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
• Eric Alamango, music producer
• Christian and Nick Candy, property developers
• Jake and Dinos Chapman, artists
• Anastasios Christodoulou, Foundation Secretary of the Open University
• Stephen Constantine, football manager
• Costadinos Contostavlos (known as Dappy), rapper
• Tula "Tulisa" Contostavlos, singer-songwriter
• Antony Costa, singer-songwriter and actor
• Peter Costa, professional poker player
• Memnos Costi, television presenter and football player
• Charidimos "Harry" Demetriou, professional poker player
• Jason Demetriou, football player
• Chris Dicomidis, rugby union player
• Stavros "Stav" Economou, mixed martial artist
• Sapphire Elia, actress, model and singer
• Barry Evangeli, music producer
• Costas Georgiou, soldier and mercenary
• George Georgiou, photographer and photojournalist
• Michael Georgiou, snooker player
• Steven Georgiou (known as Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam), 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
• Panayiotis Kalorkoti, contemporary artist
• Simon Kassianides, actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
• Anthony Kleanthous, football chairman
• Jason Koumas, 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
• Andonis Michaelides (known as Mick Karn), musician and songwriter
• 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
• Georgios Panayiotou (known as George Michael), singer-songwriter and record producer
• 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
• Andreas Pavlou (known as Andy Paul), musician and singer-songwriter
• Stelios "Stel" Pavlou, author and screenwriter
• Mike Pilavachi, charismatic Christian evangelist and author
• Peter Polycarpou, actor
• Giannis Sampson, football player
• Sarbel Michael (known as Sarbel), 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
• Nico Yennaris, football player
• Haris Zambarloukos, cinematographer

Turkish Cypriots

Name	Life	Notability	Turkish/Cypriot link
Nej Adamson	1958	Actor	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[1]
Erol Alkan	1970	DJ	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[2]
Arifs		Criminal gang	British-born to Turkish Cypriots and/or immigrants from Cyprus[3]
Mustafa Aslanturk	1972	Fashion designer	Immigrant from Cyprus[4]
Peri Aziz	1981	Singer	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[5]
Süleyman Başak		Professor	Immigrant from Cyprus[6]
Adam Booth		Boxing trainer and manager of David Haye	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father[7]
Feri Cansel	1944	Actress	Immigrant from Cyprus[8]
Zümrüt Cansel	1963	Actress	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[9][10]
Mutlu Çerkez	1964–2005	Artist	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[11]
Hussein Chalayan	1970	Fashion designer, MBE	Immigrant from Cyprus[12]
Prof.Ahmet Kondoz	1958	Professor,Entrepreneur,Inventor	Immigrant from Cyprus[13]
Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi	1992	Football player	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[14]
Mehmet Dalman		Investment banker	Immigrant from Cyprus[15]
Prof. Mustafa Djamgoz	1952	Head of Imperial College Cancer Research Department	Immigrant from Cyprus[16]
Meral Ece	1953	Politician, Baroness	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[17]
Canan Ediboglu	1956	Entrepreneur	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[18]
Emma Edhem		Barrister	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[19]
Coşkun Ekim	1991	Football player	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[20]
Tracey Emin	1963	Artist	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father[21]
Aslı Enver	1984	Actress	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father and Turkish mother[22]
Murat Erdoğan	1976	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[23]
Gönül Başaran Erönen	1953	Judge in the TRNC Supreme Court	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[24]
Nilsen Ersoy		Boxer	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[25]
Mem Ferda	1963	Actor	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[26]
Akin Gazi	1981	Actor	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[27][28]
Ramadan Güney	1932–2006	Owner of Brookwood Cemetery, the largest cemetery in the UK	Immigrant from Cyprus[29]
Tamer Hassan	1968	Actor	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[30]
Taser Hassan	1991	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[31]
Hakan Hayrettin	1970	Football player	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[32]
Aykut Hilmi		Actor	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[33]
Mustafa Hulusi	1971	Artist	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[34]
Atila Huseyin		Jazz singer	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[35]
Metin Hüseyin	1959	Film director	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[36]
Kemal Izzet	1980	Football player	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[32]
Muzzy Izzet	1974	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[37]
Işın Karaca	1973	Singer	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[38]
Jem Karacan	1989	Football player	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father[32]
Tolga Kashif	1962	Music conductor	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[39]
Colin Kazim-Richards	1986	Football player	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot mother[40]
Eylem Kızıl	1984	Singer	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[41]
Dervis Konuralp	1980	Paralympic swimmer	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father.[42]
Mehmet Kurdash	1924-2010	Master shoemaker, founder of GINA shoes	Immigrant from Cyprus[43]
Nasir Mazhar		Fashion designer	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[44]
Alp Mehmet		British Ambassador to Iceland in 2004	Immigrant from Cyprus[45]
Billy Mehmet	1984	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[46]
Dave Mehmet	1960	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[47]
Deniz Mehmet	1992	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[14]
Dogan Mehmet		Singer	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[48]
Mem Morrison		Actor	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[49]
Tarkan Mustafa	1973	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[50]
Asil Nadir	1941	Entrepreneur	Immigrant from Cyprus[51]
Cosh Omar		Actor	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[52]
Leon Osman	1981	Football player	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father[53]
Arif Ozakca	1979	Artist	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[54] >
Hal Ozsan	1976	Actor	Immigrant from Cyprus[55]
Sav Remzi	1965	Record producer	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[56]
Ömer Rıza	1979	Football player	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[32]
Lawrence Rustem	1974	Politician	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father[57]
Atesh Salih	1972	Actor	Immigrant from Nigeria born to a Turkish Cypriot father[58]
Tolga Safer	1982	Actor	British born of Turkish Cypriot descent[59]
Ziynet Sali	1975	Singer	Immigrant from Cyprus[60]
Danis Salman	1960	Football player	Immigrant from Cyprus[61]
Meliz Serman	1976	Stage actress	British born of Turkish Cypriot descent[62]
Kemal Shahin	1985	Big Brother contestant	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[63]
Ali Sönmez	1970	Singer	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[5]
Tash		Singer	British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents[64]
Aden Theobald	1992	Big Brother contestant	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot mother[65]
Soner Türsoy	1965	Singer	Immigrant from Cyprus[5]
Fatima Whitbread	1961	Javelin thrower	British-born to a Turkish Cypriot mother[66]
Zihni Yalçın		Entrepreneur	Immigrant from Cyprus[67]
Sezer Yurtseven	1980	Big Brother contestant	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[68]
Anatol Yusef		Actor	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent.[69]
Halil Zorba	1988	Weightlifter	British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent[70]

See also

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

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