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Project On Government Oversight

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan nonprofit government watchdog group based in Washington, D.C..

History
The Project on Military Procurement, an arm of the National Taxpayers Legal Fund, was founded by Dina Rasor in February 1981. The Project's mission was to make the public aware of 'waste, fraud, and fat" in U.S. defense spending, according to Rasor. In the organization's early days, Rasor worked with whistleblowers to expose design flaws in the M1 Abrams tank, which had undergone a "shocking (cost) increase" in 1980, according to Rasor. The Project first gained widespread attention in the early 1980s for publishing reports on "outrageously overpriced military spending", including a $7,600 coffee maker and a $436 hammer. These prices were actually an artifact of government accounting rules, and include not just the cost of the equipment but also a portion of the overhead cost of the entire project they were associated with.

The organization expanded its scope beyond military spending and changed its name to the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) in 1990. Danielle Brian joined POGO as its executive director in 1993.

Other watchdog organizations have folded into POGO over the years. In 2012, the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information joined POGO. In 2016, the Center for Effective Government (known as OMB Watch until 2013) folded and became part of POGO.

Board of directors
The organization's board of directors includes Harper's Magazine editor Andrew Cockburn, law professor Lia Epperson, former judge Wallace B. Jefferson, lawyer Debra Katz, and political scientist Norman Ornstein.

Cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider
POGO contributed to the successful effort to cancel Department of Energy's Superconducting Super Collider project, which had already lost a 1992 vote in the House of Representatives as its cost estimates ballooned from $4.4 billion to $12 billion. In June 1993, POGO publicized a Department of Energy Inspector General report it had received in draft form from a whistleblower. The Inspector General investigated $500,000 in questionable expenses over three years, including $12,000 for Christmas parties, $25,000 for catered lunches, and $21,000 for the purchase and maintenance of office plants. The report also concluded that there was inadequate documentation for $203 million in project spending, or 40% of the money spent up to that point.

Area 51 hazardous waste investigation
POGO reported that in 1995 it was contacted by a woman who claimed her husband had died as the result of being exposed to toxic waste while working at Area 51. At the time, the U.S. government denied the existence of the Area 51, but POGO turned to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley to sue the government on behalf of the woman and six former Area 51 workers for illnesses and death as a result of toxic waste exposure at Area 51. POGO executive director Danielle Brian said that, during the litigation, the organization obtained an unclassified Area 51 security manual, which POGO gave to Turley and the plaintiffs so they could prove Area 51 existed. The Air Force then retroactively classified the manual, "threatened to prosecute anyone who had it in their possession, and demanded access to all of POGO's files to determine what other 'classified' information POGO possessed," Brian wrote in a signed legal declaration. The court ruled that the plaintiffs' case could not be proved because it could not confirm the existence of Area 51, however Area 51 was thereafter required to comply with environmental laws. In 2013, the government confirmed that Area 51 exists.

Unpaid oil royalties investigation
POGO released a series of reports from 1995 to 1997 that said the U.S. federal government was owed billions of dollars in unpaid oil royalties from companies that drilled oil from public lands. The reports claimed that the Department of the Interior's Mineral Management Service had a "sweetheart" relationship with oil companies that prevented the agency from going after the industry for moneys due.

Federal Contractor Misconduct Database
In 2002, POGO launched the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database, a website that compiles instances of "misconduct and alleged misconduct" by the top government contractors since 1995, according to the website. POGO's database was the inspiration for a similar federal government database that was created by the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act. When POGO updated its database in 2010, it was reported that the organization had "found 642 instances since 1995 of misconduct by the top 100 firms, resulting in $18.7 billion in penalties."

Lawsuit against John Ashcroft
In 2004, POGO filed a lawsuit against then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft for illegally retroactively classifying documents critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The classification came to light after Sibel Edmonds, an FBI translator, discovered that intercepted memos relevant to the September 11 terrorist attacks had been ignored due to poor translation. POGO won the lawsuit in 2005.

Congressional Oversight Initiative
In 2006, POGO launched a series of nonpartisan trainings to teach congressional staff how to conduct oversight and investigations. Since then, POGO has hosted monthly training, as well as specialized training upon request, according to the organization's website.

Ending the Royalty-In-Kind program
In 2008, POGO released a report that documented corruption and mismanagement in the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) royalty-in-kind program. The investigation revealed inadequate royalty accounting, as well as the provision of sex, drugs, and other favors to MMS officials by oil company representatives in exchange for favorable business deals. Following this report and others by the federal Government Accountability Office, the royalty in-kind program was terminated, and MMS was split into three different bureaus.

Kabul embassy investigation
In 2009, POGO conducted an investigation into ArmorGroup, a private security contractor in charge of protecting the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. POGO uncovered and released documents, photos, and videos depicting drunken behavior, nudity, and hazing among the guards. POGO's investigation led to the dismissal of several managers and eight guards, the resignation of an additional two guards, and ultimately, the cancellation of the U.S. military's contract with ArmorGroup.

Nuclear facility safety investigations
POGO has conducted numerous investigations into the Los Alamos National Laboratory. LANL has been the subject of several controversies in the past, including employees charging personal expenses to government accounts, lost equipment or documents (including hundreds of computers containing classified information),  and a memorandum to employees to "be careful what they say" to safety and security inspectors. In 2009, 69 computers disappeared, although plant officials insisted that the computers did not contain the most highly classified information. 2009 also saw a scare in which 2.2 pounds of missing plutonium prompted a Department of Energy investigation into the plant. The investigation found that the "missing plutonium" was a result of miscalculation by LANL's statisticians and did not actually exist, but the investigation did lead to heavy criticism of the plant by the DOE for security flaws and weaknesses that the DOE claimed to have found.

FDA conflicts of interest investigation
Starting in 2011, POGO conducted an investigation into conflicts of interest of an advisory committee at the Food and Drug Administration that was reviewing the Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills. POGO found that four members of the committee had ties to either the maker of the pills or the maker of a generic version, but did not announce the conflicts before endorsing the drugs. Both Yaz and Yasmin have been linked to fatal blood clots in some users.

Advocacy for Camp Lejeune victims
In 2012, POGO working with whistleblower retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, advocated for openness regarding toxic water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. From 1953 until at least 1985, U.S. Marines and their families living at Camp Lejeune had used tap water that contained carcinogens and other harmful chemicals leaking from a nearby dump site for radioactive material. POGO and other organizations claimed in 2012 that the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps hid information about the nature and extent of the contamination, citing a report released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that was redacted by the Navy. Later that year, the U.S. Senate voted to approve healthcare for those who lived at Camp Lejeune and suffered health problems. In 2017, the Department of Veterans' Affairs finalized rules to provide benefits for people who had been diagnosed with certain diseases as a result of living at Camp Lejeune.

Defense spending and Straus Military Reform Project
POGO has conducted many investigations into defense spending, particularly in cases where, "national security and needs of the troops have been compromised by greed, lack of oversight, and in many cases, sheer incompetence," according to its website. Some of the weapons systems that POGO has been critical of include the littoral combat ship, the F/A-22 fighter aircraft, and the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft. On the other hand, POGO has supported the production of the A-10 aircraft for its relative effectiveness and inexpensiveness compared to what POGO considers more wasteful weapons.

In 2012, the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information moved to POGO with director and military analyst Winslow Wheeler. Wheeler retired in 2015.

Whistleblower protection
POGO, along with several other public interest groups, was involved in the investigation and trial of Scott Bloch, ex-head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Bloch was accused by former OSC employees of ignoring and dismissing hundreds of whistleblower complaints, removing language guaranteeing protection against sexual orientation discrimination from OSC's website and official documents, and "relocating" several of his own employees who came forward with these allegations. When these accusations led to a congressional investigation of Bloch, Bloch allegedly hired a technology company to wipe the memory of his computer and several other OSC laptops in order to hide key evidence from the investigators. Bloch initially claimed that he ordered this as protection against a virus that had infected his computer, but he later admitted he was trying to withhold information. Bloch ultimately resigned his position as head of the OSC and pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress.

POGO has worked to protect the rights of several specific whistleblowers—including Franz Gayl, who criticized military leaders' decision to not deliver protective armored vehicles called MRAPs to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, who challenged military leaders' depictions of the "rosy" situation on the ground in Afghanistan—by sending letters to Congress and the agencies involved.

Whistleblower award incident
In 1998, POGO, the Department of Justice, and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit under the False Claims Act, suing the largest oil and gas companies operating in the United States. The lawsuit alleged that the companies had defrauded the government by underpaying royalties owed for drilling on federal lands. By 2002, 15 companies had settled, paying a total of almost $440 million. POGO was awarded about $1.2 million from the settlements in 1998. That year, POGO shared its settlement with two federal employee whistleblowers, saying the payment was a "Public Service Award" to the whistleblowers.

