[1] The Italian presence in Haiti dates to the era of the French colony of Saint-Domingue.
[2] 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.
[5] Daphnée Duplaix, an American actress and model born in New York City, is of Haitian and Italian descent.
[6][7] Stella Jean[8] is a fashion designer in Italy whose mother is Haitian and father is Italian.