Famous People From Martinique
- Age: 33Sigrid Agren (born 24 April 1991) is a French model from Martinique, who rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2006.
Josรฉphine de Beauharnais
Dec. at 50 (1763-1814)Josรฉphine (French: [สo.ze.fin dษโฟbo.aส.nษ]; born Marie Josรจphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 โ 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoleon, and the first Empress of the French after he proclaimed himself Emperor. Her marriage to Napoleon was her second; her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she was imprisoned in the Carmes Prison until five days after his execution. Her two children by Beauharnais became significant to royal lineage. Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoleon III. Through her son, Eugรจne, she was the great-grandmother of later Swedish and Danish kings and queens. The reigning houses of Belgium, Norway and Luxembourg also descend from her. She did not bear Napoleon any children; as a result, he divorced her in 1810 to marry Marie Louise of Austria. Josรฉphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written by Napoleon, many of which still exist. Her Chรขteau de Malmaison was noted for its magnificent rose garden, which she supervised closely, owing to her passionate interest in roses, collected from all over the world.- Dec. at 36 (1925-1961)Frantz Fanon (French: [fสษฬts fanษฬ]; 20 July 1925 โ 6 December 1961), also known as Ibrahim Frantz Fanon, was a French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, revolutionary, and writer from the French colony of Martinique, whose works are influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory and Marxism. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization, and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported the Algerian War of Independence from France, and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. For more than five decades, the life and works of Frantz Fanon have inspired national liberation movements and other radical political organizations in Palestine, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the United States. In What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction To His Life And Thought, leading African scholar and contemporary philosopher Lewis R. Gordon remarked that Fanon's contributions to the history of ideas are manifold. He is influential not only because of the originality of his thought but also because of the astuteness of his criticisms. He developed a profound social existential analysis of antiblack racism, which led him to identify conditions of skewed rationality and reason in contemporary discourses on the human being. Fanon published numerous books, including The Wretched of the Earth (1961). This influential work focuses on what he believes is the necessary role of violence by activists in conducting decolonization struggles.Moreย Frantz Fanon
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- Dec. at 94 (1913-2008)Aimรฉ Fernand David Cรฉsaire (; French: [ษme sezษส]; 26 June 1913 โ 17 April 2008) was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from the region of Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the nรฉgritude movement in Francophone literature". His works included Une Tempรชte, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme (Discourse on Colonialism), an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages.
- Age: 41Ronald Pognon (born 16 November 1982) is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances. He was formerly the European record holder for the 60 metres indoors and is the first Frenchman to go under 10 seconds at the 100 metres.
- Age: 54Joรซl Marc Abati (born 25 April 1970, in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France. Before joining Montpellier HB, Abati played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany.
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Age: 31Alexandre de Beauharnais
Dec. at 34 (1760-1794)Alexandre Franรงois Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais (28 May 1760 โ 23 July 1794) was a French political figure and general during the French Revolution. He was the first husband of Josรฉphine Tascher de la Pagerie, who later married Napoleon Bonaparte and became Empress of the First Empire. Alexandre was arrested in March 1794 and, following his sentence of death during the Reign of Terror, was executed by guillotine in Paris's Place de la Rรฉvolution.Renรฉ Maran
Dec. at 72 (1887-1960)Renรฉ Maran (Fort-de-France, Martinique, France. 8 November 1887 โ 9 May 1960) was a French poet and novelist, and the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt (in 1921).Michel Jean-Baptiste Adolphe
Age: 44Michel Jean-Baptiste Adolphe is a professional basketball player who currently plays for รlan Chalon.Ludovic Clรฉment
Age: 47Ludovic Clรฉment (born December 5, 1976 in Fort-de-France, Martinique), is a football player who played for LB Chรขteauroux, Toulouse FC, Montpellier HSC in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 and for Greek football club Panthrakikos F.C. in the Super League Greece.Josuรฉ Joseph-Rose
Age: 38Josuรฉ Joseph-Rose is a Martiniquais footballer.Ina Cรฉsaire
Age: 82Ina Cรฉsaire is a Martinican playwright. She is the daughter of Aimรฉ Cรฉsaire.Christophe Lowinsky
Age: 32Christophe Lowinsky is a Martiniquais footballer.Eddy Capron
Age: 53Eddy Capron (born 15 January 1971) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a defender.Louis-Georges Tin
Age: 50Louis-Georges Tin appeared in the 2006 documentary film Moscow Pride '06.- Age: 97Xercรจs Louis (October 31, 1926 โ 1978) was a French football midfielder. He won 12 caps for France between 1954 and 1956.
