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Nogi Maresuke

1849 - 1912

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Count Nogi Maresuke (乃木 希典), also known as Kiten, Count Nogi GCB (December 25, 1849 – September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians. He was a national hero in Imperial Japan as a model of feudal loyalty and self-sacrifice, ultimately to the point of suicide. In the Satsuma Rebellion, he lost a banner of the emperor in battle, for which he tried to atone with suicidal bravery in order to recapture it, until ordered to stop. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nogi Maresuke is the 459th most popular military personnel (down from 415th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Japan (down from 196th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nogi Maresuke ranks 459 out of 2,058. Before him are Alfred Redl, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Friedrich Dollmann, Osman Nuri Pasha, Alexander von Falkenhausen, and Cao Ren. After him are Zhang He, Otto von Below, Mikhail Kirponos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Johannes Frießner, and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Nogi Maresuke ranks 20. Before him are John William Waterhouse, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Michael Ancher, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, and Alexander Kielland. After him are Eva Gonzalès, John Ambrose Fleming, Max Nordau, Ellen Key, Armand Peugeot, and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius. Among people deceased in 1912, Nogi Maresuke ranks 28. Before him are Osborne Reynolds, William McMaster Murdoch, John Jacob Astor IV, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Nettie Stevens, and Bolesław Prus. After him are Arthur MacArthur Jr., Franz Reichelt, George Darwin, Mykola Lysenko, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and James Paul Moody.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nogi Maresuke ranks 277 out of 6,245. Before him are Shiro Teshima (1907), Emperor Chūai (149), Takashi Shimura (1905), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Mikao Usui (1865), and Tatsuya Shiji (1938). After him are Hisao Kami (1941), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Masao Takada (null), Oichi (1547), Akira Nozawa (1914), and Emperor Ninken (449).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Nogi Maresuke ranks 22. Before him are Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), and Sanada Yukimura (1567). After him are Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), and Mitsuo Fuchida (1902).

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