Samuel Sailele Ripley

Samuel Sailele Ripley (November 22, 1883 – July 8, 1961) was a leader of the Mau movement in American Sāmoa, which sought resistance to U.S. colonial rule in the early 20th century. For his involvement, he was deported, barred, and exiled from his homeland by the U.S. government. On July 1, 1940, he became the mayor of Richmond, California.

Ripley returned home to Leone in July 1920, at a pivotal moment when tensions surrounding the Mau movement were escalating. By that time, the movement, which had arisen in February 1920 to oppose the U.S. Naval Administration, was gaining momentum, and Ripley aligned himself with its cause.^{: 194, 196–197} The movement was suppressed by the U.S. government, which led to his exile.

Ripley was the first Samoan to be barred from entering the land of his birth. Both C.S. Hannum and Arthur A. Greene worked with the Ripleys to obtain approval for a land development project in Leone.