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Maui : Influential Leaders

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1. Kahekili

A Maui ali’i (chief), recognized as the most powerful – some say fierce – Hawaiian of the 1780s.
2. King Kamehameha I

The ali’i who succeeded in defeating Kahekili and uniting the islands into the Kingdom of Hawai’i.
3. Queen Ka’ahumanu

Born in Hāna, this favorite wife of King Kamehameha I is unrivaled in Hawai’i’s feminist history.
4. Queen Liliu’okalani

Hawai’i’s last and one of its most beloved monarchs, her government was overthrown in 1893.
5. Loren Thurston/Sanford Dole

The leaders of the “Bayonet Revolution,” responsible for ending the monarchy in Hawai’i.
6. Alexander & Baldwin

Samuel Alexander and Henry P. Baldwin’s historic 1869 sugar plantation partnership grew into one of Hawai’i’s largest companies.
7. William F. Quinn

The first elected governor of the state of Hawai’i, sworn in on August 21, 1959.
8. George Helm

Hawaiian activist and renowned musician, lost at sea with friend Kimo Mitchell in 1977 on their way to Kaho’olawe for a protest.
9. John Waihe’e

The first governor of Hawaiian ancestry, he led the state from 1986 to 1990.
10. Nainoa Thompson

The navigator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, he has led the revival of traditional voyaging arts.