100 Great Black Britons

The 100 Great Black Britons list was compiled as a response to the 100 Greatest Britons debate of (November 2002).
Patrick Vernon, founder of black heritage website Every Generation, pointed out that no black people had made it to the top 100, saying that this was due in part to many people being unaware of the achievements and contributions of black people over the centuries.
While some in the Black community saw the project as providing useful role-models, the value of the project was challenged by others, including those nominated for the survey.
The inclusion of some individuals in this list is disputed, as there are contradictory claims as to whether they were black or not not only because of the difficulties in defining what a black person is or is not, but also because some genealogical claims are strongly denied or lack sufficient sources.
The list, despite its title, contains more than 100 people.
Winners by category
Business
*Jazzie B (Entrepreneur and music producer)
Sport
*Daley Thompson (1980 and 1984 Olympic Gold medal winner for the decathlon)
Greatest Black British Woman
*Mary Seacole (Crimean war veteran nurse)
Music
*George Bridgetower (Renowned violinist and close friend of Beethoven)
Arts and Culture
*Linton Kwesi Johnson ( first dub poet and writer)
Entertainment
*Lenny Henry (Co-founder of Comic Relief and veteran comedian/actor)
Science/Innovation/Design
*Mary Seacole (Crimean War nurse)
Nobility
*Queen Philippa (Wife of Edward III and mother of the Black Prince)
Public Life - Pioneers of the Past
*Lord David Pitt (Medic, political pioneer and Labour peer for Hampstead)
Public Life - General
*Lord Morris (Former head of largest trade union for industry)
Politics
*Olaudah Equiano (Black Britain's political founding father)
Complete list
#Mary Seacole
#Wilfred Wood/O.A. Lyseight
#Mary Prince
#Olaudah Equiano
#Queen Phillipa
#Courtney Pine
#Sir Bill Morris/Sir Trevor McDonald
#Shirley Bassey
#Bernie Grant
#Professor Stuart Hall
#Elery Hanley
#Sade
#Stephen Lawrence
#Ms. Dynamite
#Queen Charlotte
#Henry Sylvester Williams
#Daley Thompson
#Lenny Henry
#Joan Armatrading
#Benjamin Zephaniah
#Arthur Wharton/Andrew Watson
#Linton Kwesi Johnson
#Nana Bonsu/Len Garrison
#George of Lydda
#Septimius Severus
#Baroness Rosalind Howells
#Harold Moody
#Lennox Lewis
#Diane Abbott
#William Cuffay
#Francis Barber
#Ignatious Sancho
#Phil Lynott
#Moira Stuart
#Frank Bruno
#Niger Val Dubh
#Leary Constantine
#Elizabeth Barrett Browning
#Robert Wedderburn
#Claudia Jones
#Herman Ouseley
#Craig David
#John Barnes
#Martin Offiah
#Des'ree
#Randolph Turpin
#Paul Boateng
#Cleo Laine
#Lord John Taylor
#Ottobah Cuguano
#Trevor Phillips
#Ian Wright
#Linford Christie
#Bruce Oldfield
#Peter Herbert
#Mike Fuller
#Lee Jasper
#Beverley Knight
#Ozwald Boateng
#Viv Anderson
#Desmond Douglas
#Patrick Berry
#Brendan Batson
#Floella Benjamin
#Lord David Pitt
#John Edmonstone
#Kanya King
#Val McCalla
#Dame Jocelyn Barrows
#David Lammy
#Oona King
#John Archer
#Baroness Scotland
#Baroness Amos
#George Bridgetower
#Samuel Coleridge Taylor
#Zadie Smith
#Jazzie B
#Ira Aldridge
#Colin Jackson
#Yvonne Brewster
#Duonne Alexander
#David Case
#Tessa Sanderson
#Seal
#Errol Brown
#Rudolph Walker
#Gabrielle/Naomi Campbell
#Goldie
#Mica Paris
#Angie Le Mar
#Ben Okri
#Denise Lewis
#Jeremy Guscott
#Paul Ince
#Nigel Benn/Chris Eubank
#John Conteh
#Janet Kay
#Jenette McDonald
#Carroll Thompson

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