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.
Arts
[edit]- Satoru Abe, American sculptor and painter
- Jean Charlot, French-American painter, muralist, and illustrator
- Johanna Drew Cluney, American Hawaiian feather lei maker, featherworker, collector, conservator[1][2]
- Mary Louise Kekuewa, American Hawaiian feather lei maker, featherworker[3][4]
- Tadashi Sato, painter, 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[5]
- Dallas Nagata White, landscape photographer known for "lava kiss"[6]
- Jeff Widener, American photojournalist[7]
- John Chin Young, painter known for his Zen-like depictions of horses
Athletics
[edit]- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player and coach[8]
- Dennis Alexio, kickboxer
- Tyler Allen, soccer player
- 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[9]
- David Aupiu, football player
- Dino Babers, head football coach for the Syracuse Orange
- Noahkai Banks, soccer player[10]
- Tim Bartro, indoor/outdoor soccer player[11]
- Heather Bown, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[12]
- Byron Chamberlain, NFL player[13]
- 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[14]
- Kaʻimi 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[15]
- 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[16]
- Marcus Mariota, NFL player[17]
- Carissa Moore, professional surfer[18]
- Ken Niumatalolo, football coach[19]
- Kenso Nushida (1899–1983), baseball player[20]
- Ed Parker, martial artist, author[21]
- B.J. Penn, UFC lightweight and welterweight champion
- Max Holloway, former UFC Featherweight Champion
- Dominic Raiola, NFL player
- Nick Rolovich, college football coach[22]
- Kyla Ross, Olympic gold medalist gymnast and member of the Fierce Five[23]
- Lenn Sakata, MLB player
- Teee Sanders, Olympic bronze medalist volleyball player[24]
- Dave Shoji, since 2013, all-time winningest NCAA Division I head volleyball coach[25]
- John Simerson, football player
- Andi Sullivan, soccer player for the United States
- Thomas Tamas, sport shooter[26]
- Manti Teʻo, football player for Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers[27]
- Shane Victorino, MLB World Series champion (2008 Philadelphia Phillies, 2013 Boston Red Sox)
- Michelle Wie, professional golfer[28]
- Milt Wilcox, MLB pitcher
- Jerome Williams, MLB pitcher
- Kim Willoughby, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[29]
- Bobby Wood, MLS soccer player
- Alexander Cartwright, "Father of Baseball"[30]
- Tua Tagovailoa, NFL player, Miami Dolphins
Business
[edit]- Thomas O. Bales Jr., medical technology and aerospace inventor and entrepreneur
- James Dole, developer of the pineapple industry in Hawaii, namesake of the Dole Food Company[31]
- Maria J. Forbes, manager, Lunalilo Home
- Genshiro Kawamoto, billionaire real estate investor[32][33]
- Stanley Kennedy Sr. founder of Hawaiian Airlines
- Darren Kimura, businessman, founder of Sopogy
- Pierre Omidyar, eBay creator and founder[34]
- 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[35]
Literature
[edit]- Joseph Campbell, writer, lecturer[36]
- Jack London, author, journalist, and social activist[37]
- Jack Lord, actor[38]
- Lois Lowry, author[39]
- Herman Melville, author[40]
- James A. Michener, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist[41]
- Janet Mock, author and MSNBC talk show host [42]
- Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer[43]
- Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author[44]
- Mark Twain, author[45]
- Kirby Wright, poet and writer
Movies/television/media
[edit]- Jacob Batalon, actor
- Sarah Wayne Callies, actress[46]
- Tia Carrere, singer, actress[47]
- Mark Dacascos, actor, martial artist[48]
- Denise Dowse, actress and director, Beverly Hills, 90210
- David Gallaher, graphic novelist and comic book author
- Lauren Graham, actress and producer, Gilmore Girls[49]
- Erin Gray, actress, Silver Spoons
- John Halliday, actor[50]
- 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[51]
- Daniel Dae Kim, actor[52]
- Clyde Kusatsu, actor
- Lori Matsukawa, television news anchor
- Al Michaels, television sportscaster[53]
- Jason Momoa, actor, director, model[54]
- Dwayne Johnson, actor, wrestler, alumni of President William McKinley High School.
