Notable Alumni of University of Hawaii at Manoa [Sorted List]

1. Yang Sung-chul

1939-. (aged 87)

diplomat politician

Yang Sung-chul is a South Korean political scientist, politician, and diplomat.

2. Maile Shimabukuro

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Maile S. L. Shimabukuro is a former Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate. She represented the state's 21st district from 2010 to 2022 and the 22nd district from 2022 to 2024 after redistricting. The district includes Kalaeloa, Honokai Hale, Ko ‘Olina, Nānākuli, Mā‘ili, Wai‘anae, Mākaha, and Mākua on the island of Oahu. She is a graduate of Iolani School,...

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3. Joe Worsley

1997-. (aged 29)

volleyball player

Joseph Worsley is an American volleyball player, a member of the German club SVG Lüneburg, a silver medalist of the 2019 NORCECA Championship.

4. Kyle Dowdy

1993-. (aged 33)

baseball player

Kyle Alexander Dowdy is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.

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5. Valdelício Joaquim

1990-. (aged 36)

basketball player

Valdelício Macanga Maia Joaquim, nicknamed Vander,, is an Angolan basketball player for Interclube. Valdelício, a 6 ft 9 in (2.09 m) tall center, has competed for the Angola national team at the AfroBasket in 2011 and 2013.

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6. Jarrett Keohokalole

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Jarrett K. Keohokalole is an American legislator serving as a Democratic member of the Hawai‘i State Senate, representing Senate District 24 which includes Kāne‘ohe and Kailua. He previously served in the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives. He represented the 48th House District, which includes Kāne‘ohe, Kahalu‘u, and Waiāhole. Jarrett Keohokalole is a seventh-generation resident of Kāne‘ohe.

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7. Ryan Grice-Mullen

1986-. (aged 40)

Canadian football player American football player

Ryan Grice-Mullen is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Hawaii.

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8. Della Au Belatti

1974-. (aged 52)

teacher lawyer politician

Della Au Belatti is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 2012 representing District 24. Belatti served consecutively from November 2006 until 2012 in the District 25 seat. The district includes Makiki and Tantalus, along with portions of McCully and Papakolea on the island of Oahu.

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9. Emily Maglio

1996-. (aged 30)

volleyball player

Emily Maglio is a Canadian female volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team, and participated at the 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

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10. Nicole McClure

1989-. (aged 37)

association football player

Nicole Althea McClure is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Jamaica women's national team.

11. Justin Chin

1969-2015 (aged 46)

essayist performing artist poet

Justin Chin was a Malaysian-American poet, essayist and performer. In his work he often dealt with queer Asian-American identity and interrogated this category's personal and political circumstances.

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12. Elias Camsek Chin

1949-. (aged 77)

politician soldier

Elias Camsek Chin is a Palauan politician. He served as the Vice President of Palau from 1 January 2005 to 15 January 2009. He was elected as the president of the Senate of Palau from 16 January 2013 to 19 January 2017.

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13. Richard L. Pyle

1967-. (aged 59)

zoological collector curator scientific collector ichthyologist biologist

Richard Lawrence Pyle is a scuba diver and ichthyologist working on Hawaii.

14. Stacey Porter

1982-. (aged 44)

softball player

Stacey Porter is an Australian professional indigenous softball first/third baseman. She represents New South Wales in Australian national competitions, where she has won several national championships on the junior and senior team. She played university softball for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from 2001 to 2003 where she set several records and was named to the All-American team. She...

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15. Alan Arakawa

1951-. (aged 75)

Alan M. Arakawa is an American politician who served as the fifth and seventh mayor of the County of Maui in Hawaii.

16. Trayvon Henderson

1995-. (aged 31)

American football player

Trayvon Henderson is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

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17. David S. Chang

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

David Sung Yeul Chang is a Korean-American political figure, military combat veteran, entrepreneur and CEO, keynote speaker and editor of The Art of Thinking Smart, based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the chairman and CEO of Chang Holding Company Incorporated, a military intelligence officer in the Hawaii Army National Guard, and is the former chairman of the Hawaii Republican Party...

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18. Richard C. Kim

military personnel

Richard C. Kim is a retired United States Army brigadier general.

19. Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

1989-. (aged 37)

poet climate activist writer

Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is a poet and climate change activist from the Marshall Islands.

20. Garrett Nevels

1992-. (aged 34)

basketball player

Garrett Keith Nevels is an American professional basketball player who last played for Uralmash Yekaterinburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for Hawaii.

