George W. Casey Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 8
Akio Kaminaga
ATHLETE
1936 - 1993
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 9
Kenji Goto
JOURNALIST
1967 - 2015
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 10
Yuzuru Hanyu
SKATER
1994 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 11
Shunji Iwai
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Sendai
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FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 12
Nariyuki Masuda
CYCLIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.91
Rank: 31
People Deceased in Sendai
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sendai were soccer players (25), actors (3), military personnels (2), athletes (2), and comic artists (1), while most who died were architects (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sendai, including Yasuyuki Konno, Yui Hasegawa, and Shinichi Muto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sendai, including Yasuyuki Konno, Yui Hasegawa, and Shinichi Muto.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Sendai since 1700.
