Famous Persons from Yawata, Kyōto, Japan
- Ryohei Sakaguchi - Born on April 5, 1997 - Steeplechase runner, Athletics competitor, and Long-distance runner
- Kenta Nakajima - Born on August 25, 1991 - Volleyball player
- Mai Nishida - Born on March 23, 1989 - Model, and Actor
- Yu Takenouchi - Born on September 1, 1988 - Sport cyclist
- Takaya Kawauchi - Born on January 6, 1982 - Baseball player
- Hiroshi Kido - Born on July 28, 1981 - Drummer
- Akiyuki Nasu - Born on December 14, 1980 - Owarai tarento
- Masami Uno - Born on May 2, 1978 - Baseball player
- Maki Miyamoto - Born on December 12, 1977 - Actor
- Atsuhiro Satō - Born on August 30, 1973 - Actor
- Noriaki Miyashita - Born on January 26, 1973 - Baseball player
- Hideyuki Takahashi - Born on January 17, 1972 - Politician
- Futoshi Yamabe - Born on January 4, 1971 - Baseball player
- Teru - Born on December 14, 1969 - Owarai tarento, Seiyū, and Actor
- Yasumitsu Satō - Born on October 1, 1969 - Professional shogi player - Shogi Medal of Honor | Shoji Honorable Fighting Spirit Award
- Shoko Inoue - Born on July 21, 1969 - Singer-songwriter, and Singer
- Eiji Mizuguchi - Born on January 9, 1969 - Baseball player
- Kazuaki Ueda - Born on August 23, 1962 - Baseball player
- Susumu Nishikawa - Born on July 9, 1962 - Composer
- Seijun Ninomiya - Born on February 25, 1960 - Critic, and Journalist
- Sanpei Godai - Born on August 29, 1958 - Tarento, and Actor
- Shirō Mabuchi - Born on November 28, 1955 - Professional wrestler, Referee, and Reporter
- Takayuki Kōno - Born on April 18, 1955 - Baseball player
- Jōkō Ninomiya - Born on January 27, 1954 - Karateka
- Minoru Ōno - Born on March 26, 1953 - Radio personality
- Kazumasa Kōno - Born on November 7, 1951 - Baseball player
- Bondo Ōki - Born on July 8, 1949 - Tarento, and Singer
- Ryūsuke Inui - Born on April 1, 1947 - Presenter, Announcer, and Television presenter
- Motoshi Utsunomiya - Born on September 27, 1939 - Announcer
- Michiko Hayashi - Born on June 6, 1939 - Actor
- Minoru Tanimoto - Born on February 1, 1937 - Baseball player
- Gan Takada - Born on May 23, 1930 - Political activist, and Politician
- Shigeto Yamada - Born on January 6, 1929 - Painter (died: February 3, 1991)
- Jōji Okazaki - Born on March 24, 1925 - Art historian, and University teacher (died: March 31, 1985)
- Gensou Okuda - Born on July 6, 1912 - Nihonga painter - Japan Art Academy Prize | Person of Cultural Merit | Order of Culture (died: February 15, 2003)
- Yōichirō Hirata - Born on November 1, 1908 - Journalist, and Politician (died: October 10, 1988)