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Tamon Yamaguchi

1892 - 1942

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Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon; 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated in the Battle of Midway, where he was killed in action, choosing to go down with the aircraft carrier Hiryū when she was scuttled after being crippled by aircraft from USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tamon Yamaguchi is the 469th most popular military personnel (up from 477th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Japan (down from 255th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tamon Yamaguchi ranks 469 out of 2,058. Before him are Elisabeth Volkenrath, Johannes Frießner, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Levin August von Bennigsen, Jan Kubiš, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. After him are Maher al-Assad, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Herberts Cukurs, Gusztáv Jány, Emilio De Bono, and Artur Phleps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Tamon Yamaguchi ranks 63. Before him are Edith Södergran, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Erich Auerbach, Mikhail Kirponos, Johannes Frießner, and Juan Negrín. After him are Eiji Yoshikawa, Germaine Tailleferre, Harry Stack Sullivan, Manuel Roxas, Mikhail Gurevich, and Tazio Nuvolari. Among people deceased in 1942, Tamon Yamaguchi ranks 41. Before him are Felix Hausdorff, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Tina Modotti, Leopold Berchtold, Felix Weingartner, and Jan Kubiš. After him are Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Leopold Mandić, Lauri Kristian Relander, Daniil Kharms, and Séraphine Louis.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tamon Yamaguchi ranks 284 out of 6,245. Before him are Hisao Kami (1941), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Masao Takada (null), Oichi (1547), Akira Nozawa (1914), and Emperor Ninken (449). After him are Emperor Seiwa (850), Yukio Goto (null), Emperor Uda (867), Ken Noritake (1922), Emperor Buretsu (489), and Junji Nishikawa (1907).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tamon Yamaguchi ranks 23. Before him are Shunroku Hata (1879), Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Sanada Yukimura (1567), and Nogi Maresuke (1849). After him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), and Saburō Sakai (1916).

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