Haitians in France
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Residents of France born in Haiti 62,448.[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris | |
| Languages | |
| French, Haitian Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Haitian Vodou | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Blacks in France, French Haitian |
Haitians in France consist of migrants from Haiti and their descendants living in France.[4]
Demographics
[edit]The 2011 Census recorded 62 298 Haitian-born people.[5]
| Year | Haitian-born population | Other data | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12,163[6] | ||
| 2004 | 49,973[7][8] | ||
| 2006 | 1,844[9] | ||
| 2011 | 52,000[5] | ||
| 2016 | 60 900[5][1][2][3] | ||
| 2019 | 62 448[10] |
List of notable Haitians in France
[edit]Artists
[edit]- Edgar Degas, artist
- Edouard Duval-Carrié, painter and sculptor
- Philippe Dodard, graphic artist and painter
- Gérard Fombrun, sculptor
Athletes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Jeanne Duval, actress
- Raoul Peck, filmmaker
Historical personalities
[edit]- Eugene Bullard, first African-American military pilot, whose ancestors where Haitian slaves who fled the Haitian Revolution.[11][12]
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- François Fournier de Pescay, first person of color to have practiced medicine and surgery in Europe.[13]
Models
[edit]- Misty Jean, former Miss West Indies and singer
Music
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tableau immigres Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, 2008)
- ^ a b "Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, Retrieved 4 May 2011
- ^ a b "Insee − Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques | Insee".
- ^ Alexandre, Michele (2006), "Conceptions of Identity of Haitian Europeans in France: What does a black european concept of Identity mean to Haitians in France?", Black European Studies Conference, retrieved 2013-06-22
- ^ a b c "Immigrés par pays de naissance détaillé − Étrangers – Immigrés : pays de naissance et nationalités détaillés | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 2005-05-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "Présentation de Haïti" (in French).
- ^ Jean-François, Macollvie (8 June 2004), "The French dis-connection: Haitians struggle to make their mark in Paris", Haitian Times, archived from the original on 2012-03-12, retrieved 2013-06-22
- ^ "Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ^ "IMG1B - Population immigrée par sexe, âge et pays de naissance en 2016 − France entière −Étrangers - Immigrés en 2016 | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Buckley, Gail Lumet (2002). American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution To Desert Storm. Random House Trade Paperbacks. p. 169. ISBN 0375760091. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
Eugene Jacques bullard haiti.
- ^ Sutherland, Jonathan (2004). African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 119. ISBN 1576077462. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Fournier de Pescay (1771-1833)". Une Autre Histoire. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
