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Barbi Benton, model/actress, has a home in Hawaii. Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Daniel Bess, actor, Rick Allen on 24. Henry Bianchini, Hawaiian-based sculptor, painter and printmaker. Ashley Bickerton, contemporary artist, painter, sculptor. Hiram Bingham I, missionary.
Thomas O. Bales Jr., medical technology and aerospace inventor and entrepreneur. James Dole, developer of the pineapple industry in Hawaii, namesake of the Dole Food Company [25] Genshiro Kawamoto, billionaire real estate investor [26][27] Stanley Kennedy Sr. founder of Hawaiian Airlines. Darren Kimura, businessman, founder of Sopogy.
Gabby Pahinui (1921-1980), Slack-key guitarist and singer. Dennis Pavao (1951–2002), Hawaiian falsetto singer and musician; one of several Hawaiian musicians who during the 1970s, led the Hawaiian music renaissance. Kalani Peʻa (born 1983), Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, entertainer, and educator.
Daniel Ken Inouye (/ iːˈnoʊˌeɪ / ee-NOH-ay; [1] September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, Inouye was the first U.S. Representative for the State of Hawaii, and a Medal of Honor recipient.
100 m freestyle. Signature. Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born to a minor noble family less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Eddie Aikau. Edward Ryan Makuahanai Aikau (May 4, 1946 – March 17, 1978) was a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer. As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved over 500 people and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.
Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia (c. 1792 – 1818) was one of the first Native Hawaiians to become a Christian, inspiring American Protestant missionaries to come to the islands during the 19th century. He is credited with starting Hawaii's conversion to Christianity. His name was usually spelled Obookiah during his lifetime.
This category is for people from the United States state of Hawaii Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Hawaii Also: Countries : United States : States : Hawaii : People