List of Jamaican British people

Academia

• Kehinde Andrews, 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, professor of Black theology at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham
• Aggrey Burke, 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
• Nira Chamberlain, 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 principal 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, educationalist, historian and community activist. He set up ACER 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, professor of creative writing at the University of Exeter. Poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger
• Donald Palmer, senior lecturer in immunology in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department of the Royal Veterinary College, London
• Geoff Palmer, Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University. Palmer became Scotland's first black university professor in 1989
• Winsome Pinnock, visiting lecturer at Royal Holloway College and senior visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge. Playwright
• Leone Ross, 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, 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, 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, politician and former journalist
• Frances Batty Shand, early charitable activist
• Dawn Butler, 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, Welsh community activist and Wales' first black head teacher
• Janet Daby, politician
• Barbara Follett, politician
• Henry Gunter, civil rights campaigner, trade unionist and the first black delegate to be elected to the Birmingham Trades Council
• Roy Hackett, civil rights campaigner
• Stuart Hall, 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, politician
• Lee Jasper, politician and activist; served as Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the Mayor of London
• Sam Beaver King, campaigner and Southwark's first black Mayor
• David Kurten,, politician
• Baroness Lawrence, campaigner
• Harold Moody, physician and campaigner who established the League of Coloured Peoples in 1931
• Olive Morris, community leader and activist in the feminist, Black nationalist, and [Squatting in England national rugby union team|England and Wales|squatters' rights] campaigns
• Bill Norris, 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, politician who has served as the Mayor of Bristol. He is the UK’s first directly elected black mayor
• Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary
• Louis Stedman-Bryce, property investor and former politician
• Patrick Philip Vernon, Labour councillor, chair of the Labour Party's Race Equality Advisory Group and political activist
• James (Jim) Alexander Williams, first black Lord Mayor of Bristol

Business and law

• Jak Beula, entrepreneur, cultural activist; founder and chief executive of the Nubian Jak Community Trust
• Selena Caemawr, entrepreneur, autism activist and poet
• Dyke, Dryden and Wade; Britain's first black multi-million-pound business enterprise
• Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, businessman, farmer, and founder of "The Black Farmer" range of food products
• Michael Fuller, Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service and Britain's first black Police Chief Constable
• Emma Grede, co-founder and CEO of Good American, a founding partner of Skims, and co-founder of Safely
• Chris Hohn, billionaire and hedge fund manager
• Eric Irons, Britain's first black magistrate
• Neil Kenlock, 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, accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community
• Pat McGrath, founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
• Jacqueline McKenzie, human rights lawyer
• Alexander McLean, lawyer and founder of Justice Defenders
• Heather Melville, corporate and international banker
• Caroline Newman, 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, 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, businessman, TV personality and founder of "Reggae Reggae sauce"
• Shaun Wallace, 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, 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, producer and entrepreneur, founder of Wilson Worldwide

Entertainment

• Josie d'Arby, actress, TV presenter and painter; in 1999, she became the youngest British woman to host her own chat show
• Akala, rapper
• Aml Ameen, actor
• Samuel Anderson, actor
• Ella Balinska, actress
• 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, actress
• Errol Brown, singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate
• Simona Brown, actress
• Keisha Buchanan, Sugababes founding member, singer
• Alexandra Burke, singer-songwriter and actress
• Mahalia Burkmar, singer-songwriter
• Celeste, soul singer
• Chip, rapper
• Lloyd Coxsone, sound system operator and record producer
• Doña Croll, actress
• Olivia Dean, singer
• Michelle de Swarte, comedian, presenter, actress, former model
• Alesha Dixon, rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, TV personality, and author
• Stefflon Don, rapper, singer
• Omari Douglas, actor
• Skaiwater, rapper
• Sharon Duncan-Brewster, actress
• Leonie Elliott, actress
• Jade Ewen, singer, actress and former member of the girl group Sugababes
• Rebecca Ferguson, singer
• Giggs, Grime MC
• Mo Gilligan, comedian
• Sandra Godley, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, OBE medal for charity work
• Andrew Gourlay, conductor
• Stephen Graham, actor
• Jackie Guy, dancer, choreographer and teacher
• Alison Hammond, TV personality, actress
• Mona Hammond, actress
• Ainsley Harriott, chef and TV presenter
• Naomie Harris, actress
• Lenny Henry, comedian
• Kirby Howell-Baptiste, actress
• Marvin Humes, singer, disc jockey, TV presenter and radio host
• Rochelle Humes, singer and presenter
• Jamelia, singer-songwriter and TV presenter
• Diane Louise Jordan, actress, TV and radio presenter; first black presenter of the children's television programme Blue Peter
• Janet Kay, singer-songwriter and actress
• Erin Kellyman, actress
• Natalia Kills, singer
• Malachi Kirby, actor
• Beverley Knight, recording artist and musical theatre actress
• Lianne La Havas, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Cleo Laine, singer and actress; Grammy Award winner and voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
• Tamara Lawrance, actress
• Rustie Lee, TV personality, TV chef, actress, singer and former politician
• Adrian Lester, actor
• Don Letts, film director, DJ and musician
• Shaznay Lewis, singer-songwriter and actress
• Delroy Lindo, actor
• Judi Love, comedian
• Lashana Lynch, 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, actor
• Dominique Moore, performer
• Liz Mitchell, popular reggae singer
• Ms. Dynamite, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Nao, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Nemzzz, rapper
• Aaron Pierre, actor
• Courtney Pine, jazz musician, voted one of the 100 greatest black Britons
• Leigh-Anne Pinnock, singer
• Jessica Plummer, actress
• Maxi Priest, singer-songwriter
• Paulette Randall, theatre director
• Slick Rick, British rapper, producer
• Colin Salmon, actor, director and executive producer
• Jorja Smith, singer
• Myles Smith, singer-songwriter
• Karla-Simone Spence, actress
• Neville Staple, singer
• Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, actress
• Steel Pulse, reggae band; Grammy Award winners
• Antonia Thomas, actress
• Marsha Thomason, actress
• Carroll Thompson, singer, best known as the “Queen of Lovers Rock”
• Ruby Turner, singer-songwriter, and actress
• FKA Twigs, singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
• Micheal Ward, actor
• Jamael Westman, actor
• Caron Wheeler, singer-songwriter; Grammy Award winner
• Willard White, operatic bass baritone
• Ricky Whittle, actor
• Kedar Williams-Stirling, actor
• Layton Williams, actor and singer
• Luke Youngblood, actor
• Luke Youngblood, actor
• David Grant, singer and vocal coach