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21. Biwali Bayles

2002-. (aged 24)

basketball player

Biwali Bayles is an Australian professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also contracted with the Bendigo Braves of the NBL1 South. He won two NBL championships with the Sydney Kings of the NBL in 2022 and 2023. He played college basketball for Hawaii.

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22. Sabrina McKenna

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer judge

Sabrina Shizue McKenna is an American judge from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Since March 3, 2011, she has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

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23. Brashton Satele

1987-. (aged 39)

American football player

Brashton Satele is an American former football linebacker. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Jets in 2010. He played college football at Hawaii.

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24. Bob Nash

1950-. (aged 76)

basketball player basketball coach

Robert Lee Nash is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was the ninth overall pick in the 1972 NBA draft. Nash played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Detroit Pistons and Kansas City Kings. He also played in the American Basketball Association with the...

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25. Ikaika Alama-Francis

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player American football player

Brent Ikaika Alama-Francis is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Hawaii Warriors and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.

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26. Mark Wasikowski

1971-. (aged 55)

baseball player

Mark P. Wasikowski is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Oregon Ducks baseball team.

27. Donna Mercado Kim

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Donna Mercado Kim is an American Democratic party politician from Hawaii. She is a state senator from Senate District 14 and was President of the Hawaiʻi Senate for almost three years.

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28. Yosiwo George

1941-2022 (aged 81)

judge politician

Yosiwo Palikkun George was a Micronesian politician.

29. Bryant Moniz

1989-. (aged 37)

Canadian football player American football player

Bryant Moniz is an American former professional football quarterback. He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Leilehua High School, a position he has held since 2023.

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30. David Freitas

1989-. (aged 37)

baseball player

David Joseph Freitas is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, and in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.

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31. Scott Saiki

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Scott Kazuo Saiki is an American attorney and politician. He has served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing the state's 26th district. He served as majority leader from 2013 to 2017 and as speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024.

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32. Billy Kenoi

1968-2021 (aged 53)

lawyer

William P. Kenoi was an American politician who served as Mayor of Hawaii County from 2008 to 2016. Before being elected mayor, Kenoi served as a legislative aide in the State House and State Senate, a law clerk, a deputy public defender, and an Executive Assistant to then-mayor Harry Kim.

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33. Kim Willoughby

1980-. (aged 46)

basketball player volleyball player

Kim Marie Willoughby is an American former indoor volleyball player. She is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and was an outside hitter. In 2007, she played professionally for the Italian Serie A League Familia Chieri. In April 2008, she joined the U.S. national team. Willoughby made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping the United States to...

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34. Dru Brown

1997-. (aged 29)

American football player

Dru Brown is an American professional football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State and Hawaii.

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35. Chevan Cordeiro

1999-. (aged 27)

American football player

Chevan Cordeiro is an American professional football quarterback for Fujifilm Ebina Minerva AFC of the X-League. He played college football for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and San Jose State Spartans.

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36. Linda Nagata

1960-. (aged 66)

novelist science fiction writer writer

Linda Nagata is a Hawaii-based American author of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy novels, novellas, and short stories. Her novella Goddesses was the first online publication to win the Nebula Award. She frequently writes in the Nanopunk genre, which features nanotechnology and the integration of advanced computing with the human brain.

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37. Tosiwo Nakayama

1931-2007 (aged 76)

politician

Tosiwo Nakayama was the first President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). He served two terms from 1979 until 1987.

38. Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu

1972-. (aged 54)

film director kumu hula community organizer curator

Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu, also known as Kumu Hina, is a Native Hawaiian māhū – a traditional third gender person who occupies "a place in the middle" between male and female, as well as a modern transgender woman. She is known for her work as a kumu hula ("hula teacher"), as a filmmaker, artist, activist, and as a community leader...

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39. Dominic Waters

1986-. (aged 40)

basketball player

Dominic Wayne Waters is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. Standing at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he plays at the point guard position. In 2013, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader.

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40. Jared Dillinger

1984-. (aged 42)

basketball player

Jared Ryan B. Dillinger is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He played for three teams during his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Dillinger is the second pick overall in the 2008 draft class. He was a very versatile player that can play the 2, 3, and occasionally the 4 position. In his rookie year, he was included...

