List of Famous people born in Honolulu County, United States of America
Dino Babers
Dino Sean Babers is an American football coach who is the current head football coach at Syracuse University. He was head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, Babers had been head coach at Eastern Illinois University. Babers grew up in California and played football at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Kevin McAleenan
Kevin Kealoha McAleenan is an American attorney and government official who unlawfully served as the acting United States secretary of homeland security from April to November 2019.
Brad Tavares
Bradley Kaipo Sarbida Tavares is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2007, Tavares fought in local promotions before joining the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter 11 in 2010. As of January 25, 2021 he is 13 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
Yancy Medeiros
Yancy Medeiros Jr. is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino and Native Hawaiian descent, currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also competed for Strikeforce.
DeForest Buckner
DeForest George Buckner is an American football defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Oregon, and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. With the 49ers, he made a Pro Bowl and was a second-team All-Pro selection in 2019.
Jeffrey Cobb
Jeffrey Cobb is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the name Jeff Cobb. Cobb is also known for his work in Lucha Underground, Ring of Honor (ROH) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). He is a former PWG World Champion and is also the winner of PWG's 2018 Battle of Los Angeles tournament and a former one-time World Tag Team Champion with Matt Riddle. He is also a former NEVER Openweight Champion in NJPW and former ROH Television Champion in ROH.
Michael Kearney
Michael Kevin Kearney is known for setting several world records related to graduating at a young age, as well as teaching college while still a teenager. Additionally, as a game-show contestant, he has won over one million dollars.
Jordan Ta'amu
Jordan Taalolo Ta'amu-Perifanos is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Mississippi. He was the starting quarterback for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL during its inaugural season. Following the XFL folding midseason, Ta'amu was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Sunny Garcia
Sunny Garcia is a professional surfer. He grew up in Wai'anae and, after leaving school, debuted on the 1986 Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach, Oahu, beating the 1984 champ Tom Carroll.
Carissa Moore
Carissa Kainani Moore is an American professional surfer, the 2020 Olympic champion, and the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019 WSL Women's World Tour Champion.