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This
list of notable Ghanaians
includes people who were born in
Ghana
and people who are of
Ghanaian
ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
University academics
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- William Emmanuel Abraham
, philosopher, author, and vice-chancellor of the
University of Ghana
- Kwasi Kwarfo Adarkwa
, academician and the immediate past vice chancellor of the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey
, intellectual, missionary, and teacher
- Francis Allotey
, mathematical physicist
- Joseph Amenowode
, academic and politician
- Kwesi Akwansah Andam
, author, civil engineer and former Vice Chancellor of KNUST
- Aba Andam
, nuclear physicist, lecturer at KNUST
- Kwame Anthony Appiah
,
philosopher
and novelist
- George Ayittey
, economist and author
- Robert Patrick Baffour
, academic, mechanical engineer and first vice chancellor of the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Nicholas T. Clerk
,
academic
,
administrator
and
Presbyterian minister
- George C. Clerk
,
botanist
- Philip Gbeho
, teacher, musician, composer of Ghana national anthem
- Akua Kuenyehia
, lawyer, judge, former First Vice President of the
International Criminal Court
, former Dean, Faculty of Law
University of Ghana
- Fred McBagonluri
, academic, author and inventor
- Daniel Asua Wubah
,
academic
, President of
Millersville University
- [Freddy Borketey]],
- Nathaniel Boso
, academic, corporate, and international marketing strategist
Arts
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Sculpture and painting
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- Bright Tetteh Ackwerh
, sculptor
- Eric Adjetey Anang
, sculptor
- Ben Agbee
, artist
- Kwame Akoto-Bamfo
, sculptor
- El Anatsui
, sculptor
- Serge Attukwei Clottey
, artist
- Nana Oforiatta Ayim
, art historian, curator, filmmaker, writer
- James Cudjoe
, painter
- Godfried Donkor
, painter and mixed-media artist
- Kimathi Donkor
, painter
- Ablade Glover
, painter
- Wiz Kudowor
, artist
- Theodosia Okoh
, artist, designer of Ghana's flag
- Owusu-Ankomah
, painter
- Rikki Wemega-Kwawu
, artist
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
, painter
Architecture
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- David Adjaye
, architect
- Theodore S. Clerk
,
urban planner
and first Ghanaian professionally certified
architect
- Elsie Owusu
, founding chair of the Society of Black Architects
- Harry Sawyerr
, architect
- Dr Eric George Alexander Don-Arthur PhD
, architect and builder of the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Former Secretary/Minister of Roads & Highways, Works & Housing, Western Region, Central Region, Economic Cooperation, Special Presidential Assignments. Author of 'Ghana's Historic Journey to Self-Government and Independence'.
Fashion
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- Joyce Ababio
, fashion designer/educationist
- Prisca Abah
- Virgil Abloh
, fashion designer
- Adwoa Aboah
, supermodel
- Nana Akua Addo
- Hilda Akua
, model
- Kofi Ansah
, fashion designer
- Aisha Ayensu
- Ozwald Boateng
, fashion designer
- Joe Casely-Hayford
, fashion designer
- Edward Enninful
, editor of British
Vogue
magazine
- Akpene Diata Hoggar
- Claudia Lumor
, fashion magazine publisher and fashion show producer
- Charlotte Mensah
- Ruth Quarshie
- Samata
, formerly known as Samata Angel, fashion designer and author
- Sam Sarpong
, supermodel
- Kate Tachie-Menson
- Beatrice Bee Arthur
, fashion designer
Photography
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Dancers and dance instructors
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Business
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- Adam Afriyie
,
British Conservative Party
politician and multimillionaire
- George Afriyie
, businessman and football administrator
- Roland Agambire
- Prince Kofi Amoabeng
- Abena Amoah
- K. Y. Amoako
, international civil servant for the
United Nations
and businessman
- Anne Amuzu
- Joyce Aryee
, businesswoman and politician
- Yvette Adounvo Atekpe
- Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo
, businesswoman
- Thomas Edward Barter
, 17th-century
Cape Coast
trader
- Marufatu Abiola Bawuah
- Lord Paul Boateng
,
British Labour Party
politician, member of
House of Lords
,
solicitor
- Jesse Edem Cleverson
, innovator
- Bernice Dapaah
- Dzigbordi Dosoo
- Sam E Jonah
, businessman
- Patricia Obo-Nai
