Haitians in France

Haitians in France consist of migrants from Haiti and their descendants living in France.

Demographics The 2017 Census recorded 62,448 Haitian-born people."Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, Retrieved 4 May 2011

Year Haitian-born population Other data Immigrants 199912,163 2004 49,973 20061,844 2011 52,000 2016 60 900Tableau immigres Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, 2008)"Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, Retrieved 4 May 2011 2017 62 448Tableau immigres Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, 2008)"Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, Retrieved 4 May 2011

List of notable Haitians in France

Artists Edgar Degas, artist Edouard Duval-Carrié, painter and sculptor Philippe Dodard, graphic artist and painter Gérard Fombrun, sculptor

Athletes Ronald Agénor, professional tennis player Bryan Alceus, professional football player Gary Ambroise, professional football player Ernst Atis-Clotaire, professional football player Jean-Kévin Augustin, professional football player Hervé Bazile, professional football player Kervens Belfort, professional football player Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, professional football player Frantz Bertin, professional football player Davidson Charles, professional football player Rochel Chery, professional basketball player Yves Desmarets, professional football player Belony Dumas, professional football player Jean-Kévin Duverne, professional football player Wagneau Eloi, professional football player Gabriel Flambert, professional football player Herby Fortunat, professional football player Yassin Fortune, professional football player Romain Genevois, professional football player Marc Hérold Gracien, professional football player; was considered as the fastest player in France by beating Nicolas Anelka's record after a physical test at Clarefontaine (The National Institute of Soccer) Constantin Henriquez, first person of color to compete in the Olympic Games and by extension to win a gold medal; rugby union footballer Max Hilaire, professional football player Lecsinel Jean-François, professional football player Dominique Jean-Zéphirin, professional football player Jean-Dimmy Jéoboam, professional basketball player Georgi Joseph, professional basketball player Steeven Joseph-Monrose, professional football player Presnel Kimpembe, professional football player Kevin Lafrance, professional football player Alexandre Lippmann, fencer Jeff Louis, professional football player Mike Maignan, professional football player Jean-Eudes Maurice, professional football player Pierre Mercier, professional football player Rénald Metelus, professional football player Soni Mustivar, professional football player Wilner Nazaire, professional football player Alexis Nicolas, professional kickboxer Ralph Noncent, professional football player Windsor Noncent, professional football player Vladimir Pascal, professional football player Jean-Jacques Pierre, professional football player Listner Pierre-Louis, professional football player Johny Placide, professional football player Yves Pons, professional basketball player Dylan Saint-Louis, professional football player Abel Thermeus, professional football player William Vainqueur, professional football player Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel

Entertainment Jeanne Duval, actress Raoul Peck, filmmaker

Historical personalities Eugene Bullard, first African-American military pilot, whose ancestors where Haitian slaves who fled the Haitian Revolution. Charles Terres Weymann, racing pilot, who flew for Nieuport during World War I as a test pilot and was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Jean-Baptiste Belley, former slave from Saint Domingue Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, engineer and the only passenger of known African ancestry on the ill-fated voyage of the RMS Titanic. Michèle Bennett, ex-wife of former President for Life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier. Serge Gilles, exiled leader of the Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats political party of Haiti.

Literature Alexandre Dumas, writer (most notable for works such as The Three Musketeers) Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer and dramatist Félix Morisseau-Leroy, writer Gary Klang, poet and novelist Ida Faubert, writer Jacques Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, poet Jacques Roumain, writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle, writer and translator Jean-Baptiste Romane, poet and one poem, Vers à la France, he was awarded a gold medallion by the French government Jean Dominique, journalist Joel Dreyfuss, journalist, editor, and writer John James Audubon, ornithologist, naturalist, and painter Maggy de Coster, writer Paul Arcelin, writer Pierre Faubert, poet and playwright René Depestre, poet and former communist activist Roger Gaillard, historian and novelist Solon Ménos, author and politician Thomas Madiou, historian Victor Séjour, author

Medicine François Fournier de Pescay, first person of color to have practiced medicine and surgery in Europe.

Models Misty Jean, former Miss West Indies and singer

Music Célimène Daudet, pianist Alibi Montana, rapper Kery James, rapper and singer Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, violinist, composer and writer Roi Heenok, rapper, producer and entrepreneur

Political figures Alexandre Pétion André Rigaud Dumarsais Estimé Franck Lavaud, military general and politician François-Ferdinand Christophe Jean-Baptiste Mills Jean-Claude Bajeux, political activist and professor of Caribbean literature Joseph Bunel Jules DeMun Léon Thébaud, lawyer and ambassador Lysius Salomon Michaëlle Jean Paul Arcelin, political activist Paul Lafargue, revolutionary Marxist socialist Philippe Kieffer, French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Toussaint Louverture

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