# List of people from Honolulu

NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE• Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. • The article must mention how they are associated with the community, whether born, raised, or residing. • The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited, or it should be stated in their Wikipedia article • Alphabetical by last name please, within the appropriate category • All others will be deleted without further explanation END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE 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 painter
* Jean Charlot, French-American painter, muralist, and illustrator
* Johanna Drew Cluney, American Hawaiian feather lei maker, featherworker, collector, conservator
* Mary Louise Kekuewa, American Hawaiian feather lei maker, featherworker
* 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
* Dallas Nagata White, landscape photographer known for "lava kiss"
* Jeff Widener, American photojournalist
* John Chin Young, painter known for his Zen-like depictions of horses

## Athletics

* Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player and coach
* 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
* David Aupiu, football player
* Dino Babers, head football coach for the Syracuse Orange
* Noahkai Banks, soccer player
* Tim Bartro, indoor/outdoor soccer player
* Heather Bown, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player
* Byron Chamberlain, NFL player
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Marcus Mariota, NFL player
* Carissa Moore, professional surfer
* Ken Niumatalolo, football coach
* Kenso Nushida (1899–1983), baseball player
* Ed Parker, martial artist, author
* B.J. Penn, UFC lightweight and welterweight champion
* Max Holloway, former UFC Featherweight Champion
* Dominic Raiola, NFL player
* Nick Rolovich, college football coach
* Kyla Ross, Olympic gold medalist gymnast and member of the Fierce Five
* Lenn Sakata, MLB player
* Teee Sanders, Olympic bronze medalist volleyball player
* Dave Shoji, since 2013, all-time winningest NCAA Division I head volleyball coach
* John Simerson, football player
* Andi Sullivan, soccer player for the United States
* Thomas Tamas, sport shooter
* Manti Teʻo, football player for Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers
* Shane Victorino, MLB World Series champion (2008 Philadelphia Phillies, 2013 Boston Red Sox)
* Michelle Wie, professional golfer
* Milt Wilcox, MLB pitcher
* Jerome Williams, MLB pitcher
* Kim Willoughby, Olympic silver medalist volleyball player
* Bobby Wood, MLS soccer player
* Alexander Cartwright, "Father of Baseball"
* Tua Tagovailoa, NFL player, Miami Dolphins

## Business

* 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
* Maria J. Forbes, manager, Lunalilo Home
* Genshiro Kawamoto, billionaire real estate investor
* Stanley Kennedy Sr. founder of Hawaiian Airlines
* Darren Kimura, businessman, founder of Sopogy
* Pierre Omidyar, eBay creator and founder
* 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

## Literature

* Joseph Campbell, writer, lecturer
* Jack London, author, journalist, and social activist
* Jack Lord, actor
* Lois Lowry, author
* Herman Melville, author
* James A. Michener, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
* Janet Mock, author and MSNBC talk show host
* Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
* Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author
* Mark Twain, author
* Kirby Wright, poet and writer

## Movies/television/media

* Jacob Batalon, actor
* Sarah Wayne Callies, actress
* Tia Carrere, singer, actress
* Mark Dacascos, actor, martial artist
* Denise Dowse, actress and director, Beverly Hills, 90210
* David Gallaher, graphic novelist and comic book author
* Lauren Graham, actress and producer, Gilmore Girls
* Erin Gray, actress, Silver Spoons
* John Halliday, actor
* 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
* Daniel Dae Kim, actor
* Clyde Kusatsu, actor
* Lori Matsukawa, television news anchor
* Al Michaels, television sportscaster
* Jason Momoa, actor, director, model
* 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.
* Timothy Olyphant, actor, Deadwood, Justified
* Maggi Parker, actress, Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
* Janel Parrish, actress, model, plays Mona in Pretty Little Liars
* Kelly Preston, actress, model
* Maggie Q, actress, Nikita
* Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game director, writer and producer
* 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

* Anjani, singer-songwriter and pianist
* Yvonne Elliman, popular singer
* Don Ho, popular singer
* Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musician
* Melody Miyuki Ishikawa, singer
* Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter
* Glenn Medeiros, singer-songwriter
* James Mercer, frontman of rock band The Shins
* Bette Midler, singer and actress
* Kid Ory, jazz musician and bandleader
* Nicole Scherzinger, singer, dancer, model
* Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso
* 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

* Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, 2010–2014
* Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator, first Native Hawaiian Senator in the United States
* George Ariyoshi, 3rd Governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American governor in the United States
* John A. Burns, 2nd Governor of Hawaii
* Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
* Ben Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii 1994–2002
* Nora Stewart Coleman, former First Lady of American Samoa
* Sanford B. Dole, lawyer, jurist, the President of the Republic of Hawaii, and the 1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii
* Tammy Duckworth, United States Senator from Illinois and former U.S. congresswoman representing the 8th Congressional district in Illinois
* Hiram Fong, United States Senator, namesake of the Senator Fong's Plantation & Gardens in Kaneohe
* Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator from Hawai'i
* Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator, President pro tempore
* Princess Kaʻiulani, crown princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
* King Kalakaua, last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
* Queen Liliuokalani, last reigning Queen of the Hawaiian Islands
* Oren E. Long, former territorial governor of Hawai'i, one of Hawai'i's first US Senators
* King Lunalilo, King to the Kingdom of Hawaii
* Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
* Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines
* 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
* Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
* Sarah Palin, politician, 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate
* Syngman Rhee, 1st President of South Korea
* Mark Takai, former U.S. Representative
* Lorrin A. Thurston, lawyer, politician in Honolulu early 1900s
* 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

## Miscellaneous

* 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
* Redmond Burke, heart surgeon
* Doris Duke, American heiress, socialite, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist
* Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama
* Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author
* Katrina Forest, American microbiologist and structural biology pioneer.
* 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
* Megan McClung, first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War
* 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
* 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