Grenadians in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the
United Kingdom
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whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in
Grenada. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the
2001 UK Census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
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Migration from Grenada to the UK
Migration has included that of the Windrush Generation
British African-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. They are British citizens whose ancestry originates from the Caribbean or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK. There are some self-identified Afro-C ...
; many of the Grenadians who left home as part of this movement settled in Yorkshire
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.
People
The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:
*Hamza Choudhury
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, footballer.
*Joan Anim-Addo
Joan Anim-Addo is a Grenadian-born academic, poet, playwright and publisher, who is Emeritus Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the English and Creative Writing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Academic career
Born ...
, academic, writer and publisher.
* James Baillie, slave owner and merchant.
* Allister Bain, actor and playwright.
* Jean Buffong, writer.
*Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single " Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, ''Born to Do It'', was released in 2000, after which he has re ...
, singer-songwriter.
* Daniel Dubois, heavyweight boxer.
*Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Sherise Dunn (born 3 August 1990) is a British model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to The Squad Management in London. She began appearing on international runways in early 2007. In February 2008, she was t ...
, model also of Afro-Jamaican
Afro-Jamaicans are Jamaicans of predominant Sub-Saharan African descent. They represent the largest ethnic group in the country. Most Jamaicans of mixed-race descent self-report as just Jamaican.
The ethnogenesis of the Black Jamaican people ste ...
and Syrian descent.
*Rhodan Gordon
Rhodan Gordon (9 November 1939 – 8 May 2018) was a Black British community activist, who migrated to London from Grenada in the 1960s. He came to public attention in 1970 as one of the nine protestors, known as the Mangrove Nine, arrested and tri ...
, community activist.
*Lewis Hamilton
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, racecar driver.
* George Harris, actor.
* Reece James, footballer.[
]
* Sam Morris, activist.
* PW, rapper.
*Tyler Roberts
Tyler D'Whyte Roberts (born 12 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for club Birmingham City and the Wales national football team.
Roberts is an academy graduate of West Bromwich Albion and ...
, footballer.
*Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) is widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world. Though not the first black player outright – the amateurs Robert Walker, of Queen's Park, and Scotland inte ...
, first black professional footballer in the UK.
* Verna Wilkins, publisher and author.
See also
* Black British people
Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British citizens of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.Gadsby, Meredith (2006), ''Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival'', University of Missouri Press, pp. 76–7 ...
* Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)
* British Indo-Caribbean people
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Background
Indian people were first introduced ...
* British African-Caribbean people
British African-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. They are British citizens whose ancestry originates from the Caribbean or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK. There are some self-identified Afro-C ...
* Demographics of Grenada
This article is a demography of the population of Grenada including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population
According to t ...
References
External links
Famous Grenadians in the UK
BBC born abroad, the Caribbean
*Grenadian
Caribbean British
Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom
Grenadian diaspora
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