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Iwane Matsui

1878 - 1948

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Iwane Matsui (松井 石根, Matsui Iwane; July 27, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937. He was convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanjing Massacre. Born in Nagoya, Matsui chose a military career and served in combat during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). He volunteered for an overseas assignment there shortly after graduating from the Army War College in 1906. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iwane Matsui is the 384th most popular military personnel (down from 366th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Japan (down from 158th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Iwane Matsui is most famous for being the first Japanese player to play in Major League Baseball.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Iwane Matsui ranks 384 out of 2,058. Before him are Albert Pike, Baiju, Okita Sōji, Maximilian von Spee, Omar Pasha, and Henri Giraud. After him are Andrei Grechko, Prokop the Great, Alexander Samsonov, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Erich Priebke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Iwane Matsui ranks 25. Before him are Ernest King, Milan Nedić, Gemma Galgani, George Whipple, Shigeru Yoshida, and Sergio Osmeña. After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Gustav Radbruch, Louis Chevrolet, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jan Łukasiewicz, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1948, Iwane Matsui ranks 36. Before him are Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, Georges Bernanos, and Lizzie Magie. After him are Zelda Fitzgerald, Pompeu Fabra, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Emil Ludwig, and Feng Yuxiang.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Iwane Matsui ranks 184 out of 6,245. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Emperor Tenji (626), and Okita Sōji (1842). After him are Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Emperor Ōjin (210), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), Ken Watanabe (1959), and Utamaro (1753).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Iwane Matsui ranks 19. Before him are Date Masamune (1567), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), and Okita Sōji (1842). After him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), and Mitsuru Ushijima (1887).

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