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Yokohama (jpn)

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Yokohama ranks 104th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Hague, Zürich, and Split, Croatia. Memorable people born in Yokohama include Masaru Emoto, Antonio Inoki, and Setsuko Hara. Memorable people who died in Yokohama include Hiromi Tsuru, Atsushi Sakurai, and Diana Abgar. Yokohama has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many actors, and singers. Yokohama is located in Japan.

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1862 and 2001, Yokohama was the birth place of 105 globally memorable people, including Masaru Emoto, Antonio Inoki, and Setsuko Hara. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Yokohama including Hiromi Tsuru, Atsushi Sakurai, and Diana Abgar.

People Born in Yokohama

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People Deceased in Yokohama

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Yokohama were soccer players (61), actors (19), singers (5), writers (3), and wrestlers (2),  while most who died were actors (2), singers (2), politicians (1), soccer players (1), and athletes (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Yokohama, including Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshio Matsuura, and Masahiro Fukuda.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Yokohama since 1700.