List of Famous people born in Honolulu County, United States of America
Markiplier
Mark Edward Fischbach, known online as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber, gamer-commentator, actor, and comedian. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is currently based in Los Angeles, California. He is also the co-founder of clothing company Cloak, along with fellow YouTuber Jacksepticeye, and the co-host of the now defunct Unus Annus channel.
Yvonne Elliman
Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s and achieved a US #1 hit with "If I Can't Have You"; the song was also #9 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Her cover of Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and "Love Me" was also #5, giving her 3 top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she dedicated herself to her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.
Tanoai Reed
Tanoai Reed is a Hollywood stunt man and actor.
Rob Letterman
Robert Thomas Letterman is an American film director and screenwriter.
Tadashi Wakabayashi
Tadashi Henry Wakabayashi was a professional baseball player from Oahu, Hawaii. He was a second generation Japanese American.
Tyson Nam
Tyson Ka'eo Nam is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Nam has formerly competed for the UFC, World Series of Fighting, Elite XC, and King of the Cage. As of January 25, 2021, he is #15 in the UFC flyweight rankings.
Keiko Agena
Christine Keiko Agena is an American actress. She is mostly known for playing Lane Kim in Gilmore Girls. She currently plays NYPD medical examiner Dr. Edrisa Tanaka on FOX's crime drama Prodigal Son.
Samuel Kahanamoku
Samuel Alapai Kahanamoku was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won a bronze medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle event. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was the younger brother of the surfer and Olympic gold medalist Duke Kahanamoku and elder brother of Sargent Kahanamoku.
John John Florence
John "John John" Alexander Florence is an American professional surfer. He is known as "one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era" and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship Tour. He is the first Hawaii-born surfer to win back-to-back world titles since the late Andy Irons and one of five to ever achieve the feat.
Konishiki Yasokichi
Konishiki Yasokichi is an American former sumo wrestler of Samoan descent. He was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach ōzeki, the second-highest rank in the sport. During his career he won the top division championship on three occasions and came close to becoming the first foreign-born grand champion, or yokozuna, prompting a debate as to whether a foreigner could have the necessary cultural understanding to be acceptable in sumo's ultimate rank. At a peak weight of 287 kg (633 lb) he was also at the time the heaviest wrestler ever in sumo, earning him the nicknames "Meat Bomb" and "Dump Truck".