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.
Academics
- 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
- Joseph Amenowode, academic and politician
- Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher and novelist
- George Ayittey, economist and author
- Dr. R. P. Baffour, academic, mechanical engineer and first vice chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Philip Gbeho, teacher, musician, composer of Ghana national anthem
- Paa Grant, founder and the first chairman of the United Gold Coast Convention
- Joseph Henry Mensah, politician and economist
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia, ethnomusicologist
- Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah, author and scholar
- Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Arts
- Eric Adjetey Anang, sculptor
- El Anatsui, sculptor
- Nana Oforiatta Ayim, art historian, curator, filmmaker, writer
- Kimathi Donkor, painter
- Ablade Glover, painter
- Theodosia Okoh, artist, designer of Ghana's flag
- Owusu-Ankomah, painter
Architecture
- David Adjaye, architect
- Harry Sawyerr, architect
- SM Quartey] , architect
- Joe Osae Addo, architect
Fashion
- Hilda Akua, model
- Kofi Ansah, fashion designer
- Ozwald Boateng, fashion designer
- Joe Casely-Hayford, fashion designer
- Samata, formerly known as Samata Angel, fashion designer and author
- Sam Sarpong, supermodel
Photography
Dancers and dance instructors
Business
- Adam Afriyie, British Conservative Party politician and multimillionaire
- Roland Agambire
- Prince Kofi Amoabeng
- Prince Selorm Kwami Tokpo, entrepreneur
- K. Y. Amoako, international civil servant for the United Nations and businessman
- Joyce Aryee, businesswoman and politician
- Thomas Edward Barter, 17th-century Cape Coast trader
- Lord Paul Boateng, British Labour Party politician, member of House of Lords, solicitor
- Sam E Jonah, businessman
- Togbe Delalom Kocuvie-Tay, entrepreneur
- J. K. Siaw
Academia and educators
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- James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, intellectual, missionary, and teacher
- Kofi Annan, economist 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
- John Atta Mills, former President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana; university professor of law
Judges and judiciary
- Mabel Agyemang, Chief Justice Supreme Court of The Gambia
- Daniel Francis Annan, judge
- Joyce Bamford-Addo, judge and barrister
- Georgina Theodora Wood, first female Chief Justice of Ghana[1]
Diplomats
Film actors and directors
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- Freema Agyeman, actress
- John Akomfrah, film director and screenwriter
- Amma Asante, Ghanaian-British film writer and director
- Jackie Aygemang, Ghanaian actress
- Yaba Badoe, filmmaker and writer
- Akosua Busia, actress
- Paul Danquah, Ghanaian-British actor
- Idris Elba, actor
- Boris Kodjoe, actor
- Peter Mensah, actor
- Majid Michel, Ghanaian actor
- Hugh Quarshie, actor
- Van Vicker, Ghanaian actor
Comedians
- Kofi Adu, actor and comedian
- Michael Blackson, comedian
- Agya Koo, comedian
- Liwin A.K.A Kwadwo Nkansa, actor and comedian
Journalists
- David Ampofo
- Akua Dansua, journalist
- Ameyaw Debrah, blogger and journalist
- Komla Dumor, journalist
- Cameron Duodu, journalist, broadcaster, writer
- Ekow Eshun, journalist and broadcaster
- Afua Hirsch, journalist
- Asare Konadu
- Gamal Nkrumah, journalist, Pan-Africanist and editor
- Samia Nkrumah, journalist
- Adepa Safo, journalist, broadcaster and Pan-Africanist
- Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, journalist
- Roland Walker
Military figures
- Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian 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
Modern military figures
- David Animle Hansen, Ghana Navy Chief of Naval Staff
- Jerry Rawlings, former president of the Republic of Ghana and Ghana Air Force fighter pilot
Physicians and surgeons
- Kwame Addo-Kufuor, medical doctor
- Raphael Armattoe, doctor, poet, politician
- E. A. Badoe
- John Bilson
- Kofi Boahene
- Peter Bossman, doctor
- Charles Odamtten Easmon, surgeon
