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Famous people · Kihei

3 famous people call Kihei their birthplace

John Lotulelei, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Roman Wilson and Tadao Beppu. The first birth on record is Tadao Beppu’s, in 1919, and the last Roman Wilson’s, in 2001. Half or more of the towns in Hawaii have no one on record, but this one has 1.4 for every 10,000 residents.

#2 best knownRoman WilsonSports · born 2001
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Lotulelei
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Tadao Beppu
Youngest
2001
Roman Wilson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Kihei

Athletes take two of the three places.

JL#1
Sports

John Lotulelei

born 1991

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Roman Wilson#2
Sports

Roman Wilson

born 2001

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TB#3
Politics & Law

Tadao Beppu

1919–1993

American politician and businessman

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kihei and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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