Hugh Cortazzi

Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi, was a British diplomat. He was also a distinguished international businessman, academic, author and prominent Japanologist. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1980–84), President of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1982–1983) and Chairman of the Japan Society of London (1985–95). ^{Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan (d. 2018)}

2 May 1924

Born on the same birth date (2 May 1924): Theodore Bikel

Born on the same birth day (2 May): Alessandro Diamanti • Brian Lara • Cherprang Areekul • Doris Fisher (songwriter) • Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf • Huang Zitao • Ichiyō Higuchi • Isyana Sarasvati • Jimmy White • John Frederick Coots • Jonathan Villar • Tina Maze • Yasir Shah

Born in the same month (May 1924): Jack Whitaker • John Sumner (director) • Ken Tyrrell • Lars Bo • Nestor Basterretxea • Pepper Paire • Roy Bentley • Sandy Wilson • Yehuda Amichai