Notable People from Hawaii

Jack Mower

actor (1890-1965)

John Fujioka

actor (1925-2018)

Lorrin A. Thurston

Hawaiian politician (1858–1931)

Maiola Kalili

American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1909-1972)

Brian Adams

American professional wrestler (1964-2007)

Mabel Alvarez

American artist (1891–1985)

Likelike

princess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (1851–1887)

Keōpūolani

Queen consort of Hawaiʻi and the highest ranking wife of King Kamehameha I

Hawayo Takata

Introduced Reiki to the Western World (1900–1980)

Andy Irons

American surfer (1978–2010)

Taylor Wily

Hawaiian actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist (1968–2024)

Tina Wiseman

American actress (1965-2005)

Mark Takai

American politician

Kamāmalu

Hawaiian royal consort (1802–1824)

Bill Tapia

American musician (1908–2011)

Eddie Aikau

Hawaiian surfer and lifeguard (1946–1978)

Ed Parker

American martial artist (1931-1990)

Thomas Gill

American politician (1922–2009)

Kalama

Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and spouse of King Kamehameha III, the third ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1817–1870)

Danny Kamekona

American actor (1935-1996)

Kellye Nakahara

American actress (1948–2020)

D. Howard Hitchcock

American artist (1861-1943)

Anne Brigman

American photographer (1869–1950)

Bob Shane

American musician

Danny Lockin

actor, dancer (1943-1977)

Soo Yong

Chinese-American film and Television actress (1903-1984)

Mary Kawena Pukui

Hawaiian scholar, dancer, composer, and educator (1895–1986)

Keelikōlani

primary heir to the Kamehameha family of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (1826–1883)

Hiram Bingham II

Protestant Christian missionary to Hawaii (1831–1908)

John Guerin

American drummer

David McFaull

sailor

Terry Teruo Kawamura

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1949–1969)

Kīnaʻu

Hawaiian royal consort

Satoru Abe

Sculptor and painter (1926–2025)

Rynn Berry

American historian of vegetarianism

Kekāuluohi

Kuhina Nui of the Kingdom of Hawaii, a queen consort of both King Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II, and mother of King Lunalilo (1794-1845)

Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

Hawaiian royalty and Hawaiian politician (1871-1922)

William Richards Castle Jr.

American diplomat (1878–1963)

Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley

Hawaiian activist

Leleiohoku II

Hawaiian prince

Kaumualii

king of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau before unified Hawai'i

Keitani Graham

Olympic wrestler (1980-2012)

Derek Ho

American surfer (1964–2020)

Victoria Kamāmalu

Hawaiian princess (1838–1866)

Alvin Ing

American singer and actor (1932-2021)

Wally Yonamine

American football running back (1925-2011)

Samuel Kamakau

Hawaiian Historian, Scholar and Educator

William DeWitt Alexander

American educator, author & linguist (1833-1913)

Nāhiʻenaʻena

hawaiian princess

Herman Wedemeyer

American politician (1924-1999)