Editing Easter Island (section)

=== Indigenous figures ===

* [[Hotu Matuꞌa]], island founder
* [[Nga'ara]] (died 1859), one of the last '[[ariki]]
* [[Riro Kāinga]] (died 1898 or 1899), last person to hold title of king and rule before Chilean consolidation
* [[Ana Eva Hei]] (c.1849-c.1949), consort of Atamu Tekena and one of the last women to have traditional facial tattoos
* [[Atamu Tekena]] ({{circa}} 1850–1892), missionary installed King who ceded island to Chile
* [[Angata]] ({{circa}} 1853–1914), native catechist and prophetess who led a 1914 rebellion
* [[Alexander Ariʻipaea Salmon]] (1855–1914) English-Jewish-Tahitian de facto ruler of Easter Island, 1878–1888.
* [[Juan Tepano]] (1867–1947), indigenous leader and cultural informant
* [[Juan Edmunds Rapahango]] (1923–2012), former mayor
* [[Valentino Riroroko Tuki]] (1932–2017) last claimant to the Rapa Nui throne
* [[Carmen Cardinali]] (born 1944) a Rapa Nui Chilean professor, governor of Easter Island, 2010–2014.
* [[Melania Hotu]] (born 1959), governor (2006–2010, 2015–2018)
* [[Pedro Edmunds Paoa]] (born 1961), mayor and former governor
* [[Lynn Rapu Tuki]] (born 1969), head-teacher, promotes the arts and traditions of the Rapa Nui People.
* [[Marta Hotus Tuki]] (born 1969), governor (2014–2015)
* [[Jacobo Hey Paoa]], first Rapa Nui male to earn a law degree and become an attorney
* [[Luz Zasso Paoa]] (born 1972), a Rapa Nui politician, mayor of Easter Island, 2008–2012.
* [[Laura Alarcón Rapu]] (born 1977), governor from 2018 to 2022
* [[Tiare Aguilera Hey]] (born 1982), member of the [[Constitutional Convention (Chile)|Chilean Constitutional Convention]]
* [[Mahani Teave]] (born 1983), a Chilean American classical pianist
* [[José Fati Tepano]], first Rapa Nui male to serve as a titular judge upon completing training in Chile