Fashion designers and models

• Leomie Anderson, model and fashion designer. The first black British Victoria's Secret Angel
• Munroe Bergdorf, model and activist. The first transgender model in the UK for L'Oréal
• Naomi Campbell, 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, supermodel and actress. The first black British model to enter the Forbes model rich list
• Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
• Tessa Prendergast, fashion designer, actress and socialite. Designer of the taboo-breaking white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film Dr. No''
• Martine Rose, menswear designer
• Bianca Saunders, fashion designer. Winner of the ANDAM Fashion Award for young talent
• Grace Wales Bonner, fashion designer

Inventors

• Jak Beula, inventor of the multi-award-winning board game, Nubian Jak
• Nira Chamberlain, 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, 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, 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, retired footballer and coach. One of the first black football players to represent England in a full international match
• Michail Antonio, footballer
• John Barnes, retired footballer
• Daniel Bell-Drummond, cricketer
• Darren Bent, retired footballer
• Luther Blissett, retired footballer
• Frank Bruno, retired professional boxer
• Frazier Campbell, footballer
• Sol Campbell, retired footballer and manager
• Mark Chamberlain, retired footballer
• Neville Chamberlain, retired footballer
• Linford Christie, retired sprinter
• Andy Cole, retired footballer
• Garth Crooks, retired footballer and pundit. Elected as the first black chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association
• Laurie Cunningham, first ever British player to sign for Real Madrid
• Tasha Danvers, athlete
• Bobby Decordova-Reid, footballer
• Lloyd "Lindy" Delapenha, first black footballer to win a championship medal
• Clayton Donaldson, footballer
• Desmond Douglas, table tennis player
• Leon Edwards, professional mixed martial artist
• Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, retired track and field athlete
• Chris Eubank, retired professional boxer
• Demarai Gray, footballer
• Mason Greenwood, footballer
• Jeremy Guscott, retired rugby union player
• Ellery Hanley, retired rugby league player and coach
• Audley Harrison, retired professional boxer
• David Haye, boxer
• Michael Hector, footballer
• Mason Holgate, footballer
• Dame Kelly Holmes, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist
• Colin Jackson, retired hurdler
• David James, retired professional footballer and goalkeeper
• Aaron Lennon, footballer
• Jack Leslie, footballer
• Denise Lewis, retired track and field athlete, sports presenter
• Lennox Lewis, retired professional boxer
• Devon Malcolm, retired cricketer
• Adrian Mariappa, footballer
• Ovill McKenzie, retired professional boxer
• Ishmael Miller, footballer
• Wes Morgan, footballer
• Ravel Morrison, footballer
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, footballer
• Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain, footballer
• Michael Page, professional boxer and mixed martial artist; mother was from Jamaica
• Jimmy Peters, first black man to play rugby union for England
• Nathan Redmond, footballer
• Jason Robinson, 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, footballer
• Ralph Rowe, Britain's first black Paralympian
• Tessa Sanderson, 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, 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, footballer
• Dina Asher Smith, sprinter
• Louis Smith, retired gymnast
• Djed Spence, footballer
• Dujon Sterling, footballer
• Raheem Sterling, footballer
• Worrell Sterling, retired football player
• Daniel Sturridge, footballer
• Andros Townsend, footballer
• Theo Walcott, footballer for Everton FC
• Kyle Walker, footballer
• Dillian Whyte, boxer
• Ian Wright, retired footballer
• Ashley Young, footballer
• Delano McCoy-Splatt, footballer

Writing and journalism

• Trish Adudu, journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
• Akala, journalist, author, activist and poet
• Raymond Antrobus, poet, educator and writer. The first poet to win the Rathbones Folio Prize for his collection The Perseverance
• Barbara Blake-Hannah, author and Journalist. British television's first black on-camera reporter and interviewer
• Valerie Bloom, author and poet
• Anne Brodbelt, letter writer and social observer
• Syd Burke, broadcaster, journalist and photographer
• Candice Carty-Williams, 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, author and socialite
• Patricia Cumper, playwright, producer, director, theatre administrator, critic and commentator
• Ferdinand Dennis, writer, broadcaster, journalist and lecturer
• Salena Godden, broadcaster, author, activist, memoirist and essayist
• Colin Grant, author
• Victor Headley, author and producer
• Ben Hunte, journalist and reporter
• Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet and activist
• Darren Jordon, journalist
• Andrea Levy, author, the first writer of colour whose pen would join the Royal Society of Literature's historic collection
• Una Marson, writer, producer of plays and radio programmes. She was the first black female radio producer at the BBC
• Clive Myrie, journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
• Zadie Smith, author
• Vivian Virtue, translator and broadcaster
• Charlene White, journalist, newsreader and TV presenter
• Kerry Young, author
• Benjamin Zephaniah, author and dub poet

Others

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

Fictional characters

• Lee Jordan, fictional character