- Kate Quartey-Papafio
, businesswoman
- J. K. Siaw
- Winnifred Selby
- Akua Sarpong-Ayisa
- Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe
- Adowarim Lugu Zuri
Other educators
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- Stephen Adei
, educationist, writer, economist and motivational speaker
- Gottlieb A. Adom
, teacher, journalist and church minister
- James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey
, intellectual, missionary, and teacher
- Richard Appiah Akoto
, educationalist
- Francis Allotey
, mathematical physicist
- Kofi Annan
, diplomat and chancellor of the
University of Ghana
- Ernest Aryeetey
- Kofi Awoonor
, professor and diplomat
- Patrick Awuah
, founder and President of
Ashesi University
- Edward S. Ayensu
, economist, scientist and former chairman of the
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- George Ayittey
, economist, author, professor and president of the
Free Africa Foundation
- Kwesi Botchwey
, professor and lawyer
- Beattie Casely-Hayford
, engineer
- Gus Casely-Hayford
, curator and cultural historian
- Alexander Worthy Clerk
, missionary and teacher
- Carl Henry Clerk
, teacher and church minister
- Jane E. Clerk
, teacher and education administrator
- Nicholas Timothy Clerk
, missionary and clergyman
- John Atta Mills
, former
President
of the Fourth Republic of
Ghana
; university professor of law
- Mavis Owureku-Asare
- Priscilla Kolibea Mante
- Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Judiciary
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Diplomats
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Film actors and directors
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- Ama Abebrese
- Leila Djansi
- Kofi Adjorlolo
- Freema Agyeman
, actress
- John Akomfrah
, film director and screenwriter
- Amma Asante
, Ghanaian-British film writer and director
- Jackie Aygemang
, actress
- Mac Jordan Amartey
- Chris Attoh
, actor
- Yaba Badoe
, filmmaker and writer
- Clara Amoateng Benson
- Thelma Buabeng
- Nadia Buhari
, actress
- Akosua Busia
, actress
- Paul Danquah
, Ghanaian-British actor
- Michael Dapaah
- David Dontoh
- Joselyn Dumas
, actress
- John Dumelo
- Idris Elba
, actor
- Nii Odartei Evans
, actor, producer, voiceover artist
- Boris Kodjoe
, actor
- Dayan Kodua
- Anita Kuma
- Peter Mensah
, actor
- Majid Michel
, actor
- Yvonne Nelson
, actress
- Sika Osei
- Nii Kwate Owoo
- Kwame Owusu Ansah
- Kwesi Owusu
- Hugh Quarshie
, actor
- Socrate Safo
, director
- Bob Santo
- Hailliote Sumney
- Van Vicker
, actor
- Zynnell Zuh
Comedians
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Journalists
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- Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
, journalist
- Anas Aremyaw Anas
, journalist
- Nana Aba Anamoah
, journalist
- Roger A. Agana
, journalist
- David Ampofo
- Jemila Abdulai
- Bernard Avle
, journalist
- Manasseh Azure
, journalist
- Nathaniel Attoh
, journalist
- Kweku Baako, Jnr
, journalist
- Juliet Bawuah
- Kojo Akoto Boateng
, journalist
- Attractive Mustapha
, journalist
- Robert Nii Arday Clegg
, journalist
- Akua Dansua
, journalist
- Ameyaw Debrah
, blogger and journalist
- Komla Dumor
, journalist
- Cameron Duodu
, journalist, broadcaster, writer
- Ekow Eshun
, journalist and broadcaster
- Natalie Fort
, journalist
- Afua Hirsch
, journalist
- Akpene Diata Hoggar
, blogger
- Nana Kwadwo Jantuah
, journalist
- Isaac Kaledzi
, journalist
- Kwami Sefa Kayi
, journalist
- Asare Konadu
- Anita Kuma
- Kent Mensah
, journalist
- Emma Morrison
- Gamal Nkrumah
, journalist,
Pan-Africanist
and editor
- Samia Nkrumah
, journalist
- Pearl Akanya Ofori
, journalist
- Edward Oppong Marfo
, journalist
- Brigitte Sossou Perenyi
- Jessica Opare Saforo
- Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
, journalist
- Seth J. Bokpe
, journalist
- Seth Kwame Boateng
, journalist
- Emmanuel Kwasi Debrah, journalist
Military figures
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Physicians and surgeons
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- Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V
, dental surgeon and traditional ruler
- Beatrice Wiafe Addai
, medical officer and surgeon
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- Kwame Addo-Kufuor
,
medical doctor
- Raphael Armattoe
, doctor, poet, politician
- E. A. Badoe
- John Bilson
- Kofi Boahene
- Peter Bossman
,
doctor
- Alexander Adu Clerk
