- Benny Agbayani, professional baseball player
- Dan Akaka, first Native Hawaiian US Senator
- Akebono, sumo wrestler
- George Ariyoshi, first Japanese American governor
- Angela Perez Baraquio, Miss America 2001
- Hiram Bingham III, Connecticut politician and explorer
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop, princess and philanthropist
- Charles Reed Bishop, banker and philanthropist
- Tia Carrere, actress
- Steve Case, former Chairman and CEO of America Online
- Alexander Cartwright, father of American baseball
- Benjamin J. Cayetano, first Filipino American governor
- Father Damien, Catholic missionary
- James Dole, pineapple magnate
- Hiram Fong, first Chinese American US Senator
- Don Ho, entertainer
- Dan Inouye, first Japanese American US Senator
- Dwayne Johnson, professional wrestler and actor known as "The Rock"
- Jack Johnson, singer
- Duke Kahanamoku, Olympic athlete
- Henry J. Kaiser, industrialist
- Victoria Kaiulani, princess
- David Kalakaua, king
- Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole, singer
- Kamehameha the Great, king
- Nicole Kidman, actress
- Konishiki, sumo wrestler
- Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe 1997
- Lili‘uokalani, queen
- Bette Midler, actress
- Barack Obama, Illinois politician
- Ellison Onizuka, astronaut
- Eric Shinseki, US Army general
- Claus Spreckels, industrialist
- John Waihee, first Native Hawaiian governor
- Michelle Wie, golfer
