List of Famous people born in American Samoa, United States of America

Tulsi Gabbard

First Name Tulsi
Born on April 12, 1981 (age 44)

Tulsi Gabbard is an American politician and United States Army Reserve officer who served as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Elected in 2012, she was the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. In early February 2019 she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Al Harrington

Tausau Ta'a
First Name Al
Last Name Harrington
Born on December 12, 1935
Died on September 21, 2021 (aged 85)

Al Harrington is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as "Det. Ben Kokua" on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O and as Mamo Kahike on the 2010 reboot of Hawaii Five-0 playing the owner of a surf shop and a bus driver in the off season. He had previously appeared in five episodes of the series as other characters.

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Mike Gabbard

First Name Mike
Last Name Gabbard
Born on January 15, 1948 (age 77)

Gerald Michael Gabbard is a Samoan American politician, serving as a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate for District 20 since 2006. Gabbard rose to prominence for his successful effort to pass a 1998 amendment to the Constitution of Hawaii to give the state legislature "the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples" under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Gabbard, who was born in American Samoa, is the first person of Samoan descent to serve in the Hawaii Senate.

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Mike Iupati

Michael Iupati is an American football guard for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). A native of American Samoa, Iupati went to high school in southern California, played college football at Idaho, and earned consensus All-American honors. Iupati was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft; he played five seasons with the 49ers and four with the Arizona Cardinals.

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Joey Iosefa

Marvin Joey Iosefa is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Hawaii.

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Jerome Kaino

First Name Jerome
Last Name Kaino
Born on April 6, 1983 (age 42)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Jerome Kaino is a New Zealand rugby union player. He currently plays flanker and number eight for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14. In 2004, he was named IRB International Under-21 player of the year. In 2011, he was named the New Zealand Rugby player of the year, finishing ahead of Richie McCaw and Ma'a Nonu in the voting. He is a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only 20 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups. Kaino is considered by many to be one of the game's greats.

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Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga

First Name Lolo
Last Name Moliga
Born on August 12, 1947 (age 78)

Lolo Letalu Matalasi is an American Samoan politician, educator, and businessman. He served as the 57th Governor of American Samoa, from 2013 to 2021.

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Amata Coleman Radewagen

First Name Amata
Last Name Radewagen
Born on December 29, 1947 (age 77)

Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen, commonly called Aumua Amata, is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Radewagen, a Republican, was elected on November 4, 2014, after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega. She began her tenure on January 3, 2015. She also serves as the National Committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress.

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Gary Scott Thompson

First Name Gary
Last Name Thompson
Born on October 7, 1959 (age 66)

Gary Scott Thompson is an American screenwriter, television producer, and director. Thompson is notable for his work on The Fast and the Furious starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon and Elisabeth Shue, Split Second, 88 Minutes, starring Al Pacino, and K-911 and K-9: P.I..

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