- Jack Mower, actor
- Tahj Mowry, actor
- Jim Nabors, actor, singer, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.[55]
- Timothy Olyphant, actor, Deadwood, Justified[56]
- Maggi Parker, actress, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
- Janel Parrish, actress, model, plays Mona in Pretty Little Liars[57]
- Kelly Preston, actress, model
- Maggie Q, actress, Nikita
- Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game director, writer and producer[58]
- James Shigeta, actor
- Karen Steele, actress
- Don Stroud, actor
- Mageina Tovah, actress
- Mark Fischbach, YouTuber known as "Markiplier"
- Kam Fong Chun, actor, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
- Katija Pevec, actress
Music
[edit]- Anjani, singer-songwriter and pianist
- Yvonne Elliman, popular singer
- Don Ho, popular singer
- Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musician[59]
- Melody Miyuki Ishikawa, singer[60]
- Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter[61]
- Glenn Medeiros, singer-songwriter
- James Mercer, frontman of rock band The Shins
- Bette Midler, singer and actress[62]
- Kid Ory, jazz musician and bandleader
- Nicole Scherzinger, singer, dancer, model[63]
- Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso[64]
- Hana Shimozumi, light opera singer
- Huening Kai, Korean-American singer in boy band Tomorrow X Together
- Donald Sur, composer and musicologist
- Mike Starr, musician, Alice in Chains
Politics
[edit]- Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, 2010–2014[65]
- Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator, first Native Hawaiian Senator in the United States[66]
- George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States[67]
- John A. Burns, 2nd Governor of Hawaii[68]
- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States[69]
- Ben Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii 1994–2002
- Nora Stewart Coleman, former First Lady of American Samoa[70]
- Sanford B. Dole, lawyer, jurist, the President of the Republic of Hawaii, and the 1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii[71]
- Tammy Duckworth, United States Senator from Illinois and former U.S. congresswoman representing the 8th Congressional district in Illinois[72]
- Hiram Fong, United States Senator, namesake of the Senator Fong's Plantation & Gardens in Kaneohe[73]
- Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator from Hawai'i[74]
- Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore[75]
- Princess Kaʻiulani, crown princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[76]
- King Kalakaua, last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[77]
- Queen Liliuokalani, last reigning Queen of the Hawaiian Islands[78]
- Oren E. Long, former territorial governor of Hawai'i, one of Hawai'i's first US Senators[79]
- King Lunalilo, King to the Kingdom of Hawaii[80]
- Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
- Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines[81]
- Imee Marcos, Senator of the Philippines
- 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[82]
- Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States[83]
- Sarah Palin, politician, 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate[84]
- Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea[85]
- Mark Takai, former U.S. Representative
- Lorrin A. Thurston, lawyer, politician in Honolulu early 1900s[86]
- 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[87]
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Judi Andersen, Miss Hawaii USA 1978, Miss USA 1978
- Kermet Apio, comedian
- Dorothea Bennett (1929–1990), geneticist
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian princess, philanthropist, aliʻi, and Kamehameha descendant[88]
- Redmond Burke, heart surgeon
- Doris Duke, American heiress, socialite, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist[89]
- Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama
- Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author[90]
- Katrina Forest, American microbiologist and structural biology pioneer.
- Charles Irving Elliott aviation pioneer
- Marcus "Dyrus" Hill, League of Legends professional player
- Willi Hennig, biologist[citation needed]
- Brook Lee, Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, Miss Universe 1997
- Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, OSS agent in WWII[91]
- Megan McClung, first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War[92]
- 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 Schutter, attorney and activist
- Winfield W. Scott Jr., United States Army Lieutenant General
- Abigail Willis Tenney Smith, American missionary; teacher; President of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands
- Charles L. Veach, American astronaut[93]
- Ehren Watada, United States Army Lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq
- 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
- Dora Chung Zane, social worker
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