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This is a list of notable Jamaican British people.




Academia


Kehinde Andrews (born 1983), Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University. He is the first black studies professor in the UK and led the establishment of the first black studies programme in Europe, at Birmingham City. Activist and author. Director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association
Robert Beckford (born 1965), Professor of Black Theology at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham
Aggrey Burke (born 1943), President of the Transcultural Psychiatry Society. Vice-chair and a trustee of the George Padmore Institute. Britain's first black consultant psychiatrist, appointed by the National Health Service (NHS)
Nira Chamberlain (born 1969), President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. He is the first black mathematician to feature in the biographical reference book Who’s Who
Patricia Daley, Vice Principle of Jesus College, Cambridge and Professor of Human Geography of Africa at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford
Len Garrison (died 2003), educationalist, historian and community activist. He set up ACER (Afro-Caribbean Education Resource) and co-founded the Black Cultural Archives
Alan Powell Goffe, Head of the Department of Experimental Cytology at the Wellcome Research Laboratories, Developed the Polio vaccine and has a strain of the Measels named after him.
Kei Miller (born 1978), Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. Poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger
Donald Palmer (born 1962), Senior Lecturer in Immunology in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department of the Royal Veterinary College, London
Geoff Palmer (born 1940), Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University. Palmer became Scotland's first black university professor in 1989
Winsome Pinnock (born 1961), Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway College and Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Playwright
Leone Ross (born 1969), Senior Lecturer in the Creative Writing department at Roehampton University. Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Novelist, short story writer, editor and journalist
Tony Sewell (born 1959), Educational consultant and chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
Shirley Thompson, Professor of Music at the University of Westminster




Activism and politics


Diane Abbott (born 1953), Labour MP since 1987. Abbott is Britain’s first black female Member of Parliament, the first black female Shadow Home Secretary and the longest-serving black MP in the House of Commons
Shaun Bailey (born 1971), politician and former journalist
Frances Batty Shand (died 1885), early charitable activist
Dawn Butler (born 1963), Labour MP since 2015. Butler became the first black woman to speak from the despatch box in the House of Commons in December 2009
Betty Campbell (died 2017), Welsh community activist and Wales' first black head teacher
Janet Daby (born 1970), politician
Barbara Follett (born 1942), politician
Henry Gunter (died 2007), civil rights campaigner, trade unionist and the first black delegate to be elected to the Birmingham Trades Council
Roy Hackett (died 2022), civil rights campaigner
Stuart Hall (died 2014), cultural theorist and political activist. Co-founder of New Left Review He was voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
Paulette Hamilton, member of the Labour Party and Birmingham's first black MP
Darren Henry (born 1968), politician
Lee Jasper (born 1958), politician and activist; served as Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the Mayor of London
Sam Beaver King (died 2016), campaigner and Southwark's first black Mayor
David Kurten, (born 1971), politician
Baroness Lawrence (born 1952), campaigner
Harold Moody (died 1947), physician and campaigner who established the League of Coloured Peoples in 1931
Olive Morris (died 1979), community leader and activist in the feminist, Black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns
Bill Norris (born 1938), General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, the first black leader of a major British trade union He was voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
Marvin Rees (born 1972), politician who has served as the Mayor of Bristol. He is the UK’s first directly elected black mayor
Patrick Roach (born 1965), NASUWT General Secretary
Louis Stedman-Bryce (born 1974), property investor and former politician
Patrick Philip Vernon (born 1961), Labour councillor, chair of the Labour Party's Race Equality Advisory Group and political activist
James (Jim) Alexander Williams, first (ceremonial) black Lord Mayor of Bristol




