South America-Brazil
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695)
Zumbi dos Palmares was a Brazilian Quilombola leader of a group of Afro-Brazilians who lived in maroon communities known as...
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney (1969- )
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, an international businessman and diplomat, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1969, but grew up...
Ibtihaj Muhammad (1985- )
Ibtihaj Muhammad is an American saber and fencing team member who won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics...
Januário Garcia Jr (1943-2021)
Januário Garcia Jr. hailed from Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state renowned for its significant population of Afrodescendentes, or Black Brazilians....
Queen Diambi (1970s – )
Diambi Kabatusuila is the traditional Queen of the Bakwa Luntu people of the Kingdom of Luba, located in the southern...
Francisco Paulo de Almeida (1826-1901)
Francisco Paulo de Almeida, first and only Baron of Guaraciaba, was a Brazilian landowner and banker. He distinguished himself by...
Joseph Antonio Emidy (a.k.a. Joseph Emedy and Joseph Emedee, 1775-1835)
Afro-British musician, composer, and orchestra leader Joseph Antonio Emidy is believed to have been born sometime in the year 1775...
Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk (1991- )
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Afro-Ukrainian champion athlete and politician Zhan Beleniuk was born January 24, 1991 in the capital city of Kyiv (a.k.a. Kiev)...
Antônio Vieira (1608-1697)
Jesuit priest, missionary, diplomat, orator, and theologian Antônio Vieira was born in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on February...
