List of Famous people born in Hawaii, United States of America
Sakura Kokumai
Sakura Kokumai is an American karateka. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She represented the United States in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Lena Yada
Lena Yada-Draiman is an American model, actress and professional tandem surfer who is known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a backstage interviewer, valet, and professional wrestler.
Agnes Lum
Agnes Nalani Lum is an American gravure idol, singer, actress, and bikini model popular in Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that time, she was nicknamed "Lum-chan" in Japan, though now that nickname can be confused with that of the fictional character Lum Invader from Urusei Yatsura. Lum was the inspiration for the name of this character as she was well-known at the time the manga was first released (1977). In order to avoid confusion with Agnes Chan, another popular idol at the time, "Lum-chan" was used, though many fans called both "Agnes". Lum has appeared in numerous calendars, on posters, and magazine spreads, and these items regularly fetch high prices in the collectors market.
Mageina Tovah
Mageina Tovah is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Glynis Figliola in the television series Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005) and as Ursula Ditkovich in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
Don Stroud
Donald Lee Stroud is an American actor, musician, and surfer. Stroud appeared in many films in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and starred in over 100 films and 175 television shows to date.
David Ige
David Yutaka Ige is an American politician serving as the eighth and current governor of Hawaii. A Democrat, he previously served in the Hawaii State Senate. In the 2014 gubernatorial election, he defeated incumbent Governor Neil Abercrombie in the Democratic primary, and won the general election over Republican nominee Duke Aiona. He was reelected in 2018.
Clyde Kusatsu
Clyde Kusatsu is an American actor and trade union leader of Japanese descent. Since 2013, he has served as the National Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local.
Angelique Cabral
Angelique Cabral is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Colleen Brandon-Ortega on CBS' sitcom Life in Pieces (2015–2019) and Staff Sergeant Jillian Perez on Fox's comedy television series Enlisted (2014). She has also appeared in films The Perfect Family (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011) and Band Aid (2017).
Michael W. Doyle
Michael W. Doyle is an American international relations scholar who is a theorist of the liberal "democratic peace" and author of Liberalism and World Politics. He has also written on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation of UN peace-keeping. He is a University professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs. He is the former director of Columbia Global Policy Initiative. He co-directs the Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School.
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet and Number the Stars. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences.