Haitians in France

Haitians in France and the French of Haitian descent
Haïtiens en France et les Français d'origine Haïtienne

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

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

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.^[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

• 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.^[13]

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

See also

• France–Haiti relations
• Haitian Canadian
• Haitian diaspora
• List of Haitians
• List of Haitian Americans

References

1. Tableau immigres Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, 2008)
2. "Haitian Creole", Ethnologue.com Website, Retrieved 4 May 2011
3. "Insee − Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques | Insee".
4. 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
5. "Immigrés par pays de naissance détaillé − Étrangers – Immigrés : pays de naissance et nationalités détaillés | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
6. "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 2005-05-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
7. "Présentation de Haïti" (in French).
8. 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
9. "Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
10. "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.
11. 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.
12. Sutherland, Jonathan (2004). African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 119. ISBN 1576077462. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
13. "Fournier de Pescay (1771-1833)". Une Autre Histoire. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2015.