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
• Johnny Frankham – English light heavyweight boxer who knocked Muhammad Ali to the floor in an exhibition fight
• 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
• Priscilla Kelly – professional wrestler
• 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.