Honolulu
Honolulu ranks 157th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bergen, Oakland, California, and Hyōgo Prefecture. Memorable people born in Honolulu include Barack Obama, Liliʻuokalani, and Nicole Kidman. Memorable people who died in Honolulu include Ferdinand Marcos, Syngman Rhee, and Georg von Békésy. Honolulu has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and swimmers. Honolulu is located in United States.
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The population of Honolulu was 350,964 at the 2020 census, while the Urban Honolulu metropolitan area has an estimated 1 million residents and is the 56th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1830 and 2000, Honolulu was the birth place of 78 globally memorable people, including Barack Obama, Liliʻuokalani, and Nicole Kidman. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Honolulu including Ferdinand Marcos, Syngman Rhee, and Georg von Békésy.
People Born in Honolulu
Go to all RankingsBarack Obama
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 16
Liliʻuokalani
NOBLEMAN
1838 - 1917
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 50
Nicole Kidman
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 27
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
MUSICIAN
1959 - 1997
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 67
Bette Midler
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 77
Bruno Mars
MUSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 34
Kelly Preston
ACTOR
1962 - 2020
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 55
Hiram Bingham III
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1956
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 56
Kalākaua
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1891
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 54
Jason Momoa
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 7
Mark Dacascos
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 6
Duke Kahanamoku
SWIMMER
1890 - 1968
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 51
People Deceased in Honolulu
Go to all RankingsFerdinand Marcos
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1989
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 40
Syngman Rhee
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1965
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 13
Georg von Békésy
PHYSICIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 15
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 38
Joseph Campbell
WRITER
1904 - 1987
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 41
Ann Dunham
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1942 - 1995
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 33
Alexander Cartwright
BASEBALL PLAYER
1820 - 1892
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 18
Duke Kahanamoku
SWIMMER
1890 - 1968
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 7
Tosiwo Nakayama
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2007
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 19
Kamehameha IV
POLITICIAN
1834 - 1863
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 3
Kamehameha V
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1872
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 42
Lunalilo
POLITICIAN
1835 - 1874
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Honolulu were actors (25), politicians (13), volleyball players (6), athletes (6), and swimmers (5), while most who died were politicians (15), swimmers (6), actors (6), physicists (2), and biologists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Honolulu, including Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, and Kelly Preston. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Honolulu, including Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, and Kelly Preston.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Honolulu since 1700.