Following the news of the award in 1999, U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski asked the General Accounting Office to investigate whether the payment represented "improper influence" on the Department of the Interior's new oil royalty valuation policy. The agency released a report in 2000 that said it appeared POGO paid the two employees to influence the Department of the Interior to take actions and make policies that benefited POGO. While calling the payments a "mistake" on POGO's part, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman disputed the agency's report, saying that it did not provide any evidence that the payments were improper.

In 2000, U.S. Representative Don Young threatened bringing a Contempt of Congress charge against POGO, after the organization refused to comply with a House of Representatives subpoena for documents relating to the payments. Young later withdrew the charge, lacking the votes for passage. The report, hearings, and contempt threat were described by Martin Lobel, an attorney involved in the case, as being driven by "oil company congressional lapdogs" bent on hounding oil industry enemies and derailing regulatory reform.

In 2003, the Department of Justice filed a civil action against POGO and one of the federal employees, and a U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the agency. POGO appealed the case and went to trial in 2008, where a jury found POGO and the federal employee had violated the law. The judge ordered POGO to pay only $120,000 because he said the organization had acted "in good faith" when they made the payments. However, in 2010, the appeals court found the district judge had made a mistake in his directions to the jury. POGO and the agency went to trial again in 2012, but a mistrial was declared after jurors couldn't come to a unanimous verdict. A month later, in 2013, the Department of Justice said it would not litigate on the matter for a third time.

Publications
In 2002, POGO, Government Accountability Project, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility co-published the book The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public while Surviving Public Service. It is described as a "how-to guide" for government employees who wish to expose corruption or misconduct in their organization without endangering their careers.

In 2009, POGO published The Art of Congressional Oversight: A User's Guide to Doing It Right, which is a guide geared towards congressional staffers; an updated second edition was published in 2015.

Awards
In 2009, POGO received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Award for its work uncovering wasteful spending in the Air Force, investigating the Minerals Management Service at the Department of the Interior, and compiling the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.

In 2015, POGO received five awards from the Washington, DC, chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. POGO won the Non-breaking News Award for its coverage of issues at the Department of Veterans' Affairs; two Investigative Reporting Awards for its coverage of the revolving door in government and problems at the Department of Justice; the Series award also for its coverage of the revolving door; and the Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award also for its coverage of the Department of Justice.

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Manès Sperber

Manès Sperber (12 December 1905 – 5 February 1984) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Jan Heger and N.A. Menlos.

Early life
Sperber was born on 12 December 1905 in Zabłotów near Kolomea, in the Austrian Galicia (today Zabolotiv, Ukraine). Sperber grew up in the shtetl of Zabłotów in a Hasidic family. He was the son of David Mechel Sperber and the older brother of Milo Sperber born 1911, who was to become an actor in Britain.

In the summer of 1916 the family fled from war to Vienna, where Sperber who, having lost faith, at 13 had refused to do his bar mitzvah, joined the Jewish Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. There he met Alfred Adler, the founder of individual psychology, and became a student and co-worker. Adler broke with him in 1932 because of differences in opinion about the connection of individual psychology and Marxism.

In 1927 Sperber had moved to Berlin and joined the Communist Party. He lectured at the Berliner Gesellschaft für Individualpsychologie, an institute for individual psychology in Berlin.

After Hitler had taken power Sperber was taken to jail, but was released after a few weeks on the grounds that he was an Austrian citizen. He emigrated first to Yugoslavia and then in 1934 to Paris where he worked for the Communist International with Willi Münzenberg. In 1938 he left the party because of the Stalinist purges within the party. In his writing he started to deal with totalitarianism and the role of the individual within society (Zur Analyse der Tyrannis).

In 1939 Sperber volunteered for the French Army. After the defeat, he took refuge in Cagnes, in the so-called "zone libre" (free zone) of France, and had to flee with his family to Switzerland in 1942, when the deportation of Jews started in that zone too.

Career
After the end of the war, in 1945, he returned to Paris, and worked as a writer and as a senior editor at the Calmann-Lévy publishing house.

Manès Sperber is the author of a novel trilogy: Like a Tear in the Ocean: A Trilogy, (1949–1955); of an autobiographical trilogy: All our Yesterdays (1974–1997), and numerous essays on philosophy, politics, literature, and psychology. Sperber was widely published and read in Germany, receiving the high-profile Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels in 1983. In awarding the prize, the association described Sperber as a "writer, who tracked the path of the ideological aberrations of the century, and freed himself from them entirely. Throughout his life he retained the independence of his own judgement, and incapable of indifference, summoned the courage, to get himself onto that non-existing bridge that only opens up in front of those who step out over the abyss." The German writer Siegfried Lenz gave the speech highlighting Sperber's lifetime achievement.

One of his closest friends was the novelist Constantine Fitzgibbon who translated much of his work into English.

Personal life
Manès Sperber is the father of Italian historian Vladimir Sperber and French anthropologist and cognitive scientist Dan Sperber. His first wife, Miriam Sperber, eventually emigrated to Champaign, Illinois, and became a counselor at the Psychological and Counseling Center there.

His younger brother Milo was an English actor. Milo spent the last years of his life travelling around Britain reading from his brother's works.

Death and legacy
Manès Sperber died on 5 February 1984 in Paris. He was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.

In 1988, the city of Vienna dedicated a park in the Leopoldstadt quarter to Sperber.

The Manès Sperber Prize for Literature (Manès-Sperber-Preis für Literatur) was established in 1985 by the Austrian Ministry of Art and Culture in honour of Sperber, with Siegfried Lenz winning the inaugural prize. it is worth 8000 euros.

Awards

 * 1967 Remembrance Award from the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Associations
 * 1971 Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
 * 1971 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
 * 1973 Hanseatic Goethe Prize
 * 1973 Honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne, in Paris
 * 1974 Literary Prize of the City of Vienna
 * 1975 Georg Büchner Prize
 * 1977 Franz Nabl Prize
 * 1977 Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature
 * 1979 Prix Européen de l'essai
 * 1979 Buber Rosenzweig Medal
 * 1983 Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
 * 1983 Honorary Ring of Vienna

Works

 * Charlatan und seine Zeit (1924, ver. 2004)
 * Alfred Adler (1926)
 * Zur Analyse der Tyrannis (1939)
 * Like a Tear in the Ocean: A Trilogy (3 volumes, reprinted by Holmes & Meier 1988)
 * Volume 1 - Burned Bramble (1949)
 * Volume 2 - The Abyss (1950)
 * Volume 3 - Journey Without End (1955)
 * The Wind and the Flame (Allan Wingate, 1951) trans. Constantine Fitzgibbon
 * Die Achillesferse (1960)
 * Zur täglichen Weltgeschichte (1967)
 * Alfred Adler oder Das Elend der Psychologie (1970)
 * Leben in dieser Zeit (1972)
 * Wir und Dostojewski: eine Debatte mit Heinrich Böll u.a. geführt von Manès Sperber (1972)
 * All Our Yesterdays (3 volumes)
 * Volume 1 - God's Water Carriers (1974)
 * Volume 2 - The Unheeded Warning: 1918-1933 (1975)
 * Volume 3 - Until My Eyes Are Closed With Shards (1977)
 * Individuum und Gemeinschaft (1978)
 * Sieben Fragen zur Gewalt (1978)
 * Churban oder Die unfaßbare Gewißheit (1979)
 * Der freie Mensch (1980)
 * The Encyclopœdia of Sexual Knowledge
 * Nur eine Brücke zwischen gestern und morgen (1980)
 * Die Wirklichkeit in der Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts (1983)
 * Ein politisches Leben - Gespräche mit Leonhard Reinisch (1984)
 * Geteilte Einsamkeit - Der Autor und seine Leser (1985) (Essay)
 * Der schwarze Zaun (1986) (Fragments of a novel)

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Talk:Dar Williams

Sexual Orientation
Dar is not bisexual. That Toronot report was from a magazine that mis-quoted Dar. She's corrected that on many occasions. This line should be removed.

Should she be listed under "gay icons"? She's got quite the lesbian following. (anonymous comment from User:68.46.22.195)

 * Absolutely not. The "Gay icons" category needs to go away entirely.  Kelly Martin 01:06, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * Maybe it should, but while its still here, its important that we keep it accurate and add this article to is.

