List of Haitians

This is a list of Haitians, notable people from Haiti and persons of Haitian ancestry living abroad, including Haitian-Americans and Haitian-Canadians. The list includes people recognized for artistic, cultural, economic, historical, criminal, and political reasons, among others. If not indicated here, their Haitian heritage and notability is contained in their main article. This list does not include fictional characters or Haitian associations and organizations.

Academics, scientists

• John James Audubon, French-American naturalist (born in Haiti)

Artists

Painter Philomé Obin

• Gesner Abelard
• Rigaud Benoit
• Préfète Duffaut
• Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue
• Alexandre Gregoire
• Hector Hyppolite
• Philomé Obin
• Prosper Pierre-Louis
• Petion Savain

Athletes

Martial artist David Loiseau

• Joachim Alcine - professional boxer. Born in Haiti
• Samuel Dalembert - basketball player. Born in Haiti
• Rudy Doliscat - Canadian soccer player. Born in Haiti
• Nadine Faustin-Parker - Haitian Olympic hurdler
• Joe Gaetjens - professional soccer player. Haitian native
• Olivier Occean - professional soccer player
• Jean Pascal - professional boxer, Light Heavyweight Champion
• Jean-Philippe Peguero - professional soccer player
• Olden Polynice - former Utah Jazz NBA player
• Bruny Surin - Canadian Olympian athlete. born in Haiti.

Forward

Professional American football players

• Junior Galette, born in Haiti
• Gosder Cherilus, born in Haiti
• Vladimir Ducasse, professional American football player, born in Haiti
• Jonal Saint-Dic, former football player; born in Haiti

Hockey

• Claude Vilgrain, professional hockey player, born in Haiti^{[citation needed]}

Authors

Author Edwidge Danticat

• Carl Brouard – poet
• Edwidge Danticat – American author
• René Depestre – poet and communist
• Jean Dominique - journalist
• Roger Dorsinville – poet, journalist, novelist, politician, and diplomat
• Franck Étienne - author, poet, playwright, musician and painter
• Dany Laferrière – Canadian novelist and journalist
• Jacques Roumain – writer and politician

Business

• Antoine Izméry - businessman. Died in Haiti.
• Mathias Pierre - entrepreneur. Lives in Haiti
• Dumas M. Simeus - American business executive
• Charles Terres Weymann - American airplane racing pilot and businessman

Crime

• Kendall Francois - serial killer
• Jean Lafitte, French pirate who operated around New Orleans and Galveston on the Gulf Coast of the United States, was born in Port-au-Prince around 1782.
• Abner Louima - crime victim
• Amiot Métayer - gang leader

Fashion

• Tyrone Edmond - model

Revolutionary figures

• Georges Biassou – rebel slave
• Jean-Pierre Boyer
• Henri Christophe
• Jean-Jacques Dessalines
• Simone Duvalier – former First Lady of Haiti
• Cécile Fatiman - voodoo priestess and a figure of the Haitian Revolution.
• Victoire Jean-Baptiste
• Jean François – rebel slave
• Jeannot – rebel slave
• Marie-Madeleine Lachenais
• Toussaint Louverture – rebel slave and military general
• François Mackandal – houngan and rebel slave
• Vincent Ogé
• Charlemagne Péralte, nationalist leader who opposed the U.S. Invasion
• Alexandre Pétion, President of Haiti
• Julien Raimond
• Sylvain Salnave

Law

• Mildred Trouillot, American lawyer, former First Lady^{[citation needed]}

Medicine

• Marlie Casseus - notable surgery patient
• Henri Ford – pediatric surgeon. Born in Haiti

Military

• Raoul Cédras
• Louis-Jodel Chamblain
• Emmanuel Constant
• Guy François - colonel
• Fabre Geffrard
• Philippe Guerrier
• Josue Lajeunesse - humanitarian
• Paul Magloire
• Buteur Métayer - rebel leader
• Faustin Soulouque