Business and law


Jak Beula (born 1963), entrepreneur, cultural activist; founder and chief executive of the Nubian Jak Community Trust
Dyke, Dryden and Wade; Britain's first black multi-million-pound business enterprise
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (born 1957), businessman, farmer, and founder of "The Black Farmer" range of food products
Michael Fuller (born 1959), Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service and Britain's first black Police Chief Constable
Emma Grede (born 1982), co-founder and CEO of Good American, a founding partner of Skims, and co-founder of Safely
Chris Hohn (born 1966), billionaire and hedge fund manager
Eric Irons (died 2007), Britain's first black magistrate
Neil Kenlock (born 1950), media professional. Co-founder of Choice FM, the UK’s first and only licensed, independent black music radio station. Co-founder of the first black British glossy magazine, Root
Val McCalla (died 2002), accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community
Pat McGrath (born 1965), founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
Jacqueline McKenzie, human rights lawyer
Alexander McLean (born 1985), lawyer and founder of Justice Defenders
Heather Melville (born 1962), corporate and international banker
Caroline Newman (born 1963), first black solicitor to be elected to the Council of the Law Society of England and Wales. Also an author, entrepreneur and diversity advocate
Nathanial Peat, entrepreneur and international motivational speaker
Heather Rabbatts (born 1955), solicitor, businesswoman and broadcaster. She served as a Football Association director from 2011 to 2017 and was the first ethnic minority person to do so and the only woman on the board. Also appointed Chief executive of Merton before serving as Chief executive of the London Borough of Lambeth. She became the youngest council chief in the country.
Levi Roots (born 1958), businessman, TV personality and founder of "Reggae Reggae sauce"
Shaun Wallace (born 1960), barrister, lecturer, TV personality. He is one of the six "chasers" on the ITV quiz show The Chase. He won Mastermind in 2004
Dame Sharon White (born 1967), businesswoman and Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury from 2013 to 2015. She became the first black person, and the second woman, to become a Permanent Secretary at the HM Treasury
Jacky Wright, chief digital officer and a corporate vice president at Microsoft US
Josh Wilson (born 1990), producer and entrepreneur, founder of Wilson Worldwide




Entertainment


Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, TV presenter and painter; in 1999, she became the youngest British woman to host her own chat show
Akala (born 1983), rapper
Aml Ameen (born 1985), actor
Samuel Anderson (born 1982), actor
Ella Balinska (born 1996), actress (Jamaican mother, Polish father)
Marcia Barrett, singer
Les Ballets Nègres, Europe's first black dance company, founded in 1946 by Jamaican dancers Berto Pasuka and Ritchie Riley
Sheyla Bonnick, singer-songwriter, performer, co-producer, fashion designer, author, inventor
Gabrielle Brooks (born 1990), actress
Errol Brown (died 2015), singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate
Simona Brown (born 1994), actress
Keisha Buchanan (born 1984), Sugababes founding member, singer
Alexandra Burke (born 1988), singer-songwriter and actress
Mahalia Burkmar (born 1998), singer-songwriter
Celeste (born 1994), soul singer
Chip (born 1990), rapper
Lloyd Coxsone (born c. 1945), sound system operator and record producer
Doña Croll, actress
Olivia Dean (born 1999), singer
Michelle de Swarte, comedian, presenter, actress, former model
Alesha Dixon (born 1978), rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, TV personality, and author
Stefflon Don (born 1991), rapper, singer
Omari Douglas (born 1994), actor
Sharon Duncan-Brewster, actress
Leonie Elliott (born 1988), actress
Jade Ewen (born 1988), singer, actress and former member of the girl group Sugababes
Rebecca Ferguson (born 1986), singer
Giggs (born 1983), Grime MC
Mo Gilligan (born 1988), comedian
Andrew Gourlay, conductor
Stephen Graham (born 1973), actor
Jackie Guy, dancer, choreographer and teacher
Alison Hammond (born 1975), TV personality, actress
Mona Hammond (1931–2022), actress
Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), chef and TV presenter
Naomie Harris (born 1976), actress
Lenny Henry, comedian
Kirby Howell-Baptiste, actress
Marvin Humes (born 1985), singer, disc jockey, TV presenter and radio host
Rochelle Humes (born 1989), singer and presenter
Jamelia (born 1981), singer-songwriter and TV presenter
Diane Louise Jordan (born 1960), actress, TV and radio presenter; first black presenter of the children's television programme Blue Peter
Janet Kay (born 1958), singer-songwriter and actress
Erin Kellyman (born 1998), actress
Malachi Kirby (born 1989), actor
Beverley Knight (born 1973), recording artist and musical theatre actress
Lianne La Havas (born 1989), singer-songwriter and record producer
Cleo Laine (born 1927), singer and actress; Grammy Award winner and voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
Tamara Lawrance, actress
Rustie Lee (born 1949), TV personality, TV chef, actress, singer and former politician
Adrian Lester (born 1968), actor
Don Letts (born 1956), film director, DJ and musician
Shaznay Lewis (born 1975), singer-songwriter and actress
Delroy Lindo (born 1952), actor
Judi Love (born 1980), comedian
Lashana Lynch (born 1987), actress
M1llionz, rapper
Mad Lion, British rapper/Reggae performer singer
Madeleine Mantock, actress
Ella Mai, singer-songwriter; Grammy winner
Bob Marley, influential singer-songwriter
Jo Martin, actress
Colin McFarlane (born 1961), actor
Dominique Moore (born 1986), performer
Liz Mitchell popular reggae singer
Ms. Dynamite (born 1981), singer-songwriter and record producer
Nao (born 1987), singer-songwriter and record producer
Aaron Pierre (born 1994), actor
Courtney Pine (born 1964), jazz musician, voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 1991), singer
Jessica Plummer (born 1992), actress
Maxi Priest (born 1961), singer-songwriter
Paulette Randall (born 1961), theatre director
Slick Rick, British rapper, producer
Colin Salmon (born 1961), actor, director and executive producer
Jorja Smith (born 1997), singer
Karla-Simone Spence, actress
Neville Staple (born 1955), singer
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn (born 1994), actress
Steel Pulse, reggae band; Grammy Award winners
Antonia Thomas (born 1986), actress
Marsha Thomason (born 1976), actress
Carroll Thompson, singer, best known as the “Queen of Lovers Rock”
Ruby Turner (born 1958), singer-songwriter, and actress
FKA Twigs (born 1988), singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
Micheal Ward (born 1997), actor
Jamael Westman (born 1991), actor
Caron Wheeler (born 1963), singer-songwriter; Grammy Award winner
Willard White (born 1946), operatic bass baritone
Ricky Whittle (born 1981), actor
Kedar Williams-Stirling (born 1994), actor
Layton Williams (born 1994), actor and singer
Luke Youngblood (born 1986), actor




