of free Blacks from the U.S. to Haiti. Joseph Balthazar Inginac – General of the Pétion-Boyer administration. Michaëlle Jean – former Governor General of Canada Raymond Joseph – diplomat, political activist, journalist, Haitian ambassador to the United States (2005–2010) Gérard Latortue – Prime Minister and official in the United Nations Jacques Nicolas Léger – politician, diplomat Toussaint Louverture – father of Haiti, leader of Haitian slave rebellion, military general in the Haitian Revolution Michel Martelly – musician (a.k.a. Sweet Micky) and President of Haiti Alice Téligny Mathon – feminine activist Jovenel Moïse – President (2017–2021) Vincent Ogé – revolutionary Gerald Oriol Jr. – Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities Ertha Pascal-Trouillot – provisional President of Haiti 1990–1991, the first woman to hold that office José Francisco Peña Gómez – Dominican politician and activist Charlemagne Péralte – nationalist leader and revolutionary Alexandre Pétion – nationalist, revolutionary and first President of Haiti Solange Pierre – human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic who worked to end antihaitianismo Michèle Pierre-Louis – second female Prime Minister of Haiti (2008–2009) René Préval – President (2006–2011) Julien Raimond – agriculturalist and revolutionary André Rigaud – military leader during the Haitian Revolution François C. Antoine Simon – President (1908–1911) Sténio Vincent – President of Haiti (1930–1941) Claudette Werleigh – first Haitian woman to become Prime Minister Religion Antoine Adrien – Roman Catholic priest and liberation theology advocate Eliezer Cadet – Vodou priest involved in the UNIA in the United States Emmanuel Constant – Roman Catholic bishop François Gayot – Roman Catholic archbishop Gérard Jean-Juste – Roman Catholic priest and rector of Saint Claire's church for the poor in Port-au-Prince Mary Elizabeth Lange – founder of a Roman Catholic religious community for women Chibly Langlois – Haiti's first Roman Catholic cardinal Mama Lola – Vodou priestess Olin Pierre Louis – Roman Catholic priest in San Juan, Puerto Rico Joseph Serge Miot – Roman Catholic archbishop Pierre-Antoine Paulo – Roman Catholic bishop Guy Sansaricq – first Haitian-born Roman Catholic bishop in the United States Pierre Toussaint – philanthropist and candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church Juliette Toussaint – wife of Pierre Toussaint; philanthropist Science Max Beauvoir – chemist Hermanie Pierre – Haitian-American civil engineer and Miss Haiti International winner Sports American football players Jocelyn Borgella – former defensive back Gosder Cherilus – offensive tackle Gilles Colon – wide receiver Pierre Desir – cornerback