List of Romanichals

This page makes mention of prominent individuals of Romanichal descent.

listed alphabetically by surname
  • Adam Ant (born 1954) – English punk/New Wave musician; of Romanichal descent
  • Jake Bowers – journalist and broadcaster
  • George Bramwell Evens – English journalist and writer
  • James Carver – British MEP (Member of the European Parliament)
  • Tracey Emin – British artist shortlisted for the Turner Prize, also known as one of the chief Young British Artists of the late 20th century[1]
  • Louise Doughty – English writer
  • Freddy Eastwood – Welsh footballer (Southend United)
  • Ian Hancock – Romani scholar and activist, born in UK, living in USA, Professor at the University of Texas
  • Francis Hindes Groome – English writer
  • Bob Hoskins – actor; a quarter Romanichal descent
  • Raby Howell – nineteenth century English footballer (Liverpool, Sheffield United and Preston North End)
  • Jentina – British Hip hop/R&B singer, rapper, songwriter and model
  • Johnny Frankham – English light heavyweight boxer who knocked Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) to the floor in an exhibition fight
  • Denny Laine aka Brian Hines – Moody Blues singer and guitarist
  • Albert Lee (born 1943) – English guitarist.[2]
  • Jackie Leven – Scottish songwriter and folk musician
  • Cher Lloyd (born 1993) – English singer and rapper, mother is Romanichal
  • Joe Longthorne (born 1955) – English singer and impressionist
  • David Morley – British poet, critic, anthologist, editor and scientist
  • Róisín Mullins (born 1982) – English & Irish TV presenter, TV talent show judge, professional Irish dancer, stage show owner and choreographer
  • Xavier Petulengro – writer and broadcaster, who frequently broadcast on BBC radio in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Robert Plant (born 1948) – English singer and songwriter (former vocalist of Led Zeppelin); his mother is of Romanichal origin.
  • Billy Joe Saunders – English boxer who won silver and became the first Romani boxer to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games
  • Rodney Smith – British evangelist who conducted evangelistic campaigns in the United States and the UK
  • Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902–1945) – English writer of popular novels often romanticized historical and Romani setting; she believed her paternal great-grandmother to have been Romanichal
  • James Squire – on the First Fleet to Australia; founder of the Australian brewing industry in 1798
  • James Squire Farnell – grandson of James Squire and the first Australian-born Premier of New South Wales
  • Henry Wharton – English middleweight boxing champion.

See also

References
  1. "Who Do You Think You Are? – Tracey Emin, BBC One – The Arts Desk". Theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. Derek Watts, Country Boy: A Biography of Albert Lee, Jefferson, NC; McFarland & Co., pp.6–9.
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