Italian Haitians
{{Short description|Haitian citizens of Italian descent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{infobox ethnic group
|group = Italian Haitians
|native_name = {{native name|it|Italo-haitiani}}
{{native name|ht|Italyen ayisyen}}
{{native name|fr|Haïtiens italiens}}
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|population = {{Circa|100}} (by birth)
{{Circa|5,000}} (by ancestry)
|popplace = Port-au-Prince, Pétion-Ville
|langs = Haitian Creole{{·}}Haitian French{{·}}Italian and Italian dialects
|rels = Catholicism
|related= Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans
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Italian Haitians ({{langx|it|italo-haitiani}}; {{langx|ht|italyen ayisyen}}; {{langx|fr|haïtiens italiens}}) are Haitian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Haiti during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Haiti.
History
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus explored the Haiti region.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rqACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111|title=Italy Invades}}
The Italian presence in Haiti dates to the era of the French colony of Saint-Domingue.[https://ageofrevolutions.com/2020/12/14/italians-crossing-the-caribbean-two-case-studies/ Italians Crossing the Caribbean: Two Case Studies - Age of Revolutions]
During colonial times only a few Italians went to Haiti: most of them were Catholic missionaries, with a few merchants and soldiers.
The business sector of Haiti was dominated by German and Italian immigrants in the mid-19th century.{{cite web |url=http://infosurhoy.com/en_GB/articles/saii/features/main/2010/01/29/feature-01 |title=History of immigration to Haiti dates to the 19th century |access-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202231744/http://infosurhoy.com/en_GB/articles/saii/features/main/2010/01/29/feature-01 |archive-date=2 February 2014 }} In 1908 there were 160 Italians residing in Haiti, according to the Italian consul De Matteis, of whom 128 lived in the capital Port-au-Prince. [https://books.google.com/books?id=B6o9AAAAYAAJ&dq=emigrazione+italiana+in+haiti&pg=RA1-PA343 Emigrazione e Colonie; volume 3: "Italiani in Haiti" (1908)]
During the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the first Italian recorded dead was 70-year-old Gigliola Martino, who was born in Haiti to Italian parents who emigrated to the country in the early 20th century.{{Cite web |url=http://lnx.sanmarinofixing.com/smfixing/component/content/article/53-eventi/1240-Il-primo-morto-italiano-del-terremoto-di-Haiti.html |title=Gigliola Martino death |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408054359/http://lnx.sanmarinofixing.com/smfixing/component/content/article/53-eventi/1240-Il-primo-morto-italiano-del-terremoto-di-Haiti.html |url-status=dead }}
Daphnée Duplaix, an American actress and model born in New York City, is of Haitian and Italian descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243227/bio |title=Daphnee Duplaix Biography |publisher=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://lunionsuite.com/2012/09/11/haitian-american-to-know-daphnee-duplaix/ |title=Haitian American To Know: Daphnee Duplaix |publisher=L'union Suite |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201182755/http://lunionsuite.com/2012/09/11/haitian-american-to-know-daphnee-duplaix/ |archive-date=1 February 2014}}
Stella Jean[https://web.archive.org/web/20140919233937/http://www.vogue.com/fashion-week/1449521/stella-jean-spring-2015-rtw Stella Jean] is a fashion designer in Italy whose mother is Haitian and her father is Italian.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uploadyourtalent.com/?action=viewArticle&articleId=280&title=Intervista_a_Stella_Jean_.html |title=Stella Jean, Italian interview (and photo) |access-date=24 April 2018 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102844/http://www.uploadyourtalent.com/?action=viewArticle&articleId=280&title=Intervista_a_Stella_Jean_.html |url-status=dead }}
In 2011, according to the Italian census, there were 134 Italians who were residents in Haiti, nearly all of them living in the capital. However, there were nearly 5,000 Haitians with recent or distant Italian roots (according to the Italian embassy).
Notable Italian Haitians
- Sherif Abdallah, insurance businessman and a close associate of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.{{cite web|url=https://www.latintimes.com/sanctioned-businessmen-haiti-run-business-operations-dominican-republic-535872 |title=Sanctioned Businessmen From Haiti Run Business Operations In The Dominican Republic |publisher=The Latin Times |accessdate=2024-01-06}}
- Regine Chevallier, fashion designer
- Daphnée Duplaix, actress and model
- Lindsay Zullo, footballer
See also
{{Portal|Italy|Haiti}}
References
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Links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202231744/http://infosurhoy.com/en_GB/articles/saii/features/main/2010/01/29/feature-01 Hossary, Nagia] (Archive article)
Bibliography
- Commissariato dellemigrazione. Emigrazione e colonie, Volume 3: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari.Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero & comp. Roma, 1908
{{Haitian people}}
{{Italian diaspora}}
Category:Ethnic groups in Haiti