WYCLEF JEAN (1969 – ) Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician who ascended to stardom in the 1990s as a member of the remarkably successful hip-hop trio the Fugees.…
PIERRE TOUSSAINT (1766 – 1853) Pierre Toussaint was born into slavery around 1766 in Haiti, when it was still a French colony. The man who owned him, Monsieur Bérard,…
PATRICK GASPARD (1967 – ) Patrick Gaspard is the Vice President of the Open Society Foundations. Prior to this role, he was a key figure in U.S. President Barack…
JEREMIAH HAMILTON (1806 – 1875) Jeremiah Hamilton was Wall Street’s first Black millionaire, and the only African American broker to join mid-19th-century New York’s millionaire’s club. He escaped Haiti…
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960 – 1988) Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist who became one of the most celebrated American “naif” painters of the Neo-Expressionism art movement in the 1980s. Basquiat…
JANY TOMBA Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to legendary Haitian painter Geo Remponeau and his wife Madeleine, Jany Remponeau Tomba moved to New York City as a young woman in…
GARCELLE BEAUVAIS (1966 – ) Best known for her roles on both the big and small screens, Haitian-born actress Garcelle Beauvais has charmed audiences with her dramatic and comedic…
ANDRÉ BIROTTE JR. (1966 – ) André Birotte, Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first African American United States Attorney for the Central District of California.…