List of Latin Americans in the United Kingdom

This is a list of notable Latin Americans in the United Kingdom people, including British people of Latin American ancestry and Latin American-born immigrants.

Business

• Jaime Gilinski Bacal, banker and philanthropist, Colombian immigrant

Entertainment

• Layla Anna-Lee, TV presenter, Brazilian mother[1]
• Lorena Andrea, actress, Colombian parent
• Paloma Baeza, actress, Mexican father
• Michael Bentine, actor/comedian, Peruvian father
• Magdalen Berns, YouTuber, boxer and software developer, Argentine father
• Oona Chaplin, actress, born in Spain, Chilean father
• Claudia Coulter, actress, model and voice over artist, Argentine descent
• Taio Cruz, singer, Brazilian mother[2]
• Henry Ian Cusick, actor, Peruvian mother
• Michel de Carvalho, actor, Brazilian father
• Nell de Silva, actress, Chilean parents
• Alfred Enoch, actor, Brazilian mother
• Giovanna Falcone, reality TV star, Argentine mother
• Mario Falcone, reality TV star, Argentine mother
• Peter Gadiot, actor, Mexican mother
• Gala Gordon, model and actress, Argentine father
• Dhani Harrison, singer, Mexican-American mother
• Tara Hoyos-Martínez, 2010 Miss Universe Great Britain, Colombian parents
• Julie Fernandez, actress, Argentine father
• Santiago Cabrera, actor, Chilean parents
• Olivia Hussey, actress, Argentine father
• John Justin, actor, Argentine father
• Phil Manzanera, musician, Colombian mother
• Wilnelia Merced, Miss World winner, Puerto Rican immigrant
• Azela Robinson, actress, Mexican mother
• Chance Perdomo, actor
• Cleo Rocos, Brazilian comedy actress, producer, presenter and businesswoman
• Elena Saurel, actress, Salvadoran
• Kaya Scodelario, actress, Brazilian mother
• Seal, singer, Brazilian father
• Teddy Sinclair, singer, Uruguayan mother
• Anya Taylor-Joy, actress, grew up in Argentina
• Sean Teale, actor, Venezuelan descent
• Thalissa Teixeira, actress, Brazilian father
• Sonya Walger, actress, Argentine father
• Ed Weeks, actor, Salvadorean mother
• Yung Filly, YouTuber, Colombian-born

Fashion

• Alice Dellal, model, Brazilian mother
• Jade Jagger, fashion designer, Nicaraguan mother

Medicine and science

• Alex Kacelnik, Argentine-born ethologist and zoologist
• Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Argentine-born zoologist
• Estela V. Welldon, Argentine forensic psychotherapist and psychiatrist, and author

Politics

• Laura Alvarez, human rights lawyer & coffee importer, wife of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mexican immigrant
• Bianca Jagger, human rights advocate, Nicaraguan immigrant
• Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, wife of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Ecuadorian mother

Sports

• Sergio Agüero ("Kun"), Argentine footballer for Manchester City
• Yamilé Aldama, triple jumper, Cuban immigrant
• Steven Alzate, British-born footballer of Colombian descent
• Osvaldo Ardiles, former Argentine footballer and football coach
• Marcos Ayerza, Argentine rugby union player for Leicester Tigers
• Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer for Wigan Athletic
• Gonzalo Camacho, Argentine rugby union player for Leicester Tigers
• Joe Devera, footballer, Venezuelan father
• Ignacio Elosu, Argentine rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs
• Ben Hockin, swimmer, Paraguayan mother
• Gonzalo Jara, Chilean footballer for Nottingham Forest
• Nahuel Lobo, Argentine rugby union player for the Newcastle Falcons
• Pablo Matera, Argentine rugby union player for Leicester Tigers
• Ignacio Mieres, Argentine rugby union player for Worcester Warriors
• Diego Poyet, Spanish-born English footballer of Uruguayan descent.
• Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer for Crystal Palace FC
• Gary Stempel, football coach, Panamanian-British
• Gonzalo Tiesi, Argentine rugby union player for London Welsh

Writers

• Tom Burns, publisher, Chilean mother
• Caroline Criado-Perez, journalist, Argentine father
• Nick Grosso, playwright, Argentine parents
• E. L. James, author, Chilean mother
• Carlos Lopez-Barillas, writer/photographer, Guatemalan immigrant
• James Menendez, journalist, Mexican descent
• Gaby Sambuccetti, Argentine poet

Art and design

• Adam Nathaniel Furman, artist and designer, Argentine father

See also

• Latin America–United Kingdom relations
• Latin American migration to the United Kingdom
• List of Hispanic and Latino Americans

References

1. Canavan, Claudia (10 June 2014). "How To Impress Me: Layla Anna-Lee". Esquire (UK Edition). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
2. Birchmeier, Jason. "Taio Cruz > Biography". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 24 July 2010.