The Most Famous
GEOGRAPHERS from Japan
This page contains a list of the greatest Japanese Geographers. The pantheon dataset contains 86 Geographers, 1 of which were born in Japan. This makes Japan the birth place of the 23rd most number of Geographers behind Lebanon, and China.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Japanese Geographers of all time. This list of famous Japanese Geographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Inō Tadataka (1745 - 1818)
With an HPI of 60.19, Inō Tadataka is the most famous Japanese Geographer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Inō Tadataka (伊能 忠敬; Japanese pronunciation: [iꜜ.noː | ta.daꜜ.ta.ka], 11 February 1745 - 17 May 1818) was a Japanese surveyor and cartographer. He is known for completing the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Japanese geographers born between 1745 and 1745. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Japanese geographers include Inō Tadataka.
