Famous Persons from Sanjō, Niigata, Japan
- Kaito Omomo - Born on October 28, 1997 - Association football player
- Noriyoshi Sakai - Born on November 9, 1992 - Association football player
- Chihiro Kaneko - Born on November 8, 1983 - Baseball player
- Yoshiyuki Tanaka - Born on March 29, 1980 - Announcer
- Maya Sawaki - Born on August 17, 1978 - Announcer
- Jun Fujishima - Born on April 9, 1977 - Mangaka
- Nobuo Kawaguchi - Born on April 10, 1975 - Association football player
- Toku - Born on February 20, 1973 - Jazz musician, and Singer
- Hideo Aiba - Born on September 18, 1967 - Novelist
- Ryo Koshino - Born on September 1, 1967 - Mangaka
- Kazue Nakamura - Born on March 25, 1966 - Essayist, Translator, Poet, and Writer
- Katsumi Takahashi - Born on April 1, 1961 - Tarento, Seiyū, and Actor
- Tōru Yamai - Born on December 18, 1959 - Businessperson
- Shu - Born on November 6, 1958 - Lyricist, and Singer-songwriter (died: February 10, 2017)
- Motomi Kōsaka - Born on August 22, 1958 - Announcer (died: February 10, 2017)
- Kennosuke Nakamura - Born on June 24, 1939 - Translator, and Professor (died: September 22, 2022)
- Giant Baba - Born on January 23, 1938 - Professional wrestler, and Baseball player - Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (died: January 31, 1999)
- Haruo Aozora - Born on November 5, 1937 - Owarai tarento, and Actor (died: January 31, 1999)
- Tomio Sakagami - Born on January 2, 1927 - Politician, and Lawyer - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (died: April 9, 2018)
- Yoshio Watanabe - Born on April 21, 1907 - Photographer - Medal with Purple Ribbon | Person of Cultural Merit (died: July 21, 2000)
- Yoshio Ōsawa - Born on February 2, 1902 - Film producer (died: October 18, 1966)
- Jōkichi Ikarashi - Born on January 26, 1902 - Farmer (died: July 23, 2013)