Notable People from Hawaii

John Fujioka

actor (1925-2018)

Lorrin A. Thurston

Hawaiian politician (1858–1931)

Maiola Kalili

American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1909-1972)

Red Rocha

American basketball player and coach (1923–2010)

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)

Mark Takai

American politician

Taylor Wily

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

Tina Wiseman

American actress (1965-2005)

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)

David McFaull

sailor

Danny Lockin

actor, dancer (1943-1977)

Bob Shane

American musician

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)

Soo Yong

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

John Guerin

American drummer

Rynn Berry

American historian of vegetarianism

Kīnaʻu

Hawaiian royal consort

Terry Teruo Kawamura

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

Satoru Abe

Sculptor and painter (1926–2025)

Derek Ho

American surfer (1964–2020)

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

Keitani Graham

Olympic wrestler (1980-2012)

Kaumualii

king of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau before unified Hawai'i

Victoria Kamāmalu

Hawaiian princess (1838–1866)

Alvin Ing

American singer and actor (1932-2021)

Larry Ramos

American guitarist, banjoist, vocalist (1942-2014)

Samuel Kamakau

Hawaiian Historian, Scholar and Educator

Wally Yonamine

American football running back (1925-2011)

William DeWitt Alexander

American educator, author & linguist (1833-1913)

Nāhiʻenaʻena

hawaiian princess