List of black Britons
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This is a list of notable Black Britons. It includes many people of mixed race.
The articles in the drow down menu below are likely to include individuals not mentioned here.
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[edit] Entertainment
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (actor and model)
- Alexander Siddig (actor)
- Devon Anderson (actor and presenter)
- Samuel Anderson (actor)
- Michele Austin (actress)
- Freema Agyeman (actress)
- Nicholas Bailey (actor)
- Paul Barber (actor)
- Peter de Jersey (actor)
- Gary Beadle (actor)
- Eamonn Walker (actor)
- Norman Beaton (actor)
- Angellica Bell (presenter)
- Floella Benjamin (presenter)
- Tiana Benjamin (actress)
- Richard Blackwood (actor, singer, presenter and comedian)
- Vas Blackwood (actor)
- Brian Bovell (actor)
- Mark Bright (presenter and football pundit)
- Pogus Caesar (broadcaster)
- Cleveland Campbell (actor)
- Naomi Campbell (supermodel)
- Craig Charles (actor)
- Christopher Clyde-Green (actor)
- Christopher Colquhoun (actor)
- Doña Croll (actress)
- Josie D'Arby (actress and presenter)
- Sway DaSafo (rapper)
- Felix Dexter (comedian)
- Noma Dumezweni (actress)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor)
- Idris Elba (actor)
- Alfred Enoch (actor)
- Pablo Fanque (circus owner)
- Rochelle Gadd (actress)
- Robbie Gee (actor)
- Mohammed George (actor)
- June and Jennifer Gibbons (criminally insane writers)
- Trisha Goddard (presenter)
- Angela Griffin (actress)
- John Ashley Hamilton (actor, writer)
- Alison Hammond (presenter)
- Ainsley Harriott (celebrity chef)
- Naomie Harris (actress)
- Lenny Henry (comedian)
- Ram John Holder (actor)
- Lisa I'Anson (presenter and DJ)
- Lennie James (actor)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (actress)
- Jocelyn Jee Esien (actress and comedienne)
- Danny John-Jules (actor)
- Diane-Louise Jordan (presenter)
- Paterson Joseph (actor)
- Joseph Kpobie (actor)
- Kwame Kwei-Armah (playwright, singer and broadcaster)
- Alan Augustine Kwame Asante Boateng (actor)
- Coren Lawrence (actress)
- Rustie Lee (celebrity chef)
- Adrian Lester (actor)
- Petra Letang (actress)
- Delroy Lindo (actor)
- Mabel Mercer (singer)
- Joseph Marcell (actor)
- Carmen Munroe (actress)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (actress)
- Thandie Newton (actress)
- Sophie Okonedo (actress)
- Antonia Okonma (actress)
- Miquita Oliver (presenter)
- Phina Oruche (actress and former model)
- Belinda Owusu (actress)
- David Oyelowo (actor)
- Diane Parish (actress)
- Kay Purcell (actress)
- Andi Peters (presenter)
- Colin Salmon (actor)
- June Sarpong (presenter)
- Johnny Sekka (actor)
- Judi Shekoni (actress)
- Mark Springer (actor)
- Margherita Taylor (presenter)
- Ebony Thomas (actress)
- Marsha Thomason (actress)
- Cathy Tyson (actress)
- Ofo Uhiara (actor)
- Rudolph Walker (actor)
- Ashley Walters (actor)
- Gary Wilmot (comedian)
- Trix Worrell (writer)
- Angela Wynter (actress)
- Gina Yashere (comedian)
- Reggie Yates (actor and presenter)
[edit] Literary and journalism
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Malorie Blackman
- Olaudah Equiano
- Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
- Gillian Joseph
- Sir Trevor McDonald
- Rageh Omaar
- Ben Okri
- Errol Barnett
- Darren Jordon
- Isha Sesay (journalist)
- Zadie Smith (writer)
- Moira Stuart
- Jay Wynne
- Gary Younge (journalist)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (poet)
[edit] Sports
- Shola Ameobi (footballer)
- Viv Anderson (footballer)
- John Barnes (footballer)
- Nigel Benn (boxer)
- Darren Bent (footballer)
- Frank Bruno (boxer)
- Darren Campbell (athlete)
- Sol Campbell (footballer)
- Stan Collymore (footballer)
- John Conteh (boxer)
- Linford Christie (athlete)
- Andrew Cole (footballer)