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41. Kaniela Ing

1988-. (aged 38)

politician

Mark Kaniela Saito Ing is an American politician and community organizer who was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 11th District, representing south Maui from November 7, 2012, until November 6, 2018. He unsuccessfully ran to represent Hawaii's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 federal election.

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42. Doug Chin

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Douglas Shih-Ging Chin is an American attorney and politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from February to December 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, Chin previously was the 14th Attorney General of Hawaii. On December 18, 2017, Chin announced his intent to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. In February 2018, Chin became Lieutenant...

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43. Beth Fukumoto

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Beth Keiko Fukumoto is an American politician who served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2012 to 2018, representing District 36.

44. Mari Matsuda

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer

Mari J. Matsuda is an American lawyer, activist, and law professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She was the first tenured female Asian American law professor in the United States, at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law in 1998 and one of the leading voices in critical...

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45. Rudolph Rummel

1932-2014 (aged 82)

historian statistician political scientist university teacher

Rudolph Joseph Rummel was an American political scientist, a statistician and professor at Indiana University, Yale University, and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He spent his career studying data on collective violence and war with a view toward helping their resolution or elimination. Contrasting genocide, Rummel coined the term democide for murder by government, such as the genocide of indigenous...

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46. Carl English

1981-. (aged 45)

basketball player

Carl Jerome English is a Canadian former professional basketball player and general manager for the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada. A shooting guard, he has also played for the Canadian national team.

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47. Andria Tupola

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Andria Pilialoha Lagimanino Tupola is an American politician and member of the Honolulu City Council, representing the 1st district since January 2021. She was a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018, representing District 43 (Māʻili, Nānākuli, Ko Olina, Honokai Hale, Kalaeloa, Ewa). In 2015, Tupola served as the minority floor leader for one year....

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48. Matt Lojeski

1985-. (aged 41)

basketball player

Matthew Thomas Lojeski is an American-Belgian former professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He also represents the senior men's Belgian national basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), and weighing 92 kg (203 lbs.), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

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49. Isaac Sopoaga

1981-. (aged 45)

rugby league player American football player

Isa'ako "Isaac" Sopoaga is a former American football nose tackle. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL draft. He played college football at Hawaii.

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50. Sylvia Luke

1967-. (aged 59)

lawyer politician

Sylvia Eun Jung Luke is an American politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years, from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first South Korean-born politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.

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51. Anthony Carter

1975-. (aged 51)

basketball player basketball coach

Anthony Bernard Carter is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. He played college basketball for Saddleback College and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

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52. Taylor Averill

1992-. (aged 34)

volleyball player

Taylor Constantine Averill is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Toray Arrows and the U.S. national team.

53. Kirk Caldwell

1952-. (aged 74)

lawyer politician

Kirk William Caldwell is an American politician who served as the mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Caldwell also held the position of acting mayor in 2010 following the resignation of Mayor Mufi Hannemann. Caldwell announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election in...

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54. Cole McDonald

1998-. (aged 28)

American football player

Cole McDonald is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft.

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55. Michael Reeves

1997-. (aged 29)

YouTuber

Michael Reeves is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer who produces "comedy-tech" YouTube videos. He is a member of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.

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56. Lemanu Peleti Mauga

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga is an American Samoan politician who served as the eighth governor of American Samoa from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Mauga served as a senator in the American Samoa Senate, where he became the chairman of both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

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57. Peter M. Christian

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Peter Martin Christian Souissa is a Micronesian politician who served as the 8th President of the Federated States of Micronesia, from 11 May 2015 to 11 May 2019.

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58. James Aiona

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer judge politician

James Richard "Duke" Aiona Jr. is an American politician and jurist who served as the 11th lieutenant governor of Hawaii under Linda Lingle from 2002 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, he also served both as an attorney and a judge for the state prior to becoming lieutenant governor. Lingle and Aiona are the last Republicans to hold...

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59. Quentin Kawānanakoa

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa is an American politician and member of the House of Kawānanakoa. Kawānanakoa is an organizer of the Republican Party of Hawaii. He is also an heir to the James Campbell estate.

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60. Mark Takai

1967-2016 (aged 49)

politician

Kyle Mark Takai was an American politician from the state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Hawaii's 1st congressional district, from 2015 to 2016. He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014.

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61. Akira Jacobs

2004-. (aged 22)

basketball player

Tajon Akira Jacobs is a Japanese basketball player for the Fordham Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He was a member of the Japanese men's basketball team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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62. Colleen Hanabusa

1951-. (aged 75)

lawyer politician

Colleen Wakako Hanabusa is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she ran for her party's nomination for governor of Hawaii in 2018, challenging and losing to incumbent and fellow Democrat David Ige.