Motion picture and television personalities

Actress Garcelle Beauvais

• Arnold Antonin – film director
• Nadege August, actress, producer and director
• Garcelle Beauvais, television actress (NYPD Blue)
• Alex Désert, actor
• Abner Genece, award-winning stage actor
• Jamie Hector – American actor
• Jimmy Jean-Louis, actor (film Phat Girlz; television series Heroes)
• Jessica Lucas, actress, Melrose Place (2009 TV series)
• Trina McGee-Davis – American actress
• Luck Mervil – Canadian actor and singer-songwriter
• Raoul Peck, film director
• Quddus – Canadian VJ for MTV
• Daphnee Duplaix Samuel – American actress

Musicians and singers

Musician and former presidential candidate Wyclef Jean

• Toto Bissainthe, folk music artist
• Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu – French opera soprano
• Frantz Casseus, guitarist and composer
• Manno Charlemagne – political folk singer
• Nicolas Geffrard – musician; composed Haitian national anthem
• Lee Holdridge - Puerto Rican-American composer (born in Haiti)
• Kery James – French rapper
• Carlos Jean - Spanish musician
• Wyclef Jean - singer for The Fugees
• David Jude Jolicoeur, rapper from De La Soul
• Kangol Kid – American rapper
• MC Tee, rapper
• Luck Mervil
• Pras Michel, singer for The Fugees
• Delisa Newton – American jazz vocalist
• Melky Sedeck – American R&B/hip hop sibling duo
• Sha Money XL, rapper
• Smitty – American rapper-songwriter
• Torch – German rapper
• Tony Yayo, rapper

Political figures

• Hérard Abraham
• Boniface Alexandre
• Jacques-Édouard Alexis, Prime Minister of Haiti (2006 - Present)
• Pierre Nord Alexis
• André Apaid – politician and activist
• Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former president
• Prosper Avril
• Jean-Claude Bajeux – minister of culture and human rights activist
• Charles Henri Baker – politician
• Marc Bazin – United Nations diplomat and World Bank official
• Jean-Pierre Boyer – soldier and President of Haiti
• Phillip Brutus, first Haitian elected to the Florida state legislature
• Martial Célestin
• Jean-Marie Chérestal
• Henri Christophe – rebel slave and President of Haiti
• Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave
• Jean-Jacques Dessalines – President of Haiti
• François Duvalier – President of Haiti
• Jean-Claude Duvalier – President of Haiti
• Dumarsais Estimé
• Mathieu Eugene
• Linda Dorcena Forry
• Patrick Gaspard - Executive Director of the U.S. Democratic National Committee
• Ulises Heureaux, former President of the Dominican Republic (Haitian father)
• Antoine Izméry – pro-democracy activist and businessman
• Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada
• Jean Jeudy
• Émile Jonassaint, former President
• Gérard Latortue
• Robert Malval
• Leslie Manigat
• Michel Martelly - former musician (Sweet Micky) and President of Haiti (2011-present)
• Smarck Michel
• Henri Namphy
• Daniel Narcisse, former Foreign Affairs Minister
• Yvon Neptune
• Joseph Nérette, former President
• Vincent Ogé – revolutionary
• Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, former President
• Evans Paul - politician
• Guy Philippe - politician
• José Francisco Peña Gómez - Dominican politician and activist
• Charlemagne Péralte – nationalist leader and revolutionary
• Alexandre Pétion – nationalist, revolutionary and President of Haiti
• Gérard Pierre-Charles
• Michèle Pierre-Louis
• René Préval, former President (2006-2011)
• Pierre-Richard Prosper – American lawyer, prosecutor and former government official
• Julien Raimond – agriculturalist/planter and revolutionary
• Kwame Raoul
• André Rigaud
• Yolly Roberson
• Lysius Salomon
• Sylvain Salnave – former President of Haiti
• Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
• Marie Saint Fleur
• Rosny Smarth
• Dany Toussaint
• Sténio Vincent
• Claudette Werleigh

Religion

• Gérard Jean-Juste – Roman Catholic priest and rector
• Mother Mary Lange – Cuban founder of a Catholic religious community for women
• Guy Sansaricq – first Haitian-born Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States
• Pierre Toussaint - activist & Catholic candidate for sainthood
• Louis William Valentine Dubourg – Roman Catholic bishop

Technology

• Gerard A. Alphonse – American electrical engineer^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Canadians of Haitian ancestry
• List of Haitian Americans

References

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