100 Notable alumni of
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa is 545th in the world, 209th in North America, and 193rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Hawaii at Manoa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bette Midler
- Occupations
- film producertelevision actorcomedianstage actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, 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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Tammy Duckworth
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerhelicopter pilotpolitician
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Ladda Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
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Daniel Inouye
- Occupations
- military personnelpoliticianlawyer
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Daniel Ken Inouye 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, he was the first U.S. Representative for the State of Hawaii, and a Medal of Honor recipient. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death. Inouye was the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in U.S. history until Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021. Inouye also chaired various senate committees, including those on Intelligence, Indian Affairs, Commerce, and Appropriations.
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Maya Soetoro-Ng
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng is an Indonesian-born 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. Formerly a high school history teacher, Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
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Georgia Engel
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Studied theatre
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Georgia Bright Engel was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond from 2003 to 2005, and Mamie Sue on Hot in Cleveland from 2012 to 2015 She was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and a BAFTA award.
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Thomas Beatie
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- 1990-1996 studied health sciences
- Occupations
- lawyerwriteroratorLGBTQI+ rights activist
- Biography
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Thomas Trace Beatie is an American public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender and sexuality issues, with a focus on transgender fertility and reproductive rights.
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Robert Ballard
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1966 graduated with Master of Science in geophysics
- Occupations
- naval officernon-fiction writergeologistfilm directoracademic
- Biography
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Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is best known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.
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Mazie Hirono
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. 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. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002, under Ben Cayetano. She was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, defeated by Republican Linda Lingle in the general election.
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Janet Mock
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Studied fashion merchandising
- Occupations
- podcasterLGBTQI+ rights activisttelevision directorwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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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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Michael Savage
- Occupations
- radio personalitysocial workerpunditteacher
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Michael Alan Weiner, known by his professional name Michael Savage, is an American right-wing 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 in the country with an audience of over 20 million listeners on 400 stations across the United States. From October 23, 2012, to January 1, 2021, Michael Savage had been syndicated by Cumulus Media and Westwood One. He holds master's degrees from the University of Hawaii in medical botany and medical anthropology, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine. As Michael Weiner, he has written books on nutrition, herbal medicine, and homeopathy; as Michael Savage, he has written several political books that have reached The New York Times Best Seller list. In 2022, The Michael Savage podcast surpassed 20 million downloads and a reach of 500,000 listeners per week. Savage maintains a large social media following with over 200,000 followers on both Twitter and Facebook.
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David Ige
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
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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 1995 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995.
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Mike Parson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of Missouri since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship when Eric Greitens resigned, as he was lieutenant governor at the time. Parson served the remainder of Greitens's term and was elected governor in his own right in 2020.
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Dino Babers
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Dino Sean Babers is an American football coach who is currently 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 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Patsy Mink
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1948 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerlecturer
- Biography
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Patsy Matsu Mink was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. She 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 the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress, and is known for her work on legislation advancing women's rights and education.
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Michael Reeves
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- 2016-2020 graduated with Bachelor of Science in computer science
- Occupations
- Twitch streamerYouTubersoftware developer
- Biography
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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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Daniel Akaka
- Occupations
- politicianhead teacherteacher
- Biography
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Daniel Kahikina Akaka was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
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Kaiali‘i Kahele
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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. Kahele is a member of the Democratic Party and the son of the late Hawaii Senate member Gil Kahele.
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Abbas Milani
- Occupations
- historiantranslatorwriterfaculty member
- Biography
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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 (2004, Mage Publications), he has found evidence that Persian modernism dates back to more than 1,000 years ago.
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Leland Yee
- Occupations
- politicianchild and adolescent psychotherapist
- Biography
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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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Neil Abercrombie
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1964 graduated with Master of Arts
- In 1974 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politiciansociologistteacher
- Biography
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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.
