Léon M'Ba

male, deceased (1967)
Gabriel Léon M'ba was the first President of Gabon (1960 - 1967). The surname is also written 'M'Ba' and 'Mba'. He was a member of the Fang people e...

Félix Éboué

male, deceased (1944)
Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French (French Guianan-born) colonial administrator and Free French leader.

Émile Gentil

male, deceased (1914)
Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader. Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he l...

Jean-Hilaire Aubame

male, deceased (1989)
Jean-Hilaire Aubame was a Gabonese politician active during both the colonial and independence periods, including service as a French deputy...

Amédée-François Lamy

male, deceased (1900)
Amédée-François Lamy was born at Mougins, in the French "département" of Alpes-Maritimes on February 7 1858 and died in the battle of Kousséri on Ap...
Henri Gouraud

Henri Gouraud

male, deceased (1946)
Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud was a French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of the First World War. Born i...

René Maran

male, deceased (1960)
René Maran was a French poet and novelist and the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt. Born on the boat carrying his parents to F...
Francis Bebey

Francis Bebey

male, deceased (2001)
Francis Bebey was a Cameroonian artist, musician, and writer. Bebey was born in 1929 in Douala, Cameroon. He attended the Sorbonne and Paris,...

Solomon Braun

male, deceased (1899)
Solomon Braun was a French lieutenant of artillery, born at Paris in 1868 and died in Togbao, Chad, in 1899. His father, a poor pedler, observing...
Louis Mizon

Louis Mizon

male, deceased (1899)
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon (1853-1899) was a French explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Paris in 1853, Mizon entered in the French Navy...