Biographical Records

Notable People from Hawaii

360 notable figures born in Hawaii, showing page 8 of 8, ranked by historical prominence.

Milton Murayama

American Nisei novelist and playwright (1923-2016)

1923 – 2016

novelist

Joseph J. Fern

American mayor (1872-1920)

1872 – 1920

politician

George F. Wright

American politician

1881 – 1938

surveyorpolitician

Walter F. Dillingham

industrialist and businessman from Honolulu, Hawaii, and a developer of urban Honolulu

1875 – 1963

businessperson

Edward Griffin Hitchcock

Sheriff and Circuit Court Judge for the island of Hawaiʻi and Marshal of the Republic of Hawaiʻi

1837 – 1898

sheriff

Keith Ferris

American aviation artist (born 1929)

1929

muralist

Emerick Ishikawa

American weightlifter

1920 – 2006

weightlifter

Betty Loo Taylor

American jazz pianist

1929 – 2016

pianist

Edith Kawelohea McKinzie

Hawai'ian genealogist and Hula expert (1925-2014)

1925 – 2014

genealogistdancerteacher

Cecilia Suyat Marshall

American Civil Rights activist and historian, former spouse of Justice Thurgood Marshall

1928 – 2022

civil rights advocatehistorian