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This page provides a list of Haitian artists.People on this list were either born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign citizenship or have resided extensively ...
Sony Esteus – radio journalist. Gessica Gënëus (born 1985) – actress, film director. Jimmy Jean-Louis – model and actor (film Phat Girlz; television series Heroes) Val Jeanty – electronic music artist [30] Johny Joseph – news anchor. Jean-Claude La Marre – writer, director, and film and television actor.
Henri Christophe. Henri Christophe [1] ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi kʁistɔf]; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti . Christophe was of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa. [2] Beginning with the slave uprising of 1791, he rose to power in the ranks of the ...
Paul Eugène Magloire ne Paul Vincent Magloire, 30th president of Haiti and 33rd head of state (ephemeral military governments were excluded from the count), was born on July 19, 1907, in Quartier-Morin, commune of Cap-Haitien, in the North Departement. Paul was the son of a high-ranking General Eugene Francois Magloire, and Marie-Philomene ...
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright appear decades younger in first-look photos from “Here,” their highly-anticipated reunion with “Forrest Gump” director Robert Zemeckis. The movie was even co ...
Toussaint Louverture. François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔminik tusɛ̃ luvɛʁtyʁ], English: / ˌluːvərˈtjʊər /) [2] also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life ...
1804–1806. as Empress of Haiti. Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778–1851) Henri Christophe (as President, then King of North Haiti) 1807–1820. Marie-Madeleine Lachenais (1778–1843) Alexandre Pétion (1807–1818) and Jean-Pierre Boyer (1818–1843) (mistress, never married) 1807–1843. Marie-Madeleine Lachenais was the mistress and political ...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, and leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.