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Jiro Horikoshi

1903 - 1982

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Jiro Horikoshi (堀越 二郎, Horikoshi Jirō; 22 June 1903 – 11 January 1982) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer. He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as well as the NAMC YS-11. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiro Horikoshi is the 31st most popular engineer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Japan (down from 81st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Engineer.

Jiro Horikoshi is most famous for designing the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jiro Horikoshi ranks 31 out of 389. Before him are Leslie Groves, Hans Albert Einstein, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, Bassel al-Assad, and Hermann Oberth. After him are Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, Theodore von Kármán, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Hertha Ayrton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Jiro Horikoshi ranks 41. Before him are Hans Jonas, Irène Némirovsky, John Eccles, The French Angel, Alec Douglas-Home, and Bing Crosby. After him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Igor Kurchatov, Matthias Sindelar, Claudette Colbert, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Julius Fučík. Among people deceased in 1982, Jiro Horikoshi ranks 40. Before him are C. R. Swart, Curd Jürgens, Walter Hallstein, Cevdet Sunay, Hans Selye, and Ivan Bagramyan. After him are Lee Strasberg, Varlam Shalamov, Walther Wenck, Ahmad al-Khatib, John Belushi, and Peter Weiss.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiro Horikoshi ranks 125 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Nintoku (290), Joe Hisaishi (1950), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848). After him are Emperor Kōan (-427), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Ko Arima (1917), Emperor Reigen (1654), and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886).

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Among ENGINEERS In Japan

Among engineers born in Japan, Jiro Horikoshi ranks 2. Before him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916). After him are Masaru Ibuka (1908), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), and Naoki Hattori (1966).

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