List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Ujitoshi Konomi was a Japanese sport shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Takumi Miyoshi is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Satomi Suzuki is a Japanese swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event and a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver in the women's 4 x 100 m medley relay for Japan. She also swam in the 100 m breaststroke and 4 x 100 m medley relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She currently belongs to Yamanashi Gakuin University swimming club.

Sayuri is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter.

Yuki Yoshimura is a professional Japanese baseball player for De Glaskoning Twins of Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Kozo Inoue is a Japanese reporter who is represented by Kozo Creators with his wife.

Koichi Toyama is a Japanese street musician and a fringe political activist who was a candidate for the governor of Tokyo in the year 2007. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and lives in Fukuoka. He gained notoriety with his provocative 2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election speech.

Koichi Nakano of Japan is a former professional racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint. He is among the best track sprinters of modern times. From 1977 to 1986, he won an unprecedented 10 consecutive gold medals in professional sprint events at the UCI track world Championships. He was one of the most successful competitors of all-time on the Japanese professional keirin circuit.

Makoto Hiejima is a Japanese professional basketball player for Link Tochigi Brex of the Japanese B.League.

Kazuki Mishima is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.