- Nacimiento
- Defunción22 de enero de 1968 · Honolulu, Hawái, Estados Unidos (un ataque al corazón)
- Nombre de nacimientoDuke Paoa Kahinu Makoe Hulikohoa Kahanamoku
- Altura1.85 m
- Duke Kahanamoku nació el 24 de agosto de 1890 en Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii [ahora Hawaii, USA]. Fue un actor, conocido por Girl of the Port (1930), La bruja roja (1948) y The Rescue (1929). Estuvo casado con Nadine Alexander. Murió el 22 de enero de 1968 en Honolulú, Hawái, Estados Unidos.
- CónyugeNadine Alexander(2 de agosto de 1940 - 22 de enero de 1968) (su muerte)
- He was sheriff of Honolulu for twenty (20) years.
- In June, 1925, he was credited with saving the lives of eight people when the yacht they were on capsized. Duke used his surfboard to save their lives.
- While sheriff of Honolulu in the 1930's, Duke and his brother Sam were both lovers of tobacco heiress Doris Duke and were frequent guests at Shangri-La, her nearby oceanfront estate.
- His open-air Waikiki Beachfront bar and restaurant, called simply "Duke's," on the ground level of the Sheraton Outrigger Waikiki in Honolulu, remains a major tourist attraction. Many of Duke's legendary (surfing) long-boards, as well as those of other famed surfers, adorn the walls, along with other Duke memorabilia.
- Brother Sam was also an Olympic swimmer.
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