- 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
Politics
Prince Selorm Kwami Tokpo, politician
- Paa Kow Ackon, Progressive People's Party politician
- Akwasi Afrifa, former President
- Adam Afriyie, British Conservative Party politician and businessman
- Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Ghana nationalist politician and one of the The Big Six
- Edward Akufo-Addo, former President and one of the The Big Six
- Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP's 2008, 2012 and 2016 Presidential Candidate
- Reginald Reynolds Amponsah
- Joseph Arthur Ankrah, former President
- Kofi Annan, 7th UN Secretary-General
- William Ofori Atta, politician, founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of the 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, Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar, historian and one of the The Big Six
- 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
- Alan John Kyerematen
- John Dramani Mahama, current President
- 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 The Big Six
- Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ghanaian politician, one of the founders and leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of the 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
Sports
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- Osumanu Adama, world champion boxer
- Freddy Adu, footballer
- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, sprinter
- Vida Anim, athlete
- Ezekiel Ansah, American football player
- Stephen Appiah, footballer, former captain of the The Black Stars
- Kwadwo Asamoah, footballer currently with Juventus
- Anita Asante, English soccer player
- André Ayew, West Ham United footballer
- Jordan Ayew, Aston Villa footballer, brother of André Ayew
- Mario Balotelli, footballer currently with OGC Nice
- Jérôme Boateng, footballer currently with Bayern Munich
- 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
Media
- Dzifa Affainie
- Anas Aremeyaw Anas
- Amma Serwaa Temaa Ashitey, media consultant, music executive
- Benard Kokou Avleh, broadcast journalist
- Abdul Malik Kweku Baako (Jnr.), media journalist
- 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
- Kwame Sefa Kayi, broadcast journalist
- Ras Kwame, DJ and radio presenter
- Ras Mubarak, media consultant
- Deborah Owusu-Bonsu, television presenter
- June Sarpong, television presenter
- Mahama Shaibu
- Alhassan Suhuyini, broadcast journalist
- Reggie Yates, television presenter
Writers and poets
- 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
- Kojo Laing, novelist
- Lesley Lokko, novelist and architect
- Atukwei Okai, poet, cultural activist and academic
- Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes, poet
- Nii Parkes, full name Nii Ayikwei Parkes, author and social commentator
- Taiye Selasi
- Efua Sutherland, playwright, poet and dramatist
Music
- Akosua Agyapong
- Kofi Owusu Dua Anto
- Kojo Antwi
- Becca
- Joe Beecham
- Lethal Bizzle
- Paa Boateng
- C-Real
- Castro
- A. B. Crentsil
- Daughters of Glorious Jesus
- Rocky Dawuni
- Amakye Dede
- Donae'o
- E.L
- Efya
- Fuse ODG
- Kofi Ghanaba
- Jay Ghartey
- Sherifa Gunu
- Joey B
- Kenteman, creator of kente music
- Kesse
- Kofi Kinaata
- Pappy Kojo
- Bice Osei Kuffour
- Daddy Lumba
- Rita Marley
- Joe Mettle
- Nayaah
- Agya Koo Nimo
- Nii Okai
- Yaw Osei-Owusu
- Osibisa
- Cwasi Oteng
- Nana Quame
- Dizzee Rascal
- Reggie Rockstone
- Sarkodie
- Esther Smith
- Stonebwoy
- Stormzy
- Sway
- Tempa T
- Stephan Vanderpuye
- Shatta Wale
- Helen Yawson
ICT
- Joe Anokye
- Augustine Yaw Blay
- Nana Mensah
- Eric Nukpezah
- Nii Quaynor
- Stephan Vanderpuye
Inventors and innovators
Others
- Ben Hinson[2]
- Tetteh Edem Renosten
- Kofi Bentum Quantson
See also
- Ghanaian Americans
- Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
- List of historical Ghanaian traditional rulers
- List of Ghanaian actors
- List of Ghanaian filmmakers
- List of Ghanaian musicians
- List of writers from Ghana
References
- ↑ "Georgina Wood, exuding confidence, promises integrity". http://www.ghanaweb.com. Ghanaweb. Retrieved 24 January 2015. External link in
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