100 Great Black Britons 2020

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This page is to document profiles required for any of the 100 Great Black Britons according to the book published in 2020 by Patrick Vernon OBE and Angelina Osborne, with foreword by David Olusoga ^[1]

The list came about following the absence of any Black people in the poll for 100 Great Britons ^[2]

If you create a profile please add them to the following categories and edit this page to mark them as created.

Category: Notables
Category:Notables Diversity Project
Category:100_Great_Black_Britons

Sources

1. ↑ Hardback ISBN: 978-1-47214-430-0
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Great_Black_Britons

See also:

• https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/
• 2003 category Category:100_Great_Black_Britons, 2003

Profiles required

(Note that many are living people - the first priority is for those who have died) The majority of the 100 names have Wikipedia pages listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Great_Black_Britons#2020_list

unlisted? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Adebowale,_Baron_Adebowale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ade_Adepitan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Aderin-Pocock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakim_Adi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Adjaye
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Agard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala_(rapper)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Akomfrah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Amos,_Baroness_Amos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Andrews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Anionwu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amma_Asante
unlisted? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Beharry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floella_Benjamin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munroe_Bergdorf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_Beula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blackett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malorie_Blackman
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blanke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Bovell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Boyce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggrey_Burke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanley_Burke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Busby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Butler
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cameron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Coxsone
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottobah_Cugoano
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Davidson_(conspirator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dobbs
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edmonstone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Enninful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardine_Evaristo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Farah
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Garrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_the_Poet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilroy
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Grant
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubaina_Himid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Holmes
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Huntley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Kwesi_Johnson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheku_Kanneh-Mason
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Kay
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Beaver_King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kwei-Armah
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_La_Rose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lammy
Marai Malasi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Lawrence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Molineaux
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Morris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Nichols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-chi_Nwanoku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olusoga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyll_Opoku-Gyimah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivette_Otele
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Ov%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Owusu
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Padmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Palmer_(scientist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Pascall
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pitt,_Baron_Pitt_of_Hampstead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Rees
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richmond
Marcia Rigg
Stafford Scott
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelik_Shabazz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinka_Shonibare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stephenson_(civil_rights_campaigner)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormzy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_White_(businesswoman)
died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sylvester_Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Woolley,_Baron_Woolley_of_Woodford
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Younge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Zephaniah