- Ashley Cole (footballer)
- Aaron Daley (boxer)
- Jermain Defoe (footballer)
- Luol Deng (basketball player)
- Marlon Devonish (athlete)
- Chris Eubank (boxer)
- John Fashanu (footballer)
- Anton Ferdinand (footballer)
- Rio Ferdinand (footballer)
- Mark Lewis-Francis (athlete)
- Daniel Gabbidon (footballer)
- Jason Gardener (athlete)
- Jeremy Guscott (rugby player)
- Ellery Hanley (rugby player/coach)
- Marlon Harewood (footballer)
- Audley Harrison (boxer)
- Emile Heskey (footballer)
- Shaka Hislop (footballer)
- Kelly Holmes (athlete)
- Paul Ince (footballer)
- Colin Jackson (athlete)
- David James (footballer)
- Chris Kamara (former footballer and TV presenter/pundit)
- Ledley King (footballer)
- Aaron Lennon (footballer)
- Denise Lewis (athlete)
- Lennox Lewis (boxer)
- Hayden Mullins (footballer)
- Shaun Newton (footballer)
- Martin Offiah (rugby player)
- Paul Parker (footballer)
- Nigel Reo-Coker (footballer)
- Micah Richards (footballer)
- Jason Robinson (rugby player)
- Paul Sackey (rugby player)
- Tessa Sanderson (athlete)
- Norman Smiley (professional wrestler)
- Daley Thompson (athlete)
- Walter Tull (second professional black football player)
- Darius Vassell (footballer)
- Andrew Watson (first black international football player, captain and administrator)
- Arthur Wharton (first professional black football player)
- Fatima Whitbread (athlete)
- Theo Walcott (footballer)
- Ian Wright (footballer)
- Bobby Zamora (footballer)
[edit] Politics
- Diane Abbott
- Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale
- Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
- John Archer
- Paul Boateng (first black cabinet minister)
- Lord Constantine
- William Cuffay
- William Davidson
- Olaudah Equiano
- Mark Hendrick
- Bernie Grant
- Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids
- C.L.R. James
- Oona King
- David Lammy
- Derek Laud
- Dr Harold Moody
- Bill Morris (trade union leader)
- Trevor Phillips
- David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead
- Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
- John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick
- Nathaniel Wells - first black sherriff
- Dawn Butler
- Adam Afriyie - First black Tory MP
- Linda Bellos - Feminist activist and former Labour councillor
- Michael X - Activist
[edit] Media
[edit] Music
- A Guy Called Gerald
- Andy Abraham
- Tasmin Archer
- Joan Armatrading (singer-songwriter)
- Shirley Bassey
- Melanie Brown (Spice Girls)
- Alesha
- Su-Elise Nash
- Sabrina Washington
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Craig David
- Des'ree
- Dizzee Rascal
- Ms. Dynamite
- Skye Edwards
- Gabrielle
- Michelle Gayle
- Goldie
- Martin Gore
- Imaani
- Jaki Graham
- Eddy Grant
- Cleo Higgins, Yonah Higgins and Zainam Higgins of Cleopatra
- Jamelia
- Javine
- Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
- Kano (rapper)
- Kele Okereke
- Beverley Knight
- Leeroy Thornhill
- Lethal Bizzle
- Linton Kwesi Johnson (dub poet)
- Cleo Laine
- Lemar
- Leona Lewis
- Lethal Bizzle
- Lynval Golding
- Shaznay Lewis
- Keisha Buchanan
- Lisa Maffia
- Mark Morrison
- Maxine Nightingale
- Ben Ofoedu (singer)
- Keith "Maxim" Palmer (of The Prodigy)
- Maxi Priest
- Mica Paris
- Neville Staple
- Courtney Pine
- Princess
- Sade
- Bradley McIntosh
- Gary Powell
- Seal
- Skin
- Sinitta
- Corinne Bailey-Rae
- Slash
- Slick Rick
- Heather Small
- Sway DaSafo
- Estelle Swaray
- Simon Webbe
- Wiley
[edit] Medicine
- John Alcindor
- John Brown (fugitive slave)
- Britney Tripp
- Mary Seacole
- Sir Magdi Yacoub
[edit] Religious Figures
[edit] Others
- Dido Elizabeth Belle
- Ozwald Boateng Fashion Designer
- Stephen Wiltshire (artist)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Black Presence in Britain - Black British History
- Black People in Britain from spartacus
- 100 Great Black Britons
