Notable People from Hawaii

Bobby Holcomb

Hawaiian artist (1947-1991)

Etta Lee

American silent film actress (1906-1956)

Gabby Pahinui

American Hawaiian musician (1921–1980)

William DeWitt Alexander

American educator, author & linguist (1833-1913)

Tor Kamata

American professional wrestler (1937–2007)

Nāhiʻenaʻena

hawaiian princess

Luther Gulick

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

George R. Carter

American politician (1866-1933)

Lawrence M. Judd

American politician (1887-1968)

Henry Hoolulu Pitman

American Civil War soldier

Joseph Nāwahī

American artist

David Cass

American economist (1937-2008)

Emma Nāwahī

Native Hawaiian political activist

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

Bill Alsup

American open-wheel racing driver (1938-2016)

Robert Kuroda

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1922–1944)

Tadashi Wakabayashi

baseball player, coach (1908-1965)

Laurette Luez

actress (1928-1999)

Samuel Wilder King

American politician (1886–1959)

Larry Ramos

American guitarist, banjoist, vocalist (1942-2014)

Danny Barcelona

American musician (1929-2007)

Kekauōnohi

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

Nelson Doi

American politician

Herman Wedemeyer

American politician (1924-1999)

Johnny Noble

American musician, composer, arranger

Sol Hoʻopiʻi

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

Wally Yonamine

American football running back (1925-2011)

Cecil Brown

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

Jean King

American politician

Seth Sakai

American actor (1932-2007)

S. Neil Fujita

American graphic designer (1921–2010)

Ed Corney

American bodybuilder

Gilbert Lani Kauhi

American actor (1937-2004)

Paul Avery

American journalist (1934–2000)

Iris Falcam

Federated States of Micronesia librarian (1938-2010)

Rodney Yano

U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient

Toshiko Takaezu

American artist (1922-2011)

Nathaniel Bright Emerson

American physician

J. T. Gulick

American missionary and naturalist from Hawaii (1832-1923)

King Curtis Iaukea

American professional wrestler (1937–2010)

William Kahaiali'i

Hawaiian-American artist (1960-2020)

Kalākua Kaheiheimālie

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

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)

William Paul Jarrett

American sheriff and politician (1877-1929)

Gabe Baltazar

American musician (1929–2022)

David Malo

Hawaiian historian

Moe Keale

Hawaiian actor and musician (1939-2002)