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Colleen Hanabusa
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1975 graduated with Master of Arts
- In 1977 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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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Hilda C. Heine
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hilda Cathy Heine is a Marshallese educator and politician who has served as the president of the Marshall Islands since 2024, having previously served from 2016 to 2020. Prior to assuming office, she served as the Minister of Education. She was the first individual from the Marshall Islands to earn a doctorate degree, and the founder of the women's rights group Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI).
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Christian Standhardinger
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Christian Karl Hermoso Standhardinger is a Filipino-German professional basketball player for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 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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Phil Handy
- Occupations
- coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Philip T. Handy is an American basketball assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and player development trainer. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, and then played professionally abroad before starting his career in coaching.
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Mark Takai
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1993 graduated with Master of Public Health
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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Sammis Reyes
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball player
- Biography
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Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel is a Chilean-born former professional American football tight end. He was the first player from Chile to play in the NFL. Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of the Chile national team before moving to the United States on an athletic scholarship at 14. He played college basketball at Hawaii, Palm Beach State, Tulane, and Loyola–New Orleans, graduating with a Master of Business Administration degree with the latter.
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Rudolph Rummel
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Rudolph Joseph Rummel was an American political scientist and professor at the 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 peoples and colonialism, Nazi Germany, the Stalinist purges, Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and other authoritarian, totalitarian, or undemocratic regimes, coming to the conclusion that democratic regimes result in the least democides.
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Peter M. Christian
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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James Aiona
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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James R. "Duke" Aiona Jr. is an American politician and jurist who served as the eleventh lieutenant governor of Hawaii under Linda Lingle from 2002 to 2010. A Republican, he also served both as an attorney and a judge for the state prior to becoming lieutenant governor.
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Kirk Caldwell
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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 September 2021, but withdrew the following May.
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Matt Lojeski
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Quentin Kawānanakoa
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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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Cole McDonald
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Cole McDonald is an American football quarterback. He played college football at Hawaii and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
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Carl English
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Rick Blangiardi
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Richard John Blangiardi is an American television executive and politician from the state of Hawaii. Blangiardi was elected mayor of Honolulu in the 2020 mayoral election, and took office on January 2, 2021. He previously worked in the television industry and helped consolidate KHNL and KGMB into Hawaii News Now.
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Lemanu Peleti Mauga
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga is an American Samoan politician who is serving as the eighth governor of American Samoa since January 3, 2021. 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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Ramon Barba
- Occupations
- horticulturist
- Biography
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Ramon Cabanos Barba 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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Isaac Sopoaga
- Occupations
- player of American footballrugby league player
- Biography
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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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Brent Brennan
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brent Munger Brennan is an American football coach who is 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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Bobby Singh
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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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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Mari Matsuda
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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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 race theory since its inception. Matsuda returned to Richardson in the fall of 2008. Prior to her return, Matsuda was a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of torts, constitutional law, legal history, feminist theory, critical race theory, and civil rights law.
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Andria Tupola
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andria P. L. 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. She served as the state house minority leader, making her the first Samoan woman to serve in that position. In 2018, Tupola was the Republican nominee for Governor of Hawaii. She garnered 33% of the vote and lost to incumbent Democrat David Ige.
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Beth Fukumoto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Beth Keiko Fukumoto is an American politician who served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018, representing District 36.
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Doug Chin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Douglas S. 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 Governor of Hawaii after the resignation of Shan Tsutsui and after two others in the line of succession declined the office. In August 2018, he lost the Congressional seat's Democratic nomination to Ed Case.
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Kaniela Ing
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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Sylvia Luke
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sylvia Jung Luke is an American attorney and 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 Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
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Jared Dillinger
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jared Ryan B. Dillinger is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Dillinger is the second pick overall in the very talented draft class of 2008. He is a very versatile player that can play the 2, 3, and occasionally the 4 position. In his rookie year, he was included in the RP Training Pool under coach Yeng Guiao.
