# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-aikau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:25:14.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-aikau"
name: "Eddie Aikau"
slug: "eddie-aikau"
description: "Edward Ryan Makuahanai Aikau was a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer. As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved over 500 people and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational is named in his honor. He was also a crew member on the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa."
tagline: "Hawaiian surfer and lifeguard (1946–1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Eddie_Aikau.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1946-05-05"
deathDate: "1978-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.66
  momentum:             17.04501915708812
  historical:           9.404953333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Айкау, Эдди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83"
    title: "Еди Айкау"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88"
    title: "ادی آیکائو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6"
    title: "エディ・アイカウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Aikau"
    title: "Eddie Aikau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2735451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump