List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Yutaka Fukumoto is a retired Japanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball. An aggressive lead-off man and superior defensive centerfielder, he holds the Japanese career records in triples and stolen bases. He also hit more lead-off home runs than anyone in Japanese history, with 43. In 2002, Fukumoto was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Hiroki Kuroda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 to 2007 before playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008 to 2011 and New York Yankees from 2012 to 2014. After the 2014 season, he chose to return to the Carp to finish out his career.

Toshiaki Hirose is former Japanese rugby union player who played as a wing or fly half, and captained the national team between 2012 and 2013.

You Yokoyama is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, scriptwriter, radio host and lyricist. Yokoyama is also a member of Kanjani Eight, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. His image color in the group is black.

Kazuo Matsui is a Japanese retired professional baseball player who played as a shortstop. He is a switch-hitter.

Ken Hirai is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and brand ambassador.

Isao Hashizume is a Japanese actor.

Nana Okada , also known as Naachan (なぁちゃん), is a Japanese idol, actress and a member of the Japanese idol girl groups AKB48, STU48, and Tentoumu Chu! She had the reputation of being a "serious" idol early in her career due to her perfectionism, which has evolved into a more "eccentric" image in recent years. She is a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in the group.

Nana Tanimura , is a Japanese pop singer.

Itsuji Itao , is a Japanese comedian and actor. He is a member of the comedy duo 130R and former cast member of one of Downtown's previous shows. He usually appears in their batsu games.