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63. Brent Brennan

1973-. (aged 53)

American football player

Brent Munger Brennan is an American college football coach who is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Brennan was the head football coach at San Jose State University from 2017 to 2023.

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64. Leland Yee

1948-. (aged 78)

child and adolescent psychotherapist politician

Leland Yin Yee is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8, which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.

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65. Phil Handy

1971-. (aged 55)

basketball coach basketball player

Philip T. Handy is an American basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA, and player development trainer. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, and then played professionally abroad before starting...

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66. Abbas Milani

1949-. (aged 77)

political scientist writer translator university teacher iranologist

Abbas Malekzadeh Milani is an Iranian-American historian, educator, and author. Milani is a visiting professor of political science, and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University. He is also a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In Milani's book, Lost Wisdom: Rethinking Modernity in Iran...

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67. Daniel Akaka

1924-2018 (aged 94)

teacher head teacher politician

Daniel Kahikina Akaka was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

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68. David Ige

1957-. (aged 69)

engineer politician

David Yutaka Ige is an American politician and engineer who served as the eighth governor of Hawaii from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 1994 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 1994.

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69. Dino Babers

1961-. (aged 65)

American football coach American football player

Dino Sean Babers is an American college football coach. He was most recently the offensive coordinator for the University of Arizona. He was previously the head coach at Syracuse University from 2016 until 2023. He has also served as head coach at Bowling Green State University and Eastern Illinois University. Babers grew up in California and played football at the...

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70. Mazie Hirono

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer writer politician

Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She has been the dean of Hawaii's congressional delegations since 2013, when...

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71. Janet Mock

1983-. (aged 43)

television actor journalist television director writer screenwriter

Janet Mock is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website.

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72. Michael Savage

1942-. (aged 84)

radio personality teacher pundit social worker

Michael Alan Weiner known by his professional name Michael Savage, is an American author, political commentator, activist, and former radio host. Savage is best known as the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that aired on Talk Radio Network across the United States until 2021, and in 2009 was the second most listened-to radio talk show...

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73. Georgia Engel

1948-2019 (aged 71)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Georgia Bright Engel was an American actress and comedian.

74. Thomas Beatie

1974-. (aged 52)

writer lawyer LGBTQ rights activist orator

Thomas Trace Beatie is an American public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender rights and sexuality issues, with a focus on transgender fertility and reproductive rights.

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75. Daniel Inouye

1924-2012 (aged 88)

military personnel lawyer politician

Daniel Ken Inouye was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman from the state of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death. Prior to his Senate service, he served in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature and the United States House of Representatives. Inouye is a Medal of Honor recipient...

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76. Bette Midler

1945-. (aged 81)

voice actor stage actor comedian television actor film producer

Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her six-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.

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77. Jason Momoa

1979-. (aged 47)

voice actor model actor television actor director

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor and film producer. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game...

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78. Kaiali‘i Kahele

1974-. (aged 52)

politician military aviator

Kaialiʻi Kahele is an American politician, educator, and commercial pilot who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. From 2016 to 2020, he served in the Hawaii Senate from the 1st District. In 2024, he was elected as a trustee to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with fellow board members electing him as...

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79. Sammis Reyes

1995-. (aged 31)

basketball player American football player

Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel is a Chilean professional football tight end and former basketball player. The first player from Chile to play in the National Football League, Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of their national team before moving to the United States on an athletic scholarship at 14. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow...

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80. Mike Parson

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician and former law enforcement officer who served as the 57th governor of Missouri, from 2018 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship upon the resignation of Eric Greitens, under whom he served as lieutenant governor from 2017 to 2018. Parson served the remainder of Greitens's term and was...

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81. Rick Blangiardi

1946-. (aged 80)

American football player television executive politician

Richard John Blangiardi is an American television executive and politician from Hawaii. Blangiardi was elected mayor of Honolulu in 2020 and took office on January 2, 2021. He previously worked in the television industry and helped consolidate KHNL and KGMB into Hawaii News Now. Blangiardi was reelected in 2024.

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82. John D. Waihee III

1946-. (aged 80)

lawyer lobbyist politician

John David Waiheʻe III is an American politician who served as the fourth governor of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994. He was the first American of Native Hawaiian descent to be elected to the office from any state of the United States. After his tenure in the governor's office, Waiheʻe became a nationally prominent attorney and lobbyist.