Fashion designers and models


Leomie Anderson (born 1993), model and fashion designer. The first black British Victoria's Secret Angel
Munroe Bergdorf (born 1987), model and activist. The first transgender model in the UK for L'Oréal
Naomi Campbell (born 1970), supermodel and actress. The first black model to appear on the front cover of Time, French Vogue, Russian Vogue and the September issue of American Vogue
Nicholas Daley, fashion designer
Jourdan Dunn (born 1990), supermodel and actress. The first black British model to enter the Forbes model rich list
Bruce Oldfield (born 1950), fashion designer
Tessa Prendergast (died 2001), fashion designer, actress and socialite. Designer of the taboo-breaking white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film Dr. No
Martine Rose (born 1980), menswear designer
Bianca Saunders, fashion designer. Winner of the ANDAM Fashion Award for young talent
Grace Wales Bonner (born 1992), fashion designer




Inventors


Jak Beula (born 1963), inventor of the multi-award-winning board game, Nubian Jak
Nira Chamberlain (born 1969), creator of a mathematical cost capability trade-off model for HMS Queen Elizabeth and the inventor of a long multiplication method used in some UK schools
Geoff Palmer (born 1940), inventor of the barley abrasion process, a patented technique that speeds up the production of malt from grain and which is used by the British brewing industry




Religion


Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin (born 1961), Bishop of Dover and the first black female to become a Church of England bishop. She was also the first woman and the first black person to serve as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. She also held the role of Queen's Chaplain.
Oliver Lyseight, founder of one of Britain's largest black majority churches, and spiritual leader to the Windrush generation




