Tokyo ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Brooklyn. Memorable people born in Tokyo include Yukio Mishima, Yoko Ono, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Memorable people who died in Tokyo include Hirohito, Emperor Meiji, and Osamu Dazai. Tokyo has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and writers. Tokyo is located in Japan.
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023. The Tokyo metropolitan area, which includes Tokyo and nearby prefectures, is the world's most-populous metropolitan area with 40.8 million residents as of 2023, and is the second-largest metropolitan economy in the world after New York, with a 2022 gross metropolitan product estimated at US$2.08 trillion. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1123 and 2006, Tokyo was the birth place of 438 globally memorable people, including Yukio Mishima, Yoko Ono, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Additionaly, 216 globally memorable people have passed away in Tokyo including Hirohito, Emperor Meiji, and Osamu Dazai.
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 2
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 3
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 4
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 6
1954 - 2022
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 7
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 8
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 9
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 10
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 11
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 12
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 39
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 45
1943 - 2021
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 50
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 57
1924 - 1991
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 59
1922 - 2006
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 70
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 84
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 91
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 92
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 95
1835 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 102
1899 - 1951
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 104
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 2
1909 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 3
1895 - 1944
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 4
1922 - 2014
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 5
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 6
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 7
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 8
1906 - 1991
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 10
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 93
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 97
1925 - 1961
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 115
1924 - 1991
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 132
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 142
1922 - 2006
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 146
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 168
1923 - 1981
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 171
1858 - 1954
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 172
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 173
1888 - 1970
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 174
1911 - 1973
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 175
Most individuals born in present day Tokyo were soccer players (225), actors (67), writers (18), politicians (18), and film directors (9), while most who died were politicians (63), writers (24), military personnels (20), actors (20), and film directors (15).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tokyo, including Kakuichi Mimura, Noritaka Hidaka, and Yusuke Omi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tokyo, including Kakuichi Mimura, Takashi Kano, and Tadao Takayama.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tokyo since 1700.