List of Famous people born in Ouest, Haiti

Adonis Stevenson

First Name Adonis
Last Name Stevenson
Born on September 22, 1977 (age 47)
Born in Haiti, Ouest
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Stevenson Adonis, best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018. He won the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeating Chad Dawson by first-round knockout, which earned him awards for Fighter of the Year and Knockout of the Year by The Ring.

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Martine Moïse

Martine Marie Étienne Joseph
First Name Martine
Last Name Moïse
Born on June 6, 1974 (age 50)
Born in Haiti, Ouest

Martine Marie Étienne Moïse is the former First Lady of Haiti and the widow of President Jovenel Moïse. She served as the country's first lady from February 2017 until the assassination of her husband on 7 July 2021. Moïse was wounded in the same attack at their home in Pétion-Ville.

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Wyclef Jean

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
First Name Wyclef
Born on October 17, 1969 (age 55)
Born in Haiti, Ouest
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.

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Dany Laferrière

Windsor Klébert Laferrière
First Name Dany
Last Name Laferrière
Born on April 13, 1953 (age 71)
Born in Haiti, Ouest

Dany Laferrière is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. He was elected to seat 2 of the Académie française on 12 December 2013, and inducted in May 2015.

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Jean Pascal

First Name Jean
Last Name Pascal
Born on October 28, 1982 (age 42)
Born in Haiti, Ouest
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Jean-Thenistor Pascal is a Haitian Canadian professional boxer. He has held the WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title since October 2019, previously holding the WBC, IBO, The Ring and lineal light-heavyweight titles between 2009 and 2011, and once challenging for the WBC super-middleweight title in 2008.

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Michel Martelly

First Name Michel
Last Name Martelly
Born on February 12, 1961 (age 63)
Born in Haiti, Ouest

Michel Joseph Martelly is a Haitian singer and former politician who served as the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He is from Côte-de-fer, a commune located in the South East of Haiti. Martelly was one of Haiti's best-known musicians for over a decade, going by the stage name Sweet Micky. For business and musical reasons, Martelly has moved a number of times between the United States and Haiti. When travelling to the United States, Martelly mostly stays in Florida. After his presidency, Martelly returned to his former band and sang a carnival meringue entitled "Bal Bannan nan", as a mocking response to Liliane Pierre Paul, a famous Haitian female journalist in Port-au-prince.

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Skal Labissiere

First Name Skal
Born on March 18, 1996 (age 28)
Born in Haiti, Ouest
Height 213 cm | 7'0

Skal Labissière is a Haitian professional basketball player. He graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, before playing one season of college basketball for Kentucky. Labissière has also played for the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers.

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Philippe Kieffer

Marie Joseph Charles Philippe Kieffer
First Name Philippe
Last Name Kieffer
Born on October 24, 1899
Died on November 20, 1962 (aged 63)
Born in Haiti, Ouest

Philippe Kieffer, capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces.

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Kaytranada

Louis Kevin Celestin
Born on August 25, 1992 (age 32)
Born in Haiti, Ouest

Louis Kevin Celestin, known by his stage name Kaytranada, is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer. Celestin rose to prominence after releasing a series of mixtapes, remixes, and original music projects beginning in 2010 under the alias Kaytradamus. By 2013, and under the moniker Kaytranada, he began gaining wider recognition and, the following year, signed a deal with XL Recordings, with whom he would release his critically acclaimed debut studio album 99.9% in 2016. In 2019, he released its follow-up, Bubba, for which he won two Grammy Awards including Best Dance/Electronic Album. Celestin is one half of the hip hop duo The Celestics, along with his brother Lou Phelps.

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Pierre Desir

First Name Pierre
Last Name Desir
Born on September 8, 1990 (age 34)
Born in Haiti, Ouest
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Pierre Desir is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Lindenwood and Washburn, and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He has also played for the San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, and New York Jets.

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