List of personalities from Kyoto
This list enumerates people who were born in the Japanese city of Kyoto or who worked there for a long time.
A.
- Akashi Kakuichi (? –1371), Buddhist monk
- Kō Andō (1878–1963), violinist
- Aoki Mokubei (1767–1833), potter and painter
- Arisugawa Taruhito (1835–1895), General
- Yasuhiko Asaka (1887-1981), General
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436-1490), Shogun
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), Shogun
B.
- Motohiko Ban (1905-1998), ski jumper
- Tetsurō Ban (* 1968), conductor
D.
- Kimiko Date (* 1970), tennis player
- Ken Domon (1909–1990), photographer
- Hisao Dōmoto (1928-2013), painter
E.
- Ejima Kiseki (1666 / 67–1735 / 36), writer
F.
- Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1028), regent
- Hiroshi Fushida (* 1946), racing car driver
- Fushimi Sadanaru (1858–1923), Field Marshal
H
- Chisaki Hama (* 1988), actress and singer
- Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539-1610), painter
- Masao Harada (1912-2000), track and field athlete
- Hasegawa Toshiyuki (1891–1940), painter
- Hata Teruo (1887–1945), painter
- Hattori Nankaku (1683–1759), painter and poet
- Chūshirō Hayashi (1920-2010), astrophysicist
- Komao Hayashi (* 1936), doll maker
- Hayashi Razan (1583-1657), Confucian philosopher
- Tetsuji Hashiratani (born 1964), football player
- Nao Hibino (* 1994), tennis player
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), general and politician
- Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887–1990), politician
- Noriko Higuchi (* 1985), track and field athlete
- Ken Hirano (1907–1978), writer and literary critic
- Kōichi Hashiratani (* 1961), football player and coach
- Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637), calligrapher and potter
- Tasuku Honjo (* 1942), immunologist
- Masao Horiba (1924-2015), inventor
- Kōha Horii (1897–1990), painter
- Hiroshi Hatano (* 1984), soccer player
I.
- Bunmei Ibuki (* 1938), politician
- Ikeda Kikunae (1864-1936), chemist
- Ike no Taiga (1723–1776), painter
- Keizō Imai (born 1950), football player
- Imao Keinen (1845–1924), painter
- Inagaki Chūsei (1897–1922), painter
- Inagaki Toshijirō (1902–1963), painter
- Hisao Inagaki (* 1929), Buddhologist and author
- Irie Hakō (1887–1948), painter
- Ishikawa Goemon (? –1594), robber
- Itakura Seikō (1895–1964), painter
- Jūzō Itami (1933–1997), actor and film director
- Itō Hakudai (1896–1932), painter
- Itō Jinsai (1627–1705), Confucian philosopher
- Jōichi Itō (* 1966), entrepreneur and activist
- Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883), courtier and politician
- Mineko Iwasaki (* 1949), geisha
J
- Michio Jimbō (* 1951), mathematician
K
- Daisaku Kadokawa (* 1950), politician
- Tadaoto Kainoshō (1894–1978), painter
- Kunishige Kamamoto (* 1944), soccer player and coach and politician
- Kanō Einō (1631–1697), painter
- Kanō Mitsunobu (1565–1608), painter
- Kanō Motonobu (1476–1559), painter
- Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650), painter
- Kanō Sadanobu (1597–1623), painter
- Kanō Sanraku (1559-1635), painter
- Kanō Tan'yū (1602–1674), painter
- Tetsu Katsuda (1896–1980), painter
- Miyu Katō (* 1994), tennis player
- George Kawaguchi (1927–2003), jazz musician
- Hajime Kawakami (1879-1946), economist
- Tatsumi Kimishima (* 1950), manager
- Kimura Shikō (1895–1976), painter
- Kinoshita Jun'an (1621-1699), Confucianist
- Kitawaki Noboru (1901–1951), painter
- Kei Koito (* 1950), organist and composer
- Yoshiaki Komai (* 1992), soccer player
- Masakazu Konishi (1933-2020), ethologist and neurophysiologist
- Konoshima Ōkoku (1877–1938), painter
- Kan'in Kotohito (1865–1945), Field Marshal General
- Kumi Kōda (* 1982), pop singer
- Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), painter
- Konoe Atsumaro (1863–1904), politician
- Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), calligrapher and regent
- Kusumi Morikage (1620–1690), painter
- Minoru Mori (1934–2012), entrepreneur
M.
