Black Welsh people



Black Welsh people are inhabitants of Wales who have an African or an Afro-Caribbean background and are black. Wales is home to one of the United Kingdom's oldest black communities, and Tiger Bay in Cardiff has housed a large Somali population since the development of the port in the 19th century. The 2011 census reported that there were more than 18,000 Welsh-African people in Wales (0.6% of the Welsh population).

The first recorded black person to live in North Wales, of whom historians have detailed knowledge, was John Ystumllyn (died 1786), a Gwynedd gardener whose origins are unrecorded.

Association football

 * Ethan Ampadu
 * George Berry
 * Nathan Blake
 * Ben Cabango
 * Robert Earnshaw
 * Danny Gabbidon
 * Ryan Giggs
 * Adam Henley
 * Brennan Johnson
 * Joel Lynch
 * Rabbi Matondo
 * Eddie Parris
 * Jazz Richards
 * Tyler Roberts
 * Hal Robson-Kanu
 * Sanchez Watt
 * Sorba Thomas
 * Ashley Williams

Athletics

 * Jamie Baulch, sprint athlete
 * Colin Jackson
 * Christian Malcolm, track and field athlete
 * Nigel Walker, former Welsh track and field athlete and Wales international rugby union player

Rugby League

 * Billy Boston, represented Great Britain
 * Regan Grace
 * Clive Sullivan, the first black athlete to captain Great Britain in any sport

Rugby Union

 * Aled Brew
 * Nathan Brew
 * Leon Brown
 * Mark Brown, became the first known player of black origin to represent Wales in 1983.
 * Colin Charvis, the first black captain of the Wales national rugby union team
 * Rio Dyer
 * Jason Forster
 * Ashton Hewitt, Hewitt has also become known for speaking out against racial abuse.
 * Martyn Madden
 * Mackenzie Martin
 * Richard Parks, former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete and television presenter
 * Anthony Sullivan
 * Ben Thomas
 * Gavin Thomas
 * Christ Tshiunza, became the first black & African born player to represent Wales in November 2021.
 * Eli Walker
 * Nigel Walker
 * Glen Webbe, often stated to be the first black player to play for Wales, Webbe was the first black player to represent Wales at a World Cup, and is considered by many to be Wales' "first black icon".

Boxing

 * Steve Robinson

Music

 * Dame Shirley Bassey, singer
 * Jason Camilleri (Dregz), rapper and former BBC presenter
 * Kizzy Crawford, singer-songwriter and producer
 * Eädyth, producer and singer-songwriter
 * Patti Flynn, jazz singer and founder and patron of Black History Wales
 * Benji Webbe, musician, frontman of the alternative metal band Skindred

Film and television

 * Josie d'Arby, TV presenter
 * Rakie Ayola, actress
 * Rungano Nyoni, film director and screenwriter
 * Suzanne Packer, actress
 * Jessica Sula, actress
 * Tayce, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant
 * Darragh Mortell, actor

Others

 * Betty Campbell, headteacher
 * Abdulrahim Abby Farah, diplomat
 * Vaughan Gething, First Minister of Wales in the Welsh Government
 * Uzo Iwobi, equalities practitioner and former Commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality
 * Louise Watkins Kelton, United States Marshal