NOBLEMAN

Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

1905 - 1987

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Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (高松宮宣仁親王, Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito Shinnō; 3 January 1905 – 3 February 1987) was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four shinnōke or branches of the imperial family entitled to inherit the Chrysanthemum throne in default of a direct heir. From the mid-1920s until the end of World War II, Prince Takamatsu pursued a career in the Japanese Imperial Navy, eventually rising to the rank of captain. Following the war, the prince became patron or honorary president of various organizations in the fields of international cultural exchange, the arts, sports, and medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu is the 871st most popular nobleman (down from 569th in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from Japan (down from 636th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 871 out of 1,415. Before him are Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, Philip I of Namur, Ebba Brahe, Bernhard von Spanheim, and Marie Antoinette Murat. After him are Gyda of Sweden, Eleanor of Prussia, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, Henry, Duke of Parma, and Alfonso of Brienne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 150. Before him are Victor Kravchenko, Anfilogino Guarisi, Robert Donat, Louis Rosier, Henry Koster, and Grigori Kozintsev. After him are Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Edwin H. Colbert, Zdeněk Burian, Mildred Natwick, Joan Coromines, and Pierre Brasseur. Among people deceased in 1987, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 103. Before him are Lorne Greene, Edgar P. Jacobs, Asim Ferhatović, Gustav Fröhlich, Donn F. Eisele, and Salim Ali. After him are Jackie Gleason, Vicente Calderón, Bronisława Wajs, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Bertrand de Jouvenel, and Bernardus Johannes Alfrink.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 896 out of 6,245. Before him are Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Saburō Kurusu (1886), Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Kuniya Daini (1944), Saigyō (1118), and Koichi Tanaka (1959). After him are Meiko Kaji (1947), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), George Ohsawa (1893), Arai Hakuseki (1657), Peter Doi (1892), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu ranks 7. Before him are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946). After him are Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), and Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001).

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