People (91)

• Toussaint Louverture

  1743–1803

  Leader of the Haitian Revolution

• Jean-Jacques Dessalines

  1758–1806

  Founder of Haiti

• Henri Christophe

  1767–1820

  King of Haiti

• Alexandre Pétion

  1770–1818

  President of Haiti

• Boukman Dutty

  ?–1791

  Vodou priest and revolutionary

• Cécile Fatiman

  1771–1883

  Manbo

• Sanite Bélair

  1781–1802

  Revolutionary officer

• Catherine Flon

  1772–1831

  Seamstress of the flag

• Oswald Durand

  1840–1906

  Poet

• Anténor Firmin

  1850–1911

  Anthropologist and statesman

• Massillon Coicou

  1867–1908

  Poet and playwright

• Jacques Roumain

  1907–1944

  Novelist and founder of the Bureau d'Ethnologie

• Jean Price-Mars

  1876–1969

  Ethnographer

• Dantès Bellegarde

  1877–1966

  Historian and diplomat

• Félix Morisseau-Leroy

  1912–1998

  Poet

• Marie Vieux-Chauvet

  1916–1973

  Novelist

• Jacques Stephen Alexis

  1922–1961

  Novelist

• Frankétienne

  1936–2025

  Writer and painter

• René Depestre

  1926–

  Poet

• Dany Laferrière

  1953–

  Novelist

• Edwidge Danticat

  1969–

  Writer

• Boisrond Tonnerre

  1776–1806

  Secretary of the Revolution

• Baron de Vastey

  1781–1820

  Anticolonial writer

• Thomas Madiou

  1814–1884

  Historian

• Beaubrun Ardouin

  1796–1865

  Historian and senator

• Hannibal Price

  1841–1893

  Diplomat and essayist

• Louis Joseph Janvier

  1855–1911

  Physician and polemicist

• Demesvar Delorme

  1831–1901

  Novelist and statesman

• Frédéric Marcelin

  1848–1917

  Novelist

• Fernand Hibbert

  1873–1928

  Novelist

• Justin Lhérisson

  1873–1907

  Writer

• Georges Sylvain

  1866–1925

  Poet and lawyer

• Etzer Vilaire

  1872–1951

  Poet

• Ignace Nau

  1808–1845

  Writer

• Coriolan Ardouin

  1812–1836

  Poet

• Antoine Innocent

  1874–1960

  Novelist

• Ida Faubert

  1882–1969

  Poet

• Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain

  1898–1975

  Linguist and anthropologist

• Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau

  1905–1970

  Sociologist and suffragist

• Paulette Poujol Oriol

  1926–2011

  Novelist and educator

• Odette Roy Fombrun

  1917–2022

  Educator and essayist

• Yanick Lahens

  1953–

  Novelist

• Kettly Mars

  1958–

  Novelist

• Évelyne Trouillot

  1954–

  Novelist

• Ertha Pascal-Trouillot

  1943–

  Jurist and former president

• Michel-Rolph Trouillot

  1949–2012

  Anthropologist

• Laënnec Hurbon

  1940–

  Sociologist of religion

• Jean Casimir

  1938–

  Sociologist

• Jean Métellus

  1937–2014

  Poet and neurologist

• Anthony Phelps

  1928–2025

  Poet

• Carl Brouard

  1902–1965

  Poet

• Émile Roumer

  1903–1988

  Poet

• Jean Brierre

  1909–1992

  Poet and diplomat

• Lyonel Trouillot

  1956–

  Novelist

• Gary Victor

  1958–

  Novelist

• Virginie Sampeur

  1839–1919

  Poet

• Cléante Desgraves Valcin

  1891–1956

  Novelist

• Annie Desroy

  1893–1948

  Novelist and playwright

• Émeric Bergeaud

  1818–1858

  Novelist

• Pierre Faubert

  1806–1868

  Poet and playwright

• Émile Nau

  1812–1860

  Historian

• Céligny Ardouin

  1806–1849

  Historian

• Joseph Saint-Rémy

  1815–1856

  Historian and jurist

• Alcibiade Fleury-Battier

  1841–1883

  Poet

• Edmond Paul

  1837–1893

  Economist and statesman

• Solon Ménos

  1859–1918

  Writer and diplomat

• Tertulien Guilbaud

  1856–1937

  Poet

• Arsène Chevry

  1867–1915

  Poet

• Damoclès Vieux

  1876–1936

  Poet

• Seymour Pradel

  1875–1943

  Poet and politician

• Charles Moravia

  1875–1938

  Poet and diplomat

• Luc Grimard

  1886–1954

  Poet and educator

• Constantin Mayard

  1882–1940

  Poet and diplomat

• Christian Werleigh

  1895–1947

  Poet

• Normil Sylvain

  1900–1929

  Writer

• Pauléus Sannon

  1870–1938

  Historian

• Windsor Bellegarde

  1870–1936

  Historian and educator

• Justin Chrysostome Dorsainvil

  1880–1942

  Physician and ethnographer

• Anacaona

  1474–1504

  Taíno cacica

• François Mackandal

  ?–1758

  Maroon leader

• Charlemagne Péralte

  1885–1919

  Leader of the Caco resistance

• Benoît Batraville

  1877–1920

  Caco commander

• Jean-Jacques Acaau

  ?–1846

  Leader of the Piquets

• Marie-Jeanne Lamartinière

  1775–

  Revolutionary soldier

• Défilée (Dédée Bazile)

  1750–1816

  Market woman

• Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture

  1742–1816

  Wife of Toussaint Louverture

• Rosalvo Bobo

  1873–1929

  Physician and politician

• Dumarsais Estimé

  1900–1953

  President

• Lysius Salomon

  1815–1888

  President

• Faustin Soulouque

  1782–1867

  Emperor of Haiti

• Jean-Pierre Boyer

  1776–1850

  President