Matsumoto (松本, "base of the pine tree") is the 16th most common Japanese surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
Hajime Matsumoto (born 1974), activistHideto Matsumoto (1964–1998), musician better known by his stage name hideHideya Matsumoto, mathematicianHiroyo Matsumoto (born 1985), professional wrestlerHitoshi Matsumoto (born 1963), comedianIkuo Matsumoto (born 1941), footballerIzumi Matsumoto (born 1958), manga authorJirō Matsumoto (born 1970), manga authorJun Matsumoto (born 1983), singer and actorKaoru Matsumoto (born 1960), professional wrestlerKatsuji Matsumoto (1904–1986), illustrator and manga authorMatsumoto Kōshirō, stage name for a lineage of kabuki actorsMatsumoto Kōshirō VII (1870–1949), tachiyaku kabuki actor from the Meiji Period through the 1940sMatsumoto Kōshirō IX (born 1942), tachiyaku kabuki actor currently performingLeiji Matsumoto (born 1938), manga authorMiyako Matsumoto (born 1985), actress and professional wrestlerNamika Matsumoto (born 1992), Japanese weightlifterRica Matsumoto (born 1968), voice actor and singerRie Matsumoto (born 1985), anime directorRoy Matsumoto (1914–2014), a United States Army soldier and inductee of the U.S. Army Rangers Hall Of Fame and the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of FameSeichō Matsumoto (1909–1992), authorTak Matsumoto (born 1961), musician and guitaristTakashi Matsumoto (lyricist) (born 1949), lyricist and former musicianTakashi Matsumoto (poet) (1906–1956), writerTortoise Matsumoto (born 1966), singerToshio Matsumoto (born 1932), avant garde film directorYasunori Matsumoto (born 1960), voice actorYukihiro Matsumoto (born 1965), programmer, author and creator of Ruby programming languageShoko Asahara (born 1955), a.k.a. Chizuo Matsumoto, founder of the Aum Shinrikyo religion and convicted murderer