Haitians in France

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

Demographics
The 2011 Census recorded 62 298 Haitian-born people.

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