List of Ghanaians

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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[]

George Ayittey (left) and Kwame Anthony Appiah (right)
  • Akua Kuenyehia, lawyer, judge, former First Vice President of the International Criminal Court, former Dean, Faculty of Law University of Ghana
  • William Emmanuel Abraham, philosopher, author, and vice chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • Kwasi Kwarfo Adarkwa, Ghanaian 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
  • Fred McBagonluri, academic, author and inventor
  • Joseph Amenowode, academic and politician.
  • 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
  • Kwesi Akwansah Andam, author, civil engineer and former Vice Chancellor of KNUST
  • Aba Andam, nuclear physicist, lecturer at KNUST
  • Daniel Asua Wubah, academic, President of Millersville University

Arts[]

Nkyinkim by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ozwald Boateng

Sculpture and painting[]

  • Wiz Kudowor, artist
  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, sculptor
  • Eric Adjetey Anang, sculptor
  • Ben Agbee, artist
  • 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
  • Theodosia Okoh, artist, designer of Ghana's flag
  • Owusu-Ankomah, painter
  • Rikki Wemega-Kwawu, artist
  • Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, painter
  • Bright Tetteh Ackwerh, sculptor

Architecture[]

  • David Adjaye, architect
  • Theodore S. Clerk, first Ghanaian architect and urban planner
  • Elsie Owusu, founding chair of the Society of Black Architects
  • Harry Sawyerr, architect

Fashion[]

  • Joyce Ababio, fashion designer/educationist
  • Virgil Abloh, fashion designer
  • Hilda Akua, model
  • Kofi Ansah, fashion designer
  • Ozwald Boateng, fashion designer
  • Joe Casely-Hayford, fashion designer
  • Edward Enninful, editor of British Vogue magazine
  • Claudia Lumor, fashion magazine publisher and fashion show producer
  • Samata, formerly known as Samata Angel, fashion designer and author
  • Sam Sarpong, supermodel
  • Adwoa Aboah, supermodel
  • Ruth Quarshie
  • Akpene Diata Hoggar
  • Nana Akua Addo
  • Prisca Abah
  • Kate Tachie-Menson
  • Aisha Ayensu
  • Charlotte Mensah

Photography[]

  • Felicia Ansah Abban
  • Philip Kwame Apagya
  • James Barnor
  • Prince Gyasi

Dancers and dance instructors[]

Business[]

Adam Afriyie (left) and Lord Paul Boateng (right)

Other educators[]

Beattie Casely-Hayford
  • Gottlieb A. Adom, teacher, journalist and church minister
  • James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, intellectual, missionary, and teacher
  • Kofi Annan, diplomat and chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • Ernest Aryeetey
  • 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
  • Patrick Awuah, founder and President of Ashesi University
  • Stephen Adei, educationist, writer, economist and motivational speaker
  • Richard Appiah Akoto, educationalist
  • Francis Allotey, mathematical physicist
  • Kofi Awoonor, professor and diplomat
  • Mavis Owureku-Asare
  • Priscilla Kolibea Mante
  • Marian Asantewah Nkansah

Judiciary[]

Diplomats[]

Film actors and directors[]

Boris Kodjoe
Idris Elba

Comedians[]

Journalists[]

Samia Nkrumah

Military figures[]

Jerry John Rawlings
  • Akwasi Afrifa, soldier and former politician and head of state of Ghana
  • Joseph Arthur Ankrah, soldier and second head of state of Ghana
  • Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, lieutenant general; commissioned as a lieutenant in 1954 and seconded to the British army on the Rhine
  • David Anumle Hansen, Ghana Navy Chief of Naval Staff
  • Jerry Rawlings, former president of the Republic of Ghana and Ghana Air Force fighter pilot
  • Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah (born 1930), first Ghanaian policewoman

Physicians and surgeons[]

Dr. Jacob Kwakye-Maafo
  • 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[]

Kofi Annan
  • 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 and one of The Big Six
  • Prosper Douglas Bani, former Chief of Staff
  • Albert Adu Boahen
  • Lord Paul Boateng, British Labour Party politician, member of House of Lords, solicitor, barrister and businessman
  • Peter Bossman, Slovenian politician
  • Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister and author
  • J. B. Danquah, statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar, historian and one of The Big Six
  • James Victor Gbeho, diplomat
  • J. E. Casely Hayford, journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician
  • John Kufuor, former President of Ghana, Global Ambassador against Hunger for UN World Food Programme (WFP)
  • 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
  • Jerry Rawlings, former President
  • Charles Wereko-Brobby
  • Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, former MP and Finance Minister
  • Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, politician, journalist
  • Obuobia Darko-Opoku
  • Ama Bame Busia
  • Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie
  • Naana Eyiah Quansah
  • Abena Durowaa Mensah
  • Cynthia Mamle Morrison
  • Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei
  • Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah
  • Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei
  • Felicia Adjei

Sports[]

Abedi Pele
Marcel Desailly
Isaac Dogboe
Asamoah Gyan
  • Osumanu Adama, world champion boxer
  • 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, footballer currently with Inter
  • Anita Asante, English soccer player
  • André Ayew, Swansea City footballer
  • Jordan Ayew, Crystal Palace footballer, brother of André Ayew
  • Mario Balotelli, footballer currently with OGC Nice
  • Jérôme Boateng, footballer currently with Bayern Munich
  • Kwame Ayew
  • Kevin-Prince Boateng, footballer currently with UD Las Palmas
  • Joshua Clottey, former world champion boxer
  • Marcel Desailly, former French footballer
  • 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, association footballer currently with Arsenal and the England national football team
  • 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
  • Azume Adams
  • Lydia Mato
  • Juliana Kakraba
  • Winnifred Ntumi
  • Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah
  • Abigail Kwarteng
  • Habiba Atta Forson
  • Kofi Sarkodie

Media[]

Reggie Yates
  • Dzifa Affainie
  • Nana Aba Anamoah, Media Personality
  • 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[]

William Boyd
W. E. B. Du Bois
  • 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)
  • 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 and social commentator
  • Taiye Selasi
  • Efua Sutherland, playwright, poet and dramatist
  • Empi Baryeh
  • Portia Dery
  • Nana Sandy Achampong, novelist, poet and academic

Artists[]

Gospel Artist[]

ICT[]

Activists[]

Inventors and innovators[]

Others[]

See also[]

References[]

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