List of Famous people born in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Mitsuo Tateishi is a Japanese position player coach for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Jiro Ishimaru is a Japanese journalist known for his work covering North Korea.

Shinya Nakamura is a professional Go player.

Iori Katsura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Ken Tajiri is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Gainare Tottori in J3 League. He has previously had loan spells with the J.League U-22 Selection and J2 League outfit Zweigen Kanazawa. His playing position is goalkeeper and he has spent most of his career as a backup 'keeper.

Takashi Kawai is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.

Shohei Otsuka is a Japanese football player currently playing for SC Sagamihara.

Sakiho Juri is a Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1990 and resigned in 2005. She is from Osaka.

Jade Goto, better known by his stage name Jay'ed, is a Japanese R&B singer-songwriter who debuted under Toy's Factory in 2007 and is most known for his single with Juju, "Ashita ga Kuru Nara" which sold over 140,000 copies.