List of Famous people born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Hanamaru Hakata is a Japanese comedian who performs boke of the double act Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata, in which his partner is Daikichi Hakata. After working with Fukuoka Yoshimoto, he joined Yoshimoto Creative Agency since 2005.

Vicki Ree Principal, later known as Victoria Principal, is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera series Dallas. She spent nine years on the long-running series, leaving in 1987. Afterwards, she began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, focusing mostly on television films. In the mid-1980s, she became interested in natural beauty therapies, and in 1989, she created a self-named line of skincare products, Principal Secret.

Rumiko Koyanagi is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best new artist at the 13th Japan Record Awards and won the Japan Music Award in 1972. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 6th Japan Academy Prize for To Trap a Kidnapper and the award for best actress at the 7th Japan Academy Prize for Hakujasho.

Yumeno Kyūsaku was the pen name of Sugiyama Yasumichi , early Shōwa period Japanese author, Zen priest, post office director and sub-lieutenant. The pen name roughly means "a person who always dreams". His Dharma name was Goshin-in Gin'en Taidō-koji (悟真院吟園泰道居士). He wrote detective novels and is known for his avant-gardism and his surrealistic, wildly imaginative and fantastic, even bizarre narratives. His eldest son, Sugiyama Tatsumaru, was known as the Green Father of India.

Linda Yamamoto , Chinese: 山本稲; pinyin: shan bendao) is a Japanese singer and actress whose latest hit song was "Nerai uchi" in 1973.

Kensuke Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball left fielder who is currently a free agent. He has played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball and the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

Makoto Koga was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and formerly Minister of Transport. A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.

Shōgo Noda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Akira Ohgi was a professional Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.

Tsuyoshi Ihara is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent.