St. Fleur – first Haitian-American state representative in Massachusetts Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau – sociologist and educator, a founder of the Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale (Women's Social Action League) Modeste Testas – formerly enslaved Ethiopian women, whose life is marked with a statue in Bordeaux Charles Terres Weymann – racing pilot and businessman Dominique You – privateer, soldier, and politician Lawyers Sarodj Bertin Max Hudicourt Mario Joseph Jacques Nicolas Léger Justin Lhérisson Vanessa Dalzon Alix Mathon Alexandre Paul Georges Sylvain Léon Thébaud Yves Volel Literature Jacques Stephen Alexis – doctor, poet, novelist, politician and founder of the Haitian Communist Party and PEP: Parti D'entente Populaire. Marlène Rigaud Apollon – poet, youth non-fiction writer Beaubrun Ardouin – historian and politician Céligny Ardouin – historian and politician Coriolan Ardouin – romantic poet Elsie Augustave – author Mimi Barthélémy – writer and storyteller Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier – poet, novelist, educator Dantès Bellegarde – historian and diplomat Bayyinah Bello – historian Michèle Bennett – former First Lady, wife of President for Life Jean-Claude Duvalier, later exiled with him Boisrond-Tonnerre – the author of the Independence Act of Haiti Emeric Bergeaud – novelist Guy Joseph Bonnet – historian, army general, signer of the Haitian Act of Independence Jean-Fernand Brierre – poet Carl Brouard – poet Edner Brutus – historian, diplomat and politician Timoléon C. Brutus – historian and politician Georges Castera – poet Suzy Castor – historian and social activist Christophe Charles – poet Raymond Chassagne – poet and essayist Jean-Baptiste Cinéas – novelist and Supreme Court judge Massillon Coicou – poet, novelist, playwright, and politician Louis-Philippe Dalembert – novelist, poet and essayist, winner of the Cuban Literary Prize Casa de las Américas Edwidge Danticat – American author Felix Darfour – journalist Maggy de Coster – journalist and poet. Michel DeGraff – Creolist who has served on the board of the Journal of Haitian Studies Demesvar Delorme – theoretician, writer, and politician Lilas Desquiron – novelist, ethnologist, cabinet minister Roger Dorsinville – poet, dramatist, historian, and diplomat Joel Dreyfuss – Haitian-American journalist, editor, and writer now based in Paris, France Oswald Durand – poet and politician, said to be "to Haiti what Shakespeare is to England and Dante to Italy." Antoine Dupré – poet and playwright Frantz Duval – editor-in-chief of Le Nouvelliste newspaper Alibée Féry – playwright, poet, and storyteller Jessica Fièvre – novelist, editor Jean-Claude Fignolé – author Anténor Firmin – anthropologist, journalist, and politician Frankétienne