Daftar karateka mencakup praktisi karate terkenal, yang didaftar dalam urutan abjad berdasarkan nama keluarga. Perhatikan bahwa urutan nama Jepang mungkin tidak konsisten dalam daftar ini, karena perbedaan nama Jepang#nama Jepang dalam bahasa Inggris. Entri individu mencantumkan nama setiap orang, tahun kelahiran dan kematian (jika sesuai), dan gaya karate utama.
A
- Keigo Abe (kelahiran 1938), Shotokan
- Rafael Aghayev (kelahiran 1985), Shotokan
- Gary Alexander, Isshin Ryu
- Seishō Arakaki (1840–1918), Tode
- Steve Arneil (kelahiran 1934), Kyokushin
- Mark Arnott (kelahiran 1950), American Kenpo
- Tetsuhiko Asai (1935–2006), Shotokan
- Ankō Asato (1827–1906), Shuri-te
- Linden Ashby (kelahiran 1960), style unspecified
- Hideyuki Ashihara (1944–1995), Kyokushin and Ashihara
- Elisa Au (kelahiran 1981), Shitō-ryū
- Akshay Kumar (kelahiran 1967), Gōjū-ryū
B
- Xhavit Bajrami (born 1975), Seido
- Shaun Baker, Shotokan
- Christine Bannon-Rodrigues (born 1966) Oki-ryu
- Vitor Belfort (born 1977), Shotokan
- Steven Bellamy (born 1950), Wadō-ryū and Gōjū-ryū
- Randy Blake (born 1986), style unspecified
- Billy Blanks (born 1955), style unspecified
- Jon Bluming (1933–2018), Kyokushin
- Mitchell Bobrow (born 1950), Shūdōkan, Tang Soo Do
- Robert Bowles, Shuri-ryū
- Frank Brennan (born 1960), Shotokan
- Steve Blackman (born 1963), Shotokan
C
- Jose Canseco (born 1964), style unspecified
- Thomas Carroll (1938–1999), Shotokan
- Shonie Carter (born 1971), Shidōkan
- Antonio Carvalho (born 1979), Shotokan
- Graciela Casillas, American Kenpo
- Juan Eduardo Castro dos Santos (born 1954), Okinawa-ken Ryu
- Tino Ceberano (born c. 1942), Gōjū Kai
- Nicholas Raymond Cerio (1936–1998), American Kenpo
- Sonny Chiba (born 1939), Kyokushin
- Chōshin Chibana (1885–1969), Shōrin-ryū
- Teruo Chinen (born 1941), Gōjū-ryū
- Peter Chong (born 1941), Kyokushin
- William Kwai Sun Chow (1914–1987), American Kenpo
- Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), style unspecified
- Howard Collins (born 1949), Kyokushin
- Dale Cook (born 1958), style unspecified
- Harry Cook (born 1949), Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū
- John Corcoran, Shōrin-ryū
- Joe Corley (born 1947), style unspecified
- John Critzos II, style unspecified
- Sean Connery (1930–2020), Kyokushin
D
- Raymond Daniels (born 1980), Kenpō Karate, Shotokan
- Count Dante (1939–1975), style unspecified
- Fumio Demura (born 1938), Shitō-ryū
- Nick Denis (born 1983), Kyokushin
- George Dillman, Ryukyu Kempo
- Richard K. Diran (born 1949), style unspecified
- Ticky Donovan (born 1947), Shotokan, Wadō-ryū, and Kyokushin
- Troy Dorsey (born 1962), style unspecified
G
- Manny Gamburyan (born 1981), Kyokushin
- Alexander Gerunov (born 1979), Shitō-ryū
- John Giordano (martial artist), Gōjū-ryū
- Glacier (born 1964), style unspecified
- Lyman Good (born 1985), style unspecified
- Peter Graham (born 1975), Kyokushin
- Thomas Ian Griffith (born 1962), American Kenpo
- Sam Greco (born 1967), Kyokushin
- Neil Grove (born 1971), Gōjū-ryū
- Shinpan Gusukuma (1890–1954), Shitō-ryū
- Bear Grylls (born 1974), Shotokan
- Johnny Gyro, style unspecified
H
- Keith Hackney (born 1958), American Kenpo
- Mitsusuke Harada (born 1928), Shotokan
- Randall Hassell (born c. 1940), Shotokan
- Demetrius Havanas (1950-1981), style unspecified
- Dave Hazard (born 1952), Shotokan
- Dana Hee (born 1961), Shotokan
- Sekō Higa (1898–1966), Gōjū-ryū
- Yuchoku Higa (1910–1994), Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū
- Kanryō Higaonna (1853–1915), Gōjū-ryū
- Kanryu Higaonna (1849–1922), Okinawan martial arts
- Morio Higaonna (born 1938), Gōjū-ryū
- Kori Hisataka (1907–1988), Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
- Masayuki Hisataka (born 1940), Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
