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Shirase Nobu

1861 - 1946

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Nobu Shirase (白瀬 矗, Shirase Nobu) (20 July 1861 – 4 September 1946) was a Japanese army officer and explorer. He led the first Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910–12, which reached a southern latitude of 80°5′, and made the first landing on the coast of King Edward VII Land. Shirase had harboured polar ambitions since boyhood. By way of preparation, during his military service he participated in an expedition to the northern Kuril Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirase Nobu is the 1,716th most popular military personnel (down from 1,634th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,087th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Shirase Nobu ranks 1,716 out of 2,058. Before him are Henry III, Count of Bar, Frederick C. Weyand, Ivan Maslennikov, Antonio Luna, Roy Urquhart, and Kurt Martti Wallenius. After him are Bartolina Sisa, Padma Bandopadhyay, Irvin McDowell, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Alfons Rebane, and Fernand de Langle de Cary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Shirase Nobu ranks 113. Before him are Bhikaiji Cama, Maxime Maufra, Makino Nobuaki, Herbert Hall Turner, Racho Petrov, and Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann. After him are Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, Malalai of Maiwand, Aimé Haegeman, Saint-Pol-Roux, and Kliment Boyadzhiev. Among people deceased in 1946, Shirase Nobu ranks 174. Before him are Mae Busch, Federigo Enriques, Juan Antonio Ríos, Safiya Zaghloul, Frederick W. Lanchester, and Holger Thiele. After him are Edwin Mills, Frank Hadow, Eugene Lanceray, Barbu Știrbey, Wen Yiduo, and Teodor Shteingel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shirase Nobu ranks 1,240 out of 6,245. Before him are Damo Suzuki (1950), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Koji Kondo (1961), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), and Naoto Ohshima (1964). After him are Shinji Kagawa (1989), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), and Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Shirase Nobu ranks 89. Before him are Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Jinichi Kusaka (1888), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), Itō Sukeyuki (1843), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), and Nozu Michitsura (1840). After him are Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875).

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