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Mitsuo Fuchida

1902 - 1976

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Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo; 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack. After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian convert and evangelist, traveling across the United States and Europe to tell his story. He later settled in the U.S. (although never taking American citizenship for himself). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mitsuo Fuchida is the 515th most popular military personnel (up from 545th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Japan (down from 318th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 515 out of 2,058. Before him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Datis, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Uqba ibn Nafi, and John of Austria the Younger. After him are Alfred von Waldersee, Peroz III, Adolf Strauss, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, He Jin, and Gao Shun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 55. Before him are Wilhelm Stuckart, Mohammad Hatta, and Carlo Gambino. After him are Josep Samitier, Léon M'ba, Gianpiero Combi, Carlo Levi, David O. Selznick, Sylvanus Olympio, Marcel Aymé, George Gaylord Simpson, and Rafael Alberti. Among people deceased in 1976, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 54. Before him are Mukesh, Yukio Goto, Lin Yutang, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Eileen Gray, and Carlo Gambino. After him are Phil Ochs, Lee J. Cobb, Mikhail Gurevich, Ivan Yakubovsky, Michael Polanyi, and Gilbert Ryle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 347 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Haruo Arima (null), Shogo Kamo (1915), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Kōki Hirota (1878), and Kiyoo Kanda (1900). After him are Yasuo Haruyama (1906), Tamotsu Asakura (null), Masaru Ibuka (1908), Koji Miyata (1923), Saizo Saito (1908), and Emperor Kanmu (737).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Mitsuo Fuchida ranks 28. Before him are Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), and Shoichi Yokoi (1915). After him are Saburō Sakai (1916), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), and Yoshijirō Umezu (1882).

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