Nagasaki
Nagasaki ranks 1,040th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Woolwich, Ravenna, and Willesden. Memorable people born in Nagasaki include Kazuo Ishiguro, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and Kusumoto Ine. Memorable people who died in Nagasaki include Paulo Miki, Lorenzo Ruiz, and Osamu Shimomura. Nagasaki has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and chemists. Nagasaki is located in Japan.
Nagasaki , officially Nagasaki City , is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1611 and 1997, Nagasaki was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and Kusumoto Ine. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Nagasaki including Paulo Miki, Lorenzo Ruiz, and Osamu Shimomura.
People Born in Nagasaki
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Kazuo Ishiguro
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 10
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
ENGINEER
1916 - 2010
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 14
Kusumoto Ine
PHYSICIAN
1827 - 1903
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 2
Akihiro Miwa
ACTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 9
Magdalene of Nagasaki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1611 - 1634
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 1
Masaharu Fukuyama
MUSICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 11
Maya Yoshida
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 6
Hiroshi Matsuda
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 7
Takanori Nagase
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 4
Kazuya Yamamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 5
Shingo Hyodo
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 8
Daisuke Sakai
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 13
People Deceased in Nagasaki
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Paulo Miki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1564 - 1597
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 9
Lorenzo Ruiz
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1600 - 1637
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 5
Osamu Shimomura
CHEMIST
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 8
Luís Fróis
WRITER
1532 - 1597
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2
Cristóvão Ferreira
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1580 - 1650
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 7
Magdalene of Nagasaki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1611 - 1634
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 4
Joseph Asajiro Satowaki
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1996
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 3
Iccho Itoh
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2007
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 1
Naohiro Ikeda
ATHLETE
1940 - 2021
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Nagasaki were soccer players (6), writers (1), engineers (1), physicians (1), and actors (1), while most who died were religious figures (5), chemists (1), writers (1), politicians (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nagasaki, including Maya Yoshida, Hiroshi Matsuda, and Kazuya Yamamura. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nagasaki, including Maya Yoshida, Hiroshi Matsuda, and Kazuya Yamamura.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Nagasaki since 1700.
