Famous Persons from Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
- Takahiro Sekine - Born on April 19, 1995 - Association football player
- Hiroyuki Egami - Born on December 8, 1986 - Association football player
- Hiroyuki Ihara - Born on December 11, 1984 - Keirin cyclist
- Takuya Mitamura - Born on December 15, 1983 - Boxer
- Yōichi Okano - Born on November 29, 1981 - Owarai tarento
- Jun Uruno - Born on October 23, 1979 - Association football player
- Yasuo Kawasaki - Born on June 14, 1977 - Baseball player
- Kaoru Yamamoto - Born on April 20, 1972 - Announcer
- Survival Tobita - Born on June 1, 1969 - Professional wrestler, and Amateur wrestler
- Naozumi Takenaka - Born on August 15, 1968 - Businessperson
- Hideki Komatsu - Born on March 4, 1967 - Go professional
- Tōru Kugasawa - Born on August 27, 1962 - Actor
- Tsuyoshi Takagi - Born on January 16, 1956 - Politician
- Saori Mine - Born on July 15, 1952 - Choreographer, and Actor (died: January 30, 2021)
- Kazuharu Kawase - Born on October 12, 1951 - Politician - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (died: January 30, 2021)
- Baku Ōwada - Born on October 13, 1950 - Actor (died: January 30, 2021)
- Shōtarō Kazami - Born on September 21, 1948 - Novelist (died: January 30, 2021)
- Satoshi Takahashi - Born on May 17, 1948 - Baseball player (died: January 31, 2021)
- Shin'ya Ōwada - Born on October 25, 1947 - Seiyū, Singer, and Actor (died: January 31, 2021)
- Hiroyoshi Nagamine - Born on September 8, 1942 - Politician (died: January 31, 2021)
- Yoshinori Tsuji - Born on December 20, 1940 - Baseball player, and Tarento (died: April 28, 1989)
- Minoru Kawashima - Born on February 20, 1936 - Politician - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (died: July 28, 2012)
- Yoshio Shinagawa - Born on December 25, 1929 - Politician - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (died: July 28, 2012)
- Kōichi Takagi - Born on January 2, 1919 - Politician (died: June 1, 2012)
- Yasuhiko Shima - Born on June 5, 1910 - Economist (died: September 28, 1995)
- Kenjirō Matsuki - Born on January 22, 1909 - Baseball player (died: February 21, 1986)
- Takeo Kuwabara - Born on May 10, 1904 - Critic, Literary critic, University teacher, Translator, and Writer - Person of Cultural Merit | Order of Culture (died: April 10, 1988)
- Hakubunji Inoue - Born on February 24, 1904 - Haiku poet (died: April 10, 1988)
- Yasutarō Koide - Born on March 13, 1903 - Tailor, and Farmer (died: January 19, 2016)
- Sueko Ōtsuka - Born on March 9, 1902 - Fashion designer (died: November 25, 1998)