Patrick Cavelan
Patrick Cavelan is the head coach of the Martinique national football team.Mandy Franรงois-Elie
Age: 34Mandy Franรงois-Elie is a French Paralympian athlete competing in the category T37. Franรงois-Elie won the T37 100m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games at London and followed this with both the 100m and 200m titles at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.- Age: 40Eddy De Lรฉpine (born 30 March 1984 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucourรฉ, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He finished 6th in the 200m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
Euzhan Palcy
Age: 66Euzhan Palcy (born January 13, 1958) is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique, French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black woman director of a film produced by a major Hollywood studio (MGM), for A Dry White Season (1989), as well as being the only woman filmmaker to have directed Marlon Brando, whom she brought back to the screen after a gap of nine years. Palcy is the first black director (male or female) to direct an actor to an Oscar nomination and the first black director to win a Cรฉsar Award, the highest French film award. She is also the first black director to win a Venice Film Festival Award (Silver Lion).Fabrice Reupernรฉ
Age: 48Fabrice Reuperne (born September 18, 1975 in Saint-Pierre, Martinique) is a footballer, who currently plays in Golden Star.Reuperne played for the Martinique national football team at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals, helping the team reach the quarterfinals. At the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup he scored the winning goal against Canada in Martinique's opening match, a long range blast in the 93rd minute.- Age: 52Audrey Pulvar (born 21 February 1972) is a French journalist, television and radio host. Newsreader of the 19/20 on France 3 from 2005 to 2009, Pulvar has been commentator within Laurent Ruquier's show On n'est pas couchรฉ on France 2, during the year 2011/2012 and joined the Television Group Canal+ and its channel D8 in 2013.
Stephanie St. Clair
Dec. at 83 (1886-1969)Stephanie Saint-Clair (December 24, 1886 โ December 1969) was an American gambler who ran numerous criminal enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early part of the 20th century. Saint-Clair resisted the interests of the Mafia for several years after Prohibition ended; she continued to be an independent operator and never came under Mafia control. She ran a successful numbers game in Harlem and was an activist for the black community. Her nicknames included: "Queenie", "Madam Queen", "Madam St. Clair", and "Queen of the Policy Rackets".- Dec. at 59 (1945-2004)Cathy Rosier (January 2, 1945 in Fort-de-France โ May 17, 2004) was a model and actress, who was born in Martinique, French West Indies, and died in Marrakech, Morocco, from a ruptured aorta. Rosier was the daughter of the Martiniquais writer and painter Yva (nรฉe de Montaigne) and her husband, politician and mathematics instructor Thรฉlus Lรฉro. She is perhaps best known for her role as the pianist Valerie in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraรฏ (1967). She also released her own musical album, entitled Cathy Banana.
Emmanuel Vermignon
Age: 35Emmanuel Vermignon is a Martiniquais footballer.Jordy Delem
Age: 31Jordy Delem is a Martiniquais footballer.Christophe Perie
Age: 46Christophe Perie is an actor.Sรฉbastien Lepel
Age: 33Sรฉbastien Lepel is a Martiniquais footballer.Kรฉvin Tresfield
Age: 35Kรฉvin Tresfield is a Martiniquais footballer.
