List of Famous people born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Nana Okada is a former Japanese idol and actress.

Akira Neo is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chunichi Dragons.

Takizo Iwasaki was a Japanese businessman who is credited with the invention of "shokuhin sampuru", the plastic models of menu items commonly displayed in restaurant street-front windows in Japan.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades in NJPW include being a record setting eight-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is the current NEVER Openweight Champion in his first reign. Tanahashi holds the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, while his fifth reign held the record for most successful defenses with eleven until May 5, 2018. He has also won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax, on three occasions and won the New Japan Cup twice, in 2005 and 2008, making him one of the greatest and most decorated wrestlers in New Japan's history.

Hiroyuki Hirayama is a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 40 films since 2004.

Naoki Yoshikawa is a Japanese professional baseball 2nd baseman for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician, currently serving as Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is openly affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

Furuta Oribe , whose birth name was Furuta Shigenari , was a daimyō and celebrated master of the Japanese tea ceremony. He was originally a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Tow Ubukata is the pen name of a Japanese novelist and anime screenwriter. His major works include Mardock Scramble, Le Chevalier D'Eon and Heroic Age. He also did series composition for the Fafner in the Azure series, Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Psycho-Pass 2 and Psycho-Pass 3.

Michiko Shimizu is a Japanese tarento, comedian, and actress. She is also an impressionist.