 * Was that one of Yoda's grammatical constructs? I don't know what qualifies one as a gay icon.  I guess I don't understand why the category is helpful.  All sorts of folks like Dar.  -MrFizyx 04:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Dar's Work under 'Songs'
I thought the 'Songs' entry was rather lacking in substantive discussion of Dar's work, so I wrote some. I hope it meets Wikipedia standards... - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marshall.Moseley (talk • contribs)
 * Hi Marshall. What you have written is a very good analysis of Dar's writing, it is interesting and entertaining to read and is a nice piece of work.  It is in general a good boost to any article about Dar.  There are some issues, however, from a wikipedia standpoint.  Here are a few points:
 * There are some style issues, albums are to be in italics as you've done, but song titles go in quotes. There should be more linking to other wikipedia articles.  See Manual of Style for details.  I may fix some of these since this is easy to do.
 * There is sometimes a fine line between stating what is obvious and supported by the songs you are citing and original research (see No original research). It would be great if you could cite some articles about Dar.  If you need help with this I could recommend some articles in Sing Out!, and some interviews with her in the book, Deep Community by Boston Globe journalist, Scott Alarik.
 * Writing for the 'pedia is different than writing a magazine article. Regarding the encyclopedic tone, see Describing points of view.  For exampel, statements such as "it's a good Christmas song, it's good gay/lesbian song, and it's a good family song," make a lot of assumptions about what is "good".  If you have a source you can say, "Journalist X says it is a good...", otherwise it might be better to say, "The song simultaneously deals with themes of Christmas, family and homosexuality all while telling a coherent story."
 * I hope you are interested in doing more work here. Do you think some of the in-depth analysis of the songs might be better placed under articles about her various recordings? Sadly, right now most of the articles in her discography are either unwritten or just track listings.
 * I hope these suggestions help. -MrFizyx 14:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Just wanted to say that I love that you didn't just unilaterally delete the edits because it's easier than correcting or reviewing like so many editors do nowadays. Thank you. 24.130.46.152 (talk) 01:26, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the style fixes and all the links. I'm pretty new to writing for Wikipedia; I will try to be mindful of them in the future.

 * I changed the line you cited (Christians/Pagans) to be simply descriptive, rather than offer an opinion. I've written for magazines and my own books and screenplays, but never in an encyclopedia style. I suppose have to make any analysis more grounded.  Drat. :)

 * I am interested in doing more work. I think my next step would be to look at what I've written and cite references that support my assertions. Because the plain truth is that I just wrote what I thought was kind of factually obvious. I suppose I need to see if there's some kind of critical consensus...

 * Re: in-depth analysis of songs. I don't consider what I've written there as in-depth, but merely the use of quotes to touch on the themes Dar returns to again and again. That being said, extensive song quoting could certainly be moved...but I think someone reading the Wikipedia article might not read the entry to the point of track descriptions. And a primary goal in educating anyone on Dar's work should be, I think, to convey how deeply poetic her lyrics are -- you do that by offering up the poems (songs) themselves. Nothing speaks as well as the work. Just my opinion.

 * Whatever I do, it will have to be sporadic. I probably can't get back to anything here for several weeks.

Category:People with glossophobia
She has been added to this category. The article does not comment on this. I've read about her several times (even met her once) and don't remember hearing of this. Google just returns copies of the wiki. Does anyone have a source? -MrFizyx 15:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Then again, the article does discuss her stage fright in the Boston coffee house scene which is supported in some articles, still it seems weird to categorize this with a clinical term. -MrFizyx 15:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This category has since been deleted: Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 15 -MrFizyx 16:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Overuse of Lyrics, tone issues, original research, POV
The overuse of lyrics to trace the path of her career and personal development might be a style problem, and definitely doesn't have the tone of an encyclopedia. Phrases like "jewel of the album" are also POV -- we need to be careful not to be expressing things line that in the article. My first inclination would be to gut that section, but it'd be better to try to rework it into something more appropriate. --Improv 07:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I am a huge fan of Dar Williams, and I agree with virtually everything that was said in the relatively recently added sections about Dar's earlier and later work. However, I agree that large portions of it do not seem appropriate for an encyclopedia. However, because I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing (and because I am a Dar fan), I can't be the one to remove the material! --PJMweb 21:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It's starting to look like that section isn't going to get the rework that's being asked for. Perhaps it should just be removed?  Even if it is pretty good Dar interpretation, it's pretty bad encyclopedia work.  If no one is going to step up and rework it to be appropriate (a project that sounds pretty daunting to me, if possible at all), we need to dump it.  --The Hanged Man 01:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm the guy who wrote that section. As I said above, "I think someone reading the Wikipedia article might not read the entry to the point of track descriptions. And a primary goal in educating anyone on Dar's work should be, I think, to convey how deeply poetic her lyrics are -- you do that by offering up the poems (songs) themselves." One could argue that taking the POV that her songs are...well...good, might not be encyclopedia style. I think that an article on Bob Dylan would be rife with positive adjectives. As the Wikipedia article is, with terms like "a haunting reverence," and "an apocalyptic intensity".

 * That being said, *I've* never seen extensive quotes in an encylopedia entry. I'll wait a few days for more feedback, and if more people chime in, I'll change it... --Marshall Moseley
 * I'm not concerned with it being POV so much as OR. --The Hanged Man 22:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know what 'OR' means in this context...
 * Original research --The Hanged Man 00:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

 * This is a concern that I brought up earlier. Giving sources for this article takes work, but thats what we do.  You might start with some of the articles here, the articles/interviews from Sing Out! and National Public Radio are likely free and of a high quality.  Also, if your library has the book, Deep Community, you can find a lot of material there.  I've slowly been building up articles on Dave Carter and albums by John Gorka.  Doing this really takes time, but it allows the wikipedia to be a more reliable source for info. -MrFizyx 20:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Fair enough. I will do the requisite research and change it. Probably next week. --Marshall Moseley

 * I'm working on it, since nothing's been done yet (got up to "Later Work"). I suggest that someone tackle the music side of it to balance out the heavy focus on the lyrics, or that we cut the lyrics analysis even more.  ALSO: it should be made clear that Dar Williams is not the one who wrote "Echoes."  Right now it looks like she is getting praise for the lyrics (?). Ansate 08:35, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Good point about "Echoes." In the context, the article's commentary about "Echoes" applied mainly to the songwriting, not to the performance, so I removed that portion of the article. -PJMweb 21:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

POV or Press Release?
"It is not an exaggeration to say that Williams is one of the finest songwriters working today. But the real miracle is she seems to have achieved her success without mortgaging even a portion of her soul. She is true to her values, has a sense of humor about the world and herself, and keeps putting out world-class work."

Oh, come on. That's her publicist writing, isn't it? (GLG 1/23/07)

Weasel words
Someone made a laudable attempt to clean up the POV problem by adding he words "considered by some to be" to the following sentence:

 * Dar's slightly whispery voice and deadpan delivery is considered by some to be perfect for that seventies anthem of alienation.

Adding weasel words isn't the solution to the problem. -PJMweb 07:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

The sentence quoted above is no longer part of the article. It was replaced with a neutral sentence. -151.197.243.239 05:17, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Category: Vegetarian
Stumbled across several citations saying that Dar is not a vegetarian. They're old, but I found nothing more authoritative. Removed Dar from Vegetarian category. -PJMweb 07:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hemp Times interview
 * Mother Jones interview

Cry Cry Cry
Can't find anything that ties Dar's Cry Cry Cry with the song Cry, Cry, Cry. This interview mentions the genesis of Dar's Cry Cry Cry without every talking about the song. I'm removing the reference to the song from the Dar article. -PJMweb 07:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * According to this link, with a song listing of Cry Cry Cry (band)'s one CD, they didn't cover the song Cry, Cry, Cry. I know they only produced the one CD, and don't seem to be performing together (or recording) anymore, so I think it is safe to disassociate Richard, Lucy, and Dar from the song. --Deltopia 13:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Photo
I have a free photo of Dar that I took at SUNY New Paltz. Should it be used instead of this copyrighted one? I think it's also a better photo for this article in so far as that it shows her face better. RadicalHarmony 04:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I've reverted back to an earlier photo that appears to have a creative commons license (Image:Dar-Williams-2004-07-18.jpg), I think it looks better than Image:DarW368BSheehan.jpg anyway, which is copyrighted. If you have another good photo and want to release it under a free license, I'm sure it will fit in there somewhere. -MrFizyx 16:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * An editor,, has changed the photo back to the copyrighted image and indicated that this was done at the request of Dar Williams. The problem is that this is against wikipedia guidelines (see Non-free content).  If nothing is being done to correct this problem, we will need to return to the earlier image. -MrFizyx 16:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with using the free-content picture, firstly because it IS free content, and secondly I think it looks better. —ScouterSig 04:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've reverted Velourmusic again, he/she does not seem to understand the problem. Is there another free image of Dar available for which there would be less objecton?  If Dar (or anyone else) doesn't like the "Concert under the stars" photo the thing to do is release another photo under a free license.  I don't see the problem with the free photo.  I think it is comparable to Dar's photo on a recent issue of Sing Out!, but If she doesn't like it we should try to find another. -MrFizyx 14:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added back the image File:Dar-Williams-2004-07-18.jpg. The image added by was deleted from Wiki Commons on December 24, 2014 because there was no way to verify that the image was truly owned by . -PJMweb (talk) 03:32, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's more information about the removal of the image: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Dar Thumbs Up.jpg. -PJMweb (talk) 03:42, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Food is Not Love
Someone added a link to Food Is Not Love Interview Episode S2 Premiere in the Links section. I removed the link because I don't think this is a good place for it, for two reasons: 1) The link does not point to a page that is dedicated to Dar Williams, or even focused on Dar Williams in a signficant way, and 2) The link doesn't point directly to the podcast in which Dar Williams is interviewed. However, this made me realize that the Food is Not Love link had somehow disappeared from the Dar Williams article. Investigation showed that it was still in the article, but a glitch was causing it not to be displayed. I fixed the glitch, so now the Food is Not Love link again appears in the References section. -PJMweb —The preceding  signed but undated.

