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Port-au-Prince ranks 326th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Turku, Chiba (city), and Málaga. Memorable people born in Port-au-Prince include François Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and Alexandre Pétion. Memorable people who died in Port-au-Prince include Jean-Jacques Dessalines, François Duvalier, and Boniface Alexandre. 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

People

Between 1770 and 1992, Port-au-Prince was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including François Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and Alexandre Pétion. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Port-au-Prince including Jean-Jacques Dessalines, François Duvalier, and Boniface Alexandre.

People Born in Port-au-Prince

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People Deceased in Port-au-Prince

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Port-au-Prince were politicians (17), soccer players (10), writers (3), athletes (2), and boxers (2),  while most who died were politicians (13), physicians (2), athletes (2), writers (1), and film directors (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Port-au-Prince, including Jean-Claude Duvalier, René Préval, and Jean-Jacques Honorat. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Port-au-Prince, including Jean-Claude Duvalier, Alexandre Pétion, and Jean-Pierre Boyer.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Port-au-Prince since 1700.