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Tadamichi Kuribayashi

1891 - 1945

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Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Japanese: 栗林 忠道; 7 July 1891 – c. 26 March 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for having been the commander of the Japanese garrison at the battle of Iwo Jima. Even before the battle, General Kuribayashi insisted upon sharing the hardships of his men. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadamichi Kuribayashi is the 271st most popular military personnel (down from 246th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 90th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Tadamichi Kuribayashi was a Japanese general who commanded the Japanese garrison at the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was killed in action on March 11, 1945.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 271 out of 2,058. Before him are Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Karl-Otto Koch, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Han Xin, and Sejanus. After him are Lothar Rendulic, Karl Wolff, Oskar Dirlewanger, Robert Nivelle, Otto Carius, and Otto Günsche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 25. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Fritz Todt, Genrikh Yagoda, Ilya Ehrenburg, Osip Mandelstam, and Frederick Banting. After him are Alexander Rodchenko, Frank Costello, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Edward Bernays, Charley Patton, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. Among people deceased in 1945, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 57. Before him are Edgar Cayce, Theodore Dreiser, Franz Werfel, Robert H. Goddard, Karl-Otto Koch, and Wilhelm Burgdorf. After him are Oskar Dirlewanger, Heinrich Wölfflin, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Ludwig Stumpfegger, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 103 out of 6,245. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kūkai (774), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Akira Suzuki (1930), Empress Meishō (1624), and Himiko (175). After him are Fumio Kishida (1957), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Leo Esaki (1925), and Shigeru Ishiba (1957).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tadamichi Kuribayashi ranks 15. Before him are Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Date Masamune (1567), and Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885). After him are Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), and Sanada Yukimura (1567).

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