Wakayama (city)
Wakayama (city) ranks 1,339th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Canterbury, Kingston, Ontario, and Bad Kreuznach. Memorable people born in Wakayama (city) include Kōnosuke Matsushita, Tokugawa Yoshimune, and Torakusu Yamaha. Wakayama (city) has been the birth place of many soccer players and inventors. Wakayama (city) is located in Japan.
Wakayama is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of 1 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km². The total area of the city is 208.84 square kilometres (80.63 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1684 and 1992, Wakayama (city) was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Kōnosuke Matsushita, Tokugawa Yoshimune, and Torakusu Yamaha.
People Born in Wakayama (city)
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Kōnosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 1
Tokugawa Yoshimune
1684 - 1751
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 2
Torakusu Yamaha
1851 - 1916
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 3
Hyde
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 4
Katsuyuki Konishi
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5
Nami Tamaki
1988 - Present
HPI: 30.48
Rank: 6
Kenichi Yumoto
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.63
Rank: 7
Naoto Matsuo
1979 - Present
HPI: 22.36
Rank: 8
Yusuke Tanaka
1989 - Present
HPI: 21.87
Rank: 9
Jun Kamita
1992 - Present
HPI: 14.91
Rank: 10
Most individuals born in present day Wakayama (city) were soccer players (2), inventors (1), politicians (1), businesspeople (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Wakayama (city) since 1700.
