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Chūichi Nagumo

1887 - 1944

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Chūichi Nagumo (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi; 25 March 1887 – 6 July 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Nagumo led Japan's main carrier battle group, the Kido Butai, in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and over the next months in successful raids on Darwin in Australia and in the Indian Ocean. In June 1942, he participated at the Battle of Midway, where his strike force suffered a crushing defeat. Nagumo was re-assigned to another fleet during the Guadalcanal campaign, and later stationed in the Japanese home islands. In 1944, he was deployed to a naval command in the Mariana Islands, where he committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chūichi Nagumo is the 201st most popular military personnel (down from 151st in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 51st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Chūichi Nagumo was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was commander of the First Air Fleet, which attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Chūichi Nagumo ranks 201 out of 2,058. Before him are Georg von Küchler, Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, Djemal Pasha, Jacques MacDonald, and Zhou Yu. After him are Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Alfred von Schlieffen, Syagrius, Chester W. Nimitz, Henning von Tresckow, and Dietrich von Choltitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Chūichi Nagumo ranks 28. Before him are James B. Sumner, Henry Moseley, Saint-John Perse, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Nadia Boulanger, and Georg Trakl. After him are Georgia O'Keeffe, Felix Yusupov, Ruth Benedict, Jack Phillips, August Macke, and Wolfgang Köhler. Among people deceased in 1944, Chūichi Nagumo ranks 31. Before him are Michael Wittmann, Marc Bloch, Milena Jesenská, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. After him are Aristide Maillol, Henning von Tresckow, Arthur Eddington, Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and Frank Marshall.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chūichi Nagumo ranks 72 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshihide Suga (1948), Antonio Inoki (1943), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), Tadao Ando (1941), and Soichiro Honda (1906). After him are Kenzō Tange (1913), Nichiren (1222), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), and Shirō Ishii (1892).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Chūichi Nagumo ranks 10. Before him are Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), and Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837). After him are Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Date Masamune (1567), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).

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