Grenadian_British
Grenadians in the United Kingdom
UK citizens with either full or partial ethnic origins in Granada
Grenadians in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Grenada. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the 2001 UK Census.[1]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,783 Grenadian-born (2001)[1] * Over 0.01% of the UK's population 30,000 (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Leicester | |
| Languages | |
| English (British English, Grenadian Creole) French Patois | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afro-Grenadians Indo-Grenadians British African-Caribbean people Black British · Black African Mulatto · Indo-Caribbeans Amerindian | |
* In 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)[3] |
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Migration has included that of the Windrush Generation; many of the Grenadians who left home as part of this movement settled in Yorkshire.[4][5]
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The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:
- Hamza Choudhury, footballer.
- Joan Anim-Addo, academic, writer and publisher.
- James Baillie, slave owner and merchant.
- Allister Bain, actor and playwright.
- Jean Buffong, writer.
- Craig David, singer-songwriter.
- Daniel Dubois, heavyweight boxer.
- Jourdan Dunn, model also of Afro-Jamaican and Syrian descent.
- Rhodan Gordon, community activist.
- Lewis Hamilton, racecar driver.
- George Harris, actor.
- Reece James, footballer.[6]
- Lauren James, footballer.[6]
- Roger Michael, impresario in London.[7]
- Sam Morris, activist.
- PW, rapper.
- Tyler Roberts, footballer.
- Arthur Wharton, first mixed professional footballer in the UK.
- Verna Wilkins, publisher and author.
- "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- "PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home". GIS. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- National Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- "Yorkshire's Windrush generation to share their stories in new film". Yorkshire Post. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- Hirst, Andrew (10 May 2017). "Go explore Huddersfield's 70-year-old Caribbean heritage in just two hours". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- Olow, Fadumo (25 March 2021). "Meet Lauren and Reece James: 'How many siblings play elite football? We're living a dream'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- "London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Night Owls". London Evening Standard. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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