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HONOLULU

Most Famous People Born in Honolulu, United States

Notable people
910
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1956
Most distinctive
Surfer 50.2×

Honolulu's roster is an economy of the body. The Surfer count runs at better than fifty times the global baseline — essentially Duke Kahanamoku inventing modern surfing at Waikiki and the postwar longboard generations that followed him — while a Martial Art bench more than twenty times the norm grew out of the Kajukenbo gyms and judo dojos that fed Hawaii's action-cinema pipeline. Underneath sit Wrestler and Swimmer cohorts running back through the plantation-era Baseball leagues that sent players to the majors from the 1950s on.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Honolulu during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 114 notable births.

What Honolulu Is Known For

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Actor is Honolulu's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (113).

Honolulu over-indexes on surfer50.2× the global rate.

Honolulu under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor113
  2. Football99
  3. Politician79
  4. Player35
  5. Baseball33
  6. Singer27
  7. Music24
  8. Lawyer24
  1. Surfer1250.2×
  2. Martial Art2021.5×
  3. Wrestler227.5×
  4. Swimmer214.8×
  5. Model93.8×
  6. Baseball333.2×
  7. Actor1132.3×
  8. Player352.0×
  1. Writer120.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Honolulu's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0001 POLITICIAN

Barack Obama

Born 1961

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0015 POLITICIAN

Daniel Inouye

1924 - 2012

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0030 POLITICIAN

Sanford B. Dole

1844 - 1926

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0050 POLITICIAN

Daniel Akaka

1924 - 2018

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0059 POLITICIAN

Colleen Hanabusa

Born 1951

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0064 POLITICIAN

Hiram Fong

1906 - 2004

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0071 POLITICIAN

George Ariyoshi

Born 1926

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0079 POLITICIAN

Ben Cayetano

Born 1939

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Mark Takai

1967 - 2016

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George R. Carter

1866 - 1933

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0211 POLITICIAN

Thomas Gill (politician)

1922 - 2009

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Lawrence M. Judd

1887 - 1968

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0286 POLITICIAN

William Paul Jarrett

1877 - 1929

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Chris Lee (Hawaii politician)

Born 1981

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Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa

1882 - 1945

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Mufi Hannemann

Born 1954

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Fred Hemmings

Born 1946

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Jean King

1925 - 2013

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Courtney Rogers

Born 1958

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Peter Kaeo

1836 - 1880

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0412 POLITICIAN

Beth Fukumoto

Born 1983

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Scott Saiki

Born 1964

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0437 POLITICIAN

Tom Brower

Born 1965

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0438 POLITICIAN

Blake Oshiro

Born 1970

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0457 POLITICIAN

Calvin Say

Born 1952

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0461 POLITICIAN

Bob McDermott

Born 1963

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0464 POLITICIAN

William Hyde Rice

1846 - 1924

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0465 POLITICIAN

Kim Coco Iwamoto

Born 1968

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0469 POLITICIAN

Lynn Finnegan

Born 1970

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Ken Ito (politician)

Born 1944

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0527 POLITICIAN

Marcus Oshiro

Born 1959

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0529 POLITICIAN

Roy Takumi

Born 1952

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0546 POLITICIAN

Donna Mercado Kim

Born 1952

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0548 POLITICIAN

Brian Taniguchi

Born 1951

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Michelle Kidani

Born 1948

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0558 POLITICIAN

Ikaika Anderson

Born 1978

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0560 POLITICIAN

Della Au Belatti

Born 1974

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0564 POLITICIAN

Robert Napuʻuako Boyd

1864 - 1914

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0569 POLITICIAN

Malama Solomon

Born 1951

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0570 POLITICIAN

Angus McKelvey

Born 1968

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0572 POLITICIAN

Edward C. Macfarlane

1848 - 1902

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0579 POLITICIAN

Gregg Takayama

Born 1952

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0580 POLITICIAN

Henry Aquino

Born 1977

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0588 POLITICIAN

Ryan Yamane

Born 1969

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0607 POLITICIAN

Brickwood Galuteria

Born 1955

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Suzanne Chun Oakland

Born 1961

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0621 POLITICIAN

Kiyuna Tsugumasa

1916 - 1989

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0624 POLITICIAN

John Mizuno

Born 1964

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0626 POLITICIAN

Ann Kobayashi

Born 1937

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0630 POLITICIAN

John Tobia

Born 1978

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0634 POLITICIAN

Maile Shimabukuro

Born 1970

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0637 POLITICIAN

George W. Macfarlane

1849 - 1921

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0647 POLITICIAN

Albert Francis Judd Jr.

1874 - 1939

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0655 POLITICIAN

Norman Sakamoto

Born 1947

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0656 POLITICIAN

Linda Ichiyama

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0657 POLITICIAN

D. G. Anderson

Born 1930

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Randy Iwase

Born 1947

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0675 POLITICIAN

Chris Murphy (South Carolina politician)

Born 1968

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0687 POLITICIAN

Les Ihara Jr.

Born 1951

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0697 POLITICIAN

Kurt Moylan

Born 1939

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0702 POLITICIAN

George F. Wright

1881 - 1938

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0736 POLITICIAN

John F. Colburn

1859 - 1920

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0741 POLITICIAN

Clarence Hyde Cooke

1876 - 1944

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Rose C. Davison

1868 - 1913

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Hinakaimauliʻawa

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0762 POLITICIAN

M. Patton Echols

1925 - 2012

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0783 POLITICIAN

Stephen K. Yamashiro

1941 - 2011

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0787 POLITICIAN

Hermina Morita

Born 1954

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0788 POLITICIAN

Jonah Kumalae

1874 - 1940

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0789 POLITICIAN

Carlos A. Long

1875 - 1943

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0792 POLITICIAN

Jon Karamatsu

Born 1974

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Lynne Waihee

Born 1946

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Randy Avon

Born 1940

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0861 POLITICIAN

Lucy Thurston Blaisdell

1903 - 1986

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0866 POLITICIAN

Chuck Hazama

Born 1932

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0880 POLITICIAN

Russell S. Kokubun

Born 1948

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0887 POLITICIAN

Chuck Mau

1907 - 1990

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0901 POLITICIAN

Cheryl Lau

Born 1944

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0910 POLITICIAN

Michael Kahikina

Born 1950

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