Writers from Hawaii

American finance author and investor (born 1947)

Liliʻuokalani (; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography ''Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen'' (189

American actor (1934–2025)

American surfer (born 1990)

film director and screenwriter

Chinese American author

American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist

American actress

American physician (1915-2001)

Hong Kong singer (1983–2025)

teacher and half-sister of Barack Obama

American television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman

Native Hawaiian activist and author (1949–2021)

Dutch resistance fighter (1917-2007)

Hawaiian judge, curator and writer

YouTube personality, author and mortician

American journalist

American journalist

American diplomat (1878–1963)

Territorial governor of Hawaii (1863-1948)

American historian of vegetarianism

American writer

Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister (1953-2014)

American author (1875–1971)

American physician

businessman, educator, and biologist on the Hawaiian island of Maui (1831-1912)

American author and television supervising producer

American academic

American historian and Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii