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
Satoru Abe , American sculptor and painterJean Charlot , French-American painter, muralist, and illustratorJohanna 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
Robyn Ah Mow-Santos , Olympic silver medalist volleyball player and coach[ 8] Dennis Alexio , kickboxerTyler Allen , soccer playerDavid Amerson , football player, North Carolina State and Washington Redskins cornerbackFrancys Arsentiev , first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of bottled oxygen[ 9] David Aupiu , football playerDino Babers , head football coach for the Syracuse Orange Heather Bown , Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[ 10] Byron Chamberlain , NFL player[ 11] Bryan Clay , 2008 Olympic gold medalist for the decathlon Jeff Cobb , Olympian and ROH wrestlerBuster Crabbe , 1932 Olympic gold medalist and actor (Tarzan , Flash Gordon , and Buck Rogers )Ron Darling , MLB pitcher, broadcaster[ 12] Ka'imi Fairbairn , American football playerSid Fernandez , MLB pitcherChris Fuamatu-Maʻafala , NFL playerKurt Gouveia , NFL playerCharlie Hough , MLB pitcherMike Huff , MLB pitcherNia Jax , WWE wrestlerDuke Kahanamoku , Olympic gold medalist, surfer, actor[ 13] Olin Kreutz , NFL playerAshley Lelie , NFL playerKarl Lorch , NFL playerMike Lum , MLB playerSalvador "Dado" Marino (1915-1989), flyweight boxer who became World flyweight champion in 1950[ 14] Marcus Mariota , NFL player[ 15] Carissa Moore , professional surfer [ 16] Ken Niumatalolo , football coach[ 17] Kenso Nushida (1899–1983), baseball player[ 18] Ed Parker , martial artist, author[ 19] B.J. Penn , UFC lightweight and welterweight championMax Holloway , former UFC Featherweight ChampionDominic Raiola , NFL playerNick Rolovich , college football coach[ 20] Kyla Ross , Olympic gold medalist gymnast and member of the Fierce Five [ 21] Lenn Sakata , MLB playerTeee Sanders , Olympic bronze medalist volleyball player[ 22] Dave Shoji , since 2013, all-time winningest NCAA Division I head volleyball coach[ 23] John Simerson , football playerAndi Sullivan , soccer player for the United States Thomas Tamas , sport shooter[ 24] Manti Teʻo , football player for Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers [ 25] Shane Victorino , MLB World Series champion (2008 Philadelphia Phillies , 2013 Boston Red Sox )Michelle Wie , professional golfer[ 26] Milt Wilcox , MLB pitcherJerome Williams , MLB pitcherKim Willoughby , Olympic silver medalist volleyball player[ 27] Bobby Wood , MLS soccer playerAlexander Cartwright , "Father of Baseball"[ 28] Tua Tagovailoa , NFL player, Miami Dolphins
Business
Thomas O. Bales Jr. , medical technology and aerospace inventor and entrepreneurJames Dole , developer of the pineapple industry in Hawaii, namesake of the Dole Food Company [ 29] Maria J. Forbes , manager, Lunalilo Home Genshiro Kawamoto , billionaire real estate investor[ 30] [ 31] Stanley Kennedy Sr. founder of Hawaiian AirlinesDarren Kimura , businessman, founder of Sopogy Pierre Omidyar , eBay creator and founder[ 32] 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 [ 33]
Literature
Joseph Campbell , writer, lecturer[ 34] Jack London , author, journalist, and social activist[ 35] Jack Lord , actor[ 36] Lois Lowry , author[ 37] Herman Melville , author[ 38] James A. Michener , Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist[ 39] Janet Mock , author and MSNBC talk show host [ 40] Robert Louis Stevenson , novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer[ 41] Hunter S. Thompson , journalist and author[ 42] Mark Twain , author[ 43] Kirby Wright , poet and writer
Jacob Batalon , actorSarah Wayne Callies , actress[ 44] Tia Carrere , singer, actress[ 45] Mark Dacascos , actor, martial artist[ 46] Denise Dowse , actress and director, Beverly Hills, 90210 David Gallaher , graphic novelist and comic book authorLauren Graham , actress and producer, Gilmore Girls [ 47] Erin Gray , actress, Silver Spoons John Halliday , actor[ 48] Kelly Hu , actress, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1985, Miss Teen USA 1985Carrie Ann Inaba , judge, Dancing with the Stars Keahu Kahuanui , actor, plays Danny Mahealani in series Teen Wolf on MTVNicole Kidman , Academy Award-winning actress[ 49] Daniel Dae Kim , actor[ 50] Clyde Kusatsu , actorLori Matsukawa , television news anchorAl Michaels , television sportscaster[ 51] Jason Momoa , actor, director, model[ 52] Dwayne Johnson , actor, wrestler, alumni of President William McKinley High School .Jack Mower , actorTahj Mowry , actorJim Nabors , actor, singer, The Andy Griffith Show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. [ 53] Timothy Olyphant , actor, Deadwood Justified [ 54] Maggi Parker , actress, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) Janel Parrish , actress, model, plays Mona in Pretty Little Liars [ 55] Kelly Preston , actress, modelMaggie Q , actress, Nikita Hironobu Sakaguchi , video game director, writer and producer[ 56] James Shigeta , actorKaren Steele , actressDon Stroud , actorMageina Tovah , actressMark Fischbach , YouTuber known as "Markiplier"Kam Fong Chun , actor, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) Katija Pevec , actress
