François-Xavier Verschave

male, deceased (2005)
Nobel Prize, nobel, historian, French, democracy activist, Gladio…Frenchcolonialempires, French colonies
François-Xavier Verschave was primarily known as one of the founders of the French NGO "Survie" ("Survival"), which he presided since 1995, and as t...
Dimitri Amilakhvari

Dimitri Amilakhvari

male, deceased (1942)
Dimitri Zedguinidze-Amilakhvari, French Mandate of Syria, French military personnel killed in action Two, Military history of France during World War II, Frenchcolonialempires, Agadir…French Morocco, French North Africa, Free French Forces, French, French Resistance member
Prince Dimitri Zedguinidze-Amilakhvari, more commonly known as Dimitri Amilakhvari (October 311906 - September 241942) was a French military...

Félix Éboué

male, deceased (1944)
French politician, French Equatorial Africa, French colonial governors and administrator, Ordre de la Libération, politician, Légion d'honneur recipient…french guiana, Free French, from French Guiana, French, Frenchcolonialempires
Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French (French Guianan-born) colonial administrator and Free French leader.
Joseph Gallieni

Joseph Gallieni

male, deceased (1916)
French West Africa, Frenchcolonialempires, First World War, French colonies, Haute-Garonne, La Flèche…French Sudan, french indochina, french army
Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 - 27 May 1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French...
Afua Cooper

Afua Cooper

female
Canadian women writer, Canadian History, Casa de las Américas, Westmoreland, Jamaica, Frenchcolonialempires, Dub poetry…French colonial
Afua Cooper is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian and dub poet. Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Cooper grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and migrated to...
Michel Arnaud

Michel Arnaud

male, deceased (1990)
World War II, military academy, French, Italian, de gaulle, captain…colonial, Free French Forces, Frenchcolonialempires
Michel Arnaud was a French General that distinguished himself in World War II, and for this was decorated with the Ordre de la Libération and made "...
Victor Hugues

Victor Hugues

male, deceased (1826)
French, slave, French Revolution, First French Empire, abolitionist, Military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars…Frenchcolonialempires, colonial administrator
Victor Hugues (1761-1826) was a French politician and colonial administrator during the French Revolution, who governed Guadeloupe from 1794 to...

Émile Gentil

male, deceased (1914)
French colonial governors and administrator, Frenchcolonialempires, French Equatorial Africa, gabon, brazzaville, Ecole navale…French Colonial Governor, French, colonial administrator, French Congo, French Navy officer
Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader. Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he l...
Louis Mizon

Louis Mizon

male, deceased (1899)
French colonial governors and administrator, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, administrateur-superieur, Mahajanga, Adamawa Plateau…Frenchcolonialempires, French Colonial Governor, French, colonial, French Navy
Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon (1853-1899) was a French explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Paris in 1853, Mizon entered in the French Navy...