, sleep medicine specialist and psychiatrist
- Matilda J. Clerk
, physician
- Charles Odamtten Easmon
, surgeon
- Emmanuel Evans-Anfom
, physician and academic
- Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
,
cardiothoracic surgeon
- Ernest James Hayford
- Susan Gyankorama De-Graft Johnson
- Emmanuel A. Kissi
- Jacob Kwakye-Maafo
, physician and surgeon
- Edward Mahama
- Frederick Nanka-Bruce
- David Ofori-Adjei
- Susan Ofori-Atta
- Benjamin Quartey-Papafio
, first Ghanaian to obtain an MD degree
- Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro
, surgeon and former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Fred T. Sai
, academic and family health physician
- Ellen Boakye
- Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse
Politics
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- Felicia Adjei
- Justice Samuel Adjei
- Emelia Arthur
- San Nasamu Asabigi
- Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei
- Akwasi Afrifa
, former President
- Adam Afriyie
,
British Conservative Party
politician and businessman
- Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
, nationalist politician and one of
The Big Six
- Edward Akufo-Addo
, former President and one of
The Big Six
- Nana Akufo-Addo
, current President of the Republic of Ghana
- Reginald Reynolds Amponsah
- Joseph Arthur Ankrah
, former President
- Kofi Annan
, 7th UN Secretary-General
- Kojo Asamoa-Caesar
, Member,
Democratic Party
- William Ofori Atta
, politician, founding member of the
United Gold Coast Convention
, one of
The Big Six
- Prosper Douglas Bani
, former Chief of Staff
- Albert Adu Boahen
- Lucy Awuni Mbun
- Lord Paul Boateng
,
British Labour Party
politician, member of
House of Lords
,
solicitor
,
barrister
and businessman
- Peter Bossman
,
Slovenian
politician
- Ama Bame Busia
- Kofi Abrefa Busia
, Prime Minister and author
- J. B. Danquah
,
statesman
,
pan-Africanist
, scholar, historian and one of
The Big Six
- Obuobia Darko-Opoku
- Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei
- James Victor Gbeho
, diplomat
- J. E. Casely Hayford
,
journalist
, author, lawyer, educator, and politician
- Abu Kasanbata
- John Kufuor
, former President of Ghana, Global Ambassador against Hunger for UN World Food Programme (WFP)
- Ken Kwaku
(born 1946), corporate governance expert
- Kwasi Kwarteng
,
British Conservative Party
politician
- Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey
, MP and Minister
- Ambrose Dery
, MP and Minister
- Haruna Iddrisu
, MP and Minister
- Alan John Kyerematen
- John Dramani Mahama
- John Atta Mills
, former President of the Republic of Ghana
- Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak
- Paa Kwesi Nduom
- Kwame Nkrumah
, founder of Pan-Africanism, leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the
Gold Coast
and one of
The Big Six
- Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey
, politician, one of the founders and leaders of the
United Gold Coast Convention
and one of
The Big Six
- Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey
- Nii Amaa Ollennu
, Chairman of the Presidential Commission and acting President of Ghana during the Second Republic from 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970
- Aaron Mike Oquaye
- Victor Owusu
- Kwadwo Baah Wiredu
, former MP and Finance Minister
- Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
, politician, journalist
- Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie
- Naana Eyiah Quansah
- Abena Durowaa Mensah
- Cynthia Mamle Morrison
- Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah
- Jerry Rawlings
, former President
- Charles Wereko-Brobby
- Justina Owusu-Banahene
, Bono Regional Minister
Sports
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- Osumanu Adama
, world champion boxer
- Azume Adams
- Rev Osei Kofi
- Joseph Addai
,
American football
player
- Freddy Adu
,
footballer
- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
, sprinter
- Vida Anim
, athlete
- Ezekiel Ansah
,
American football
player
- Stephen Appiah
, footballer, former captain of
The Black Stars
- Kwadwo Asamoah
, former footballer
- Anita Asante
,
English
footballer
- Andre Ayew
, footballer
- Jordan Ayew
, footballer, brother of Andre Ayew
- Mario Balotelli
, footballer
- Jerome Boateng
, footballer
- Kwame Ayew
- Kevin-Prince Boateng
, footballer
- Joshua Clottey
, former world champion boxer
- Marcel Desailly
, former
French
footballer, captain of the
France national football team
and
FIFA World Cup
