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This is a list of notable Guyanese British people.

John Agard, playwright, poet and children's writer^[1]
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Director of SOAS, University of London, UN representative, and Labour Peer in the House of Lords. Born British Guiana, 1954.
Tina Barrett, singer from S Club, Guyanese mother^[2]
Meiling Jin (born 1956), Guyanese-born writer^[3]
Hew Locke, contemporary sculptor, son of Guyanese sculptor Donald Locke^[4]
Phil Lynott, frontman of the rock band Thin Lizzy, with an Afro-Guyanese father^[5]
Gina Miller, Guyanese-born business owner known for initiating the 2016 R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government over its authority to implement Brexit without approval from Parliament^[6]^[7]
Grace Nichols (born 1950), poet
Jan Lowe Shinebourne (born 1947), Guyanese-born novelist^[8]
Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), Olympic sprint hurdler^[9]
Shaheera Asante, broadcaster, environmental activist Cambridge, United Kingdom, Guyanese mother

References

^ "John Agard – was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana)". Contemporarywriters.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "S Club 7's Tina Barrett Talks To Holy Moly about her return to pop | Music Interviews". Holy Moly!. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy. "Meiling Jin." Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Web.
^ "Hew Locke | Artist and Sculptor | Guyana UK". Itzcaribbean.com. 2012-08-12. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Thin Lizzy Frontman Phil Lynott Leaves the 'Whiskey in the Jar' Empty – Twisted Tales". Spinner.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
^ "Brexit court case: Who is Gina Miller?". BBC News. 3 November 2016.
^ Masters, James (4 November 2016). "Guyana-born Gina Miller: The woman behind the Brexit bombshell". CNN.
^ Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, "Janice Lowe Shinebourne’s The Godmother and Other Stories (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2004)", Kaieteur News, 16 November 2008.
^ "Profile of Laurie Taitt". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[1] "John Agard – was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana)". Contemporarywriters.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "S Club 7's Tina Barrett Talks To Holy Moly about her return to pop | Music Interviews". Holy Moly!. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy. "Meiling Jin." Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Web.

[4] "Hew Locke | Artist and Sculptor | Guyana UK". Itzcaribbean.com. 2012-08-12. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Thin Lizzy Frontman Phil Lynott Leaves the 'Whiskey in the Jar' Empty – Twisted Tales". Spinner.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.

[www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37861888-6] "Brexit court case: Who is Gina Miller?". BBC News. 3 November 2016.

[edition.cnn.com/2016/11/03/-7] Masters, James (4 November 2016). "Guyana-born Gina Miller: The woman behind the Brexit bombshell". CNN.

[GodMother-8] Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, "Janice Lowe Shinebourne’s The Godmother and Other Stories (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2004)", Kaieteur News, 16 November 2008.

[9] "Profile of Laurie Taitt". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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 This is a list of '''notable [[Guyanese British]] people.'''
-* [[John Agard]], playwright, poet and children's writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth162|title= John Agard – was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana)|publisher=Contemporarywriters.com|accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref>
+* [[John Agard]], playwright, poet and children's writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth162 |title=John Agard – was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana) |publisher=Contemporarywriters.com |accessdate=2012-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606092728/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth162 |archivedate= 6 June 2011 |df= }}</ref>
 * [[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos]], Director of [[SOAS, University of London]], UN representative, and Labour Peer in the House of Lords. Born [[British Guiana]], 1954.
 * [[Tina Barrett]], singer from [[S Club]], Guyanese mother<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holymoly.com/music/interviews/s-club-7s-tina-barrett-talks-holy-moly-about-her-return-pop58604 |title=S Club 7's Tina Barrett Talks To Holy Moly about her return to pop &#124; Music Interviews |publisher=Holy Moly! |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324151338/http://www.holymoly.com/music/interviews/s-club-7s-tina-barrett-talks-holy-moly-about-her-return-pop58604 |archivedate=2012-03-24 |df= }}</ref>
 * [[Meiling Jin]] (born 1956), Guyanese-born writer<ref>Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy. "Meiling Jin." Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Web.</ref>
-* [[Hew Locke]], contemporary sculptor, son of Guyanese sculptor [[Donald Locke]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itzcaribbean.com/arts_hew_locke.php |title=Hew Locke &#124; Artist and Sculptor &#124; Guyana UK |publisher=Itzcaribbean.com |date=2012-08-12 |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref>
+* [[Hew Locke]], contemporary sculptor, son of Guyanese sculptor [[Donald Locke]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itzcaribbean.com/arts_hew_locke.php |title=Hew Locke &#124; Artist and Sculptor &#124; Guyana UK |publisher=Itzcaribbean.com |date=2012-08-12 |accessdate=2012-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923233419/http://www.itzcaribbean.com/arts_hew_locke.php |archivedate=2012-09-23 |df= }}</ref>
 * [[Phil Lynott]], [[frontman]] of the rock band [[Thin Lizzy]], with an Afro-Guyanese father<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/02/11/thin-lizzy-phil-lynott/ |title=Thin Lizzy Frontman Phil Lynott Leaves the 'Whiskey in the Jar' Empty – Twisted Tales|publisher=Spinner.com|accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref>
 * [[Gina Miller]], Guyanese-born business owner known for initiating the 2016 ''[[R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union]]'' court case against the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]] over its authority to implement [[Brexit]] without approval from [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]<ref name="www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37861888">{{cite news|title=Brexit court case: Who is Gina Miller?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37861888|publisher=BBC News|date=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="edition.cnn.com/2016/11/03/">{{cite news |first=James |last=Masters | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/03/europe/gina-miller-brexit-article-50/ |title=Guyana-born Gina Miller: The woman behind the Brexit bombshell |publisher=CNN |date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

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