Top 10 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.
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2. King Kamehameha I
The ali’i who succeeded in defeating Kahekili and uniting the islands into the Kingdom of Hawai’i.
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3. Queen Ka’ahumanu
Born in Hāna, this favorite wife of King Kamehameha I is unrivaled in Hawai’i’s feminist history.
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4. Queen Liliu’okalani
Hawai’i’s last and one of its most beloved monarchs, her government was overthrown in 1893.
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5. Loren Thurston/Sanford Dole
The leaders of the “Bayonet Revolution,” responsible for ending the monarchy in Hawai’i.
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6. Alexander & Baldwin
Samuel Alexander and Henry P. Baldwin’s historic 1869 sugar plantation partnership grew into one of Hawai’i’s largest companies.
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7. William F. Quinn
The first elected governor of the state of Hawai’i, sworn in on August 21, 1959.
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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.
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9. John Waihe’e
The first governor of Hawaiian ancestry, he led the state from 1986 to 1990.
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10. Nainoa Thompson
The navigator for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, he has led the revival of traditional voyaging arts.
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