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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.
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
Nkyinkim by
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo at the
National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in
Montgomery, Alabama .
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
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
Dancers and dance instructors
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
Beattie Casely-Hayford
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
Film actors and directors
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
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
Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V , dental surgeon and traditional ruler
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah , neurosurgeon
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
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
K. Abaka-Quansah , former MP
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
Isaac Dogboe
Asamoah Gyan
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
André Ayew , footballer
Jordan Ayew , footballer, brother of André Ayew
Mario Balotelli , footballer
Ben Bentil (born 1995), Ghanaian basketball player for
Hapoel Tel Aviv of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jérôme 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
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
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
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.