List of Famous people who born in 1988

Hirokazu Sawamura is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently plays for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 212 pounds (96 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.

Stephanie Jayne Houghton is an English footballer who plays for and captains both Manchester City and the England national team. At club level, Houghton started at Sunderland in her native North East England before moving on to Leeds United in 2007 then Arsenal Ladies in 2010. She broke into the Sunderland team as a striker before moving back into midfield and later into defence.

Alyssa Michele Naeher is an American soccer goalkeeper for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. She was on the 23-player roster for the United States at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and she was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She has also played for the Boston Breakers and Turbine Potsdam. With the Breakers, she won the 2014 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year award.

Jordan Ernest Burroughs is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, he is an Olympic Gold medalist, four-time World Champion, six-time World Cup champion, three-time Pan American Games Gold medalist and four-time Pan American champion. In folkstyle, Burroughs was a two-time NCAA Division I champion and was awarded the Dan Hodge Trophy in 2012.

Patrick Maroon is an American professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed the "Big Rig" or more recently, "Hometown Hero", Maroon has previously played for the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues.

Ufuk Bayraktar, better known by his stage name Ufo361, is a German rapper of Turkish descent from Berlin.

Miyu Irino is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He voiced Haku in Spirited Away, Shoya Ishida in A Silent Voice, Yuichiro Hyakuya in Seraph of the End, Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Nuts in Yes! PreCure 5 and its sequel GoGo!, Apollon Agana Belea in Kamigami no Asobi and Sora in the Kingdom Hearts video game series. He released his debut mini-album Soleil on June 26, 2009 and his first single album, Faith, on November 25, 2009. On December 2016, he announced that he was gone hiatus to study abroad, which he had been considering on that time.

Risa Taneda is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Office Osawa talent agency. She is also a member of the seiyuu idol unit Rhodanthe* (ローダンセ) since 2013, along with Nao Tōyama, Asuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka and Yumi Uchiyama. Some of her major roles include Mirai Kuriyama in Beyond the Boundary, Yukina Himeragi in Strike the Blood, Rize Tedeza in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Erina Nakiri in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, and Ai Mizuno in Zombie Land Saga.

Ryoichi Adachi is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Wang Hao-yu is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Taoyuan City Council representing District 7 from 2014 to 2021 as a member of the Green Party. He left the Green Party on January 11, 2020 and joined the Democratic Progressive Party on February 6, 2020. He was successfully recalled on January 16, 2021 with 92.23% in favor, 7.7% against, and a 28% turnout, exceeding the required 25%. The successful recall was the first for a city councillor in a special municipality.