# List of Haitian Americans

This is a list of notable Haitian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Haitian American, or have references showing they are Haitian American and are notable.

## Academia

* Claudine Gay, Harvard University's first Black person and second woman to lead the university.
* Michel DeGraff, tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founding member of the Haitian Creole Academy
* Charles L. Reason, the first Black college professor in the United States; mathematician and linguist

## Artists

* John James Audubon, painter
* Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist
* Edouard Duval-Carrié, painter and sculptor
* Vladimir Cybil Charlier, visual artist
* Paul Gardère, visual artist
* Jackson Georges, painter, whose works have been on exhibit at the World Trade Art Gallery, the United Nations, and Mehu Gallery
* Ligel Lambert, mixed-media painter and educator
* Edmonia Lewis, sculptor who gained fame and recognition in the international fine arts world
* Naudline Pierre (born 1989), painter of Haitian descent, lives in Brooklyn, New York
* Patrick H. Reason, engraver
* Kathia St. Hilaire (born 1995), visual artist
* Sacha Thébaud (1934–2004), a.k.a. "Tebó", artist, sculptor, architect, furniture designer born in Haiti and known for encaustics in international contemporary fine art
* Didier William, mixed-media painter

## Business

* Hurby Azor, hip-hop music producer
* Jean-Claude Brizard, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
* Karen Civil, digital marketing strategist, entrepreneur, author; CEO of KarenCivil.com, Live Civil & CMO of Marathon Agency
* Suzanne de Passe, television, music and film producer; co-chairman of de Passe Jones Entertainment Group
* Mignon Faget, fine jewelry designer
* Reggie Fils-Aimé, former president of Nintendo America
* Ralph Gilles, automobile designer (Chrysler 300)
* Viter Juste, businessman, community leader and activist
* Danielle Laraque-Arena, first woman President of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University
* Monique Péan, fine jewelry designer
* Harve Pierre, President of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy record company
* James Rosemond, former businessman involved in the rap music industry
* Mona Scott-Young, CEO of Monami Entertainment
* Dumarsais Simeus, owner of Simeus Foods
* Vince Valholla, hip-hop music producer
* Steven Victor, record executive, artist manager, music publisher, and A&R representative.

## Culinary arts

* Vanessa Cantave, co-founder and executive chef of the catering company Yum Yum

## Crime

* Kendall Francois, serial killer
* James Rosemond, "Jimmy Henchman", former businessman involved in the rap music industry; convicted drug trafficker
* Rudy Eugene, "Miami Zombie" He was American of Haitian descent through his immigrant parents
* Haitian Jack, "Jacques Agnant" A Haitian who had an infamous beef with American rapper Tupac Shakur

## Entertainment
### Broadcasting

* Vladimir Duthiers, television news broadcaster
* Carmelau Monestime, community leader and Haitian Creole radio broadcaster
* Liliane Pierre-Paul, radio journalist famous for having a political dispute with Haitian Kompa artist turned politician Michel Martelly

### Dancers

* Jean-Léon Destiné, dancer and choreographer
* Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine, dancer

### Films and TV

* Eric André, actor and comedian (father is Haitian)
* Nadege August, actress
* Marlyne Barrett, actress
* Angelique Bates, actress best known for the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That
* Garcelle Beauvais, actress, singer, model
* Michelle Buteau, stand-up comedian, actor
* Gabriel Casseus, actor
* Suzanne de Passe, television, music and film producer
* Alex Désert, actor
* Gary Dourdan, actor
* Mike Estime, actor
* Susan Fales-Hill, television producer, author, screenwriter
* Abner Genece, award-winning actor
* Hugues Gentillon, film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Meta Golding, actress
* Jamie Hector, actor
* Nikki M. James, Tony Award-winning actress and singer
* Kyle Jean-Baptiste, youngest actor and first black American actor to be cast as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on Broadway
* Jimmy Jean-Louis, actor
* Vicky Jeudy, actress
* Jean-Claude La Marre, television actor, director, and film and writer
* Jerry Lamothe, screenwriter, director, producer, and actor
* Sal Masekela, television host, sports commentator, actor, and singer
* Trina McGee-Davis, actress
* Moxiie, singer
* Natalie Paul, actress
* Sharon Pierre-Louis, actress
* Josephine Premice, actress
* Sandra Prosper, actress
* Lela Rochon, actress
* Luka Sabbat, actor and model
* Alisha Wainwright, actress

### Media personalities

* Kai Cenat

### Models

* Joanne Borgella, fashion model
* Mama Cax, fashion model, and disabled rights activist
* Alexandra Cheron, model
* Daphnée Duplaix, actress, model and former Playboy playmate
* Tyrone Edmond, fashion model
* Marjorie Vincent, Miss America 1991

### Music

* Kodak Black, Rapper
* Gaelle Adisson, singer
* Jean Beauvoir, multi-Platinum singer-songwriter, producer
* Elijah Blake, songwriter and contemporary R&B musician
* Bibi Bourelly, singer and daughter of Jean-Paul Bourelly
* Jean-Paul Bourelly, jazz fusion and blues rock guitarist
* Won-G Bruny, rapper and entrepreneur
* Capone, rapper
* Casanova, rapper of Panamanian and Haitian descent
* Alan Cavé, kompa singer
* Andrew Cyrille, jazz drummer
* Jason Derulo, singer-songwriter
* Flipp Dinero, rapper
* Sheff G, rapper of Haitian and Trinidadian descent
* Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer and pianist
* Bigga Haitian, reggae musician
* Hoax, alternative rock band including Frantz N. Cesar of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent
* Lee Holdridge, multi-award-winning Haitian-born composer and orchestrator
* Wyclef Jean, Grammy Award-winning Haitian rapper, musician and actor
* J-Live, rapper, DJ and producer
* Jacki-O, rapper
* J. Rosamond Johnson, composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance
* David Jude Jolicoeur, also known as "Trugoy the Dove"; rapper from De La Soul
* Kangol Kid, rapper, UTFO
* Rich The Kid, rapper
* DJ Whoo Kid, DJ, producer
* Steph Lecor, singer
* Mach-Hommy, rapper
* Maxwell, Grammy Award-winning singer
* Leyla McCalla, cellist with the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops
* Travie McCoy, lead singer of the band Gym Class Heroes
* Woodson Michel, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor
* Teri Moïse, singer
* Michel Mauléart Monton, composer; notable for composing the classic song choucoune (known as "yellow bird" in the English version)
* Richard Auguste Morse, founder of a mizik rasin band, RAM, named after his initials
* Jimmy O, rapper
* Pras, Grammy Award-winning rapper and founded of The Fugees; actor
* Riva Nyri Précil, singer
* Qwote, singer
* Dawn Richard, singer
* Devyn Rose, singer
* Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer, musician
* Saigon, rapper
* Cécile McLorin Salvant, Grammy Award-winning jazz singer
* 21 Savage, rapper (paternal grandfather was of a Haitian descent)
* Melky Sedeck, contemporary R&B duo
* Smitty, rapper
* Sol, rapper
* Vince Staples, rapper
* Sergio Sylvestre, singer
* MC Tee, rapper and co-founder of Mantronix
* Jon Theodore, former drummer of The Mars Volta, current drummer for Queens of the Stone Age
* Torch, rapper
* Pastor Troy, rapper
* Black Violin, musical duo
* Sha Money XL, producer
* Tony Yayo, rapper
* Fridayy, musician
* Sarina, musician

### Sports
#### Basketball

* Jeff Adrien, undrafted NBA free agent
* Zach Auguste, undrafted NBA free agent, former Notre Dame basketball player
* Kervin Bristol, professional basketball player currently playing for the KK Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League
* Nadine Domond, former professional basketball player
* Quincy Douby, former Sacramento Kings NBA guard and current Zhejiang Golden Bulls CBA player
* Mario Elie, former Houston Rockets NBA guard
* Marie Ferdinand-Harris, first Haitian American WNBA player drafted; former Phoenix Mercury guard
* Blake Griffin, member of the Los Angeles Clippers after being drafted 1st in the 2009 NBA draft
* Taylor Griffin, drafted by the Phoenix Suns
* Nerlens Noel, member of the Philadelphia Sixers after being drafted 6th in the 2013 NBA draft
* Eniel Polynice, member of the Atleticos de San German in the BSN of Puerto Rico
* Matisse Thybulle, 20th selection of the 2019 NBA draft.

#### Boxing

* Andre Berto, professional boxer, 2004 Haitian Olympian, two-time welterweight champion
* Fernando Guerrero, Haitian-Dominican-born boxer
* Erickson Lubin, professional boxer
* Melissa St. Vil, women's lightweight boxer
* Patrick Day, professional boxer

#### Football

* Mackensie Alexander, cornerback
* Stanley Arnoux, linebacker
* Cliff Avril, defensive end
* D'Anthony Batiste, offensive tackle
* Mackenzy Bernadeau, guard
* Giovani Bernard, running back
* Yvenson Bernard, running back
* Jacques Cesaire, defensive end
* Gosder Cherilus, offensive tackle
* Jason Chery, wide receiver
* Lewis Cine, safety
* Stalin Colinet, defensive tackle
* Antonio Cromartie, cornerback
* Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith, safety
* Marcell Dareus, defensive tackle
* Louis Delmas, safety
* Pierre Desir, cornerback
* Marc Dile, guard/tackle
* Jayson DiManche, outside linebacker
* Leger Douzable, defensive end
* Vladimir Ducasse, offensive tackle
* Elvis Dumervil, defensive end
* Dominique Easley, defensive tackle
* Audric Estimé, running back
* Terrence Fede, defensive end
* Deondre Francois, quarterback
* Junior Galette, defensive end
* Pierre Garçon, wide receiver
* Ron Girault, safety
* Josh Gordon, wide receiver
* Stanley Jean-Baptiste, cornerback
* Ricky Jean-Francois, defensive tackle
* Max Jean-Gilles, guard
* Lemuel Jeanpierre, guard and center
* Rashad Jeanty, linebacker
* Jerry Jeudy, wide receiver
* Carlos Joseph, offensive tackle
* Davin Joseph, offensive guard
* Frantz Joseph, linebacker
* Johnathan Joseph, cornerback
* Karl Joseph, safety
* William Joseph, defensive tackle
* Steve Josue, linebacker
* Emmanuel Lamur, linebacker
* Sammuel Lamur, linebacker
* Corey Lemonier, defensive linebacker
* Corey Liuget, defensive end
* Henry McDonald, running back
* Whitney Mercilus, linebacker
* Sony Michel, running back
* Vernand Morency, running back
* Steve Octavien, linebacker
* Olsen Pierre, defensive end
* Kevin Pierre-Louis, linebacker
* Jason Pierre-Paul, defensive end
* Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, cornerback
* Mike Sainristil, cornerback
* Jonal Saint-Dic, defensive end
* Greg Senat, offensive tackle
* Pierre Thomas, running back
* Fitzgerald Toussaint, running back
* Jonathan Vilma, linebacker

#### Martial artists

* James Edson Berto, MMA fighter
* Olivier Murad, MMA fighter
* Ovince St. Preux, mixed martial artist; competes in the Light Heavyweight division for the UFC
* Adler Volmar, judoka
* Neil Magny, mixed martial artist; competes in the Welterweight division of the UFC

#### Soccer

* Jozy Altidore, soccer player for Toronto FC
* Gilbert Bayonne, soccer player
* John Boulos, soccer player; is in the US National Soccer Hall of Fame
* Kimberly Boulos, soccer player
* Joenal Castma, retired soccer player; played in the US and Poland
* Dave Cayemitte, soccer player (retired), now businessman
* Steward Ceus, soccer player
* Ronil Dufrene, retired soccer player
* Derrick Etienne, soccer player
* Pat Fidelia, retired soccer player
* Joe Gaetjens, member of the 1950 World Cup US National Team
* Zachary Herivaux, soccer player
* Andrew Jean-Baptiste, soccer player
* Stefan Jerome, soccer player
* Jacques LaDouceur, retired soccer player
* Jerrod Laventure, soccer player, forward (striker) for Red Bull New York)
* Benji Michel, soccer player
* Fafà Picault, soccer player
* Brian Sylvestre, soccer player
* Sébastien Thurière, soccer player

#### Sprinters and runners

* Dudley Dorival, Olympic hurdler
* Wadeline Jonathas, Olympic sprinter
* Nadine Faustin-Parker, Olympic hurdler who competed for Haiti in the Olympics in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), and Beijing (2008)
* Moise Joseph, middle-distance runner; competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
* Barbara Pierre, track and field sprint athlete in the Pan American Games
* Marlena Wesh, sprinter competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics for Haiti
* Angie Annelus, sprinter finalist at the 2019 World Athletics Championships

#### Tennis

* Ronald Agénor, professional tennis player
* Victoria Duval, professional tennis player
* Jennifer Elie, professional tennis player
* Naomi Osaka, professional tennis player

#### Other sports

* Francis Bouillon, professional hockey player
* Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder
* Shad Gaspard, WWE professional wrestler
* Haiti Kid, retired WWF professional wrestler; had dwarfism
* Samyr Lainé, Olympic triple jumper; competed for Haiti at the 2012 Summer Olympics
* Rodney St. Cloud, professional bodybuilder
* Touki Toussaint, professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves

## Fashion designers

* Azède Jean-Pierre
* Kerby Jean-Raymond, founder of the menswear label, Pyre Moss
* Fabrice Simon, award-winning artist and fashion designer, best known for his handmade beaded dresses

## Historical personalities

* Jeremiah Hamilton, Wall Street broker noted as "the only black millionaire in New York" about a decade before the American Civil War
* Jean-Jacob Jeudy, activist, politician and currently a soldier in the United States Army
* Viter Juste, coined the name "Little Haiti" for the neighborhood in Miami which is a center of the Haitian American community in Florida; considered the father of the community in Miami
* Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of the city of Chicago
* Fred Staten, Haitian-born nightclub performer and infamous Voodoo King of New Orleans, known as Chicken Man
* Charles Terres Weymann, racing pilot; flew for Nieuport during World War I as a test pilot; was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour

## Lawyers

* Combat Jack, hip hop music attorney and executive
* Edwin Warren Moïse, lawyer, physician and Confederate States of America
* Karl Racine, first elected Attorney General of the District of Columbia
* Mildred Trouillot, lawyer who married Jean-Bertrand Aristide

## Literature

* Yamiche Alcindor, journalist
* Lylah M. Alphonse, news editor
* Elsie Augustave, author
* Dean Baquet, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and the executive editor of The New York Times
* Steve Canal, author
* Jacqueline Charles, journalist
* Anne-Christine d'Adesky, journalist and activist
* Edwidge Danticat, author
* Donna Denizé, poet and award-winning teacher
* Joel Dreyfuss, journalist, editor, and writer
* Roxane Gay, writer
* Fabrice Guerrier, writer
* Nathalie Handal, award-winning poet, writer, and playwright
* Sacha Jenkins, journalist
* James Weldon Johnson, author, and civil rights activist
* Peniel E. Joseph, historian
* Josaphat-Robert Large, writer
* Dimitry Elias Léger, novelist and essayist
* Roland Martin, journalist and syndicated columnist
* Marilene Phipps, poet, painter, and short story writer
* Alvin Francis Poussaint, author
* Victor Séjour, writer
* Luisah Teish, author
* Gina Athena Ulysse, poet

## Science

* Gerard A. Alphonse, electrical engineer, physicist and research scientist; 2005 president of the United States division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
* Louis Gustave De Russy, engineer and U.S. army officer
* John James Audubon, naturalist
* Jean Charles Faget, physician
* Henri Ford, pediatric surgeon
* Linda Marc, public health researcher
* David Malebranche, physician working in the field of HIV/AIDS
* Hermanie Pierre, civil and environmental engineer

## Political figures

* Mack Bernard, member of the Florida House of Representatives
* Rodneyse Bichotte, first Haitian American elected in New York City, representing 42nd District of the New York State Assembly
* André Birotte Jr., United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California
* Ronald Brise, Florida House of Representatives
* Eugene Bullard, first black American military pilot
* Daphne Campbell, Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives
* Josaphat Celestin, former Mayor of North Miami, Florida, and first Haitian American elected mayor of a sizable U.S. city
* Woody R. Clermont, First Haitian-American male, to be elected Judge to the Broward County Court
* Auguste Davezac, diplomat who served twice as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
* Rodolphe Desdunes, civil rights activist and militiaman involved in the Battle of Liberty Place
* René Edward De Russy, Brevet Brigadier General in the United States Army
* Jules DeMun, aristocrat
* Philippe Derose, North Miami Beach councilman
* Mathieu Eugene, New York City councilman
* Phara Souffrant Forrest, New York Assemblywoman-elect and member of the Democratic Socialists of America
* Linda Dorcena Forry, Massachusetts State Senator
* M. Rony Francois, public health director of Georgia
* Patrick Gaspard, Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs (2009–2012), United States Ambassador to South Africa (2013–2016)
* Richard Howell Gleaves, 55th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
* Lody Jean, First Haitian-American woman to be appointed to and serve on Florida's 11th Circuit Court
* Karine Jean-Pierre, 35th White House Press Secretary
* Kimberly Jean-Pierre, Member of the New York Assembly from the 11th District
* Jean Jeudy, New Hampshire State Representative
* Ruthzee Louijeune, Member of the Boston City Council at-large
* Jacques Jiha, New York City Commissioner of Finance
* John Joël Joseph, member of the Senate of Haiti
* Rita Joseph, member of the New York City Council
* Smith Joseph, mayor of North Miami
* Harry LaRosiliere, 38th mayor of Plano, Texas
* Raymond Lohier, became the first Haitian American to be confirmed (unanimously) by the United States Senate as a Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in New York
* Mia Love, first Haitian-American and first black Republican woman in Congress; U.S. House of Representative for Utah's 4th district and former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah
* Farah Louis, member of the New York City Council
* Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, first Haitian-American Democratic woman in Congress; U.S. House of Representative for Florida's 20th district
* Rudy Moise, retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, and politician
* Jean Monestime, first Haitian American to serve on the Miami-Dade County Commission
* Andre Pierre, former Democratic mayor of North Miami, Florida
* Pierre-Richard Prosper, ambassador, lawyer, prosecutor and government official
* Karl Racine, first elected Attorney General of the District of Columbia
* Joseph Rainey, Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
* Alonzo J. Ransier, 54th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
* Kwame Raoul, 42nd Attorney General of Illinois
* Yolly Roberson, Florida State Representative
* Marie St. Fleur, former Massachusetts State Representative
* Michaelle C. Solages, represents the 22nd district in the New York State Assembly
* Brandon Tatum, former police officer, former/undrafted football player and conservative commentator

## Religion

* John J. Chanche, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Natchez, 1841–1852
* Mother Mary Lange, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, Servant of God
* Mama Lola, Vodou priestess
* Pierre Toussaint, beatified candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church

## Others

* Stanley Barbot, radio personality based in New York City
* Jean-Robert Bellande, professional poker player, reality TV contestant, nightclub owner and promoter
* Patrick Dorismond, police abuse victim; brother of reggae artist Bigga Haitian
* Jeff Gardere, talk show host, psychiatrist and author
* Alix Idrache – Haitian–American US Army helicopter pilot
* Karine Jean-Pierre, senior advisor and national spokesperson for MoveOn.org
* Jean Paul Laurent, humanitarian
* Abner Louima, police brutality survivor
* Frantzdy Pierrot, soccer player for Maccabi Haifa