Notable People from Hawaii

Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor

painter and sketch artist (1821-1906)

Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell

Hawaiian noblewoman (1858-1908)

William Nevins Armstrong

Author, Attorney General Kingdom of Hawaii

Mary Pitman Ailau

Hawaiian noblewoman

Albert Francis Judd

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Provisional Government of Hawaii, and Republic of Hawaii until it became the Territory of Hawaii. (1838–1900)

Henry Perrine Baldwin

American politician (1842–1911)

Rufus Anderson Lyman

Hawaiian judge

William Owen Smith

Hawaiian politician (1848-1929)

William Richards Castle

lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii (1849-1935)

Mary Foster

American philanthropist

Robert Hoapili Baker

American politician

George W. Macfarlane

British businessman, courtier and politician

Charles Crane

businessman and politician in Hawaii

William Ansel Kinney

lawyer and politician in the Kingdom, the Republic, and then the Territory of Hawaii

Emma Ahuena Taylor

Public figure in Hawaii (1867-1937)

John C. Lane

American politician (1872-1958)

Kini Kapahu

Hawaiian hula dancer, musician, and singer

Henry Alexander Baldwin

American politician (1871-1946)

Arthur Webster Emerson

American painter (1885-1968)

Al Kikume

actor, stuntman (1894-1972)

Prince Oana

American baseball player (1908–1976)

Yukihiko Haida

Japanese composer

Sam Ku West

American musician

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley

American artist (1909-2010)

Bobby Lowe

martial artist

Yukio Okutsu

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1921-2003)

Chieko N. Okazaki

American Mormon missionary and writer and Relief Society Leader (1926-2011)

Elmer Cravalho

American politician

Karl Koopman

zoologist

Kwun-Ling Chow

American actress and Cantonese opera singer

Ron Akana

flight attendant

Herbert K. Pililaau

recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War

Mitsu Arakawa

American professional wrestler

Ray Yoshida

American artist (1930-2009)

Adrian Barber

English musician (1938–2020)

Alan Cooke Kay

American judge (1932–2024)

Anthony T. Kahoʻohanohano

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Charley Ane

American football player (1931-2007)

Ed Cobb

American musician

Elvin R. Heiberg III

United States Army general (1932–2013)

Humbert Roque Versace

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1937-1965)

Leroy A. Mendonca

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1932–1951)

Poncie Ponce

American actor, musician and stand-up comedian

Sammy Steamboat

American professional wrestler

Allen K. Ono

United States Army general

Moa Tahi

American film actor

Dean Ho

American professional wrestler (1940–2021)

Cathy Cade

artist

Cheryl Waters

American actress

Jeffrey Silverthorne

American photographer (1946–2022)