Africa – Madagascar
Queen Ranavalona III (1861-1917)
Madagascar’s queen, Ranavalona III, was born Princess Razafindrahety in Amparibe, Manjakazafy, Madagascar, on November 22, 1861. She was the last...
Gisèle Rabesahala (1929-2011)
Gisèle Rabesahala, a political and human rights activist and councilwoman, was born Marie Gisèle Aimée Rabesahala on May 7, 1929,...
Andry Rajoelina
(1974- )
The current president of Madagascar, Andry Nirina Rajoelina, was born on May 30, 1984, in Antsirabe, Madagascar. His father, Roger...
Mohammed V (1909-1961)
Mohammed ben Youssef, the third son of Sultan Moulay Youssef, was born on August 10, 1909, in Fez, Morocco. He...
Philibert Tsiranana (1912-1978)
Philibert Tsiranana was the first president of the Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar). He was born on October 18, 1912, in...
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique (1700-1734)
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique was born around the year 1700 in the colony of Madeira, Portugal. It is unclear if she...
Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy (a.k.a. Geoffroy L’Islet, 1755-1836)
Pioneering cartographer and meteorologist Jean-Baptist Lislet-Geoffroy was born August 23, 1755 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, a French island colony in the...
Camille Sosthène Héliodore Mortenol (1859-1930)
Image Ownership: DocAnciens/docpix.fr French naval hero Camille Mortenol was born November 29, 1859 in Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest city in the...
William Henry Hunt (1863-1951)
William Henry Hunt, African American U.S. diplomat, was born a slave in Tennessee in 1863. Hunt claimed to have been...
