#1Notable
Kaumualii
1778–1824King of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau before unified Hawai'i
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Famous people · Wailua
Wailua’s famous people span 214 years: 4 births from 1778 to 1992
Kaumualii is the best known, with articles in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Cecil Brown and Punahele Soriano. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.8, while at least half the towns in Hawaii list nobody born there. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Kaumualii
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1778
Kaumualii
Youngest
1992
Punahele Soriano
The best known
Born in Wailua
Kaumualii, Cecil Brown and Punahele Soriano are written about in 8, 6 and 5 languages.
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#2Politics & Law
Cecil Brown
1850–1917Hawaiian attorney, politician, businessman, and banker
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Wailua’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1770s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
NotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wailua is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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 Wailua
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Kapaa: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wailua 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 (2)
- Kaumualii: William Ellis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons