List of Famous people born in Honolulu County, United States of America
Coco Ho
Coco Malia Camille Hapaikekoa Ho is a professional Hawaiian surfer born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She began surfing at 7 years old, following in the footsteps of her family.
Kawika Shoji
Kawika Tennefos Shoji is an American volleyball player, member of the United States men's national volleyball team, and gold medalist of the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup. On club level, he plays for Turkish team Spor Toto.
Julie McCullough
Julie Michelle McCullough is an American model, actress and stand-up comedian. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for February 1986, and played the role of Julie Costello on Growing Pains in 1989–90.
Greg Beeman
Greg Beeman is an American film and television director and producer and winner of the Director's Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement.
Steve Case
Stephen McConnell Case is an American entrepreneur, investor, and businessman best known as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined AOL's predecessor company, Quantum Computer Services, as a marketing vice-president and became CEO of the company in 1991. Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to invest in early and growth-stage startups through his Washington, D.C. based venture capital firm Revolution LLC. Case authored The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future which became a New York Times bestselling book in 2016. Case gave a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC, on May 16, 2017, titled "Building Silicon Valley Outside of the Valley."
George Ariyoshi
George Ryoichi Ariyoshi is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S. state. He assumed gubernatorial powers and duties when Governor John A. Burns was declared incapacitated in October 1973 and was elected in 1974, becoming the first Asian-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state or territory. His lengthy tenure is a record likely to remain unbroken due to term limits enacted after he left office. Ariyoshi is now considered an elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy is an American actor. He has appeared in both films and television series.
Mahina Maeda
Mahina Maeda is a Hawaiian-Japanese professional surfer who competes in the World Surf League. She is a three time junior World champion. She switched to represent Japan at the Olympics as Hawaii was not recognized as a member of International Olympic Committee.
Ben Cayetano
Benjamin Jerome Cayetano is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.