List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Yukiyo Mine is a Japanese softball player who plays as a catcher. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Keiji Uezono is a former professional Japanese baseball pitcher. He had played for Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and De Glaskoning Twins of Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

Ryuji Sonoda is a Japanese judoka.

Isao Nakata is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan.

Misa Uehara appeared in a few Japanese films from the late 1950s, most notably starring as Princess Yuki in Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. Following a brief career, she left acting.

Takuya Nakashima is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on January 11, 1991. He debuted in 2011 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 23 stolen bases in 2013.

Ai Shibata is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race. She was the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event. She attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya. In 2008 Shibata announced her retirement.

Takahito Otsuka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2015 and 2016.

Shinji Aoyama is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.