Notable People from Hawaii

Samuel Kamakau

Hawaiian Historian, Scholar and Educator

Danny Barcelona

American musician (1929-2007)

William DeWitt Alexander

American educator, author & linguist (1833-1913)

Gabby Pahinui

American Hawaiian musician (1921–1980)

Nāhiʻenaʻena

hawaiian princess

Wally Yonamine

American football running back (1925-2011)

Luther Gulick

American physical education instructor, international basketball official, & co-founder Camp Fire Girls (1865–1918)

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa

Heiress, preservationist, and descendent of the House of Kawānanakoa

William Alexander Stewart

American linguist (1930-2002)

George R. Carter

American politician (1866-1933)

Henry Hoolulu Pitman

American Civil War soldier

Joseph Nāwahī

American artist

Emma Nāwahī

Native Hawaiian political activist

Sol Hoʻopiʻi

Native Hawaiian guitarist who was a lap steel guitar virtuoso (1902-1953)

Samuel C. Armstrong

Union Army general and educator

Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku

king of the island of Hawaii in the late 17th century; great-grandfather of Kamehameha I

Etta Lee

American silent film actress (1906-1956)

Tadashi Wakabayashi

baseball player, coach (1908-1965)

Laurette Luez

actress (1928-1999)

Larry Ramos

American guitarist, banjoist, vocalist (1942-2014)

David Cass

American economist (1937-2008)

Bobby Holcomb

Hawaiian artist (1947-1991)

Samuel Wilder King

American politician (1886–1959)

Lawrence M. Judd

American politician (1887-1968)

Nelson Doi

American politician

Kekauōnohi

Hawaiian princess and queen consort of Kamehameha II, member of the House of Kamehameha and granddaughter of King Kamehameha I.

Johnny Noble

American musician, composer, arranger

Herman Wedemeyer

American politician (1924-1999)

Seth Sakai

American actor (1932-2007)

S. Neil Fujita

American graphic designer (1921–2010)

Cecil Brown

Hawaiian attorney, politician, businessman, and banker (1850-1917)

Paul Avery

American journalist (1934–2000)

Ed Corney

American bodybuilder

Gilbert Lani Kauhi

American actor (1937-2004)

Rodney Yano

U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient

Toshiko Takaezu

American artist (1922-2011)

William Kahaiali'i

Hawaiian-American artist (1960-2020)

Nathaniel Bright Emerson

American physician

J. T. Gulick

American missionary and naturalist from Hawaii (1832-1923)

King Curtis Iaukea

American professional wrestler (1937–2010)

Kalākua Kaheiheimālie

queen consort of Kamehameha I; grandmother of Kings Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, and Lunalilo

Jean King

American politician

Harvey Gates

American Screenwriter (1894–1948)

Harold Kruger

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, actor, stuntman (1897-1965)

David Dwight Baldwin

businessman, educator, and biologist on the Hawaiian island of Maui (1831-1912)

Iris Falcam

Federated States of Micronesia librarian (1938-2010)

William Paul Jarrett

American sheriff and politician (1877-1929)

Gabe Baltazar

American musician (1929–2022)

Moe Keale

Hawaiian actor and musician (1939-2002)

Shinyei Nakamine

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1920-1944)