Waikiki

Historical Figures

Historical Figures A Alexander Liholiho (1834–1863): Kamehameha IV; built Queen’s Hospital with Queen Emma B Beach, Donn (1907–1989): a.k.a. “Don the Beachcomber;” created the Polynesian -themed bar and restaurant business in post-Prohibition Los Angeles and Waikîkî’s International Market Place Bishop, Bernice Pauahi (1831–1884): last Kamehameha descendant and the namesake of a trust established to benefit the Kamehameha Schools for Native Hawaiians Blanding, Don (1894–1957): writer and artist who produced numerous inviting images of Hawai‘i, many geared toward tourists C Cleghorn, Archibald (1835–1910): royal governor of O‘ahu; first parks commissioner for the City and County of Honolulu and landscape architect; married to Princess Likelike and father of Princess Ka‘iulani Cook, James (1728–1779): English navigator and sea captain who brought his ship and crew (and foreign disease) to the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 D Dillingham, Walter F. (1875–1963): head of the Hawaiian Dredging Company , which drained Waikîkî Dole, Sanford B. (1844–1926): president of the Hawai‘i Republic and the first governor of the Territory of Hawai‘i E Emma (1836–1885): Kamehameha IV’s queen and candidate to the throne upon Lunalilo’s death F Ford, Alexander Hume (1868–1945): Outrigger Canoe Club founder Frear, Walter F. (1863–1948): third governor of the Territory of Hawai‘i; Dillingham’s brother-in-law and supporter H Ho, Chinn (1903–1987): financier raised in Waikîkî who built the ‘Ilikai Hotel and attempted to develop Lê‘ahi; owned the Honolulu Star-Bulletin J Judd, Gerrit P. (1803–1873): medical missionary and advisor to the Hawaiian throne; promoted Westernization of Hawai‘i’s government K Ka‘ahumanu (1768?–1832): Kamehameha I’s favorite wahine who coruled with Kamehameha II (pushing him to overthrow the ancient kapu system); promoted Protestantism Kahanamoku, Duke (1890–1968): beachboy, Olympic athlete (swimming and water polo), and world famous surfer who served as Honolulu’s official greeter Kahekili (1713–1794): ruler of Maui who conquered O‘ahu and set up court at Waikîkî Historical Figures | 171 172 | Historical Figures Ka‘iulani (1875–1899): princess named heir to the Hawaiian throne by Lili‘uokalani Kala kaua (1836–1891): Hawai‘i’s king and champion of Native Hawaiian culture whose authority was compromised by the 1887 Bayonet Constitution Kalamakua (ca. 1400–1450): O‘ahu chief who cultivated extensive taro fields in Waikîkî Kalanikupule (1760–1795): ruler of Maui and O‘ahu defeated by Kamehameha I Kamehameha I (1758?–1819): paramount chief of Hawai‘i Island who united all of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule Kapi‘olani (1781–1841): Kalâkaua’s queen and founder of O‘ahu’s hospital for women and children; Waikîkî’s largest park named in her honor Kauikeaouli (1813–1854): Kamehameha III; the 1848 Mâhele occurred during his reign Keo pu olani (1778–1823): Kamehameha I’s sacred wahine and mother of Kamehameha II and III Ku hio  (1871–1922): prince who served as the second Hawai‘i delegate to the U.S. Congress; sponsored the 1921 Hawaiian Homelands Act L Liholiho (1796–1824): Kamehameha II; overthrew the ancient kapu system Lili‘uokalani (1839–1917): Hawai‘i’s last monarch London, Jack (1876–1916): American writer who promoted surfing as a sport Lota Kapua iwa (1830–1872): Kamehameha V; devised a constitution that increased royal authority Lunalilo: (1833–1874): voted king upon the demise of the Kamehameha line M Ma ‘iliku kahi (ca. 1350–1400): established Waikîkî as the ruling seat for O‘ahu chiefs, instituting laws from his capital that ensured peace and prosperity Massie, Thalia (1910 or 1911–1963): navy officer’s wife who claimed to have been raped by five young men of Native Hawaiian and Asian ancestry; the resulting trial and the murder of one of the suspects by Massie’s husband, mother, and accomplices fanned racial hatred in Hawai‘i and the United States Munro, George C. (1866–1963): conservationist and ornithologist who established Nâ Lâ‘au Arboretum on Lè‘ahi P Pinkham, Lucius E. (1850–1922): president of the Territorial Board of Health who advocated reclamation in Waikîkî; fourth governor of the Territory of Hawai‘i R Richards, William (1793–1847): missionary and advisor to the Hawaiian throne who promoted Westernization of Hawai‘i’s government Ricord, John (1812–1861): attorney general of the Hawaiian Kingdom who drafted the 1845 Organic Acts that Westernized much of Hawai‘i’s government S Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894): Scottish writer...