List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Miho Morikawa is a Japanese singer and model.

Rei Higuchi is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.

Akiko Morigami is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Takeo Hirata is a Japanese researcher at the Waseda University.

Reon Kadena , also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Kusano, is a Japanese glamour model and actress

Kaori Kozai is a Japanese enka singer. She won best vocalist at the 42nd Japan Record Awards in 2000.

Miyuki Kawanaka is a Japanese enka singer. Her singing career spanned over four decades. She married Katsuo Yamada in 1991.

Keiji Ohbiki is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Shizuo Akira is a professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan. He has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of immunology, most significantly in the area of innate host defense mechanisms.

Kazumasa Nagai is a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer. He attended the University of the Arts in Tokyo to study sculpture, but had to stop due to health problems.