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List of Black Britons

This is a list of Black Britons:

Table of contents
1 Entertainment
2 Literary and journalism
3 Sports
4 Politics
5 Music
6 External links

Entertainment

\n*Norman Beaton (actor)\n*Naomi Campbell (supermodel)\n*Craig Charles (actor)\n*Felix Dexter (comedian)\n*Lenny Henry (comedian)\n*Ram John Holder (actor)\n*Danny John-Jules (actor)\n*Kwame Kwei-Armah (actor and singer)\n*Gary Wilmot (comedian)\n*Gina Yashere (comedian)

Literary and journalism

\n*Olaudah Equiano\n*Trevor McDonald\n*Ben Okri\n*Mary Seacole\n*Zadie Smith (writer)\n*Moira Stuart\n*Benjamin Zephaniah (poet)

Sports

\n*Viv Anderson - first black footballer to represent England\n*John Barnes - footballer\n*Nigel Benn - boxer\n*Frank Bruno - boxer\n*John Conteh - boxer\n*Linford Christie - athlete\n*Chris Eubank - boxer\n*Rio Ferdinand - footballer\n*Ellery Hanley\n*Emile Heskey - footballer\n*Paul Ince - footballer\n*Colin Jackson \n*Denise Lewis\n*Lennox Lewis - boxer\n*Martin Offiah\n*Tessa Sanderson\n*Daley Thompson - athlete\n*Walter Tull - second professional black football player\n*Darius Vassell - footballer\n*Arthur Wharton - first professional black football player\n*Fatima Whitbread\n*Ian Wright - footballer

Politics

\n*Diane Abbott\n*The Baroness Amos\n*Paul Boateng - first black cabinet minister\n*The Lord Constantine\n*William Davidson\n*Olaudah Equiano\n*Bernie Grant\n*The Baroness Howells of St Davids\n*C.L.R. James\n*Oona King\n*David Lammy\n*Dr Harold Moody\n*Bill Morris - trade union leader\n*Trevor Phillips\n*The Lord Pitt of Hampstead \n*The Baroness Scotland of Asthal\n*The Lord Taylor of Warwick

Music

\n*Joan Armatrading (singer-songwriter)\n*Shirley Bassey\n*Samuel Coleridge-Taylor\n*Craig David\n*Ms Dynamite\n*Gabrielle\n*Goldie\n*Jamelia\n*Linton Kwesi Johnson (dub poet)\n*Beverley Knight\n*Cleo Laine\n*Mica Paris\n*Courtney Pine\n*Sade\n*Seal See also: List of Britons, List of multiracial people, List of African Americans

External links

\n*Black People in Britain from spartacus\n*100 Great Black Britons

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