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page 1People from Guinea (region)

Anton Wilhelm Amo
Ghanaian-German philosopher
Thomas Fuller
American mental calculator
Jean-Baptiste Belley
former slave from the French West Indies who became a member of the National Convention and the Council of Five Hundred of France
Victoria Montou
Haitian freedom fighter and Duchess of Haiti
Anne Pépin
Senegalese Signare
Bokar Biro
Ruler of Futa Jallon
Akinsemoyin
Oba Akinsemoyin reigned as Oba of Lagos from around 1704 to 1749. His father was Oba Ado and his siblings were Erelu Kuti and Oba Gabaro, whom he succeeded.
Antera Duke
18th century African slave trader
Victoria Albis
slave trader
Yarrow Mamout
American entrepreneur and property-owner
Kofi
Cuffy, also known as Kofi Badu (died in 1763), was an African Akan man who was enslaved in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana. In 1763, he led a major slave revolt of around 5,000 slaves against the Dutch. The slave revolt was eventually suppressed and Cuffy committed suicide. Today, he is a national hero in Guyana.
Graman Quassi
Surinamese botanist (1692-1787)
Ibrahim Sori
Guinean leader
Akwa Boni
Ivorian politician
Karamokho Alfa
Fula religious leader