Gunma Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture ranks 344th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bamako, Nantes, and Leuven. Memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture include Kenkichi Iwasawa, Jiro Sato, and Nobuhisa Isono. Gunma Prefecture has been the birth place of many soccer players, and mathematicians. Gunma Prefecture is located in Japan.
Gunma Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 and has a geographic area of 6,362 square kilometres (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Tochigi Prefecture to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1908 and 2002, Gunma Prefecture was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Kenkichi Iwasawa, Jiro Sato, and Nobuhisa Isono.
People Born in Gunma Prefecture
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Kenkichi Iwasawa
MATHEMATICIAN
1917 - 1998
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 39
Jiro Sato
TENNIS PLAYER
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 38
Nobuhisa Isono
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 33
Hitoyoshi Satomi
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 23
Hiroyuki Sawada
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 7
Satoshi Yoshioka
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 27
Shunichi Nakajima
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 29
Sota Kasahara
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 26
Kazuki Sorimachi
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 19
Shunichi Ikenoue
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 3
Kota Yanagisawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 32
Keisuke Hoshino
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 11
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gunma Prefecture were soccer players (36), mathematicians (1), tennis players (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture, including Nobuhisa Isono, Hitoyoshi Satomi, and Hiroyuki Sawada. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gunma Prefecture, including Nobuhisa Isono, Hitoyoshi Satomi, and Hiroyuki Sawada.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Gunma Prefecture since 1700.
