Grenadians in the United Kingdom
UK citizens with either full or partial ethnic origins in Granada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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] |
Grenadian Britons | |
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Migration from Grenada to the UK
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]
People
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2021) |
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.
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