List of people from Honolulu

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Honolulu, Hawaii, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

‡ - Denotes person is deceased.

Arts

• Satoru Abe, American sculptor and painter
• ‡Jean Charlot, internationally famous French-American painter, muralist, and illustrator
• ‡Tadashi Sato, known for Aquarius, a 36-foot circular mosaic on the floor of the atrium of the Hawaii State Capitol
• ‡Madge Tennent, British-American painter considered the most important contributor to 20th-century Hawaiian art[1]
• Dallas Nagata White, landscape photographer known for "lava kiss"[2]
• Jeff Widener, American photojournalist[3]
• ‡John Chin Young, known for his Zen-like depictions of horses

Athletics

• Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player and coach[4]
• Dennis Alexio, Kickboxer
• David Amerson, football player, North Carolina State and Washington Redskins cornerback
• Francys Arsentiev, first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of bottled oxygen[5]
• David Aupiu, football player
• Heather Bown, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[6]
• Byron Chamberlain, NFL player[7]
• Bryan Clay, 2008 Olympic gold medalist for the decathlon
• Jeff Cobb, Olympian and ROH wrestler
• Buster Crabbe, 1932 Olympic gold medalist and actor (Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers)
• Ron Darling, MLB pitcher, broadcaster[8]
• Ka'imi Fairbairn, American football player
• Sid Fernandez, MLB pitcher
• Chris Fuamatu-Maʻafala, NFL player
• Kurt Gouveia, NFL player
• Charlie Hough, MLB pitcher
• Mike Huff, MLB pitcher
• Nia Jax, WWE wrestler
• ‡Duke Kahanamoku, Olympic gold medalist, surfer, actor[9]
• Olin Kreutz, NFL player
• Ashley Lelie, NFL player
• Karl Lorch, NFL player
• Mike Lum, MLB player
• Salvador "Dado" Marino (1915-1989), flyweight boxer who became World flyweight champion in 1950[10]
• Marcus Mariota, NFL player[11]
• Ken Niumatalolo, football coach[12]
• ‡Ed Parker, martial artist, author[13]
• B.J. Penn, UFC lightweight and welterweight champion
• Max Holloway, former UFC Featherweight Champion
• Dominic Raiola, NFL player
• Nick Rolovich, college football coach[14]
• Kyla Ross, Olympic gold medalist gymnast and member of the Fierce Five[15]
• Lenn Sakata, MLB player
• Teee Sanders, Olympic bronze medalist volleyball player[16]
• Dave Shoji, since 2013, all-time winningest NCAA Division I head volleyball coach[17]
• ‡John Simerson, football player
• Thomas Tamas, sport shooter[18]
• Manti Teʻo, football player for Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers[19]
• Shane Victorino, MLB World Series champion (2008 Philadelphia Phillies, 2013 Boston Red Sox)
• Michelle Wie, professional golfer[20]
• Milt Wilcox, MLB pitcher
• Jerome Williams, MLB pitcher
• Kim Willoughby, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[21]
• ‡Alexander Cartwright, "Father of Baseball"[22]

Business

• Genshiro Kawamoto, billionaire real estate investor[23][24]
• Stanley Kennedy Sr. founder of Hawaiian Airlines
• Darren Kimura, businessman, founder of Sopogy
• Pierre Omidyar, eBay creator and founder[25]
• William S. Patout, III, sugar grower from Iberia Parish, Louisiana; lived in Honolulu, 1959 to 1960.
• ‡Charles Reed Bishop, businessman, philanthropist, founder of the Bishop Museum[26]
• ‡James Dole, developer of the pineapple industry in Hawaii, namesake of the Dole Food Company[27]

Literature

• ‡Joseph Campbell, writer, lecturer[28]
• ‡Jack London, author, journalist, and social activist[29]
• ‡Jack Lord, actor[30]
• Lois Lowry, author[31]
• ‡Herman Melville, author[32]
• ‡James A. Michener, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist[33]
• Janet Mock, author and MSNBC talk show host [34]
• ‡Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer[35]
• ‡Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author[36]
• ‡Mark Twain, author[37]
• ‡Kirby Wright, poet and writer

