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
- Dallas Nagata White, landscape photographer known for "lava kiss"[1]
- Jeff Widener, American photojournalist[2]
Athletics
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player and coach[3]
- 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[4]
- Heather Bown, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[5]
- Byron Chamberlain, NFL player[6]
- Ron Darling, MLB pitcher, broadcaster[7]
- Sid Fernandez, MLB pitcher
- Kurt Gouveia, NFL player
- Charlie Hough, MLB pitcher
- Mike Huff, MLB pitcher
- ‡Duke Kahanamoku, Olympic gold medalist, surfer, actor[8]
- Olin Kreutz, NFL player
- Karl Lorch, NFL player
- Mike Lum, MLB player
- Marcus Mariota, NFL player[9]
- Ken Niumatalolo, football coach[10]
- ‡Ed Parker, martial artist, author[11]
- B.J. Penn, UFC lightweight and welterweight champion
- Dominic Raiola, NFL player
- ‡Jackie Robinson, baseball player; played for Honolulu minor-league team
- Nick Rolovich, college football coach[12]
- Kyla Ross, Olympic gold medalist gymnast and member of the Fierce Five[13]
- Lenn Sakata, MLB player
- Teee Sanders, Olympic bronze medalist volleyball player[14]
- Dave Shoji, since 2013, all-time winningest NCAA Division I head volleyball coach[15]
- ‡John Simerson, football player
- Thomas Tamas, sport shooter[16]
- Manti Teʻo, football player for Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers[17]
- Michelle Wie, professional golfer[18]
- Milt Wilcox, MLB pitcher
- Jerome Williams, MLB pitcher
- Kim Willoughby, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[19]
- ‡Alexander Cartwright, "Father of Baseball"[20]
Business
- Genshiro Kawamoto, billionaire real estate investor[21][22]
- Darren Kimura, businessman, founder of Sopogy
- Pierre Omidyar, eBay, creator and founder[23]
- 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[24]
- ‡James Dole, developer of the pineapple industry in Hawaii, namesake of the Dole Food Company[25]
Literature
- ‡Joseph Campbell, writer, lecturer[26]
- ‡Jack London, author, journalist, and social activist[27]
- ‡Jack Lord, actor[28]
- Lois Lowry, author[29]
- ‡Herman Melville, author[30]
- ‡James A. Michener, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist[31]
- Janet Mock, author and MSNBC talk show host [32]
- ‡Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer[33]
- ‡Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author[34]
- ‡Mark Twain, author[35]
Movies/television/media
- Sarah Wayne Callies, actress[36]
- Tia Carrere, singer, actress[37]
- Mark Dacascos, actor, martial artist[38]
- David Gallaher, graphic novelist and comic book author
- Lauren Graham, actress and producer, Gilmore Girls[39]
- Erin Gray, actress, Silver Spoons
- ‡John Halliday, actor[40]
- 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[41]
- Daniel Dae Kim, actor[42]
- Clyde Kusatsu, actor
- Al Michaels, television sportscaster[43]
- Jason Momoa, actor, director, model[44]
- Jim Nabors, actor, singer, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.[45]
- Timothy Olyphant, actor, Deadwood, Justified[46]
- Janel Parrish, actress, model, plays Mona in Pretty Little Liars[47]
- Kelly Preston, actress, model
- Maggie Q, actress, Nikita
- Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game director, writer and producer[48]
- James Shigeta, actor
- Karen Steele, actress
- Don Stroud, actor
- Mageina Tovah, actress
- Adam West, actor, Batman[49]
Music
- ‡Don Ho, popular singer
- ‡Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musician[50]
- Melody Miyuki Ishikawa, singer[51]
- Bruno Mars, singer and songwriter[52]
- Glenn Medeiros, singer-songwriter
- Bette Midler, singer and actress[53]
- Kid Ory, jazz musician and bandleader
- Nicole Scherzinger, singer, dancer, model[54]
- Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso[55]
- ‡Donald Sur, composer and musicologist
- Mike Starr, musician, Alice in Chains
Politics
- Neil Abercrombie, 7th Governor of Hawaii[56]
- Daniel Akaka, United States Senator, first Native Hawaiian senator in the United States[57]
- George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States[58]
- ‡John A. Burns, 2nd Governor of Hawaii[59]
- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States[60]
- 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[61]
- Tammy Duckworth, United States congresswoman representing the 8th Congressional district in Illinois[62]
- ‡Hiram Fong, United States Senator, namesake of the Senator Fong's Plantation & Gardens in Kaneohe[63]
- Mazie Hirono, United States Senator from Hawai'i[64]
- ‡Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, United States Senator, President pro tempore[65]
- ‡Princess Kaʻiulani, crown princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[66]
- ‡King Kalakaua, last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[67]
- ‡Queen Liliuokalani, last reigning Queen of the Hawaiian Islands[68]
- ‡Oren E. Long, former territorial governor of Hawai'i, one of Hawai'i's first US Senators[69]
- ‡King Lunalilo, King to the Kingdom of Hawaii[70]
- ‡Ferdinand Marcos, former President of the Philippines[71]
- ‡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[72]
- Barack Obama, 44th and current President of the United States[73] (2009–present)
- Sarah Palin, politician, 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate[74]
- ‡Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea[75]
- ‡Lorrin A. Thurston lawyer, politician in Honolulu early 1900s[76]
- ‡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[77]
Miscellaneous
- Judi Andersen, Miss Hawaii USA 1978, Miss USA 1978
- ‡Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian princess, philanthropist, aliʻi, and Kamehameha descendant[78]
- ‡Doris Duke, American heiress, socialite, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist[79]
- Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama
- ‡Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author[80]
- Marcus "Dyrus" Hill, League of Legends professional player
- ‡Willi Hennig, biologist
- ‡Megan McClung, first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War[81]
- ‡Charles L. Veach, American astronaut[82]
- Macel Wilson, Miss Hawaii USA 1962, Miss USA 1962
- Tanya Wilson, Miss Hawaii USA 1972, Miss USA 1972
References
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- ↑ Lieber Steeg, Jill (December 19, 2007). "New Navy coach Niumatalolo is big fan of old one". USA Today. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Ed Parker". Kenpo Karate - Setting History Right 1949-1954 by Will Tracy. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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