List of British people of Cypriot descent

This is a list of notable British Cypriots.

Greek Cypriots

• Christos "Chris" Achilléos, painter and illustrator
• Theo Adams, performance artist
• Andreas "Andrew" Adonis, Labour peer, politician, academic and journalist
• James Alexandrou, actor and television presenter
• Peter Andre, singer, songwriter, businessman, presenter and television personality
• Lisa Andreas, singer
• Dean Atta, poet
• Christian and Nick Candy, property developers
• Jake and Dinos Chapman, artists
• Bambos Charalambous, Labour politician
• Anastasios Christodoulou, Foundation Secretary of the Open University
• Charlie Christodoulou, soldier and mercenary
• Stephen Constantine, football manager
• Tula "Tulisa" Contostavlos, singer-songwriter
• Antony Costa, singer-songwriter and actor
• Peter Costa, professional poker player
• Memnos Costi, television presenter and football player
• Dappy, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, rapper
• Charidimos "Harry" Demetriou, professional poker player
• Jason Demetriou, football player
• Mickey Demetriou, football player
• Chris Dicomidis, rugby union player
• Sapphire Elia, actress, model and singer
• Barry Evangeli, music producer
• Costas Georgiou, soldier and mercenary
• George Georgiou, photographer and photojournalist
• Michael Georgiou, snooker player
• Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf Islam, real name Steven Georgiou, singer-songwriter and education philanthropist
• Jasmine Harman, television presenter
• Demis Hassabis, artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, computer game designer, and world-class gamer
• D. G. Hessayon, gardener and writer
• Sarah Ioannides, conductor
• Nicky Ioannou, football player
• Mick Karn, real name Andonis Michaelides, musician and songwriter
• Simon Kassianides, actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
• Anthony Kleanthous, football chairman
• Jason Koumas, football player
• Harry Kyprianou, football player
• Andy Kyriacou, rugby union player
• Stephen Laughton, playwright
• Dimitri Leonidas, actor
• Stephanie Leonidas, actress
• Georgina Leonidas, actress
• Kristian Leontiou, rock singer
• Martha and Eve, music and comedy duo
• Jack Monroe, poverty campaigner
• George Michael, real name Georgios Panayiotou, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Alex Michaelides, author and screenwriter
• Robert Newman, comedian
• Andrew Nicolaides, surgeon and medical expert
• Kypros Nicolaides, medical expert
• Alexis Nicolas, football player
• Nicky Nicolau, football player
• Antonis Nikolaidis, Commonwealth shooter
• Costa Panayi, computer game programmer
• James Panayi, football player
• Irena Papadopoulos, nursing researcher
• Linda Papadopoulos, psychologist and author
• Panayiotis "Peter" Paphides, journalist and broadcast
• Theo Paphitis, entrepreneur and broadcaster
• Michael Paraskos, novelist and art critic
• Andy Paul, born Andreas Pavlou, musician and singer-songwriter
• Stelios "Stel" Pavlou, author and screenwriter
• Mike Pilavachi, charismatic Christian evangelist and author
• Peter Polycarpou, actor
• Jack Roles, football player
• Giannis Sampson, football player
• Sarbel, real name Sarbel Michael, singer
• Sir Reo Stakis, hotel magnate
• Alex Stavrinou, football player
• Chris Toumazou, electronic engineer
• Chris Tsangarides, record producer, sound engineer, and mixer
• Charalambos Xanthos, restaurateur and poker player
• Tom Williams, footballer (Cypriot mother)
• Nico Yennaris, football player
• Haris Zambarloukos, cinematographer
• Anthony Anaxagorou, Writer and poet
• Andros Townsend, football player

