993: Joice Heth PT Barnum’s First Human Display Born: c.1756, Possibly Madagascar Died: 19 February 1836, New York, United States of America Joice was already elderly when she first came across the man now associated with the moniker “The Greatest Showman.” Some believe Joice was born in Madagascar, before she was enslaved and brought to…
These are the People born in the country of Madagascar, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map or a person born in that region before Madagascar came to be. Entries: Joice Heth, PT Barnum’s First Human Display Ranavalona I, One of The Most Ruthless Queens in History
Entries Born in Africa These are the people who were born on the continent of Africa, separated by country (or the modern geographic equivalent country of where they were born). Countries: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire The Democratic Republic of the Congo…
175) Ranavalona I Queen of Madagascar who has Been Vilified as the “Female Caligula” in the West Born: 1778, Madagascar Died: 16 August 1861, Madagascar She supposedly killed anywhere from thirty to fifty percent of her people but also kept Madagascar independent, beat back the British and the French, and began one of the first…