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Barbi Benton, model/actress, has a home in Hawaii. Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Daniel Bess, actor, Rick Allen on 24. Henry Bianchini, Hawaiian-based sculptor, painter and printmaker. Ashley Bickerton, contemporary artist, painter, sculptor. Hiram Bingham I, missionary.
Gabby Pahinui (1921-1980), Slack-key guitarist and singer. Dennis Pavao (1951–2002), Hawaiian falsetto singer and musician; one of several Hawaiian musicians who during the 1970s, led the Hawaiian music renaissance. Kalani Peʻa (born 1983), Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, entertainer, and educator.
[3] [4] In 2007, he was placed in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list. In June 2023, Forbes listed Branson's estimated net worth at US$3 billion. [5] On 11 July 2021, Branson travelled as a passenger onboard Virgin Galactic Unity 22 at the edge of space, a suborbital test flight for his spaceflight company Virgin Galactic.
The Hawaiian Renaissance (also called the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance) was the Hawaiian resurgence of a distinct cultural identity that draws upon traditional Kānaka Maoli culture, with a significant divergence from the tourism -based culture which Hawaiʻi was previously known for worldwide (along with the rest of Polynesia).
The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands. Polynesians arrived sometime between 940 and 1200 AD. [1][2] Kamehameha I, the ruler of the island of Hawaii, conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. [3] The kingdom became prosperous and important for its ...
Released on Thursday, the list contains all of the people who made an impact in 2016, ranging from world leaders and local activists to top 40 artists. Time magazine reveals 2016 list of '100 Most ...
Prominent figures and terms in Hawaiian mythology. Aumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god. ʻElepaio - monarch flycatcher. Haumea - goddess of birth. Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne. Hina - goddess of Moon. Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kamohoalii. Kalanipoo - bird goddess Queen. Kamapuaʻa - warlike god of wild boars ...
High Chiefess Kapiʻolani (c. 1781–1841) was an important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the arrival of Christian missionaries. She was one of the first Hawaiians to read and write, as well as sponsor of a church. She made a dramatic display of her new faith, which was the subject of ...