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Arsenio Balisacan
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Arsenio Molina Balisacan is a Filipino economist and academician currently serving as the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Balisacan first served as the NEDA Secretary from May 2012 to January 2016 under the Benigno Aquino III administration. He then served under the Duterte administration as the Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission from February 1, 2016 to June 30, 2022. He was again appointed as NEDA Secretary under the Bongbong Marcos administration. During his first term in 2012, he concurrently served as NEDA Secretary and as Chairman of the Boards of the Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippine Center for Economic Development, and Public-Private Partnership Center.
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Tosiwo Nakayama
- Years
- 1931-2007 (aged 76)
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Studied in 1955-1957
- Studied in 1967-1969
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tosiwo Nakayama was the first President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). He served two terms from 1979 until 1987.
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John D. Waihee III
- Occupations
- politicianlobbyistlawyer
- Biography
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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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Anthony Carter
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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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 Hawaii.
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Dominic Waters
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in Hawaiian studies and education
- Occupations
- kumu hulacommunity organizercurator
- Biography
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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 in the field of Kanaka Maoli language and cultural preservation. She teaches Kanaka Maoli philosophy and traditions that promotes cross-cultural alliances throughout the Pacific Islands. Kumu Hina is known as a "powerful performer with a clear, strong voice"; she has been hailed as "a cultural icon".
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Kao Kim Hourn
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Kao Kim Hourn is the current Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 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, is a Member of the Supreme National Economic Council, Senior Fellow at the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, and a Member of the Global Council of The Asia Society.
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Linda Nagata
- Occupations
- science fiction writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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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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Taylor Averill
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Taylor Constantine Averill is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw and the U.S. national team.
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Billy Kenoi
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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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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John Carroll
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with Bachelor of Education
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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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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Bryant Moniz
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Bryant Moniz is a former American professional gridiron football quarterback. He last played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Kim Willoughby
- Occupations
- volleyball playerbasketball player
- Biography
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Kim Marie Willoughby is a retired American indoor volleyball player. She is 5'11" (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 a silver medal.
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David Freitas
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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David Joseph Freitas is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously 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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Yosiwo George
- Years
- 1941-2022 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Yosiwo Palikkun George was a Micronesian politician, Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia in the 19th (2015–2019) and 20th (2019–2022) terms of congress, under the presidencies of Peter M. Christian and David W. Panuelo.
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Donna Mercado Kim
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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Scott Saiki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott K. Saiki is an American attorney and politician. Since 1994, 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. On May 4, 2017, he became speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives.
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Ikaika Alama-Francis
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball player
- Biography
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Brent Ikaika Alama-Francis is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Hawaii.
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Bob Nash
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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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 San Diego Conquistadors and the Continental Basketball Association with the Hawaii Volcanos for one season each.
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Chevan Cordeiro
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Chevan Cordeiro is an American football quarterback for the San Jose State Spartans. He previously played at the University of Hawaii.
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Brashton Satele
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brashton Satele is a former American 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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Sabrina McKenna
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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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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Mark Wasikowski
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mark P. Wasikowski is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Oregon Ducks baseball team.
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David S. Chang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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 and the Republican National Committee. Chang was elected chair in November 2011 for the 2011–2013 term and re-elected for another two-year term in May 2013, but resigned in March 2014, before the end of his term.
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Dru Brown
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Dru Brown is an American gridiron 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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Stacey Porter
- Occupations
- softball player
- Biography
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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 Hawaii from 2001 to 2003 where she set several records and was named to the All-American team. She plays professional softball in Japan. She represented Australia at the junior level and continues to represent Australia at the senior level and is current Australian Captain. Stacey competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal and the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal and has competed in multiple world softball championships.
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Richard C. Kim
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Richard C. Kim is a retired United States Army brigadier general.
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Alan Arakawa
- Biography
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Alan M. Arakawa is an American politician who served as the fifth and seventh mayor of the County of Maui in Hawaii.
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Garrett Nevels
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Garrett Keith Nevels is an American professional basketball player who last played for Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for Hawaii.
