President William McKinley High School - Noted Alumni

Noted Alumni

Listed alphabetically by last name (year of graduation or years of birth and death)

• Satoru Abe (1926-) – sculptor
• Abraham Akaka Minister
• George R. Ariyoshi (1944) - Governor of Hawaiʻi (1974–1986); first American of Japanese descent elected governor in the United States
• Gladys Kamakakuokalani Brandt
• Serafin Colmenares (1995) - national research scientist at Berkeley Lab; Ph.D. from Harvard University
• Shawn Ching (1987) - famous TV newscaster and lawyer in Hawaii of Filipino and Portuguese descent but adopted by a Chinese father
• Tammy Duckworth (1985) - U.S. Army Major and Iraq War veteran from the U.S. state of Illinois. 2006 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for the sixth district of Illinois
• Hiram L. Fong (1924) - U.S. senator (1959–1977)
• Abraham M. S. Goo (1943) - president, Boeing Military Airplane Co. and Boeing Advanced Systems
• Yuna Ito (2001) - J-pop singer; In 2007 released debut album, HEART, which debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts in Japan
• Daniel Inouye (1942) - member of U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team (known as the "Go For Broke" regiment) which in World War II rescued a Texas Battalion surrounded by German forces in a battle known as the rescue of "The Lost Battalion"; Medal of Honor recipient; U.S. representative (1959–1962); U.S. senator (1962–present). President pro tempore of the United States Senate,4th highest ranking member of the U.S government.
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (1986–1987, freshman year only) - Professional WWE Superstar wrestler, actor; 7-time WWF/WWE Champion, 2 time Intercontinental Champion, 5-time WWE World Tag Team Champion, 2-time WCW World Heavy Weight Champion, Royal Rumble (2000), Sixth Triple Crown Champion.
• Duke P. Kahanamoku - Olympic gold medalist in swimming (1912 and 1920)
• Benny Kalama - Musician, falsetto singer
• Wah Kau Kong (ca. 1937) - first Chinese-American fighter pilot in World War II
• Ford Konno (1952) - won four medals in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, including 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals, and set an Olympic record in the 1500m free
• Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), jazz vibraphonist
• Leroy A. Mendonca (1950) U.S. Army sergeant killed in combat during Korean War, Medal of Honor
• Frederick Pang (1954), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), 1993–94
• Song, Alfred (1936), California State Assemblyman and State Senator

• John Chin Young (1909–1997), artist