List of Americo-Liberian people

This is a list of notable Americo-Liberian people.

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The Americo-Liberian or Congau ethnic group has produced several notable politicians, businessman, and professionals including:

## Politicians and Administrators

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* Wilmot Collins, Liberian-born American politician serving as the mayor of Helena, Montana
* Nathaniel Barnes, Liberian businessman and politician
* Charles Cecil Dennis, Liberian diplomat and politician
* C. Cyvette M. Gibson, Mayor of Paynesville, Liberia
* Louis Arthur Grimes, Liberian jurist
* Richard Abrom Henries, Liberian politician
* Elijah Johnson, Liberian pioneer and founding father of Liberia
* James A. A. Pierre, Liberian politician
* Charles Taylor, Liberian President and convicted war criminal
* Hilary Teague, Liberian pioneer and author of the Liberian Declaration of Independence
* Frank E. Tolbert, Liberian politician and businessman
* E. Reginald Townsend, Liberian politician and journalist
* Winston Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician
* Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Sr., Liberian politician and former Vice President
* Kimmie Weeks, Liberian human rights activist

## Educators and Writers

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* Edward Wilmot Blyden, Liberian intellectual scholar and Pan-Africanist pioneer
* Mary Antoinette Brown-Sherman, Liberian educator and first African woman to serve as president of a university
* Anna E. Cooper, educator, dean of the University of Liberia
* Helene Cooper, journalist for The New York Times
* John Payne Jackson, influential journalist in the Lagos Colony and founder of the Lagos Weekly Record
* Wayétu Moore, author

## Entrepreneurs and Businesspersons

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* Romeo A. Horton, a founder of the Africa Development Bank
* Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Jr., Liberian judge and businessman
* Benoni Urey, Liberian businessman and the wealthiest Liberian[1]
* Rhoda Weeks-Brown, General counsel to the IMF

## Scientists and Medical professionals

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* Solomon Carter Fuller, Liberian pioneer and African-American psychiatrist and physician

## American-born presidents of Liberia

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Americo-Liberians formed a cultural elite in Liberia that produced every Liberian president before 1980. The following presidents of Liberia, however, were born in the United States:

* Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first and seventh president. Born in Norfolk, Virginia
* Stephen Allen Benson, second president. Born in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
* Daniel Bashiel Warner, third president. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland
* James Spriggs-Payne, fourth and eighth president. Born in Richmond, Virginia
* Edward James Roye, fifth president. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio.
* James Skivring Smith, sixth president. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston County, South Carolina
* Anthony W. Gardiner, ninth president. Born in Southampton County, Virginia
* Alfred F. Russell, tenth president. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
* William D. Coleman, thirteenth president. Born in Fayette County, Kentucky
* Garretson W. Gibson, fourteenth president. Born in Baltimore, Maryland

Also one Americo-Liberian president of Liberia was born in the British West Indies:

* Arthur Barclay, fifteenth president of Liberia, was born in Bridgetown, Barbados

## References

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1. ^ "'Goldfinger' and the presidency". The Economist. 17 January 2014. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 23 October 2019.