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
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 teacherFrancis Allotey , mathematical physicistJoseph Amenowode , academic and politicianKwesi Akwansah Andam , author, civil engineer and former vice chancellor of KNUSTAba Andam , nuclear physicist, lecturer at KNUSTKwame Anthony Appiah , philosopher and novelistGeorge Ayittey , economist and authorRobert 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 anthemAkua 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 inventorDaniel Asua Wubah , academic , president of Millersville University Freddy Borketey Nathaniel Boso , academic, corporate, and international marketing strategist
Arts
Nkyinkim by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama .
Sculpture and painting
Bright Tetteh Ackwerh , sculptorEric Adjetey Anang , sculptorBen Agbee , artistKwame Akoto-Bamfo , sculptorEl Anatsui , sculptorSerge Attukwei Clottey , artistNana Oforiatta Ayim , art historian, curator, filmmaker, writerJames Cudjoe , painterGodfried Donkor , painter and mixed-media artistKimathi Donkor , painterAblade Glover , painterWiz Kudowor , artistTheodosia Okoh , artist, designer of Ghana's flagOwusu-Ankomah , painterRikki Wemega-Kwawu , artistLynette Yiadom-Boakye , painterAmon Kotei , artist, designer of Ghana’s Coat of Arms
Architecture
Fashion
Joyce Ababio , fashion designer/educationistVirgil Abloh , fashion designerAdwoa Aboah , supermodelNana Akua Addo Hilda Akua , modelKofi Ansah , fashion designerAisha Ayensu Ozwald Boateng , fashion designerJoe Casely-Hayford , fashion designerEdward Enninful , editor of British Vogue Akpene Diata Hoggar Claudia Lumor , fashion magazine publisher and fashion show producerCharlotte Mensah Ruth Quarshie Samata , formerly known as Samata Angel, fashion designer and authorSam Sarpong , supermodelKate Tachie-Menson Beatrice Bee Arthur , fashion designer
Photography
Dancers and dance instructors
Business
Adam Afriyie , British Conservative Party politician and multimillionaireGeorge Afriyie , businessman and football administratorRoland Agambire Prince Kofi Amoabeng Abena Amoah K. Y. Amoako , international civil servant for the United Nations and businessmanAnne Amuzu Joyce Aryee , businesswoman and politicianYvette Adounvo Atekpe Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo , businesswomanThomas Edward Barter , 17th-century Cape Coast traderMarufatu Abiola Bawuah Lord Paul Boateng , British Labour Party politician, member of House of Lords , solicitor Jesse Edem Cleverson , innovatorBernice Dapaah Dzigbordi Dosoo Sam E Jonah , businessmanPatricia Obo-Nai Kate Quartey-Papafio , businesswomanJ. K. Siaw Winnifred Selby Akua Sarpong-Ayisa Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe Adowarim Lugu Zuri
Other educators
Beattie Casely-Hayford Stephen Adei , educationist, writer, economist and motivational speakerGottlieb A. Adom , teacher, journalist and church ministerJames Emman Kwegyir Aggrey , intellectual, missionary, and teacherRichard Appiah Akoto , educationalistFrancis Allotey , mathematical physicistKofi Annan , diplomat and chancellor of the University of Ghana Ernest Aryeetey Kofi Awoonor , professor and diplomatPatrick 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 lawyerBeattie Casely-Hayford , engineerGus Casely-Hayford , curator and cultural historianAlexander Worthy Clerk , missionary and teacherCarl Henry Clerk , teacher and church ministerJane E. Clerk , teacher and education administratorNicholas Timothy Clerk , missionary and clergymanJohn Atta Mills , former president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana ; university professor of lawMavis Owureku-Asare Priscilla Kolibea Mante Marian Asantewah Nkansah Percy Sackey
Judiciary
Diplomats
Film actors and directors
Ama Abebrese Leila Djansi Kofi Adjorlolo Freema Agyeman , actressJohn Akomfrah , film director and screenwriterAmma Asante , Ghanaian-British film writer and directorJackie Aygemang , actressMac Jordan Amartey Chris Attoh , actorYaba Badoe , filmmaker and writerClara Amoateng Benson Thelma Buabeng Nadia Buhari , actressAkosua Busia , actressPaul Danquah , Ghanaian-British actorMichael Dapaah David Dontoh Joselyn Dumas , actressJohn Dumelo Idris Elba , actorNii Odartei Evans , actor, producer, voiceover artistBoris Kodjoe , actorDayan Kodua Anita Kuma Peter Mensah , actorMajid Michel , actorYvonne Nelson , actressSika Osei Nii Kwate Owoo Kwame Owusu Ansah Kwesi Owusu Hugh Quarshie , actorSocrate Safo , directorBob Santo Hailliote Sumney Van Vicker , actorZynnell Zuh
Journalists
