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Yoshihito, Prince Katsura

1948 - 2014

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Yoshihito, Prince Katsura (桂宮宜仁親王, Katsura-no-miya Yoshihito Shinnō; 11 February 1948 – 8 June 2014) was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the second son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito. Originally known as Prince Yoshihito of Mikasa, he received the title Prince Katsura (Katsura-no-miya) and authorization to start a new branch of the Imperial Family on 1 January 1988 at age 39. He died of a heart attack on 8 June 2014, aged 66. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshihito, Prince Katsura is the 13,696th most popular politician (down from 11,965th in 2019). (down from 2,952nd in 2019)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura ranks 13,696 out of 19,576Before him are Ernest Bai Koroma, Anton Seidl, Alfredo Baldomir, Friedrich Dickel, Ranulf II of Aquitaine, and Antti Tulenheimo. After him are Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, José Figueroa Alcorta, Malik Kafur, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Geoffrey Howe, and Florence Arthaud.

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Among people born in 1948, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura ranks 399Before him are Gian Piero Ventura, Dave Holland, Hans Moravec, JoBeth Williams, Anatoly Solovyev, and Levan Tediashvili. After him are Martin Birch, Richard Simmons, Otto Waalkes, Margaret Weis, Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, and Benny Morris. Among people deceased in 2014, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura ranks 271Before him are Warren Clarke, Daniel Boulanger, Tullio Regge, François Cavanna, Helma Sanders-Brahms, and Wu Ma. After him are Martin Špegelj, Thomas Berger, Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, and Mel Patton.

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