| British Mixed-Race
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Notable Mixed-Race Britons
Lewis Hamilton, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rio Ferdinand, Myleene Klass, Leona Lewis,
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| Total population |
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~850,000 (2005 estimate for UK) [1]
Around 1. Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born Stevenage, 7 January 1985 Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is an English Singer-songwriter and Guitarist Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978 is an English Actress, Singer, model, Pianist, radio and television Leona Louise Lewis (b 3 April 1985 is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and the winner of the third series of the United Kingdom television The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 4% of population
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| Regions with significant populations |
| London, West Midlands, Nottingham, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Bristol, Leicester, Luton, Slough, Reading, Berkshire, Cardiff, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Derby |
| Languages |
| English |
| Religions |
| Christianity, others |
Mixed Race was included as an ethnic classification on the UK Census from 2001. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of Middlesbrough ( IPA ( Received pronunciation) is a Town in the Tees Valley sub-region of the North East of England Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes ( ˌmɪltənˈkiːnz often abbreviated to MK, is a large town Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dˈɑːbɪ/ is a city in the East Midlands of England. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. The census used 8 different sub-categories covering different combinations of Asian, Black, and White ethnic origins. Colloquially it refers to British citizens whose parents are of different races or ethnic backgrounds, and to the offspring of such people.
In the 2001 census, people of mixed race made up 1. 2% of the UK population with 677,117 people. The UK national statistics now estimate that as of 2005, almost 800,000 mixed race people reside in England alone, of which those of white and Black Caribbean origin make up the largest share. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [2] People of Black and White descent had a reported figure of 367,700 with White/Black Caribbean having 266,300 people, and then White/Black African with 101,400 people. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. These combined represented 30% increase as a whole. Those of White/Asian descent was reported in 2001 as having 189,000 people though in 2005 it had increase to 231,000. In British society and media, the term "Mixed-Race" is often used synonymously with people of primarily the Black and White mix . due to this being the largest category and often most visibly identifiable as being of mixed descent.
The mixed race population has a younger age profile than any other minority ethnic group in Britain, where 50% is under 16 years of age. By the year 2020, mixed race Britons are expected to have outnumbered British Indians (currently more than 1 million members), to become the largest ethnic minority in Britain with 1. 24 million members, showing a 50% increase in the mixed race population in a decade to come. [3] [4]
Notable mixed-race/ethnic Britons
Arts and entertainment
- Sade Adu, (Nigerian father/English mother), singer
- Corinne Bailey Rae, (Kittitian father/English mother), singer
- Dame Shirley Bassey (Nigerian father/English mother), singer
- Melanie B (Nevisian father/English mother), singer and actress. See also Sade (band Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959 better known as Sade (pronounced "shah-day" ʃɑːˈdeɪ is a Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is an English Singer-songwriter and Guitarist Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (born 8 January 1937 Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh Singer. Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975) professionally known as Melanie Brown, Melanie B, Mel B, and Scary Spice Member of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994
- Paul Barber (Sierra Leonean father/English mother), actor
- George Bridgetower (Afro-Caribbean father/European mother) 19th century violinist
- Mutya Buena (Filipino father/Irish, Chinese and Spanish Mother), singer
- Dina Carroll (African American and English), singer
- Craig Charles (Afro-Caribbean father/Irish mother), actor
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Sierra Leonean father/English mother) 19th century composer
- Craig David, (Grenadian father/Jewish Mother), singer
- Jaye Davidson, (Ghanaian father/English mother), actor
- Alesha Dixon (Jamaican father/English mother), singer
- Roland Gift, (Afro Caribbean and English), singer and actor
- Goldie, (Afro-Caribbean and Scottish) DJ and actor
- David Jordan, (Montserratian mother/Indian father) Singer/Songwriter
- Jackie Kay (Nigerian father/Scottish mother), poet
- Myleene Klass (Austrian father/Filipino mother), classical musician, model, and TV presenter
- Cleo Laine (Jamaican father/English mother), singer
- Ms. Dynamite, (Scottish mother/Jamaican father), singer
- Charlotte Lewis, (Iraqi-Chilean father/Irish mother), actress
- Leona Lewis (Guyanese Afro-Caribbean father/Anglo-Welsh mother), singer and winner of the 2006 X-Factor
- Thandie Newton, (English father/Zimbabwean mother), actress
- Sophie Okonedo, (Nigerian father/Jewish mother), actress
- Bruce Oldfield, (Afro-Caribbean father/Irish mother), fashion designer
- Slash (musician), (African-American mother/English father), musician
- Zadie Smith (English father/Jamaican mother), novelist
- KT Tunstall (Half-Chinese birth mother/Irish birth father), singer
- Mel & Kim, (Jamaican father/British mother), singers
Politics
Sports
- John Amaechi (Nigerian father/English mother), basketball player
- Billy Boston, Mixed race Welsh rugby player
- Ashley Cole (Barbadian father/English mother), footballer
- Robert Earnshaw, (Welsh father/Zambian mother), footballer