Haiki
how is the lyrics to Beauty Of the Rain a haiki? Who wrote that? Do they even know what a haiki is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.111.198 (talk) 05:41, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Good point about haiku. That description was part of a much larger revision made on September 8, 2006.  Several discussants subsequently pointed out many problems with the revision (see Discussion sections: Dar's Work Under Songs; Overuse of Lyrics...; POV or Press Release?; Weasel Words).  The hope was that the original contributor would fix those problems, but over time various contributors have whittled away at the problems, though they clearly still exist. -PJMweb (talk) 15:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Cry Cry Cry name origins
Not sure where a eye-witness account fis into the wiki philosophy, but based on attending a couple of concerts (Berkeley and San Juan Capistrano), I can attest to a link between the song and the Band name. The Berkeley concert included the song on the set list, and it was stated that this was the inspiration for the name. It was not on in the SJC set list. Straylimey (talk) 04:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Slash and burn
I'm cutting a huge chunk out of the Later Work section. It's nice writing for a fansite, but it has nothing to do with the way that wikipedia writes about musicians. If anything, it should be on the relevant song's pages. Here it is:

The Beauty of the Rain features some of her most accomplished songwriting to date. The title track is almost a haiku, discussing how an unnamed person operates from fear in a relationship, and thus loses his or her partner, and how this person fails to understand that the process of relating is what love is:

You don't know the next thing you will say This is your favorite kind of day It has no walls The beauty of the rain Is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls

Williams addresses the subject of motherhood in "The One Who Knows," although she would not become a mother until two years after writing the song:

All the things you treasure most will be the hardest won. I will watch you struggle long before the answers come. But I won't make it harder, I'll be there to cheer you on.

And the chorus:

You'll fly away, but take my hand until that day. So when they ask how far love goes When my job's done you'll be the one who knows.

In "The Mercy of the Fallen", she makes the assertion that those who have erred and been damaged, who have been humbled, bring a worthy lack of judgment to relationships:

There's the wind and the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say they have no claim to know what's right There's the weak and the strong And the beds that have no answer And that's where I may rest my head tonight

Her most recent CD, My Better Self, features two covers: Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere", and Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". Williams believes that it is all too easy for people to get lulled by the comfort of their routines, and so chose to record the latter song as a "reminder to wake up" and take responsibility for the problems in our world.[6]

She returns to her folk roots with "Teen for God", an upbeat, thoughtful, skewering of the probable reality of teenage Bible camps:

Dear Lord, I plan each day By the things I will not do or say But I'm driven by a passion Is it only there to tame?

Over and out. Ethan Mitchell (talk) 22:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Political Life
The Political Life section contains a general description of William's political beliefs. It also contains a description of a recent controversy regarding a letter written by Williams and her husband. This description didn't contain a reference, so I found a supporting article and added a reference it. Someone had previously attempted to remove the verbiage regarding the controversy, but the original editor added it back. The Wikipedia contributions of both of those editors appear to be limited to either posting or deleting information about this controversy. But this little tug-of-war does highlight one question: How relevant to the long career of a singer-songwriter is one controversial letter in a local political campaign? Particularly considering that William's political life is by no means limited to this one incident. For example, I once attended a charity concert given by Williams in support of eliminating the death penalty. PJMweb (talk) 03:19, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

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Femi Kuti

Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

Femi Kuti began his musical career playing in his father's band, Egypt 80. In 1986, Femi started his own band, Positive Force, establishing himself as an artist independent of his father's legacy.

Biography
Femi Anikulapo Kuti was born in London to Fela and Remilekun (Remi) Ransome-Kuti (née Taylor; 1941-2000), and grew up in the former Nigerian capital, Lagos. His mother soon left his father, taking Femi to live with her. In 1977, however, Femi chose to move in with his father. Femi started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and eventually became a member of his father's band. He studied at Baptist Academy and Igbobi College.

Like his father, Femi has made commitments to social and political causes throughout his career. Femi's grandmother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a political campaigner and women's rights activist. Though Femi is the son of an international icon, he considers his mother, Remilekun Taylor, to be his greatest influence.

He created his own band, Positive Force, in the late 1980s with Dele Sosimi (Gbedu Resurrection), former keyboard player of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His international career began in 1988 when he was invited by the French Cultural Centre in Lagos and Christian Mousset to perform at the Festival d'Angoulême (France), the New Morning Club in Paris and the Moers Festival in Germany. In 2000, Kuti joined in a duet on the track "Ala Jalkoum" on the Rachid Taha album Made in Medina.

In 2001, Femi collaborated on his album Fight to Win with a number of US musicians, including Common, Mos Def, and Jaguar Wright.

Also in 2002, Femi contributed a remake of his father's classic song "Water No Get Enemy" to Red Hot & Riot, a compilation CD in tribute to Fela Kuti that was released by the Red Hot Organization and MCA. Femi's track was created in collaboration with hip-hop and R&B artists D'Angelo, Macy Gray, The Soultronics, Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove, and all proceeds from the CD were donated to charities dedicated to raising AIDS awareness or fighting the disease.

Femi Kuti's voice is featured in the videogame Grand Theft Auto IV, where he is the host of radio station IF 99 (International Funk 99, described as "playing a great selection of classics from West Africa, the US and elsewhere").

In similar fashion as his father, there have been complaints of Kuti's criticism of his homeland Nigeria, specifically in the song "Sorry Sorry", along with "What Will Tomorrow Bring" and "97".

Femi has been nominated for a Grammy award four times in the world music category in 2003, 2010, 2012 and 2013 but has never won.

On 19 December 2014 a management deal between Chocolate City Music Group and Femi Kuti was reached. The news was announced via the Chocolate City Music official Instagram account, as well as Audu Maikori social media accounts.

On 5 February 2021, Femi Kuti and his son, Made Kuti, released their two-album project, Legacy+ under Partisan Records. The project includes Femi's eleventh album Stop the Hate and Made's debut album For(e)ward.

Activism
Femi, the son of Afrobeat singer and political activist Fela Kuti, inherited his father's zeal for both music and activism. He started playing the saxophone and keyboard with his father's band when he was 16 and stepped into the spotlight, writing and singing after his father's demise. Femi remains politically inclined grooving to high energy funk, jazz and traditional African-fueled songs about political corruption, poverty and primitive living conditions suffered by most inhabitants in Nigeria's oil-rich nation.

Femi Kuti's album Africa for Africa emphasized "Bad Government" as a problem in Africa. Before the 2011 elections in Nigeria, he reached out to the people that there was "no difference between the three candidates contesting for the presidential seat in Nigeria". He added, "we could say we're moving in the democratic process. And it's probably better than going to war, but corruption is still very rampant. The people are hungry and sick. And the government controls the media, so it can't be critical".

Kuti also said: "It's a very hypocritical situation. People settle for putting a meal on the table, but they don't know that the rest of the world doesn't suffer every day from power outages and water shortage. Nigerians don't even know about the history of African slavery, because it's not included in the text books." He echoed the same sentiments in the 2015 elections by releasing a remix to the song "Politics Na Big Business" featuring Tuface Idiibia and Sound Sultan through his management company, Chocolate City.

Kuti's song "Make We Remember" calls on people to remember the words of his father and "great black people", who fought for the emancipation of Africa. For a very long time, Femi has been using music to inspire, change and motivate African people.

Live performances
On 22 November 2014, Femi Kuti performed at the BMO event, where he shared the same stage with his new label mate M.I (Jude Abaga). On 24 April 2015, he performed in the 2 Kings concert alongside his brother Seun Kuti. The concert is significant as it is the first concert that the brothers have performed together. On 15 May 2017 Femi Anikulapo Kuti was referred to in the Guinness world records under the catalog of a single note held on a sax in a method called circular breathing. He set the records at 51 min 35 seconds.

Albums

 * No Cause for Alarm? (1989, Polygram)
 * M.Y.O.B (1991, Kalakuta Records)
 * Femi Kuti (1995, Tabu/Motown)
 * Shoki Shoki (1998, Barclay/Polygram/Fontana MCA)
 * Fight to Win (2001, Barclay/Polygram/Fontana MCA/Wraase)
 * Day by Day (2008, Wrasse Records)
 * Africa for Africa (2010 /2011, Wrasse Records/Knitting Factory Records)
 * No Place for My Dream (2013, Knitting Factory Records)
 * One People One World (2018, Knitting Factory Records)
 * Stop the Hate (2021, Partisan Records)

Live albums

 * Africa Shrine (Live CD) (2004, P-Vine)
 * Live at the Shrine (Deluxe Edition DVD) + Africa Shrine (Live CD) (2005, Palm Pictures/Umvd)

Tours

 * Le Cabaret Suavage Black Summer Festival, Paris (Afrobeat concert, 2015)
 * Garforth Festival Garforth, Leeds (2015)
 * The Lantern Bristol, UK 2015
 * Band on the Wall Manchester, UK, 2015
 * Latitude Festival Suffolk UK, 2015
 * Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury UK 2015
 * Walthamstow Garden Party, London, Lloyd Park 2015

Collections

 * The Best of Femi Kuti (2004, Umvd/Wrasse)
 * Femi Kuti The Definitive Collection (2007, Wrasse Records)

Appearances

 * "Vampires" (on the album Radio Retaliation by Thievery Corporation) (2008, ESL Music)
 * Hope for the Hopeless (2008) collaboration with Brett Dennen
 * Finding Fela (2014) a documentary film directed by Alex Gibney
 * "Arabesque" (on the album Everyday Life by Coldplay) (2019)

Compilations

 * Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack (2008, IF99)

Other

 * No Cause For Alarm? (1989, Polygram)
 * M.Y.O.B. (1991, Meodie)
 * "Ala Jalkoum" (on the album Rachid Taha Live) (2001, Mondo Melodia)

Awards and honours
As of 2022, Kuti has been nominated for six Grammy Awards in multiple categories. He was nominated four times (in 2002, 2009, 2011, and 2013) in the Best World Music Album category. For the 2022 Grammy Awards, Femi and his son Made were nominated for Best Global Music Album and Femi was nominated for Best Global Music Performance.

On October 20, 2022, Kuti was awarded as a Chevalier des arts et des lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture in Paris.

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Mel

Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to:

Biology

 * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL)
 * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL

People

 * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including a list of people with the name)
 * Mel (surname)
 * Manuel Zelaya, former president of Honduras, nicknamed "Mel"

Places

 * Mel, Veneto, an ex-comune in Italy
 * Mel Moraine, a moraine in Antarctica
 * Melbourne Airport (IATA airport code)
 * Mels, a municipality in Switzerland
 * Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL), the intercommunality of Lille in France

Technology and engineering

 * Maya Embedded Language, a scripting language used in the 3D graphics program Maya
 * Michigan eLibrary, an online service of the Library of Michigan
 * Ford MEL engine, a "Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln" engine series
 * Minimum equipment list, a categorized list of instruments and equipment on an aircraft
 * Miscellaneous electric load, the electricity use of appliances, electronics and other small electric devices in buildings

Arts and entertainment

 * Mel (film), a 1998 film with Ernest Borgnine
 * Mel (album), a 1979 album by Maria Bethânia
 * Portal Stories: Mel, a mod of the video game Portal 2

Other uses

 * Mel languages, spoken in western Africa
 * Mel scale, a scale for measuring auditory pitches as perceived by the human ear
 * Melton railway station, Melbourne
 * Midland Expressway Ltd, operator of the UK M6 Toll road
 * Musical Electronics Library, a lending library of homemade electronic musical devices in New Zealand
 * Mullard Equipment Limited, a former British electronics company
 * Minimum Equipment List, a regulation for airplanes - see Master minimum equipment list
 * Mel, an online magazine published by Dollar Shave Club
 * Honey, as often shown in ingredients with its Latin name

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List of Haitians

This is a list of notable Haitian people. It includes people who were born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship, who are notable in Haiti and abroad. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign citizenship or have resided extensively in Haiti and made significant contributions to Haitian government or society. The list includes both native-born and naturalized Haitians, as well as permanent foreign residents who have been recognized internationally for artistic, cultural, economic, historical, criminal, or political reasons, among others. If not indicated here, their birth in Haiti and notability are mentioned in their main article. This list does not include fictional characters or Haitian associations and organizations.

Academics

 * Peggy Brunache – archaeologist and food historian
 * Jean Lud Cadet – psychiatrist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse
 * Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain – first female Haitian anthropologist
 * Leslie Desmangles – anthropologist, author, and U.S. college professor
 * Anténor Firmin – anthropologist and politician
 * Jean Price-Mars – anthropologist and writer
 * Michel-Rolph Trouillot – anthropologist and academic

Business

 * Charles Henri Baker – industrialist and 2006 and 2010 presidential candidate
 * Gilbert Bigio – billionaire and retired businessman. He is the wealthiest person in Haiti
 * Reginald Boulos – entrepreneur
 * Jean-Claude Brizard – former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
 * Bernard Fils-Aimé – former CEO of Comcel Haiti
 * Antoine Izméry – businessman
 * Viter Juste – businessman, community leader and activist who coined the name "Little Haiti" for the neighborhood in Miami, Florida, in the United States
 * Julio Larosiliere – businessman
 * Elisabeth Delatour Préval – businesswoman, presidential economic advisor and economist. She was the First Lady of Haiti when she married President René Préval
 * Daniel Rouzier – tycoon; appointed as Honorary Consul to Jamaica in 2010
 * Mona Scott – CEO of Monami Entertainment in the United States
 * Dumarsais Simeus – business executive
 * Jerry Tardieu – founder and CEO of Royal Oasis
 * Fincy Pierre – founder Balistrad
 * Phanord Cabé – entrepreneur
 * Jhonson Napoleon – businessman

Organized crime and piracy

 * Henri Caesar – allegedly a 19th-century Haitian revolutionary and pirate nicknamed black Caesar
 * Jimmy "Babekyou" Chérizier – gang leader and head of the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies
 * Emmanuel Constant – founder of FRAPH, a Haitian death squad that terrorised supporters of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
 * Jacquotte Delahaye – one of the few known female pirates (or buccaneers)
 * Jean Lafitte – pirate (born in France or Saint-Domingue, the modern-day Haiti)
 * Pierre Lafitte – pirate (born in France or Saint-Domingue, the modern-day Haiti)
 * Amiot Métayer – organized crime leader, once worked for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to put pressure on the opposing political parties
 * Buteur Métayer – organized crime leader in Haïti during the 2004 Haïti rebellion

Economists and finance

 * Leslie Delatour – economist
 * Etzer S. Emile – economist
 * Fritz Jean – served as governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti, 1998–2001. From 2012, he has served as President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Professions of the department of Nord-Est.
 * Jacques Jiha – economist
 * Ericq Pierre – economist
 * Jocelerme Privert – President of the Senate Committee on Economy and Finance
 * Louis Eugène Roy – banker

Entertainment

 * Reggie Fils-Aimé – former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Nintendo of America GarcelleBeauvaisNilon.jpg]]
 * Arnold Antonin – film director
 * Annette Auguste – folk singer
 * Stanley Barbot – Haitian-American radio personality
 * Garcelle Beauvais – television actress (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show)
 * Patricia Benoit – director
 * Raquel Pelissier – beauty queen and model who was crowned Miss Universe Haiti 2016 and placed first runner up at Miss Universe 2016
 * Fabienne Colas – actress, director and producer and head of the Fabienne Colas Foundation
 * Joasil Déméus Débrosse – radio journalist
 * Jean-Léon Destiné – dancer and choreographer
 * Pierre-Louis Dieufaite – actor
 * Jeanne Duval – muse, actress and dancer
 * Sony Esteus – radio journalist
 * Gessica Gënëus (born 1985) – actress, film director
 * Jimmy Jean-Louis – model and actor (film Phat Girlz; television series Heroes)
 * Val Jeanty – electronic music artist
 * Johny Joseph – news anchor
 * Jean-Claude La Marre – writer, director, and film and television actor
 * Jeanne-Marie Marsan – French dramatic actress and an opera singer who moved to Saint-Domingue
 * Luck Mervil – Canadian actor and singer-songwriter
 * Minette et Lise – popular duet-actresses of Saint-Domingue
 * Lenelle Moïse – actress, playwright and poet
 * Panou – Canadian actor
 * Hébert Peck – film producer
 * Raoul Peck – film director
 * Numa Perrier – actress
 * Perri Pierre – award-winning filmmaker and actor
 * Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine – professional ballroom dancer
 * Michèle Stephenson – filmmaker
 * TiCorn – folk singer

Fashion designers

 * Regine Chevallier – fashion designer, best known for her hats
 * Fabrice Simon – artist and fashion designer, best known for his handmade beaded dresses

Historical personalities

 * Madame Max Adolphe – right-hand woman of François Duvalier during his presidency in Haiti
 * Magloire Ambroise – hero of the Haitian Independence
 * Anacaona – Taíno cacica (chief) at the time of arrival of Christopher Columbus
 * Sanité Bélair – freedom fighter and revolutionary; sergeant in the army of Toussaint Louverture
 * Georges Biassou – rebel slave
 * Tony Bloncourt – communist who joined the French Resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II
 * Rosalvo Bobo – nationalist leader who opposed the U.S. Invasion
 * Dutty Boukman – slave who was one of the most visible early leaders of the Haitian Revolution
 * Pauline Brice-Thézan – liberal advocator
 * Luckner Cambronne – head of the Tonton Macoutes; known as the "Vampire of the Caribbean" for his profiting from the sale of Haitian blood and cadavers to the West for medical uses
 * Raymond Cassagnol (fr) – World War II fighter pilot, one of five Haitian members of the Tuskegee Airmen
 * Jean-Baptiste Chavannes – Haitian soldier and abolitionist
 * Cécile Fatiman – Vodou priestess and a figure of the Haitian Revolution
 * Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité – Empress of Haiti (1804–1806) as the spouse of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
 * Catherine Flon – sewed the first Haitian flag
 * Guy François – colonel of the armed forces of Haiti, accused of conspiring to overthrow the government in 1989 and 2001
 * Jean François – rebel slave
 * Michel François – Haitian army colonel who plotted a coup d'etat
 * Alice Garoute – Haitian suffragist and women's rights advocate, a founder of Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale (Feminine League for Social Action)
 * Victoire Jean-Baptiste – Haitian politician de facto, mistress to President Florvil Hyppolite
 * Jeannot – rebel slave
 * Marie-Madeleine Lachenais – first First Lady of Haiti, married to Alexandre Pétion
 * Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche – engineer and passenger on the ill-fated RMS Titanic
 * Adélina Lévêque – Empress Consort of Haiti, 1849–1859, as wife of Faustin I
 * Abner Louima – victim of assault and sexual abuse in 1997 by officers of the New York City Police Department
 * Macaya – traitor
 * François Mackandal – houngan (Vodou priest) and rebel slave leader
 * Étienne Mentor – Martinique-born politician who represented Saint-Domingue in the Council of Five Hundred
 * Clairvius Narcisse – man said to have been turned into a living zombie by a combination of drugs
 * Alix Pasquet – World War II fighter pilot, one of five Haitian members of the Tuskegee Airmen
 * Charlemagne Péralte – nationalist leader who opposed the U.S. Invasion
 * Gérard Pierre-Charles – politician and former leader of the Unified Party of Haitian Communists
 * Jean Baptiste Point du Sable – founder of Chicago, born in Saint-Domingue, the modern-day Haiti
 * Marie 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
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 * Pradel Henriquez – author: Essai: Declin de la culture haitienne, politique culturelle et pratiques artistiques en Haiti? 1986-2016. Poet: Ces seins nus qu'on arrache au soleil.
 * 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
 * Odette Roy Fombrun – author, opened Haiti's first kindergarten
 * Frankétienne (born Franck Étienne) – author, poet, playwright, musician and painter. Candidate for Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009
 * Fred Edson Lafortune (fr) – poet, writer and editor
 * Danielle Legros Georges – award-winning poet, writer, educator, and editor
 * Mona Guérin – educator and writer
 * Fabrice Guerrier – science fiction and fantasy writer
 * Nathalie Handal – award-winning poet, writer, and playwright
 * Choiseul Henriquez – journalist
 * Fernand Hibbert – novelist, one of the most-widely read Haitian authors
 * Ady Jean-Gardy – journalist and activist; founder of the Haitian Press Federation
 * Jean-Jacob Jeudy – journalist, activist, politician
 * Aubelin Jolicoeur – columnist
 * Johny Joseph – journalist and academic
 * Raymond Joseph – journalist, diplomat, political activist
 * Laurore St. Juste – historian and author
 * Dany Laferrière – Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist, member of the Académie française
 * Edmond Laforest – poet, novelist
 * Juliette Bussière Laforest-Courtois – teacher and journalist
 * Josaphat-Robert Large – poet, novelist and art critic; won the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003
 * Dimitry Elias Léger – novelist
 * François-Romain Lhérisson – poet and educator
 * Thomas Madiou – his work Histoire d'Haïti (English: History of Haiti) is considered one of the most valuable documents of Haitian literature
 * Marie-Sœurette Mathieu – sociologist, teacher and writer now residing in Quebec.
 * Jules Solime Milscent – fabulist, poet, and politician
 * Michèle Montas – journalist
 * Charles Moravia – poet, dramatist, teacher, and diplomat
 * Félix Morisseau-Leroy – author, writer, educator, activist, poet, and playwright
 * Émile Nau – historian and politician
 * Marilene Phipps – Haitian-American poet, painter, and short-story writer
 * Pradel Pompilus – writer and scholar, best known for his three-volume study of Haitian literature.
 * Paulette Poujol-Oriol – educator, writer and feminist
 * Emmelie Prophète – writer and diplomat
 * Jacques Roumain – poet, novelist, editor
 * Émile Roumer – poet
 * Edris Saint-Amand – novelist
 * Rodney Saint-Éloi – poet
 * Prince Saunders – author; emigrated to Haiti from the United States
 * Elsie Suréna – poet, photographer
 * Marie-Alice Théard – writer
 * Évelyne Trouillot – author
 * Jocelyne Trouillot – writer
 * Alain Turnier – historian
 * Gary Victor – writer and playwright
 * Etzer Vilaire – poet
 * René Depestre – author, writer, activist, poet

Medicine

 * Yvette Bonny (born 1938) – Haitian Canadian pediatrician
 * Henri Ford – Haitian-American pediatric surgeon
 * François Fournier de Pescay – first person of color to have practiced medicine and surgery in Europe
 * Rulx Léon – physician, historian, and journalist
 * Régine Laurent – Haitian-born Canadian nurse and trade unionist
 * Bendson Louima – physician and founder of Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse Cap-Haitïen, an entity for the treatment of cholera in Haiti
 * Yvonne Sylvain – first female doctor in Haiti
 * Loune Viaud – health care worker, won the 2002 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for her work within Zanmi Lasante, providing health care in Haiti

Monarchs

 * Emperor Jacques I
 * King Henri I
 * Emperor Faustin I

Music

 * Frisner Augustin – major performer and composer of Haitian Vodou drumming
 * Othello Bayard – musician, violinist, poet, and composer; wrote the music for the patriotic song "Haïti Chérie"
 * Barikad Crew – hip hop group
 * BélO – interpreter, composer and guitarist
 * Bigga Haitian – first Haitian singer to break into the Jamaican reggae scene
 * Toto Bissainthe – folk music artist
 * Carmen Brouard – composer and pianist
 * Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu – French opera soprano (born in Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue; the modern-day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti)
 * Michael Brun – DJ, record producer
 * John Steve Brunache – musician
 * Frantz Casseus – guitarist and composer
 * Dener Ceide – Haitian musician, composer, arranger and producer
 * Manno Charlemagne – political folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist, lifelong political activist and former politician
 * Coupé Cloué – singer and bandleader
 * Félix Cumbé – Haitian-Dominican singer-songwriter of merengue and bachata music
 * Euphémie Daguilh – composer and choreographer, royal mistress of emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines
 * Jerry Duplessis – Grammy Award-winning musical composer and record producer
 * Justin Elie – composer and pianist, one of the best-known composers outside of Haiti
 * Yanick Etienne – singer
 * Eddy François (singer) – founding member of Boukman Eksperyans and Boukan Ginen
 * Gardy Girault – electronic musician, DJ, record producer
 * Nicolas Geffrard – musician; composed Haitian national anthem
 * Jazz Guignard – distinguished by his completion of one of the first noncommercial recordings of Haitian music
 * Lee Holdridge – multi-award-winning Haitian-born composer
 * Fred Hype – beatmaker and producer
 * Imposs – Canadian rapper
 * Werner Jaegerhuber – known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodouesques".
 * Misty Jean – singer
 * Wyclef Jean – Grammy Award-winning singer and former member of The Fugees, hip hop recording artist, musician, actor, and politician
 * Nemours Jean-Baptiste – composer and band leader; credited with being the inventor of compas direct
 * Val Jeanty – vodou electronica turntablist, percussionist and artist
 * Jimmy O – rapper
 * Romel Joseph – violinist and music educator.
 * Kaytranada – DJ, record producer
 * Ludovic Lamothe – composer and virtuoso pianist
 * Andrée Lescot – folk singer; daughter of former president Élie Lescot.
 * Ti Manno – singer, guitar player, keyboard player, and percussionist
 * Master Dji – rapper
 * MC Tee – rapper
 * Luck Mervil – singer-songwriter
 * Emeline Michel – singer
 * Mikaben – singer-songwriter, composer and producer
 * Michel Mauléart Monton – composer; notable for composing the classic song choucoune (known as yellow bird in the English version)
 * Emerante Morse – singer
 * Richard Auguste Morse – founder of a mizik rasin band, RAM, named after his initials, and famous in Haiti for their political songs
 * Beethova Obas – guitarist
 * Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade (1840–1908) – Haitian classical pianist and music educator
 * J. Perry – singer-songwriter; song Dekole inspired the theme of the 2012 Carnival and was awarded a Gold Disk Plaque
 * Qwote – singer
 * Fabrice Rouzier – pianist, producer, and entrepreneur
 * Sha Money XL – rapper
 * Sweet Micky – singer, politician
 * Webert Sicot – saxophone player, composer and band leader, and one of the creators of compas direct. He renamed the music cadence rampa after he left Nemours' band in 1962.
 * Ti Ro Ro – drummer; known as 'King of the drum' in Haiti
 * André Toussaint – singer and guitarist
 * Won-G Bruny – rapper and entrepreneur
 * Édouard Woolley – tenor, actor, composer, and music educator
 * Sweet Micky – singer, politician
 * Arly Lariviere – Haitian musician, composer and keyboardist