- Hideki Maeda (* 1954), football player
- Jun Maeda (1967-2006), motorcycle racer
- Seiji Maehara (* 1962), politician
- Maekawa Sempan (1888–1960), woodcut artist
- Majima Rikō (1874–1962), chemist
- Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795), painter
- Yoshio Masui (* 1931), cell biologist
- Hisako Matsubara (* 1935), writer
- Yorikane Masumoto (* 1941), politician
- Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811), painter
- Matsumoto Ichiyō (1893–1952), painter
- Teizō Matsumura (1929–2007), composer
- Matsunaga Teitoku (1571–1654), scholar and poet
- Daisuke Matsui (* 1981), football player
- Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (* 1966), soccer player and coach
- Paul Miki (1565–1597), missionary and martyr
- Shōnosuke Mikumo (1902–1982), painter
- Minagawa Kien (1735–1807), Confucianist and painter
- Minezaki Kōtō (18th century), actor
- misono (* 1984), singer and actress
- Daisuke Miyagawa (* 1972), comedian, actor and presenter
- Kazuo Miyagawa (1908–1999), cinematographer
- Satoko Miyahara (* 1998), figure skater
- Miyake Kōhaku (1893–1957), painter
- Mochizuki Gyokusen (1692–1755), painter
- Kenji Mori (* 1942), jazz musician and music producer
- Junkichi Mukai (1901–1995), painter
- Haruki Murakami (* 1949), writer
- Akira Murata (1921-2006), entrepreneur
N
- Hiroyuki Nagato (1934-2011), actor
- Hiroko Nakajima (* 1948), calligrapher
- Nakamura Daizaburō (1898–1947), painter
- Ikkō Nakatsuka (* 1965), politician
- Nakayama Yoshiko (1836–1907), lady-in-waiting
- Hideo Nishiyama (1911–1989), painter
- Suishō Nishiyama (1879–1958), painter
- Nishimura Goun (1877–1938), painter
- Nonomura Ninsei (17th century), potter
O
- Tadao Oda (* 1940), mathematician
- Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743), potter and painter
- Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716), painter and lacquer artist
- Kōta Ogino (born 1997), football player
- Okada Tamechika (1823–1864), painter
- Ryō Orime (* 1982), racing car driver
- Nagisa Ōshima (1932–2013), film director and screenwriter
- Ōta Kijirō (1883–1951), painter
- Kōshō Ōtani (1911–2002), Buddhist monk
- Ōtani Kōzui (1876–1948), Buddhist monk
P
- Bonnie Pink (born 1973), singer
R.
- Ryōkei Shōsen (1602–1670), Buddhist monk
S.
- Keiji Sada (1926–1964), actor
- Yutaka Sado (* 1961), conductor
- Takao Saitō (1929-2014), cameraman
- Shihō Sakakibara (1887–1971), painter
- Sakuma Shōzan (1811–1864), politician and physicist
- Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891), court nobleman
- Katsuzō Satomi (1895–1981), painter
- Mitsuo Sawamoto (* 1951), chemist
- Tsuda Seifū (1880–1978), painter
- Seishirō Shimatani (1938-2001), football player and coach
- Osamu Shimomura (1928-2018), biochemist
- Fukumi Shimura (* 1924), artisan
- Masazō Sono (1886–1969), mathematician
- Suda Kunitarō (1891–1961), painter
- Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (1008-1057 / 1067), poet
- Aya Sugimoto (* 1968), singer, model and actress
- Salome Scheidegger (1987), Swiss pianist
- Kiki Sukezane (* 1989), actress and martial artist
T
- Masaharu Taguchi (1916–1982), swimmer
- Tomoyuki Taira (* 1959), politician
- Takako Takahashi (1932–2013), writer
- Takeda Kanryūsai (? –1867), samurai
- Yuji Takeoka (* 1946), artist and sculptor
- Kento Takeuchi (* 1987), tennis player
- Takeuchi Seihō (1864–1942), painter
- Takahiro Tamura (1928-2006), actor
- Hirokazu Tanaka (* 1957), video game composer
- Tawaraya Sōtatsu (16th / 17th century), painter
- Shinobu Terajima (* 1972), theater and film actress
- Tomioka Tessai (1836–1924), painter and calligrapher
- Shinsen Tokuoka (1896–1972), painter
- Tomii Masaaki (1858–1935), legal scholar
- Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906–1979), physicist
- Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970), special effects artist
- Ayano Tsuji (* 1978), pop and folk singer
- Tsuji Kakō (1871-1931), painter
- Kazuhiro Tsuji (* 1969), makeup artist
U
- Ai Ueda (* 1983), triathlete
- Uemura Shōen (1875-1949), painter
- Shōkō Uemura (1902-2001), painter
- Ryūzaburō Umehara (1888–1986), painter
- Utagawa Sadahide (1807–1878), woodcut artist
W.
- Emi Wada (* 1937), costume designer
- Kentarō Wada (born 1996), football player
- Yoshi Wada (* 1943), musician
- Shin'ichirō Watanabe (born 1965), anime director
- Risa Wataya (* 1984), writer
Y
- Hisanari Yamada (1907–1987), diplomat and politician
- Itsuki Yamada (* 1990), football player
- Seishi Yamaguchi (1901-1994), poet
- Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818), painter
- Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927–2013), entrepreneur
- Yamawaki Tōyō (1706–1762), painter
- Stomu Yamashta (* 1947), composer and musician
- Masakazu Yamazaki (1934–2020), playwright, literary critic and philosopher
- Yamazaki Susumu (1833–1868), spy
- Yasui Sōtarō (1888–1955), painter
- Yosano Tekkan (1873-1935), writer
- Yoshida Kenkō (1283-1350), poet and Buddhist monk
- Yoshida Mitsuyoshi (1598–1672), mathematician
- Tatsuo Yoshida (1932-1977), Mangaka
- Yoshiko Yuasa (1896–1990), Slavist and translator
- Mikiko Yoshioka (* 1964), skeleton pilot