- Rio Ferdinand and Anton Ferdinand (St. Paul Barber (born Patrick Barber, 1952 is an actor from Liverpool. George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1778 or 1780&ndash February 29 1860) was a Afro-Polish -born Virtuoso Violinist who lived in Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena (born 21 May, 1985 in Kingsbury, London) known professionally as Mutya Buena, is a BRIT Award Dina Carroll (born Geraldine Carroll, 21 August 1968 Newmarket, Suffolk) is an English Singer of Scottish and Craig Charles (born 11 July, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English Actor, Stand up comedian, Author Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 &ndash 1 September 1912 was an English composer who achieved such success he was called the "African Mahler " Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English R&B Singer-songwriter. Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey, March 21 1968) is an American -born British Oscar -nominated former Actor Alesha Dixon (born Alesha Anjanette Dixon, 7 October 1978 Welwyn Garden City, England) is an English singer MC, Songwriter Roland Gift (born Roland Lee Gift, 28 May 1961 Birmingham, England) is a British Actor and Musician. Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie (born 19 September 1965 in Walsall, England) is an English Electronic music artist Jackie Kay MBE (born 1961 is a Scottish Poet and Novelist Biography Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh in Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978 is an English Actress, Singer, model, Pianist, radio and television Dame Cleo Laine DBE, (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on 28 October 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England) is a Jazz Charlotte Lewis (born August 7, 1967, in Kensington, London) is an English actress Leona Louise Lewis (b 3 April 1985 is an English pop and R&B singer-songwriter and the winner of the third series of the United Kingdom television For versions in other countries see The X Factor (TV series. The X Factor is a British Television Thandiwe Adjewa "Thandie" Newton (born 6 November 1972) is a BAFTA - and SAG Award -winning English actress. Sophie Okonedo (born 1 January 1969 is an Academy Award -nominated English actress. Bruce Oldfield OBE (born July 14 1950) is a British Fashion designer best known for his Couture occasionwear Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965 more widely known by his stage name Slash, is an English - African American Guitarist best known as the former Zadie Smith (born 25 October 1975 is an English Novelist. To date she has written three novels Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 is a Scottish Singer-songwriter. This article is about Mel and Kim Appleby For the artists who covered "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" as "Mel and Kim" Oona Tamsyn King (born 22 October 1967 in Sheffield) is a British politician Paul Yaw Boateng (born 14 June 1951 is a British Labour Party Politician. For the Scottish poet see Robert Wedderburn (poet Robert Wedderburn (1762 &ndash 1835/6? was born in Jamaica, the son of an enslaved Thomas Spence ( June 21, 1750 &ndash September 8, 1814) was a Radical democrat and advocate of the common ownership of land Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) British Politician and is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Lee Jasper is a British race equality campaigner and former Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the Mayor of London until his resignation on 4th March 2008 following John Ekwugha Amaechi ( born November 26, 1970 in Boston Massachusetts, U Billy Boston MBE is a former Wales and Great Britain Rugby league player Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980 in Stepney, London) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent Robert Earnshaw (born 6 April 1981) is a Zambian born Welsh international football player Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Anton Julian Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Lucian father/Anglo-Irish mother), footballers
- Jeremy Guscott, (Afro Caribbean father/English mother), rugby player
- Lewis Hamilton (Grenadian father/English mother), Formula 1 driver
- Dame Kelly Holmes, (Jamaican father/English mother), athlete
- David James, footballer
- Daley Thompson, (Nigerian and Scottish), decathlete
- Rory and Tony Underwood (English father/Chinese mother), rugby players
- Theo Walcott, (Jamaican father/English mother), footballer
- Curtis Davies ,(Sierra Leonean father/English mother),footballer
- Michael_Chopra ,(Indian father/English mother),footballer
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References
See also
Jeremy Clayton Guscott (born 7 July 1965 in Bath) is a former Rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born Stevenage, 7 January 1985 Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19 1970 is a retired English middle-distance athlete. David Benjamin James (born 1 August 1970 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth Francis Morgan Oyodélé Thompson CBE (born July 30, 1958 in Worcester Park) known commonly as Daley Thompson, is a former Rory Underwood MBE (born June 19 1963 in Middlesbrough, England) is a former English Rugby union footballer Tony Underwood (born 17 February 1969 in Ipoh, Malaysia) is a former English Rugby union footballer who played as a Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989 is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal and the England national football Curtis Eugene Davies (born 15 March 1985 in London) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender Rocky Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English footballer currently playing for the Premier Mary Jane Seacole (1858 &ndash 26 May 1889 sometimes known as Mother Seacole or Mary Grant, was a Jamaican born Multiracial British Nurse Damon Buffini is an English businessman who heads the Private equity company Permira. Background A British citizen born in Bromley, South London and educated at Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke, London Dominique Hannah Jackson (born 3 December, 1991) in England - UK. The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. Mulatto is a term used to describe a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person whose Ancestry is a mixture of black and white
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