 * Jean-Hérard Richard dit "Richie" batteur, arrangeur, compositeur, chanteur, superstar maker, rappeur, considéré actuellement comme étant le G.O.A.T du compas direct durant les 20-25 dernières années de la musique haïtienne. (Mise à jour par Gabriel Lopes, le 19 Avril 2024)

Naturalists and agronomists

 * John James Audubon – French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (born in Saint-Domingue, the modern-day Haiti)
 * Jean-Baptiste Chavannes – agronomist, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005
 * Marilise Neptune Rouzier – biologist and ethnobotanist
 * Jean Wiener – marine biologist, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015

Political figures

 * André Apaid – politician and activist leader of Group 184, which helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
 * Jean-Bertrand Aristide – President of Haiti
 * Prosper Avril – President of Haiti (1988–1990)
 * Jean-Claude Bajeux – political activist and professor of Caribbean literature
 * Marc Bazin – United Nations diplomat and World Bank official
 * Jean-Pierre Boyer – soldier and President of Haiti
 * François Capois – hero of the war of independence
 * Ulrick Chérubin – Canadian politician
 * Bonivert Claude – former governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti
 * Jean Rénald Clérismé – politician, diplomat, and ambassador
 * Marie-Louise Coidavid – Queen of Haiti (1811–1820) as the spouse of Henri I
 * Philippe Derose – first Haitian elected to public office in the U.S.
 * Emmanuel Dubourg – Canadian politician
 * Thomas-Alexandre Dumas – general in Revolutionary France, the highest-ranking person of color in a continental European army
 * François Duvalier – former President for Life
 * Jean-Claude Duvalier – President of Haiti
 * Simone Duvalier – First Lady of the 'Baby Doc' regime
 * Mathieu Eugene – U.S. New York City councilman
 * Jonathas Granville – soldier, diplomat, civil servant, musician and poet. He promoted the emigration 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
 * Léonie Coicou Madiou (1891–1974), political activist
 * 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
 * Jean Jacques Dessalines – First Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
 * 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

American football players

 * Kerby Joseph, Safety
 * Jocelyn Borgella – former defensive back
 * Gosder Cherilus – offensive tackle
 * Gilles Colon – wide receiver
 * Pierre Desir – cornerback
 * Vladimir Ducasse – offensive lineman
 * Farell Duclair – fullback in the Canadian Football League
 * Elvis Dumervil – defensive end and linebacker
 * Jean Fanor – safety
 * Junior Galette – linebacker
 * Max Jean-Gilles – guard
 * Ricot Joseph – safety
 * Nico Marley – linebacker
 * Dadi Nicolas – outside linebacker
 * Kevin Pamphile – left tackle
 * Paul Raymond – wide receiver
 * Jonal Saint-Dic – defensive end

Basketball

 * Djery Baptiste – college basketball player
 * Kervin Bristol – professional basketball player currently playing for the KK Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League.
 * Samuel Dalembert – former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association
 * Schnider Hérard – college basketball player
 * Osvaldo Jeanty – professional basketball player
 * Rudolphe Joly – professional basketball player
 * Antoine Joseph – professional basketball player in the American Basketball League
 * Robert Joseph – former professional basketball player who played in the Liga ACB in Spain for twelve seasons.
 * Yvon Joseph – professional basketball player, the first Haitian to play NCAA college basketball in the United States
 * Skal Labissière – professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association
 * Cady Lalanne – professional basketball player
 * Gino Lanisse – Haitian-Swiss professional basketball player, who played in the Swiss pro league
 * Marc-Eddy Norelia – college basketball player
 * Olden Polynice – professional basketball player
 * Pierre Valmera – retired professional basketball player, who played in the Swiss pro league

Boxing

 * Joachim Alcine – professional boxer
 * Azea Augustama – professional boxer; who qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games at light-heavy through a bronze medal finish at the second Americas qualifier; he also won the Golden Gloves in 2008
 * Andre Berto – professional boxer
 * Edner Cherry – Haitian-Bahamian professional boxer
 * Richardson Hitchins – Olympic boxer
 * Schiller Hyppolite – professional boxer
 * Dierry Jean – professional boxer
 * Jean Pascal – professional boxer
 * Melissa St. Vil – women's lightweight American boxer
 * Adonis Stevenson – professional boxer, current WBC light heavyweight champion
 * Bermane Stiverne – professional boxer, current WBC heavyweight champion, also the first boxer of Haitian descent to win a heavyweight title

Football

 * Ricardo Adé – professional football player
 * Jean Sony Alcénat – professional football player
 * Jean Alexandre – professional football player
 * Djimy Alexis – professional football player
 * Fritz André – professional football player
 * Wedson Anselme – professional football player
 * Eddy Antoine – professional football player who participated for Haiti at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
 * Carlens Arcus – professional football player
 * Ernst Atis-Clotaire – former professional football player; spent most of his career for AS Monaco FC
 * Wilberne Augusmat – professional football player
 * Arsène Auguste – former professional football player
 * Walson Augustin – professional football player
 * Jean-Herbert Austin – professional football player
 * Judelin Aveska – professional football player
 * Bidrece Azor – professional football player
 * Claude Barthélemy – professional football player
 * Pierre Bayonne – professional football player
 * Kervens Belfort – professional football player
 * Bicou Bissainthe – professional football player
 * Alexandre Boucicaut – professional football player
 * John Boulos – professional football player
 * Kimberly Boulos – professional women's football player
 * Samantha Brand – professional women's football player
 * Pierre Richard Bruny – professional football player
 * Éliphène Cadet – professional football player
 * Davidson Charles – professional football player
 * Phenol Charles – professional football player
 * Ricardo Charles – professional football player
 * Monès Chéry – professional football player
 * Alex Junior Christian – professional football player
 * Coupé Cloué – professional football player
 * Monuma Constant Jr. – professional football player
 * Ronaldo Damus – professional football player
 * Johnny Descolines – professional football player
 * Jean-Claude Désir – professional football player
 * Jonel Désiré – professional football player
 * Wisline Dolce – professional women's football player
 * Rudy Doliscat – Canadian professional football player
 * Serge Ducosté – professional football player
 * Ronil Dufrene – American professional football player
 * Wagneau Eloi – professional football player
 * Ronald Elusma – professional football player
 * Lesly Fellinga – professional football player
 * Gabard Fénélon – professional football player
 * Pat Fidelia – professional football player
 * Herby Fortunat – professional football player
 * Henri Françillon – professional football player
 * Christiano François – professional football player
 * Guy François – professional football player
 * Jacques Francois – professional football player
 * Jean-Baptiste Fritzson – professional football player
 * Brunel Fucien – professional football player
 * Joe Gaetjens – professional football player who scored the only goal in the United States's upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup
 * Romain Genevois – professional football player
 * Peter Germain – professional football player
 * Frantz Gilles – professional football player
 * Réginal Goreux – Belgian professional football player
 * Marc Hérold Gracien – professional football player
 * Wilde-Donald Guerrier – professional football player
 * Stéphane Guillaume – professional football player
 * Herve Guilliod – professional football player
 * Alain Gustave – professional football player
 * Charles Hérold Jr. – professional football player
 * Jean-François James – professional football player
 * Patrick Janvier – professional football player
 * Bitielo Jean Jacques – professional football player
 * Jamil Jean-Jacques – professional football player
 * Ernst Jean-Joseph – professional football player
 * Jean-Dimmy Jéoboam – professional football player
 * Jean-Robens Jerome – professional football player
 * Mechack Jérôme – professional football player
 * Gérard Joseph – professional football player
 * Peterson Joseph – professional football player
 * Jacques LaDouceur – professional football player
 * Rosario Lauture – professional football player
 * Fritz Leandré – professional football player
 * Roody Lormera – professional football player
 * Jeff Louis – professional football player
 * Manoucheka Pierre Louis – professional women's football player
 * Wilfried Louis – professional football player
 * James Marcelin – professional football player
 * Kencia Marseille – professional women's football player
 * Frantz Mathieu – professional football player
 * Jean-Robert Menelas – professional football player
 * Pierre Mercier – professional football player
 * Rénald Metelus – professional football player
 * Pascal Millien – professional football player, currently playing for Sheikh Russel KC in the Bangladesh Premier League
 * Frandy Montrévil – professional football player
 * Wilner Nazaire – professional football player who participated for Haiti at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
 * Duckens Nazon – professional football player
 * Fabrice Noël – professional football player
 * Windsor Noncent – professional football player
 * Regillio Nooitmeer – Dutch professional football player
 * Sony Norde – professional football player
 * Vladimir Pascal – professional football player
 * Peguero Jean Philippe – professional football player
 * Bony Pierre – professional football player
 * Golman Pierre – former professional football player
 * Jean-Jacques Pierre – professional football player who currently plays for the French club SM Caen
 * Marie Yves Dina Jean Pierre – professional women's football player
 * Ricardo Pierre-Louis – professional football player
 * Frantzdy Pierrot – professional football player
 * Wilner Piquant – professional football player
 * Serge Racine – professional football player
 * Darline Radamaker – professional women's football player
 * Guerry Romondt – professional football player
 * Steeven Saba – professional women's football player
 * Widner Saint-Cyr – professional football player
 * Steeve Saint-Duc – professional football player
 * Leonel Saint-Preux – professional football player
 * Guy Saint-Vil – professional football player
 * Roger Saint-Vil – professional football player
 * Emmanuel Sanon – professional football player
 * Emmanuel Sarki – professional football player
 * Vaniel Sirin – professional football player
 * Richelor Sprangers – professional football player
 * Frantz St. Lot – professional football player
 * Antoine Tassy – former professional football player and manager of the Haitian national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
 * Abel Thermeus – professional football player
 * Denso Ulysse – professional football player
 * Kénold Versailles – professional football player
 * Fabien Vorbe – professional football player
 * Philippe Vorbe – professional football player
 * Sébastien Vorbe – professional football player
 * Lindsay Zullo – professional women's football player

