Peck, Raoul. Film maker – Grew up in Zaire where his parents had emigrated to escape the Duvalier dictatorship when

Duvalier, François ‘papa doc’. Doctor, politician, dictator – Born in 1907 in Port-au-Prince, Duvalier was a medical doctor who became

Journalist Jean Léopold Dominique was killed yards away from his station, Radio Haïti on April 3, 2000. No-one has ever

Dessalines, Jean-Jacques. General, father of Haitian independence – Born at Habitation Cormier, Grande Rivière du Nord in 1758. The history

Politician – One of Haiti’s best known political scientists, Gérard Pierre-Charles was born in Jacmel in 1935. For many of

Rimpel, Yvonne Hakim. Feminist, journalist – Born in Port-au-Prince in 1906, Rimpel was a founder of the first Haitian feminist

Writer, political activist – Born in 1907, he was educated in Belgium and Switzerland but returned home in 1927 to

Sanon, Manno, footballer. Born into a poor Port-au-Prince family in 1951, Sanon made his name as a striker with the

Sixto, Maurice. Humourist and raconteur – Born in Gonaives on 23 May 1919, Sixto attended the prestigious Saint-Louis de Gonzague

Louverture, Toussaint. Leader of the Haitian Revolution – Born in 1743, the eldest of eight children born to slaves on

Coupé Cloué was the alias of Jean Gesner Henry, a guitarist, singer and band leader born in Léogâne in 1925.

Chauvet, Marie. Novelist – The best known and most prolific of Haiti’s female novelists, Marie Chauvet was born in Port-au-Prince

Singer, songwriter – Born in 1948, Charlemagne grew up in the sprawling new suburb of Carrefour, to the south of

Viaud, Loune. Health worker – Born in the coastal town of Port-Salut in the south of Haiti, Loune Viaud is