# 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.
| Year | Haitian-born population | Other data |
| 1999 | | 12,163 |
| 2004 | 49,973 | |
| 2006 | | 1,844 |
| 2011 | 52,000 | |
| 2016 | 60 900 | |
| 2019 | 62 448 | |

## 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