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Elias Camsek Chin
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- soldierpolitician
- Biography
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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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Nicole McClure
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Nicole Althea McClure is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Northern Irish club Sion Swifts and the Jamaica women's national team.
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Nereus Acosta
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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 Development Authority during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
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Sandra Pierantozzi
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- 1976-1978 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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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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Ryan Grice-Mullen
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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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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Justin Chin
- Occupations
- performing artistessayistpoet
- Biography
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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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Trayvon Henderson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Trayvon Henderson is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Hawaii.
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Della Au Belatti
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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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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Richard L. Pyle
- Occupations
- biologistcuratorichthyologistzoological collector
- Biography
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Richard Lawrence Pyle is a scuba diver and ichthyologist working on Hawaii.
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Valdelício Joaquim
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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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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Sharon Har
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sharon E. Har is an American politician. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 42 between January 16, 2013 to November 8, 2022 for the Democratic Party. She was succeeded by Diamond Garcia. Har served consecutively from January 2007 until 2013 in the District 40 seat.
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Kyle Dowdy
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kyle Alexander Dowdy is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.
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Yang Sung-chul
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Yang Sung-chul is a South Korean political scientist, politician, and diplomat.
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Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 35)
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- writerclimate activistpoet
- Biography
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Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is a poet and climate change activist from the Marshall Islands.
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Carlos S. Camacho
- Occupations
- politiciangovernor
- Biography
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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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Maile Shimabukuro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maile S.L. Shimabukuro is a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate, representing the state's 21st district since her election in 2010. The district includes Kalaeloa, Honokai Hale, Ko ‘Olina, Nānākuli, Mā‘ili, Wai‘anae, Mākaha, Mākua on the island of Oahu. She is a graduate of Iolani School, Colorado College and the William S. Richardson School of Law at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Tom Brower
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tom Brower is an American politician. He was a Democratic House member of the Hawaii House of Representatives who represented the 22nd district— which includes Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako on the island of Oahu. In his spare time he scours streets and parks in his district, looking for shopping carts homeless use to store and move their belongings. He returns good ones to stores and destroys others with his sledgehammer. In 2015 he was injured in another altercation at a homeless camp.
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Blake Oshiro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Blake Oshiro is an American politician and lawyer. From 2011 to 2014, he served as deputy chief of staff to the Governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie. Oshiro previously served as Majority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives, where he represented District 33, comprising the Honolulu neighborhoods of Aiea and Halawa. He spent ten years in the legislature. In 2011, Oshiro completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett Foundation LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.
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Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- biologistphysicianotolaryngologistecologist
- Biography
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Caitlin Elizabeth O'Connell-Rodwell is an American conservation biologist and author. She is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, scientific consultant, co-founder and chief executive officer of Utopia Scientific, and an expert on elephants. Her elephant research was the subject of the Elephant King, an award-winning Smithsonian Channel documentary.
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Biwali Bayles
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Biwali Bayles is an Australian professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL).
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Norman Sakamoto
- Enrolled in the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Norman Sakamoto is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate from 1996 to 2010. He represented Hawaii Senatorial District 15, comprising the communities of Aliamanu, Foster Village, Halawa, Hickam, Kalihi, Lower Aiea, Mapunapuna, Moanalua, Pearlridge, and Salt Lake on the island of Oahu. He is a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.
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Emily Maglio
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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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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Paul Kalas
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Biography
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Paul Kalas is a Greek American astronomer known for his discoveries of debris disks around stars. Kalas led a team of scientists to obtain the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet with orbital motion around the star Fomalhaut, at a distance of 25 light years from Earth. The planet is referred to as Fomalhaut b.
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Bruce Walton
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bruce Kenneth Walton is an American professional baseball coach and former player who is the pitching coach for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1991 to 1994, with the Oakland Athletics, Montreal Expos, and Colorado Rockies.