winner
- Michael Essien
, footballer
- Ignisious Gaisah
, athlete
- Kim Grant
, footballer
- Asamoah Gyan
, footballer
- Kofi Kingston
, professional wrestler
- Nana Yaw Konadu
, world champion boxer
- John Mensah
, footballer
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu
, basketball player
- Azumah Nelson
, world champion boxer
- Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong
, skier
- John Paintsil
, footballer
- Abedi Pele
, footballer
- Clement Quartey
, olympic boxing silver medalist
- Ike Quartey
, former world champion boxer
- Danny Welbeck
, footballer
- Arthur Wharton
, the first black
professional
association football player in the world
- Rachel Yankey
, footballer
- Tony Yeboah
, footballer
- Thomas Partey
, footballer
- Timothy Fosu-Mensah
, footballer
- Stephen Appiah
, former footballer
- Abdul Baba Rahman
, footballer
- Kevin-Prince Boateng
- Charles Asampong Taylor
- Bernard Dong Bortey
- Issac Dogboe
, world champion boxer
- Vida Opoku
- Lydia Mato
- Juliana Kakraba
- Winnifred Ntumi
- Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah
- Abigail Kwarteng
- Habiba Atta Forson
- Kofi Sarkodie
Media
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- Dzifa Affainie
- Nana Aba Anamoah
, media personality
- Nana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong
, media personality and
entrepreneur
- Anas Aremeyaw Anas
- Roger A. Agana
- Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah
, Golden City Business Magazine
- Terry Baddoo
, journalist and television
news presenter
- Margaret Busby
, editor and publisher, founder of
Allison & Busby
- Ameyaw Debrah
, blogger, publisher celebrity blogger
- Marcel Desailly
,
pundit
and former
footballer
- Afua Hirsch
, journalist and television news presenter
- Ras Kwame
, DJ and radio presenter
- Ras Mubarak
, media consultant
- Deborah Owusu-Bonsu
, television presenter
- Amoaning Samuel
, blogger and radio personality
- June Sarpong
, television presenter
- Oral Ofori
, digital storyteller
- Mahama Shaibu
- Alhassan Suhuyini
, broadcast journalist
- Reggie Yates
, television presenter
Writers and poets
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- Ama Ata Aidoo
, writer
- Mohammed Naseehu Ali
, writer and musician
- Kofi Anyidoho
, poet and academic
- Ayi Kwei Armah
, novelist and social critic
- Ayesha Harruna Attah
, writer
- Kofi Awoonor
, poet and academic
- J. Benibengor Blay
- William Boyd
, novelist and
screenwriter
(born in
Accra
)
- Roseanne A. Brown
, fantasy and Young adult fiction novelist
- Mabel Dove Danquah
, journalist, political activist and creative writer
- Amma Darko
, novelist
- Kwame Dawes
, poet, editor and critic
- Joe de Graft
, playwright and dramatist
- Amu Djoleto
, poet and educator
- W. E. B. Du Bois
, author, editor,
sociologist
,
historian
,
civil rights activist
and
Pan-Africanist
- Kodwo Eshun
, writer, theorist and filmmaker
- Yaa Gyasi
, novelist
- Kojo Laing
, novelist
- Lesley Lokko
, novelist and architect
- Atukwei Okai
, poet, cultural activist and academic
- Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes
, poet
- Nii Parkes
, author, publisher and social commentator
- Taiye Selasi
- Efua Sutherland
, playwright, poet and dramatist
- Empi Baryeh
- Portia Dery
- Nana Sandy Achampong
, novelist, poet and academic
Artists
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Gospel artists
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Information and communications technology
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Activists
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Inventors and innovators
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Others
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- Harriet Bruce-Annan
(born 1965), humanitarian
- Maudlyn Akosua Awuku
, women's rights advocate
- Efua Asibon
- Ama Hemmah
- Nana Yaw Nkrumah
, record producer and sound engineer
- Felicia Edem Attipoe
- Eva Mends
, economist
- Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa
- DJ Zel
- Molly Germaine Prempeh
- John Collins
, UK born-Ghanaian guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist
- Daniel Yaw Domelevo
,
Auditor-General of Ghana
- Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah
, transformational coach, mBIT Master Coach, corporate trainer, consultant, author, and columnist.
See also
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References
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