FAMOUS HAITIANS

Fascinating countries produce fascinating personalities…

Charlemagne Péralte

Guerrilla Leader

Gérard Pierre-Charles

Leading Haitian Political Figure

Michel Molaire

Inventor

André Pierre

Haitian Painter

Tyrone Edmond

International Male Model

Paul Magloire

Solider and Politician

Hector Hyppolite

Father Figure of Haitian Art

Paul Laraque

Revolutionary Poet

Wyclef Jean

Martha Jean-Claude

Actress, dancer, singer, writer

Claudette Werleigh

Politician, Development and Peace Campaigner

Alexandre Gregoire

'Naive' Painter

Emeline Michel

Singer

Antoine Adrien

Liberation Theology Activist

Félix Morisseau-Leroy

Poet and Playwright

Raoul Peck

Film Maker

François ‘papa doc’ Duvalier

Doctor, Politician and Dictator

Jean "The Agronomist" Dominique

Journalist

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

General, Father of Haitian Independence

Gérard Pierre-Charles

Political Scientist, Scholar

Yvonne Hakim Rimpel

Feminist and Journalist

Jacques Roumain

Writer and Political Activist

Manno Sannon

Footballer

Sixto Maurice

Humourist and Raconteur

Toussaint Louverture

Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

President of Haiti

Edwidge Danticat

Author

Coupé Cloué

Guitarist, Singer and Band Leader

Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Haitian Intellectual and Academic

Marie Chauvet

Novelist and Writer

Emmanuel “Manno” Charlemagne

Singer and Songwriter

Viaud Loune

Health Worker

Esther Boucicault

HIV/AIDS Activist

Garcelle Beauvais

Haitian Model and Actress

Marleine Bastien

Social Worker and Community Activist

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Artist

Rose Anne Auguste

Nurse, Social Worker and Human Rights Activist

Anacaona

Taino Queen

Jacques Stephen Alexis

Writer, Poet and Activist

Ronald Agénor

Tennis Player