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Te Kurapa, Hikawera

Te Kurapa was the third of five children born to Te Tuhera Te Kurapa and his wife Matahera. As a young child he was given to his mother's cousin, Te Whenuanui II (also known as Rangiteremau... [more]

Te Waharoa

Te Waharoa was the son of Tangimoana and Te Kahurangi. While he was still a young boy, the fortified village near Matamata, where he lived with his mother, was attacked by a party from the ... [more]

Te Wiata, Inia

Te Wiata was one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, of Maori, Scottish and Swedish descent, but brought up as a Maori. His father died when he was a toddler, and when his mother r... [more]

Tecumseh

Tecumseh (Waiting Panther or Shooting Star) was the brother (possibly the twin) of Tenskwatawa , and was born near Springfield, Ohio. Their father, Pucksinwa, died in the Battle of Point P... [more]

Tekakwitha, Kateri

Tekakwitha was orphaned by smallpox as a child of four in New York State (and was herself visually handicapped and scarred by the disease) and raised by relatives. In 1676 she converted to ... [more]

Templer, James

Templer was born to a poor family in Exeter. He was orphaned at the age of six and placed in St. John's Hospital, a school for destitute young children. He was apprenticed at 14 to a joiner... [more]

Tenskwatawa

Tenskwatawa (Open Door) was one of triplet boys (one source states that he and Tecumseh were twin brothers). Their father, Pucksinwa, was killed in a battle with white men (1774) before t... [more]

Tenzin Gyatso (under Dalai Lamas)

The Dalai Lamas - supreme heads of Tibetan Buddhism and also the secular rulers of Tibet before the Chinese invasion - as well as some other important leaders of the religion (such as the P... [more]

Terupe, Tui

Rupe was orphaned by the age of 10 and spent the rest of his childhood in children's homes and boarding schools. He was blind from birth in one eye, and during adolescence the sight in his ... [more]

Theresa Awana Kaheiheimalie (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)

The history of the royal dynasties of Hawai'i has been as tangled as that of many others. Until the early 19th century each island was ruled by its own dynasty, but Kamehameha the Great (17... [more]