Turkish Cypriots

• Nej Adamson, actor[1]
• Alev Adil, writer, artist and academic[2]
• Aydin Mehmet Ali, author and peace campaigner[3]
• Erol Alkan, DJ and producer[4][5]
• Mustafa Aslanturk, fashion designer[6]
• Peri Aziz, singer and former member of Babutsa[7]
• Raşit Bağzıbağlı, fashion designer[8][9]
• Süleyman Başak, Professor of Finance at the London Business School[10]
• Adam Booth, boxing trainer and manager of David Haye[11]
• Rhian Brewster, football player[12]
• Nesil Caliskan, Enfield London Borough Council's first female leader[13][14]
• Feri Cansel, actress[15]
• Zümrüt Cansel, actress[16]
• Kem Cetinay, TV personality and rapper[17]
• Alkan Chaglar, journalist[18]
• Hussein Chalayan, MBE, fashion designer[19]
• Mutlu Çerkez, artist[20]
• Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi, football player[21][22]
• Mehmet Dalman, investment banker and chairman of Welsh football club Cardiff City[23]
• Mustafa Djamgoz, Professor of Cancer Biology at Imperial College London and Chairman of the College of Medicine’s Science Council[24]
• Baroness Meral Ece, Liberal Democrats member of the House of Lords[25][26]
• Emma Edhem, councilwoman of the City of London Corporation[26]
• Tracey Emin, artist[27][28]
• Adam Emirali, rugby player
• Aslı Enver, actress[29][30]
• Sümer Erek, artist[31][32]
• Gönül Başaran Erönen, judge in the TRNC Supreme Court[33]
• Mem Ferda, actor[34][35]
• Akin Gazi, actor[36][37]
• Ali Guryel, founder of Bromcom[38]
• Ramadan Güney, founder of the first Turkish mosque in the UK (Shacklewell Lane Mosque); and owner of the UK's largest cemetery Brookwood Cemetery[39][40]
• Tamer Hassan, actor[41][42]
• Belle Hassan, Season 5 of Love Island[41]
• Hakan Hayrettin, football player[43][44]
• Richard Hickmet, Conservative MP in 1983-87[45]
• Aykut Hilmi, actor[46]
• Sibel Hodge, writer[47][48]
• Mustafa Hulusi, artist[49][50]
• Atila Huseyin, jazz singer[51]
• Metin Hüseyin, film director[52]
• Yaşar İsmailoğlu, poet[53]
• Kemal Izzet, football player[54][44]
• Muzzy Izzet, football player[55]
• Işın Karaca, singer[56]
• Jem Karacan, football player[57]
• Tolga Kashif, music conductor[58][59]
• Colin Kazim-Richards, football player[60]
• Eylem Kızıl, singer
• Fatma Kiamil, co-founder of JJ Food Service; listed in the Sunday Times Rich List 2020 (Turkish Cypriot origin)[61]
• Mustafa Kiamil, co-founder of JJ Food Service; listed in the Sunday Times Rich List 2020 (Turkish Cypriot origin)[61]
• Selin Kiazim, chef and winner of the Great British Menu[62]
• Dervis Konuralp, Paralympic swimmer[63]
• Nasir Mazhar, fashion designer[64]
• Alp Mehmet MVO, British Ambassador to Iceland in 2004[26]
• Billy Mehmet, football player[65][66]
• Dave Mehmet, football player[67]
• Deniz Mehmet, football player[22]
• Erim Metto, film director[68]
• Mem Morrison, actor[69]
• Erkan Mustafa, actor[70]
• Tarkan Mustafa, football player[71]
• Asil Nadir, businessman[72]
• Özdil Nami, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Northern Cyprus
• Cosh Omar, actor[73]
• Arif Ozakca, artist[74]
• Hal Ozsan, Hollywood actor[75]
• Erhun Oztumer, football player[76]
• Ahmet Patterson, boxer[77]
• Sav Remzi, record producer[78]
• Omer Riza, football player[79][44]
• Tolga Safer, actor[80]
• Danis Salman, football player[81]
• Meliz Serman, stage actress[82]
• Kemal Shahin, Big Brother contestant[83]
• Ziynet Sali, singer[84]
• Atesh Salih, fashion model, actor, and interior designer[85]
• Anna Silk, actress
• Ali Sönmez, lead singer of Babutsa[7]
• Touker Suleyman, fashion retail entrepreneur and a "dragon" on Dragon's Den[86]
• Tash, singer[87]
• Aden Theobald, Big Brother contestant[88]
• Soner Türsoy, member of Babutsa[7]
• Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower[89]
• B Young, rapper and singer-songwriter[90]
• Sezer Yurtseven, Big Brother contestant[91]
• Anatol Yusef, actor[92]
• Halil Zorba, weightlifter[93]

See also

• List of Cypriots
• British Cypriots
• Greek Cypriot diaspora
• Turkish Cypriot diaspora

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