Additionally, there are many prominent figures associated with Kameoka: MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and NASU no Yoichi who passed through the area to engage in the Battle of Ichinotani in Fukuhara, Settsu Province, as well as Mongaku, Ippen, Rennyo, Mitsuhide AKECHI, Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, and Ryoi SUMINOKURA.
また、摂津国福原の一ノ谷の戦いに向かう途中に通過した源義経や那須与一などのほかに文覚、一遍、蓮如、明智光秀、小早川秀秋、角倉了以を始めとして亀岡にゆかりのある著名人は多い。