- Steven Ho (born 1973), style unspecified
- Sam Hoger (born 1980), style unspecified
- Russ Hogue (born 1974), style unspecified
- Loek Hollander (born c. 1940), Kyokushin
- Kyoji Horiguchi (born 1990), Shotokan
- Andy Hug (1964–2000), Kyokushin and Seido
K
- Nobuaki Kakuda (born 1961), Seido
- Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931–2019), Shotokan
- Taiji Kase (1929–2004), Shotokan
- Hajime Kazumi (born 1971), Kyokushin
- Ömer Kemaloğlu (born 1987), style unspecified
- Dave Kershaw (born 1955), Shotokan
- Katsunori Kikuno (born 1981), Kyokushin
- Richard Kim (1917–2001), Shōrinji-ryū
- Davit Kiria (born 1988), Ashihara
- Kishi Nobuyuki (1948-2018), Kyokushin and Kishi Karate
- Taishin Kohiruimaki (born 1977), Kyokushin
- Yuki Kondo (born 1975), Shorinji Kempo
- Takayuki Kubota (1934–2024), Te and Gosoku-ryu
- Shōgō Kuniba (1935–1992), Shitō-ryū
- Yasuaki Kurata (born 1946), Shito-ryu
- Chōtoku Kyan (1870–1945), Shōrin-ryū
M
- Kenwa Mabuni (1889–1952), Shitō-ryū
- Lyoto Machida (kelahiran 1978), Shotokan
- John Makdessi (kelahiran 1985), Shotokan
- Akira Masuda (born 1962), Kyokushin
- Shokei Matsui (born 1963), Kyokushin
- Sōkon Matsumura (ca 1800–ca 1890), Shuri-te
- Kenji Midori (born 1962), Kyokushin
- Takayuki Mikami (born 1933), Shotokan
- Miyuki Miura (born 1949), Shotokan and Kyokushin
- Frank Mir (born 1979), Kenpō
- Chōjun Miyagi (1888–1953), Gōjū-ryū
- Katsuya Miyahira (born 1918), Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan
- Ei'ichi Miyazato (1922–1999), Gōjū-ryū
- Minoru Mochizuki (1907–2003), Shotokan and Yoseikan
- Vic Moore (born 1943), Shuri-ryū
- Chōki Motobu (1871–1944), Shuri-te
- Chōyū Motobu (1857–1938), Shuri-te
- Matt Mullins (born 1980), Shōrei-ryū
- Musashi (Akio Mori, born 1972), Seido
- Glen Murphy (Born 1957) Kyokushin
N
- Shōshin Nagamine (1907–1997), Shōrin-ryū and Matsubayashi-ryū
- Don Nagle (1938–1999), Isshin-ryu
- Tatsuya Naka (born 1964), Shotokan
- Andrews Nakahara (born 1983), Kyokushin
- Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987), Shotokan
- Shūgorō Nakazato (born 1921), Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
- Jadamba Narantungalag (born (1975), Kyokushin
- Gunnar Nelson (born 1988), Gōjū-ryū
- Alain Ngalani (born 1975), Kyokushin
- Jōkō Ninomiya (born 1954), Enshin
- Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928–2008), Shotokan
- Masaaki Noiri (born 1993), Shin
- Chuck Norris (born 1940), Tang Soo Do
S
- Tarec Saffiedine (kelahiran 1986), Shihaishinkai
- Georges St-Pierre (born 1981), Kyokushin
- Kanga Sakukawa (1733–1815), Te
- Masaaki Satake (born 1965), Seido
- Katsuaki Satō (born 1946), Satojuku
- Semmy Schilt (born 1973), Ashihara
- Andy Sherry (born 1943), Shotokan
- Tatsuo Shimabuku (1908–1975), Gōjū-ryū and Isshin-ryū
- Zenryō Shimabukuro (1908–1969), Shōrin-ryū Seibukan
- Hiroshi Shirai (kelahiran 1937), Shotokan
- Assuério Silva (born 1974), Shotokan
- Wesley Snipes (born 1962), Shotokan
- Tiffany van Soest (born 1989), Shōrin-ryū
- Paul Starling (born 1948), Gōjū-ryū
- Shojiro Sugiyama (born 1929), Shotokan
T
- Kazumi Tabata (born 1943), Shotokan
- Seigo Tada (1922–1997), Gōjū-ryū and Seigokan
- Masaji Taira (born 1952), Gōjū-ryū
- Peichin Takahara (1683–c. 1765), Te
- Rina Takeda (born 1991), Ryukyu Shorin-ryu
- Chōjirō Tani (1921–1998), Shūkōkai
- Ewerton Teixeira (born 1982), Kyokushin
- George Spiro Thanos (born 1952), Taekwondo
- Geoff Thompson (born 1960), Shotokan
- Stephen Thompson (born 1983), American Kenpo
- Seikichi Toguchi (1917–1998), Gōjū-ryū
- Kenji Tokitsu (born 1947), Shotokan
- Kanken Tōyama (1888–1966), Shūdōkan
- Robert Trias (1923–1989), Shuri-ryū
- Masami Tsuruoka (born 1929), Chitō-ryū
- Ashraf Tai, (career 1974–1985) Shotokan