Sports


Viv Anderson (born 1956), retired footballer and coach. One of the first black football players to represent England in a full international match
Michail Antonio (born 1990), footballer
John Barnes (born 1963), retired footballer
Daniel Bell-Drummond (born 1993), cricketer
Darren Bent (born 1984), retired footballer
Luther Blissett (born 1958), retired footballer
Frank Bruno (born 1961), retired professional boxer
Frazier Campbell (born 1987), footballer
Sol Campbell (born 1974), retired footballer and manager
Mark Chamberlain (born 1961), retired footballer
Neville Chamberlain (born 1960), retired footballer
Linford Christie (born 1960), retired sprinter
Andy Cole (born 1971), retired footballer
Garth Crooks (born 1958), retired footballer and pundit. Elected as the first black chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association
Laurie Cunningham (died 1989), first ever British player to sign for Real Madrid
Tasha Danvers (born 1977), athlete
Bobby Decordova-Reid (born 1993), footballer
Lloyd "Lindy" Delapenha (died 2017), first black footballer to win a championship medal
Clayton Donaldson (born 1984), footballer
Desmond Douglas (born 1955), table tennis player
Leon Edwards (born 1991), professional mixed martial artist
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 1986), retired track and field athlete
Chris Eubank (born 1966), retired professional boxer
Demarai Gray (born 1996), footballer
Mason Greenwood (born 2001), footballer
Jeremy Guscott (born 1965), retired rugby union player
Ellery Hanley (born 1961), retired rugby league player and coach
Audley Harrison (born 1971), retired professional boxer
David Haye (born 1980), boxer
Michael Hector (born 1992), footballer
Mason Holgate (born 1996), footballer
Dame Kelly Holmes (born 1970), middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist
Colin Jackson (born 1967), retired hurdler
David James (born 1970), retired professional footballer and goalkeeper
Aaron Lennon (born 1987), footballer
Jack Leslie (died 1988), footballer
Denise Lewis (born 1972), retired track and field athlete, sports presenter
Lennox Lewis (born 1965), retired professional boxer
Devon Malcolm (born 1963), retired cricketer
Adrian Mariappa (born 1986), footballer
Ovill McKenzie (born 1979), retired professional boxer
Ishmael Miller (born 1987), footballer
Wes Morgan (born 1984), footballer
Ravel Morrison (born 1993), footballer
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), footballer
Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1998), footballer
Michael Page (born 1987), professional boxer and mixed martial artist; mother was from Jamaica
Jimmy Peters (born 1879), first black man to play rugby union for England
Nathan Redmond (born 1994), footballer
Jason Robinson (born 1974), rugby international, first black captain of the England national rugby union team. Also the first former professional rugby league player to captain the England rugby union team
Danny Rose (born 1990), footballer
Ralph Rowe, (died 2013), Britain's first black Paralympian
Tessa Sanderson (born 1956), athlete, the first and only British woman to win gold at an Olympic throwing event, and the first black British woman ever to win Olympic gold
Alex Scott (born 1984), sports presenter, pundit and footballer. The first female football pundit at a World Cup for the BBC, the first female pundit on Sky Sports Super Sunday, and the first female to be a permanent presenter of Football Focus
Chris Smalling (born 1989), footballer
Dina Asher Smith, sprinter
Louis Smith (born 1989), retired gymnast
Djed Spence (born 2000), footballer
Dujon Sterling, footballer
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Worrell Sterling, retired football player
Daniel Sturridge (born 1989), footballer
Andros Townsend (born 1991), footballer
Theo Walcott (born 1989), footballer for Everton FC
Kyle Walker, footballer
Dillian Whyte (born 1988), boxer
Ian Wright (born 1963), retired footballer
Ashley Young (born 1985), footballer
Delano McCoy-Splatt (born 2004), footballer




Writing and journalism


Trish Adudu (born 1969), journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
Akala (born 1983), journalist, author, activist and poet
Raymond Antrobus (born 1986), poet, educator and writer. The first poet to win the Rathbones Folio Prize for his collection The Perseverance
Barbara Blake-Hannah (born 1941), author and Journalist. British television's first black on-camera reporter and interviewer
Valerie Bloom (born 1956), author and poet
Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827), letter writer and social observer
Syd Burke (died 2010), broadcaster, journalist and photographer
Candice Carty-Williams (born 1989), writer and author. She was the first black woman to win the British Book Awards "Book of the Year" accolade for her novel Queenie
Lady Colin Campbell (born 1949), author and socialite
Patricia Cumper (born 1954), playwright, producer, director, theatre administrator, critic and commentator
Ferdinand Dennis (born 1956), writer, broadcaster, journalist and lecturer
Salena Godden, broadcaster, author, activist, memoirist and essayist
Colin Grant (born 1961), author
Victor Headley (born 1959), author and producer
Ben Hunte, journalist and reporter
Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952), poet and activist
Darren Jordon, journalist
Andrea Levy (died 2019), author, the first writer of colour whose pen would join the Royal Society of Literature's historic collection
Una Marson (died 1965), writer, producer of plays and radio programmes. She was the first black female radio producer at the BBC
Clive Myrie (born 1964), journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
Zadie Smith (born 1975), author
Vivian Virtue (died 1998), translator and broadcaster
Charlene White (born 1980), journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
Kerry Young (born 1955), author
Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958), author and dub poet




Others


Fay Allen (died 2021), first black woman police constable in the United Kingdom
Vanley Burke (born 1951), photographer and artist
Sergeant William Robinson Clarke (died 1981), World War I airman who was the first black pilot to fly for Britain
Joe Clough (died 1976), first Black bus driver in London
Yvonne Conolly (died 2021), Britain's first female black headteacher
Kevin Fenton (born 1966), epidemiologist and a regional director at Public Health England
Wilston Samuel Jackson, fireman and Britain's first black train driver
George "Fowokan" Kelly (born 1943), sculptor
Errol Lloyd (born 1943), artist, writer, art critic, editor and arts administrator
Ludlow Moody (died 1981), doctor
Ronald Moody (died 1984), sculptor, Moody crater on Mercury was named after him in November 2008
Mary Seacole (died 1881), nurse and businesswoman; voted the greatest black Briton




Fictional characters


Lee Jordan, fictional character




See also


List of Jamaicans
List of Jamaican Americans




References

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