Other sports

 * Ronald Agénor – professional tennis player
 * Ludovic Augustin – Olympic sport shooter, part of the team that won Haiti's first Olympic medal, at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Ange Jean Baptiste – judoka who has participated internationally. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.
 * Maxime Boisclair – professional Canadian hockey player
 * Joel Brutus – judoka, won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games
 * Dayana Cadeau – Haitian-born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
 * Josué Cajuste – Paralympic athlete
 * Asnage Castelly – Olympic wrestler; founder of the Haitian Wrestling Federation
 * Silvio Cator – former world record holder in long jump and Olympic silver medal winner at 1928 Summer Olympics
 * L. H. Clermont – Olympic sport shooter who was part of the team that won Haiti's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze in team free rifle at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Gerald Clervil – Olympic track and field athlete
 * André Corvington – Olympic fencer; competed in the individual foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics
 * Dadi Denis – Olympic sprinter
 * Linouse Desravine – judoka
 * Destin Destine – Olympic sport shooter; part of the team that won the first Olympic medal for Haiti
 * C. Dupre – Olympic sport shooter
 * Victoria Duval – professional tennis player
 * Ginou Etienne – Olympic track and field athlete
 * Neyssa Etienne – professional tennis player
 * Gina Faustin – Olympic fencer; competed in the individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
 * Nadine Faustin-Parker – Olympic hurdler and medal winner at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
 * Edrick Floréal – Olympic long and triple jumper who competed for Canada
 * Naomy Grand'Pierre – Olympic swimmer
 * Constantin Henriquez – Olympic Rugby player and footballer; co-founder of Haitian football
 * Yves Jabouin – mixed martial arts fighter
 * Nephtalie Jean-Louis – Paralympic athlete
 * Jeffrey Julmis – Olympic sprinter
 * Dieudonné LaMothe – long-distance runner, the first sportsperson from Haiti to take part in four Olympic Games
 * Ernst Laraque – judoka from Haiti, won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games
 * Parnel Legros – former Olympic judoka
 * Aniya Louissaint – Olympic Taekwondo athlete
 * Bertrand Madsen – former professional tennis player
 * Eloi Metullus – Olympic sport shooter; part of the team that won the first Olympic medal for Haiti
 * Jean-Louis Michel – fencing master (born in Saint-Domingue)
 * Charles Olemus – Olympic track and field athlete
 * Barbara Pierre – track and field sprint athlete in the Pan American Games
 * Astrel Rolland – Olympic sport shooter
 * Claude Roumain – Olympic sprinter
 * Deborah Saint-Phard – Olympic shot putter at the 1988 Summer Olympics
 * Tudor Sanon – taekwondo athlete
 * Alain Sergile – swimmer who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
 * Bruny Surin – 1996 Canadian Olympian, gold-medal-winning sprinter
 * André Théard – Olympic sprinter; competed for Haiti at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics
 * Léon Thiércelin – Olympic fencer; competed in the individual foil event at the 1900 Summer Olympics
 * Ludovic Valborge – Olympic sport shooter, part of the team that won Haiti's first Olympic medal, at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Sheila Viard – Olympic fencer; competed in the individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
 * Claude Vilgrain – Canadian professional hockey player

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1915 in rail transport

January events

 * January 1 – The Ilford rail crash in England kills ten.
 * January 15 – The final spike is driven on the transcontinental Canadian Northern Railway at Basque, British Columbia.

March events

 * March 7 – San Diego's Union Station officially opens, ushering in a new era of rail transport for the City.
 * March 15 – The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, later known as the Monon Railroad, acquires control of the Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad.

April events

 * Baldwin Locomotive Works delivers the first of 280 Péchot-Bourdon locomotives for the French trench railways on the Western Front (World War I).
 * April 15 – Musashino Railway Line, Ikebukuro of Tokyo to Hannō route officially completed in Japan.(as predecessor of Seibu Ikebukuro Line).
 * April 20 – The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway enters receivership with J. M. Dickinson and H. U. Mudge appointed as receivers.

May events

 * May 8 – Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (SStB) opens connecting Ibach, Schwyz, and Brunnen Schifflände, Switzerland.
 * May 22 – In the Quintinshill rail crash, four trains including a troop train collide, the accident and ensuing fire causing 226 fatalities and injuring 246 people at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, Scotland; the accident is blamed on negligence by the signalmen during a shift change at a busy junction.

June events

 * June 22 – BMT Sea Beach Line opens as a New York City Subway line and AB Standard cars enter service.

August events

 * August 1 – Estación Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opens.
 * August 14 – The Weedon rail crash in England kills ten.
 * August 28 – The first train operates over the regauged Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway using gauge equipment.

September events

 * September 11 – The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
 * September 14 – The funeral train for William Cornelius Van Horne departs Windsor Station (Montreal) at 11:00 AM bound for Joliet, Illinois; the train is pulled by CP 4-6-2 no. 2213.

October events

 * October 1 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway introduces the Navajo passenger train in San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago service as a replacement for the Tourist Flyer.
 * October 27 – Keihan Electric Railway, Tenmabashi of Osaka via Hirakata to Sanjo of Kyoto route officially complete in Japan.
 * c. October 30 – Railway to Beersheba opens.

November events

 * November 6 – The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Tunkhannock Viaduct, with 10 arches totalling 2,375 ft (724 m) in length and 240 ft (73.15 m) from creekbed forming the world's largest reinforced concrete structure at this date, is officially opened.

December events

 * December 16 – William Kissam Vanderbilt is found to be in violation of antitrust laws in the United States because the New York Central owns a controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road, both of which Vanderbilt owns.
 * December 17 – The St Bedes Junction rail crash in England kills nineteen people.

Unknown date events

 * First Russian locomotive class Ye 2-10-0s built in North America. By the end of World War II, more than three thousand will have been built to the same basic design.

September births

 * September 11 – Carl Fallberg, cartoonist who created Fiddletown & Copperopolis (died 1996).

December births

 * December 10 – William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949–1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957–1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961–1973, is born (died 1989).

May deaths

 * May 20 – Charles Francis Adams Jr., president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (born 1835).

September deaths

 * September 11 – William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (born 1843).

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