#1Military
Kaoru Moto
1917–1992United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Famous people · Makawao
Makawao is the birthplace of 5 famous people
The best known is the united States Army Medal of Honor recipient Kaoru Moto, with articles in 5 languages. Mike Stone is second and Clarence K. Nishihara third. The earliest on the list is Kaoru Moto, born in 1917, and the youngest Mike Stone, born in 1944. Half or more of the towns in Hawaii have no one on record, but this one has 6.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Kaoru Moto
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Kaoru Moto
Youngest
1944
Mike Stone
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Makawao
Kaoru Moto, Mike Stone and Clarence K. Nishihara are written about in 5, 3 and 2 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Makawao’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawMilitaryWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Makawao is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Makawao
Another 2, the earliest born in 1919.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Makawao 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.
Photo credits (4)
- Kaoru Moto: U.S. Dept of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence K. Nishihara: Burt Lum from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Scott: Suzi Pratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Poirier: Nick_Eversman_and_Gregory_Poirier_06_Missing_Paley_Center_in_Los_Angeles_2012.jpg: Genevieve derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons