Tamatoa is a name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin.

Notable people

Tamatoa Dynasty

The

Tamatoa Dynasty Tamatoa is a name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin. Notable people Tamatoa Dynasty The Tamatoa Dynasty was a reigning dynasty of the island of Raiatea. Those with the name include: * Tamatoa II, king of Raiatea and grandfather of Tamat ...

was a reigning dynasty of the island of Raiatea. Those with the name include: *

Tamatoa II Tamatoa is a name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin. Notable people Tamatoa Dynasty The Tamatoa Dynasty was a reigning dynasty of the island of Raiatea. Those with the name include: * Tamatoa II, king of Raiatea and grandfather of Tamato ...

, king of Raiatea and grandfather of

Tamatoa III Tamatoa III (c. 1757 – 1831) was the King King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. ...

(c. 1757 – 1831), king of Raiatea from 1820 to 1831 *

Tamatoa IV Tamatoa IV (1797–1857), also known as Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i, was the King of Raiatea, Ra’iātea and Taha'a from 1831 until his death in 1857. He played a significant role in the sociopolitical history of the Leeward Islands duri ...

(1797–1857), king of Raiatea from 1831 to 1857 *

Tamatoa V Tamatoa V, born Tamatoa-a-tu Pōmare, (23 September 1842, Moorea – 30 September 1881, Papeete), King of Raiatea and Taha'a, was a son of Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti. Life Adopted by Tamatoa IV King of Raiatea and Tah'aa, he succeeded him ...

(1842–1881), king of Raiatea and Taha'a from 1857 to 1871 (born Tamatoa-a-tu Pōmare) *

Tamatoa VI Prince Ariimate Teururai, later known as King Tamatoa VI (7 June 1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the '' House of Teururai'' which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th cen ...

(1853–1905), king of Raiatea and Taha'a from 1885 to 1888 *

Teriivaetua Tamatoa Teriʻivaetua (September 22, 1869–December 4, 1918) was a member of the Pōmare Dynasty and the heiress apparent when the Kingdom of Tahiti was annexed by France in 1880. Her name Teri'i-vae-tua means ''Sovereign-distributing-the-ocean'' in Tahi ...

(1869–1918), member of the Pōmare Dynasty and daughter of Tamatoa V

Other people

Tamatoa Tetauira Tamatoa Tetauira (born 17 April 1996) is an BBM Tahitian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pirae in the Tahiti Ligue 1. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Tahiti's goal tally first.'' Ho ...

(born 1996), Tahitian footballer *

Tamatoa Wagemann Tamatoa Wagemann (born 18 March 1980) is a footballer from Tahiti who plays for AS Dragon. He is a member of the Tahiti national football team. Club career Wagemann was born in Papeete, Tahiti. played one season for the German club SV Linx, w ...

(born 1980), Tahitian footballer *

John Tamatoa Baker John Tamatoa Baker, also given as John Timoteo Baker, (1852 – September 7, 1921) was a Hawaiian politician, businessman, and rancher who served many political posts in the Kingdom of Hawaii, including Governors of Hawaii (island), Governor of t ...

(1852–1921), Hawaiian politician and businessman

Fictional characters

* Tamatoa, a giant

coconut crab The coconut crab (''Birgus latro'') is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight up to . The distance from the tip of one leg to ...

from the 2016 film '' Moana'' * Tamatoa, King of Bora Bora from the book Hawaii by

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales ...

, 1959

Notable people

Tamatoa Dynasty

Other people

Fictional characters

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