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Kamakura ranks 1,263rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Derry, Créteil, and Launceston, Tasmania. Memorable people born in Kamakura include Hōjō Tokimune, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Minamoto no Yoriie. Memorable people who died in Kamakura include Kitaro Nishida, Prince Moriyoshi, and Tsuneko Sasamoto. Kamakura has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Kamakura is located in Japan.

Kamakura , officially Kamakura City , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the total area of 39.67 km2 (15.32 sq mi). Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1182 and 1986, Kamakura was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Hōjō Tokimune, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Minamoto no Yoriie. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Kamakura including Kitaro Nishida, Prince Moriyoshi, and Tsuneko Sasamoto. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Kamakura than were born there.

People Born in Kamakura

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kamakura were soccer players (6), politicians (5), and writers (1),  while most who died were politicians (4), military personnels (3), writers (2), philosophers (1), and journalists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kamakura, including Takashi Sambonsuge, Junko Ozawa, and Kentaro Sawada. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kamakura, including Takashi Sambonsuge, Junko Ozawa, and Kentaro Sawada.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kamakura since 1700.