Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ranks 378th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ottawa, Yekaterinburg, and Córdoba, Argentina. Memorable people born in Port-au-Prince include François Duvalier, Jean-Pierre Boyer, and Alexandre Pétion. Memorable people who died in Port-au-Prince include Jean-Jacques Dessalines, François Duvalier, and Alexandre Pétion. Port-au-Prince has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and physicians. Port-au-Prince is located in Haiti.
Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour, and Pétion-Ville. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1770 and 1986, Port-au-Prince was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including François Duvalier, Jean-Pierre Boyer, and Alexandre Pétion. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Port-au-Prince including Jean-Jacques Dessalines, François Duvalier, and Alexandre Pétion.
People Born in Port-au-Prince
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François Duvalier
1907 - 1971
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 1
Jean-Pierre Boyer
1776 - 1850
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 2
Alexandre Pétion
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 3
René Préval
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 4
Jean-Claude Duvalier
1951 - 2014
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5
Leslie Manigat
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 6
Emmanuel Sanon
1951 - 2008
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 7
Raoul Peck
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 8
Sténio Vincent
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 9
Michel Martelly
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 10
Boniface Alexandre
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 11
Michaëlle Jean
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Port-au-Prince
Go to all RankingsSténio Vincent
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 9
Jacques Roumain
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 13
Louis Borno
1865 - 1942
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 14
Evans Paul
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 21
Jean-Henry Céant
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 22
Meta Golding
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 23
People Deceased in Port-au-Prince
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1758 - 1806
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1
François Duvalier
1907 - 1971
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 2
Alexandre Pétion
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 3
René Préval
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 4
Jean-Claude Duvalier
1951 - 2014
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
1756 - 1819
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 6
Leslie Manigat
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 7
Zilda Arns
1934 - 2010
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 8
Silvio Cator
1900 - 1952
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 9
Paul Magloire
1907 - 2001
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 10
Boniface Alexandre
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 11
Jacques Roumain
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Port-au-Prince
Go to all RankingsJacques Roumain
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 12
Louis Eugène Roy
1861 - 1939
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 17
André Roosevelt
1879 - 1962
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 20
Most individuals born in present day Port-au-Prince were politicians (15), soccer players (4), writers (3), athletes (2), and boxers (2), while most who died were politicians (13), physicians (2), athletes (1), writers (1), and soccer players (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Port-au-Prince, including René Préval, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and Leslie Manigat. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Port-au-Prince, including Jean-Pierre Boyer, Alexandre Pétion, and René Préval.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Port-au-Prince since 1700.
