Guy Philippe

Guy Philippe

male, 41 years old
Guy Philippe was a rebel leader in Haïti during the 2004 Haïti rebellion. He was the police chief of Haïti's second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien, unti...
Boniface Alexandre

Boniface Alexandre

male, 73 years old
Boniface Alexandre was the acting president of Haïti from 2004 to 2006. Following the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 2...
Evans Paul

Evans Paul

male
Evans Paul, called "K-plim", is a Haitian politician and former president of the Democratic United Committee ("Komite inite Demokratik", KID). He...
Jacques Roche

Jacques Roche

male, deceased (2005)
Jacques Roche was a prominent journalist and poet of Haiti. He was kidnapped on July 10, 2005, and was found dead on July 15, 2005. Television...
Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

female, 40 years old
Fiction writer Edwidge Danticat conjures the history of her native Haiti in award-winning short stories and novels. She is equally at home...

Gérard Jean-Juste

male, 62 years old
Fr. Gérard Jean-Juste (1947-) is the Roman Catholic rector of Saint Claire's church for the poor in Port-au-Prince, Haïti. He is also a li...
Prosper Avril

Prosper Avril

male, 71 years old
Prosper Avril (born December 12 1937) is a former president of Haiti, one of the most influential Haitian political figures of the last thirty...

Dany Laferrière

male, 56 years old
Dany Laferrière is a Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a...

Michaëlle Jean

female, 52 years old
Michaëlle Jean, CC, CMM, COM, CD, DUniv ("honoris causa"), DLitt ("honoris causa"), LLD ("honoris causa"), (born September 6, 1957, in P...
Hector Hyppolite

Hector Hyppolite

male, deceased (1948)
Hector Hyppolite was a Haitian painter. Born in Saint-Marc, Hyppolite worked as a house painter and was a Vodou priest, or houngan, before his...