Movies/television/media

• Sarah Wayne Callies, actress[38]
• Tia Carrere, singer, actress[39]
• Mark Dacascos, actor, martial artist[40]
• Denise Dowse, actress and director, Beverly Hills, 90210
• David Gallaher, graphic novelist and comic book author
• Lauren Graham, actress and producer, Gilmore Girls[41]
• Erin Gray, actress, Silver Spoons
• ‡John Halliday, actor[42]
• Kelly Hu, actress, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1985, Miss Teen USA 1985
• Carrie Ann Inaba, judge, Dancing with the Stars
• Keahu Kahuanui, actor, plays Danny Mahealani in series Teen Wolf on MTV
• Nicole Kidman, Academy Award-winning actress[43]
• Daniel Dae Kim, actor[44]
• Clyde Kusatsu, actor
• Lori Matsukawa, television news anchor
• Al Michaels, television sportscaster[45]
• Jason Momoa, actor, director, model[46]
• Jack Mower, actor
• Tahj Mowry, actor
• Jim Nabors, actor, singer, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.[47]
• Timothy Olyphant, actor, Deadwood, Justified[48]
• Maggi Parker, actress, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
• Janel Parrish, actress, model, plays Mona in Pretty Little Liars[49]
• Kelly Preston, actress, model
• Maggie Q, actress, Nikita
• Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game director, writer and producer[50]
• James Shigeta, actor
• Karen Steele, actress
• Don Stroud, actor
• Mageina Tovah, actress
• Mark Edward Fischbach, YouTuber known as "Markiplier"
• Kam Fong Chun, actor, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)

Music

• Anjani, singer-songwriter and pianist
• Yvonne Elliman, popular singer
• ‡Don Ho, popular singer
• ‡Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musician[51]
• Melody Miyuki Ishikawa, singer[52]
• Bruno Mars, singer and songwriter[53]
• Glenn Medeiros, singer-songwriter
• James Mercer, frontman of rock band The Shins
• Bette Midler, singer and actress[54]
• ‡Kid Ory, jazz musician and bandleader
• Nicole Scherzinger, singer, dancer, model[55]
• Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso[56]
• Hana Shimozumi, light opera singer
• Huening Kai, Korean-American singer in boyband TXT
• ‡Donald Sur, composer and musicologist
• ‡Mike Starr, musician, Alice in Chains

Politics

• Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, 2010-2014[57]
• ‡Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator, first Native Hawaiian Senator in the United States[58]
• George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States[59]
• ‡John A. Burns, 2nd Governor of Hawaii[60]
• Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States[61]
• Ben Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii 1994-2002
• ‡Sanford B. Dole, lawyer, jurist, the President of the Republic of Hawaii, and the 1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii[62]
• Tammy Duckworth, United States Senator from Illinois and former U.S. congresswoman representing the 8th Congressional district in Illinois[63]
• ‡Hiram Fong, United States Senator, namesake of the Senator Fong's Plantation & Gardens in Kaneohe[64]
• Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator from Hawai'i[65]
• ‡Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore[66]
• ‡Princess Kaʻiulani, crown princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[67]
• ‡King Kalakaua, last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[68]
• ‡Queen Liliuokalani, last reigning Queen of the Hawaiian Islands[69]
• ‡Oren E. Long, former territorial governor of Hawai'i, one of Hawai'i's first US Senators[70]
• ‡King Lunalilo, King to the Kingdom of Hawaii[71]
• ‡Ferdinand Marcos, former President of the Philippines[72]
• ‡Patsy Mink, former U.S. congresswoman who co-authored the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, first Japanese-American woman licensed to practice law in Hawaii[73]
• Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States[74]
• Sarah Palin, politician, 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate[75]
• ‡Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea[76]
• ‡Mark Takai, former U.S. Representative
• ‡Lorrin A. Thurston, lawyer, politician in Honolulu early 1900s[77]
• ‡Sun Yat-sen, "Father of the Nation" of the Republic of China, and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in the People's Republic of China[78]

Miscellaneous

• Judi Andersen, Miss Hawaii USA 1978, Miss USA 1978
• ‡Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian princess, philanthropist, aliʻi, and Kamehameha descendant[79]
• ‡Doris Duke, American heiress, socialite, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist[80]
• ‡Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama
• ‡Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author[81]
• Charles Irving Elliott aviation pioneer
• Marcus "Dyrus" Hill, League of Legends professional player
• ‡Willi Hennig, biologist
• Brook Lee, Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, Miss Universe 1997
• ‡Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, OSS agent in WWII[82]
• ‡Megan McClung, first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War[83]
• ‡Harry T.L. Pang, posthumous Purple Heart recipient killed during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor while serving with the Honolulu Fire Department
• James Mahmud Rice, sociologist
• ‡David C. Schutter, attorney and activist
• ‡Charles L. Veach, American astronaut[84]
• Macel Wilson, Miss Hawaii USA 1962, Miss USA 1962
• Tanya Wilson, Miss Hawaii USA 1972, Miss USA 1972
• Danny Yamashiro, American clergyman, researcher, and religious broadcaster
• Reahnna Sophia Deocares, Best Drip 2021

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