Chang Apana
Chang Apana | |||||||||||||
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| Born | December 26, 1871 Waipiʻo, Oahu, Hawaiian Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Died | December 8, 1933 (aged 61) Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Police career | |||||||||||||
| Department | Honolulu Police Department | ||||||||||||
| Service years | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄭阿平 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑阿平 | ||||||||||||
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Chang Apana (December 26, 1871 – December 8, 1933; traditional Chinese: 鄭阿平; simplified Chinese: 郑阿平; pinyin: Zhèng Āpíng) was a Chinese-Hawaiian detective of the Honolulu Police Department. He was acknowledged by Earl Derr Biggers as the inspiration for his fictional Chinese-American detective character, Charlie Chan.