Music
Anjani , singer-songwriter and pianistYvonne Elliman , popular singerDon Ho , popular singerIsrael "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole , Hawaiian musician[ 57] Melody Miyuki Ishikawa , singer[ 58] Bruno Mars , singer-songwriter[ 59] Glenn Medeiros , singer-songwriterJames Mercer , frontman of rock band The Shins Bette Midler , singer and actress[ 60] Kid Ory , jazz musician and bandleaderNicole Scherzinger , singer, dancer, model[ 61] Jake Shimabukuro , ukulele virtuoso[ 62] Hana Shimozumi , light opera singerHuening Kai , Korean-American singer in boy band Tomorrow X Together Donald Sur , composer and musicologistMike Starr , musician, Alice in Chains
Politics
Neil Abercrombie , Governor of Hawaii , 2010–2014[ 63] Daniel Akaka , U.S. Senator, first Native Hawaiian Senator in the United States[ 64] George Ariyoshi , 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States[ 65] John A. Burns , 2nd Governor of Hawaii[ 66] Jimmy Carter , 39th President of the United States [ 67] Ben Cayetano , Governor of Hawaii 1994–2002Nora Stewart Coleman , former First Lady of American Samoa [ 68] Sanford B. Dole , lawyer, jurist, the President of the Republic of Hawaii , and the 1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii[ 69] Tammy Duckworth , United States Senator from Illinois and former U.S. congresswoman representing the 8th Congressional district in Illinois [ 70] Hiram Fong , United States Senator, namesake of the Senator Fong's Plantation & Gardens in Kaneohe [ 71] Mazie Hirono , U.S. Senator from Hawai'i[ 72] Daniel Inouye , Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore[ 73] Princess Kaʻiulani , crown princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[ 74] King Kalakaua , last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[ 75] Queen Liliuokalani , last reigning Queen of the Hawaiian Islands[ 76] Oren E. Long , former territorial governor of Hawai'i, one of Hawai'i's first US Senators[ 77] King Lunalilo , King to the Kingdom of Hawaii[ 78] Bongbong Marcos , 17th President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos , 10th President of the Philippines[ 79] 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[ 80] Barack Obama , 44th President of the United States [ 81] Sarah Palin , politician, 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate[ 82] Syngman Rhee , 1st President of South Korea[ 83] Mark Takai , former U.S. RepresentativeLorrin A. Thurston , lawyer, politician in Honolulu early 1900s[ 84] 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 [ 85]
Miscellaneous
Judi Andersen , Miss Hawaii USA 1978, Miss USA 1978Kermet Apio , comedianDorothea Bennett (1929–1990), geneticistBernice Pauahi Bishop , Hawaiian princess, philanthropist, aliʻi , and Kamehameha descendant [ 86] Redmond Burke , heart surgeonDoris Duke , American heiress, socialite, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist[ 87] Ann Dunham , mother of Barack Obama Amelia Earhart , American aviation pioneer and author[ 88] Katrina Forest , American microbiologist and structural biology pioneer.Charles Irving Elliott aviation pioneerMarcus "Dyrus" Hill , League of Legends professional playerWilli Hennig , biologist[citation needed Brook Lee , Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, Miss Universe 1997Elizabeth Peet McIntosh , OSS agent in WWII[ 89] Megan McClung , first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War[ 90] 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 , sociologistDavid Schutter , attorney and activistWinfield W. Scott Jr. , United States Army Lieutenant GeneralAbigail Willis Tenney Smith , American missionary; teacher; President of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific IslandsCharles L. Veach , American astronaut[ 91] Ehren Watada , United States Army Lieutenant who refused to deploy to IraqMacel Wilson , Miss Hawaii USA 1962, Miss USA 1962Tanya Wilson , Miss Hawaii USA 1972, Miss USA 1972Danny Yamashiro , American clergyman, researcher, and religious broadcaster
Dora Chung Zane , social worker
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