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> the first non-white person on British currency Saint George featured on coins previously. He was from what is now modern day Eastern Turkey which I think peo

> the first non-white person on British currency Saint George featured on coins previously. He was from what is now modern day Eastern Turkey which I think people who care about white/non-white might consider non-white (I really don't know).

zwirbl 6y ago
Eastern Turkey in that time was predominantly Roman/Greek. On Wikipedia at least Saint George is described as a soldier of Greek origin.
rgblambda 6y ago
Saint George was a Greek. Whether the Greeks are to be considered "white" depends on whatever your definition of white is I suppose.