People
- Akira Fubuki (born 1978), AV idol
- Akira Haraguchi (born 1946), mental health counsellor
- Akira Hayashi (born 1974), breaststroke swimmer
- Akira Himekawa, pen name used by a duo of manga artists
- Akira Ifukube (昭, 1914–2006),, composer of classical music and film scores
- Akira Iida (born 1969), racing driver
- Akira Iriye (born 1934), historian of American diplomatic history
- Akira Ishida (彰, born 1967), voice actor
- Akira Isogawa (born 1964), fashion designer
- Akira Ito (field hockey) (亮, born 1981), hockey player
- Akira Itō (manga artist) (章), manga artist
- Akira Jimbo (born 1959), jazz fusion drummer
- Akira Kaji (born 1980), Japanese football player
- Akira Kamiya (明, born 1946), voice actor
- Akira Kobayashi (born 1938), actor
- Akira Komoto (章, born 1935), artist
- Akira Kurosawa (明, 1910–1998),, film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Akira Machida (顯, born 1936), head of the Japanese Supreme Court
- Akira Maeda (born 1959), wrestler
- Akira Masuda (born 1962), Japanese karate practitioner
- Akira Narahashi (born 1971), Japanese football defender
- Akira Nogami (born 1968), wrestler
- Akira Raijin or Akira Kawabata (born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
- Akira Sasanuma (晃, born 1973), voice actor
- Akira Satō (photographer) (明, 1930–2002), photographer
- Akira Shoji (born 1974), Japanese professional mixed martial artist
- Akira Takasaki (晃, born 1961), heavy metal guitarist
- Akira Taue (明, born 1961), professional wrestler
- Akira Terao (聰, born 1947), entertainer
- Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist) (晃, 1898–1994), ophthalmologist and photographer
- Akira Toriyama (明, born 1955), manga artist
- Akira Watase (晶, born 1980), pornstar
- Akira Yamaoka (晃, born 1968), composer
- Akira Yoshizawa (章, 1911–2005), origami artist
- Shizuo Akira (born 1953), Japanese immunologist
- Akira Senju (born 1960), Japanese Composer
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“New York is full of people ... with a feeling for the tangential adventure, the risky adventure, the interlude that’s not likely to end in any double-ring ceremony.”
—Joan Didion (b. 1934)