# 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
* Anthony Anaxagorou, writer and poet
* Peter Andre, singer-songwriter, businessman, presenter and television personality
* Lisa Andreas, singer
* Dean Atta, poet
* Tonia Buxton, television presenter and restaurateur
* 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
* Jamie Demetriou, actor and comedian, brother of Natasia
* Jason Demetriou, football player
* Mickey Demetriou, football player
* Natasia Demetriou, actress and comedian, sister of Jamie
* Artemas Diamandis, singer
* 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 gamer
* D. G. Hessayon, gardener and writer
* Sarah Ioannides, conductor
* 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
* Andi Kyriacou, rugby union player
* Dimitri Leonidas, actor
* Stephanie Leonidas, actress
* Georgina Leonidas, actress
* Leonidas Leonidou, independent researcher and author
* Kristian Leontiou, rock singer
* Jack Monroe, poverty campaigner
* George Michael, real name Georgios Panayiotou, singer-songwriter and record producer
* Alex Michaelides, author and screenwriter
* Nick Mohammed, actor and comedian
* Robert Newman, comedian
* Daniel Neofetou, writer and theorist
* 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
* Panos Pierre Panayi, World Professional Figure Skating Champion
* 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
* Andros Townsend, football player
* Chris Tsangarides, record producer, sound engineer, and mixer
* Tom Williams, footballer (Cypriot mother)
* Nico Yennaris, football player
* Haris Zambarloukos, cinematographer

## Turkish Cypriots

* Nej Adamson, actor
* Alev Adil, writer, artist and academic
* Peray Ahmet, leader of Haringey London Borough Council
* Aydin Mehmet Ali, author and peace campaigner
* Erol Alkan, DJ and producer
* Mustafa Aslanturk, fashion designer
* Patrick Azimkar, British soldier killed during the Massereene Barracks shooting in 2009
* Peri Aziz, singer and former member of Babutsa
* Raşit Bağzıbağlı, fashion designer
* Süleyman Başak, Professor of Finance at the London Business School
* Adam Booth, boxing trainer and manager of David Haye
* Rhian Brewster, football player
* Nesil Caliskan, Enfield London Borough Council's first female leader
* Feri Cansel, actress
* Zümrüt Cansel, actress
* Kem Cetinay, TV personality and rapper
* Alkan Chaglar, journalist
* Hussein Chalayan, MBE, fashion designer
* Tice Cin, writer, editor, and multidisciplinary artist
* Mete Coban, MBE, Labour Councillor for Stoke Newington; founder of My Life My Say
* Mutlu Çerkez, artist
* Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi, football player
* Mehmet Dalman, investment banker and chairman of Welsh football club Cardiff City
* Mustafa Djamgoz, Professor of Cancer Biology at Imperial College London and Chairman of the College of Medicine’s Science Council
* Baroness Meral Ece, Liberal Democrats member of the House of Lords
* Emma Edhem, councilwoman of the City of London Corporation
* Tracey Emin, artist
* Aslı Enver, actress
* Sümer Erek, artist
* Gönül Başaran Erönen, judge in the TRNC Supreme Court
* Ten Feizi, FMedSci FRS, Professor and Director of the Glycosciences Laboratory at Imperial College London
* Mem Ferda, actor
* Aysha Frade, victim killed during the 2017 Westminster attack
* Ali Guryel, founder of Bromcom
* Ramadan Güney, founder of the first Turkish mosque in the UK (Shacklewell Lane Mosque); and owner of the UK's largest cemetery Brookwood Cemetery
* Adam Harison, singer-songwriter; appeared on Little Mix The Search; and pitch invader during the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship final match
* Hattie Hasan, MBE, CEO of the Stopcocks Women Plumbers
* Tamer Hassan, actor
* Belle Hassan, Season 5 of Love Island
* Hakan Hayrettin, football player
* Richard Hickmet, Conservative MP in 1983-87
* Aykut Hilmi, actor
* Sibel Hodge, writer
* Mustafa Hulusi, artist
* Atila Huseyin, jazz singer
* Hale Hüseyin, football player and captain of the England U-18 Women's National Team
* Metin Hüseyin, film director
* Mustafa Hussein, football player
* Yaşar İsmailoğlu, poet
* Kemal Izzet, football player
* Muzzy Izzet, football player
* Erol Kahraman, ice hockey player
* Işın Karaca, singer
* Jem Karacan, football player
* Tolga Kashif, music conductor
* Leyla Kazim, food and travel photographer
* Colin Kazim-Richards, football player
* Eylem Kızıl, singer
* Fatma Kiamil, co-founder of JJ Food Service; listed in the Sunday Times Rich List 2020
* Mustafa Kiamil, co-founder of JJ Food Service; listed in the Sunday Times Rich List 2020
* Selin Kiazim, chef and winner of the Great British Menu
* Dervis Konuralp, Paralympic swimmer
* Nasir Mazhar, fashion designer
* Alp Mehmet MVO, British Ambassador to Iceland in 2004
* Billy Mehmet, football player
* Dave Mehmet, football player
* Deniz Mehmet, football player
* Erim Metto, film director
* Mem Morrison, actor
* Erkan Mustafa, actor
* Tarkan Mustafa, football player
* Asil Nadir, businessman
* Özdil Nami, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Northern Cyprus
* Cosh Omar, actor
* Arif Ozakca, artist
* Hal Ozsan, Hollywood actor
* Erhun Oztumer, football player
* Ahmet Patterson, boxer
* Tony Perry, Wembley Stadium DJ; introduced the song Sweet Caroline as England’s unofficial anthem during the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship
* Kenan Poleo, British Consul General and Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
* Sav Remzi, record producer
* Omer Riza, football player
* Tolga Safer, actor
* Danis Salman, football player
* Meliz Serman, stage actress
* Kemal Shahin, Big Brother contestant
* Ziynet Sali, singer
* Anna Silk, actress
* Ilkay Silk, CC, actress, playwright, producer, and educator
* Ali Sönmez, lead singer of Babutsa
* Touker Suleyman, fashion retail entrepreneur and a "dragon" on Dragon's Den
* Tash, singer
* Aden Theobald, Big Brother contestant
* Hakan Tuna, rock musician; member of the band Natural Life
* Soner Türsoy, member of Babutsa
* Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower
* B Young, rapper and singer-songwriter
* Zeren Wilson, food and wine specialist and columnist
* Sezer Yurtseven, Big Brother contestant
* Anatol Yusef, actor
* Halil Zorba, weightlifter