Cultural Production in

Present Day

Okinawa Prefecture (jpn)

Okinawa Prefecture ranks 627th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vladikavkaz, Coburg, and Newton, Massachusetts. The most famous people from Okinawa Prefecture are Gackt, Eiji Takada, and Brian Tee. The most famous people who died in Okinawa Prefecture are Seiichi Itō, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., and Ankō Itosu. Okinawa Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many military personnels, and martial arts. Okinawa Prefecture is located in Japan.

Between 1968 and 2002, Okinawa Prefecture was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Gackt, Eiji Takada, and Brian Tee. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Okinawa Prefecture including Seiichi Itō, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., and Ankō Itosu.

Seiichi Itō
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1945
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 1
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1945
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 2
Ankō Itosu
MARTIAL ARTS
1831 - 1915
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 3
Matome Ugaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1945
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 4
Isamu Chō
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1945
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 5

Most individuals born in present day Okinawa Prefecture were soccer players (17), actors (4), musicians (2), singers (2), and cyclists (1), while most who died were military personnels (4), and martial arts (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Okinawa Prefecture, including Eiji Takada, Hikaru Kuba, and Kenya Maeshiro. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Okinawa Prefecture, including Eiji Takada, Hikaru Kuba, and Kenya Maeshiro.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Okinawa Prefecture since 1700.