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83. Tammy Duckworth

1968-. (aged 58)

politician helicopter pilot non-fiction writer

Ladda Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and Army National Guard veteran serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois, a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.

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84. Christian Standhardinger

1989-. (aged 37)

basketball player

Christian Karl Hermoso Standhardinger is a Filipino-German professional basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He has won four PBA championships, two PBA Best Player of the Conference Awards, and one PBA Finals MVP Award.

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85. Sandra Pierantozzi

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Sandra Sumang Pierantozzi is a Palauan politician. She served as the country's Vice-President from 19 January 2001 to 1 January 2005. Pierantozzi was defeated by Camsek Chin in the 2 November 2004 vice-presidential election, winning only 28.9% of the vote.

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86. Maya Soetoro-Ng

1970-. (aged 56)

teacher

Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng is an Indonesian-American academic, who is a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is also a consultant for the Obama Foundation, working to develop the Asia-Pacific Leaders Program. Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack...

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87. Neil Abercrombie

1938-. (aged 88)

teacher sociologist politician

Neil Abercrombie is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

88. Hilda Heine

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Hilda Cathy Heine is a Marshallese educator and politician. She has served as the president of the Marshall Islands since 2024, having previously served from 2016 to 2020. Heine was the first woman to lead any sovereign country in Micronesia and the first person from the Marshall Islands to earn a doctorate. Prior to entering politics, she worked as a...

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89. Bobby Singh

1975-. (aged 51)

Canadian football player American football player

Bobby Singh is a retired professional American and Canadian football guard. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the 1999 CFL draft. Singh has the distinction of being the only player in football history to have won an XFL Championship, a Super Bowl, and a Grey Cup.

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90. June Jones

1953-. (aged 73)

American football player American football coach Canadian football player

June Sheldon Jones III is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Jones was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1999 to 2007, and was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2008 until he resigned on September 8,...

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91. Patsy Mink

1927-2002 (aged 75)

lecturer lawyer politician

Patsy Matsu Mink was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party, initially from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. She was the first Woman of Color and first Asian-American woman elected...

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92. Robert Ballard

1942-. (aged 84)

geologist non-fiction writer naval officer oceanographer academic

Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology (maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks) and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship...

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93. Kao Kim Hourn

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Kao Kim Hourn CM is a Cambodian diplomat who has served as the Secretary-General of ASEAN since 2023. He previously served two terms as Minister Delegate attached to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia (2013-2022) and two terms as Secretary of State of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2003-2013). Dr. Kao, his formal Cambodian name,...

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94. John Carroll

1929-2021 (aged 92)

lawyer politician

John Stanley Carroll was an American lawyer and politician who served as a state representative and state senator from Hawaii as a Republican. He was also a perennial candidate for multiple statewide offices in Hawaii.

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95. Stanley Ann Dunham

1942-1995 (aged 53)

anthropologist

Stanley Ann Dunham was an American anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, she studied at the East–West Center and at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts (1967), a Master of Arts (1974), and a PhD (1992) in anthropology.

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96. Sharon Har

lawyer politician

Sharon E. Har is an American politician. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 42 from January 16, 2013 to November 8, 2022 for the Democratic Party. She was succeeded by Diamond Garcia. Har served consecutively from January 2007 to January 2013 in the District 40 seat.

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97. Ramon Barba

1939-2021 (aged 82)

horticulturist

Ramon Cabanos Barba ONS was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate. Barba was proclaimed a National Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014.

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98. Arsenio Balisacan

economist

Arsenio Molina Balisacan is a Filipino economist and academic who has served as the first secretary of economy, planning, and development, under President Bongbong Marcos since 2025. Balisacan headed his department's predecessor, the National Economic Development Authority, from May 2012 to January 2016 under the Benigno Aquino III administration. He then served under the Duterte administration as the Chairperson of...

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99. Nereus Acosta

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Juan Romeo Nereus Olaivar Acosta, popularly known as Neric Acosta, is a Filipino politician, academician, and political scientist in the Philippines. He is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the first district of the province of Bukidnon from 1998 to 2007. He was the Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and General Manager of the Laguna Lake...

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100. Carlos S. Camacho

1937-. (aged 89)

governor politician

Carlos Sablan Camacho is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the first governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 9, 1978, to January 11, 1982.

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