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The Britons (*Pritanī, Latin: Britanni, Welsh: Brythoniaid), also known as Celtic Britons [1] or Ancient Britons, were the indigenous Celtic people [2] who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others). [2]
They found that while 58% of white people in England described their nationality as "English", non-white people were more likely to describe themselves as "British". [33] However, in the 2021 United Kingdom census , 58.4% of respondants identified as "British" instead of "English" to 14.9%.
The largest ethnic group in the United Kingdom is White British, followed by Asian British. Ethnicity in the United Kingdom is formally recorded at the national level through a census. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded a reduced share of White British people in the United Kingdom from the previous 2001 United Kingdom census.
British Indians are people of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India.Currently, the British Indian population exceeds 1.9 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country.
The people known as "Picts" by outsiders in late antiquity were very different from those who later adopted the name, in terms of language, culture, religion and politics. The term "Pict" is found in Roman sources from the end of the third century AD, when it was used to describe unromanised people in northern Britain. [ 8 ]
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, [22] are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies. [23] [24] [25] British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals.
The Islanders are British, albeit with a distinct identity of their own: British cultural, economic, social, political and educational values create a unique British-like, Falkland Islands. Yet Islanders feel distinctly different from their fellow citizens who reside in the United Kingdom.
Images of British musicians (7 C, 5 F) B. ... Media in category "Images of British people" The following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total. 0–9.