List of black Britons
This is a list of Black Britons:
Entertainment
- Norman Beaton (actor)
- Naomi Campbell (supermodel)
- Craig Charles (actor)
- Felix Dexter (comedian)
- Alison Hammond (presenter)
- Lenny Henry (comedian)
- Ram John Holder (actor)
- Danny John-Jules (actor)
- Diane-Louise Jordan (presenter)
- Kwame Kwei-Armah (actor and singer)
- David Oyelowo (actor)
- Gary Wilmot (comedian)
- Gina Yashere (comedian)
Literary and journalism
- Olaudah Equiano
- Sir Trevor McDonald
- Ben Okri
- Mary Seacole
- Zadie Smith (writer)
- Moira Stuart
- Benjamin Zephaniah (poet)
Sports
- Viv Anderson - first black footballer to represent England
- John Barnes - footballer
- Nigel Benn - boxer
- Frank Bruno - boxer
- John Conteh - boxer
- Linford Christie - athlete
- Chris Eubank - boxer
- Rio Ferdinand - footballer
- Ellery Hanley
- Emile Heskey - footballer
- Paul Ince - footballer
- Colin Jackson
- Denise Lewis
- Lennox Lewis - boxer
- Martin Offiah
- Tessa Sanderson
- Daley Thompson - athlete
- Walter Tull - second professional black football player
- Darius Vassell - footballer
- Arthur Wharton - first professional black football player
- Fatima Whitbread
- Ian Wright - footballer
Politics
- Diane Abbott
- The Baroness Amos
- Paul Boateng - first black cabinet minister
- The Lord Constantine
- William Davidson
- Olaudah Equiano
- Bernie Grant
- The Baroness Howells of St Davids
- C.L.R. James
- Oona King
- David Lammy
- Dr Harold Moody
- Bill Morris - trade union leader
- Trevor Phillips
- The Lord Pitt of Hampstead
- The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
- The Lord Taylor of Warwick
Music
- Joan Armatrading (singer-songwriter)
- Shirley Bassey
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Ms Dynamite
- Gabrielle
- Goldie
- Jamelia
- Mark Morrison
- Linton Kwesi Johnson (dub poet)
- Beverley Knight
- Cleo Laine
- Mica Paris
- Courtney Pine
- Sade
- Seal
- Heather Small
See also: List of Britons, List of multiracial people, List of African Americans