#1Notable
Keōpūolani
1778–1823Queen consort of Hawaiʻi and the highest ranking wife of King Kamehameha I
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Famous people · Wailuku
Leaders stand out among the 13 famous people born in Wailuku
Keōpūolani leads the list, covered in 12 languages. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. From Keōpūolani to JoJo Dickson, the births on the list run from 1778 to 1989. Fewer than a quarter of the 46 towns in Hawaii with famous people list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Keōpūolani
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1778
Keōpūolani
Youngest
1989
JoJo Dickson
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Wailuku’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Wailuku is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Wailuku’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wailuku
Keōpūolani leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Kurt Suzuki (11) and Shane Victorino (10).
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#3Sports
Shane Victorino
born 1980Baseball player from the United States
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Of the other 10, 5 are leaders.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Kahului leads the towns around it, with 3 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wailuku 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 (8)
- Keōpūolani: The American Tract Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Victorino: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shan Tsutsui: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall Grove: Lance Cpl. Stephen McGinnis Crop: East718 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elle Cochran: John Bellino, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Rego: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Daniels: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ongais: Ted Van Pelt from Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons