Ernest Haycox
Ernest James Haycox( October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) was an American author of Western fiction.
Orlando Woolridge
Orlando Vernada Woolridge( December 16, 1959 – May 31, 2012) was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association( NBA) from 1981 to 1994.
He was known for his scoring ability, especially on slam dunks.
Ernest James Hayford
Ernest James Hayford( 23 April 1858, Anomabu – 6 August 1913, London) was a physician and lawyer in the Gold Coast.
He was the second African in the Gold Coast to become an orthodox medical doctor after Benjamin Quartey- Papafio.
Ernest James Stevens
Ernest James Stevens( 1845–1922) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Frederick Nanka-Bruce
Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce (9 October 1878 – 13 July 1953) was a physician, journalist and politician in the Gold Coast.
He was the third African to practise orthodox medicine in the colony, after Benjamin Quartey-Papafio and Ernest James Hayford.
Lori Bryant-Woolridge
Lori Bryant- Woolridge( born May 25, 1958) is an African- American/ Chinese- American author and speaker, known for contributions to the chick- lit genre.
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Hartley Lobban
Hartley W Lobban (9 May 1926 – 15 October 2004) was a Jamaican-born first-class cricketer who played 17 matches for Worcestershire in the early 1950s.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
Ernest James Goddard
Ernest James Goddard( 20 February 1883 – 17 January 1948), was an Australian professor of biology.

Question: Was Ernest James Hayford or Orlando Woolridge born first?
Answer: Ernest James Hayford