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Masabumi Hosono

1870 - 1939

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Masabumi Hosono (細野 正文, Hosono Masabumi; 15 October 1870 – 14 March 1939) was a Japanese civil servant. He survived the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912 but found himself condemned and ostracized by the Japanese public, press, and government because of a misconception that he decided to save himself rather than go down with the ship. Hosono's grandson is Haruomi Hosono, leading member of the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masabumi Hosono is the 312th most popular explorer (down from 218th in 2019), the 997th most popular biography from Japan (down from 728th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Masabumi Hosono ranks 312 out of 498. Before him are John McDouall Stuart, Jacques Labillardière, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Jens Munk, Nicolas Baudin, and Wilfred Thesiger. After him are Nikolai Spathari, Isidore of Charax, Louis Jolliet, Snorri Thorfinnsson, John C. Frémont, and Peter Freuchen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Masabumi Hosono ranks 101. Before him are Édouard Le Roy, William J. Seymour, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Joseph Strauss, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf. After him are Yi Jun-yong, Peter Struve, Evgeny Paton, Albert Sechehaye, Helmer Hanssen, and Magnus Enckell. Among people deceased in 1939, Masabumi Hosono ranks 93. Before him are Ottó Bláthy, Kálmán Darányi, Anna Coleman Ladd, Prosper Bruggeman, Levon Mirzoyan, and Ford Madox Ford. After him are Stanisław Leśniewski, Germán Busch, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Ivan Mosjoukine, Ursula Ledóchowska, and Frank Watson Dyson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 997 out of 6,245. Before him are Koichi Tohei (1920), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Mikio Sato (1928), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930). After him are Naoya Shiga (1883), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), and Natsuo Kirino (1951).

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Among EXPLORERS In Japan

Among explorers born in Japan, Masabumi Hosono ranks 1. 

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