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Oda Nobunaga

1534 - 1582

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Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長; [o.da (|) no.bɯ(ꜜ).na.ɡa, -na.ŋa] ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人; lit. 'person under heaven') and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven". Nobunaga was an influential figure in Japanese history and is regarded as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, along with his retainers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oda Nobunaga is the 11th most popular military personnel (up from 12th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Japan (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Oda Nobunaga is most famous for unifying Japan and ending the Sengoku period.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oda Nobunaga ranks 11 out of 2,058. Before him are Charles de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, Karl Dönitz, Bernard Montgomery, Adolf Eichmann, and Charles XIV John of Sweden. After him are Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Charles Martel, Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Orlande de Lassus, Frederick II of Denmark, Myeongjong of Joseon, Joseph of Anchieta, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Isaac Luria, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Lautaro, Guru Ram Das, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Robert Garnier. Among people deceased in 1582, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Teresa of Ávila, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Akechi Mitsuhide, Wu Cheng'en, Mori Ranmaru, Altan Khan, Oda Nobutada, Takeda Katsuyori, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Diego, Prince of Asturias, and Zhang Juzheng.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Oda Nobunaga ranks 6 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Hokusai (1760), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), and Akihito (1933). After him are Akira Kurosawa (1910), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Emperor Meiji (1852), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Naruhito (1960), and Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Oda Nobunaga ranks 1. After him are Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Saigō Takamori (1828), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).

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