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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Louis Calhern |
Actor |
19-Feb-1895 |
12-May-1956 |
Duck Soup |
| Bernard Edwards |
Musician |
31-Oct-1952 |
18-Apr-1996 |
Founding member of Chic |
| Ryutaro Hashimoto |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1937 |
1-Jul-2006 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98 |
| Sessue Hayakawa |
Actor |
10-Jun-1889 |
23-Nov-1973 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Hiroshige |
Artist |
1797 |
12-Oct-1858 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido |
| Hokusai |
Artist |
Oct-1760 |
10-May-1849 |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji |
| Taisuke Itagaki |
Politician |
17-Apr-1837 |
11-Jul-1919 |
Founder of Japan's Liberal party |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Toshirô Mifune |
Actor |
1-Apr-1920 |
24-Dec-1997 |
Yojimbo |
| Yukio Mishima |
Author |
14-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-1970 |
The Sea of Fertility |
| Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
| Akio Morita |
Business |
26-Jan-1921 |
3-Oct-1999 |
Co-Founder of Sony |
| Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
| Hamaguchi Osachi |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1870 |
26-Aug-1931 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31 |
| Eisaku Sato |
Politician |
27-Mar-1901 |
3-Jun-1975 |
Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 |
| Takashi Shimura |
Actor |
12-Mar-1905 |
11-Feb-1982 |
The Seven Samurai |
| Toru Takemitsu |
Composer |
8-Oct-1930 |
20-Feb-1996 |
A Way A Lone |
| Kenzo Tange |
Architect |
4-Sep-1913 |
22-Mar-2005 |
Designed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima |
| Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan 1941-44 |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Utamaro |
Artist |
1753 |
31-Oct-1806 |
Japanese printmaker |
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