List of Famous people named Misao

The Zama and Shibuya shootings were the double spree shootings in Japan on July 29, 1965 by Misao Katagiri , which left one police officer dead and 17 people injured, at the conclusion of which he was captured by police officers. Katagiri was later executed.

Misao Fujimura was a Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely remembered due to his farewell poem.

Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 318 Japanese supercentenarians, most of them women. According to the Gerontology Research Group, the oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka, born 2 January 1903, aged 118 years, 149 days. Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013), who lived to age 116 years, 54 days.

Misao Yokota is a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. She finished fifth in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and was eliminated in the first round of the 100 m backstroke event.