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Born July 3, 1951 • Port-au-Prince • Haiti
Died October 4, 2014 (aged 63) • Port-au-Prince • Haiti
Title / Office president (1971-1986), Haiti
Notable Family Members father François Duvalier

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Michel Martelly.
Michel Martelly
president of Haiti
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian leader
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
president of Haiti
René Préval
René Préval
president of Haiti
Henry Christophe
ruler of Haiti
François Duvalier
François Duvalier
president of Haiti
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
emperor of Haiti
Jean-Pierre Boyer
president of Haiti
Pétion, Alexandre Sabès
Alexandre Sabès Pétion
president of Haiti
Soulouque
Faustin-Élie Soulouque
emperor of Haiti
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
president of United States
Paul Farmer
American anthropologist and epidemiologist
Alfred Métraux
Swiss anthropologist
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
Haitian American author
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Haitian rapper, producer, and philanthropist
Michaëlle Jean
Canadian government official
Dany Laferrière
Dany Laferrière
Haitian-born Canadian author
Jean Price Mars
Haitian physician and diplomat