# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sol-ho-opi-i
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:38:41.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sol-ho-opi-i"
name: "Sol Hoʻopiʻi"
slug: "sol-ho-opi-i"
description: "Solomon Hoʻopiʻi Kaʻaiʻai was a Native Hawaiian lap steel guitarist. A virtuoso, he was one of the most famous original Hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joseph Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and \"King\" Bennie Nawahi."
tagline: "Native Hawaiian guitarist who was a lap steel guitar virtuoso (1902-1953)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Sol_Ho%CA%BBopi%CA%BBi.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-12-18"
deathDate: "1953-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.487726666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393813/"
    handle:    "nm0393813"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1045400"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88'%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A'%D9%89"
    title: "سول هو'وپي'ى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%84_%DA%BE%DB%86%D8%A6%DB%86%D9%BE%DB%8C"
    title: "سۆل ھۆئۆپی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Hoopii"
    title: "Sol Hoopii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Ho%CA%BBopi%CA%BBi"
    title: "Sol Hoʻopiʻi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Hoopii"
    title: "Sol Hoopii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Hoopii"
    title: "Sol Hoopii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%94_%ED%9B%84%ED%94%BC"
    title: "솔 후피"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e755a3d8-c083-400c-8b0c-9dd07c3c50d5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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