List of Famous people born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Tatsuji Sugimoto is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of Fukui Prefecture since 2019.

Masanobu Matsunami is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Morita Yonematsu, known under pen name Morita Sōhei, was a novelist and translator of Western literature active during the late Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.

Hiromichi Mizuno is a financial executive who served as Chief Investment Officer of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest asset owner in the world, from January 2015 until March 2020. He is currently United Nations Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments.

Hajime Furuta is the governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2005 and reelected in 2009. A native of Gifu, Gifu, he was chosen as the final torchbearer for the National Sports Festival when it was held in Gifu while he was a senior at Gifu Prefectural Senior High School. He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1971.

Mika Nagano is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. She fought as a lightweight in the Deep and Jewels promotions before her retirement in 2014. Nagano has also wrestled in Ice Ribbon and World Wonder Ring Stardom. Her nickname is Future Princess.

Shinji Iwata was a professional Japanese right-handed pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons.

Tomoya Mikami is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Kiyonori Imamura , better known by his stage name Norio Imamura , is a Japanese stage actor and voice actor from Gifu. He is a graduate of the Fine Arts department of Nihon University. Imamura began his career in the musical troupe Musical Company It's Follies and was coached by Nachi Nozawa.

Shigetada Nakanishi is a Japanese biochemist and neuroscientist. Both a medical doctor and biomedical researcher by training, Nakanishi is the director of the Osaka Bioscience Institute and professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He has received several scientific awards for his research in neuroscience, having characterized the molecular structure or function of several protein receptors.