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Osami Nagano

1880 - 1947

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Osami Nagano (永野 修身, Nagano Osami; June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In this capacity, he served as the navy's de facto commander-in-chief in the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II until his removal in February 1944. After the war, he was arrested by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East but died of natural causes in prison during the trial. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Osami Nagano is the 901st most popular military personnel (down from 736th in 2019), the 707th most popular biography from Japan (down from 511th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Osami Nagano ranks 901 out of 2,058. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, John Moore, Hermann von François, Mad Mike Hoare, and Karl Mauss. After him are Zygmunt Berling, Gaius Laelius, Dominique Vandamme, Kosta Pećanac, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, and Erich Rudorffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Osami Nagano ranks 84. Before him are Fethi Okyar, Hermann von Keyserling, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Alfred J. Lotka, Kōdō Sawaki, and Waldemar Bonsels. After him are Johannes Aavik, Leonard Woolley, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Joseph Trumpeldor, and Eric Lemming. Among people deceased in 1947, Osami Nagano ranks 89. Before him are William Moulton Marston, Annie Londonderry, Elisabeth von Gutmann, Ian Hamilton, Wolfgang Borchert, and Alice Keppel. After him are William C. Durant, Bronisław Huberman, Constantin Sănătescu, Attilio Ferraris, Victor Goldschmidt, and Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Osami Nagano ranks 707 out of 6,245. Before him are Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Toru Iwatani (1955), Kōzō Okamoto (1947), Nitobe Inazō (1862), and Toyohiro Akiyama (1942). After him are Hōnen (1133), Taro Kagawa (1922), Shusaku Hirasawa (1949), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), and Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Osami Nagano ranks 57. Before him are Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888). After him are Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Nakano Takeko (1847), Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), and Takasugi Shinsaku (1839).

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