Emmanuel K. Dogbevi , journalistAnas Aremyaw Anas , journalistNana Aba Anamoah , journalistRoger A. Agana , journalistDavid Ampofo Jemila Abdulai Bernard Avle , journalistManasseh Azure , journalistNathaniel Attoh , journalistKweku Baako, Jnr , journalistJuliet Bawuah Kojo Akoto Boateng , journalistAttractive Mustapha , journalistRobert Nii Arday Clegg , journalistAkua Dansua , journalistAmeyaw Debrah , blogger and journalistKomla Dumor , journalistCameron Duodu , journalist, broadcaster, writerEkow Eshun , journalist and broadcasterNatalie Fort , journalistAfua Hirsch , journalistAkpene Diata Hoggar , bloggerNana Kwadwo Jantuah , journalistIsaac Kaledzi , journalistKwami Sefa Kayi , journalistAsare Konadu Anita Kuma Kent Mensah , journalistEmma Morrison Gamal Nkrumah , journalist, Pan-Africanist and editorSamia Nkrumah , journalistPearl Akanya Ofori , journalistEdward Oppong Marfo , journalistBrigitte Sossou Perenyi Jessica Opare Saforo Joseph Evans Okai ,Investigative JournalistKwaku Sakyi-Addo , journalistSeth J. Bokpe , journalistSeth Kwame Boateng , journalistEdward Adeti , investigative journalistEmmanuel Kwasi Debrah, journalist
Physicians and surgeons
Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V , dental surgeon and traditional rulerNancy Abu-Bonsrah , neurosurgeonBeatrice Wiafe Addai , medical officer and surgeon[ 1] Kwame Addo-Kufuor , medical doctor Raphael Armattoe , doctor, poet, politicianE. A. Badoe John Bilson Kofi Boahene Peter Bossman , doctor Alexander Adu Clerk , sleep medicine specialist and psychiatristMatilda J. Clerk , physicianCharles Odamtten Easmon , surgeonEmmanuel Evans-Anfom , physician and academicKwabena Frimpong-Boateng , cardiothoracic surgeon Ernest James Hayford Susan Gyankorama De-Graft Johnson Emmanuel A. Kissi Jacob Kwakye-Maafo , physician and surgeonEdward Mahama Frederick Nanka-Bruce David Ofori-Adjei Susan Ofori-Atta Benjamin Quartey-Papafio , first Ghanaian to obtain an MD degreeBernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro , surgeon and former president of the Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandFred T. Sai , academic and family health physicianEllen Boakye Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse
Politics
Felicia Adjei Justice Samuel Adjei Emelia Arthur San Nasamu Asabigi Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei Akwasi Afrifa , former presidentAdam Afriyie , British Conservative Party politician and businessmanEbenezer 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 GhanaReginald Reynolds Amponsah Joseph Arthur Ankrah , former presidentKofi Annan , 7th UN Secretary-GeneralKojo 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 staffAlbert Adu Boahen Lucy Awuni Mbun Lord Paul Boateng , British Labour Party politician, member of House of Lords , solicitor , barrister and businessmanPeter Bossman , Slovenian politicianAma Bame Busia Kofi Abrefa Busia , prime minister and authorJ. B. Danquah , statesman , pan-Africanist , scholar, historian and one of The Big Six Obuobia Darko-Opoku Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei James Victor Gbeho , diplomatJ. E. Casely Hayford , journalist , author, lawyer, educator, and politicianAbu Kasanbata John Kufuor , former president of Ghana, Global Ambassador against Hunger for UN World Food Programme (WFP)Ken Kwaku (born 1946), corporate governance expertKwasi Kwarteng , British Conservative Party politicianFiifi Fiavi Kwetey , MP and ministerAmbrose Dery , MP and ministerHaruna Iddrisu , MP and ministerAlan John Kyerematen John Dramani Mahama John Atta Mills , former president of the Republic of GhanaMuntaka Mohammed Mubarak Janet Nabla 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 1970Aaron Mike Oquaye Victor Owusu Kwadwo Baah Wiredu , former MP and finance ministerKojo Oppong Nkrumah , politician, journalistNana Akua Owusu Afriyie K. Abaka-Quansah , former MPNaana Eyiah Quansah Abena Durowaa Mensah Cynthia Mamle Morrison Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah Jerry Rawlings , former presidentCharles Wereko-Brobby Justina Owusu-Banahene , Bono regional minister
Sports
Isaac Dogboe Asamoah Gyan Osumanu Adama , world champion boxerAzume Adams Rev Osei Kofi Joseph Addai , American football playerFreddy Adu , footballer Harry Aikines-Aryeetey , sprinterVida Anim , athleteEzekiel Ansah , American football playerStephen Appiah , footballer, former captain of The Black Stars Kwadwo Asamoah , former footballerAnita Asante , English footballerAndré Ayew , footballerJordan Ayew , footballer, brother of André AyewMario Balotelli , footballerBen Bentil (born 1995), Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Jérôme Boateng , footballerKwame Ayew Kevin-Prince Boateng , footballerJoshua Clottey , former world champion boxerMarcel Desailly , former French footballer, captain of the France national football team and FIFA World Cup winnerMichael Essien , footballerIgnisious Gaisah , athleteKim Grant , footballerAsamoah Gyan , footballerKofi Kingston , professional wrestlerNana Yaw Konadu , world champion boxerJohn Mensah , footballerPops Mensah-Bonsu , basketball playerAzumah Nelson , world champion boxerKwame Nkrumah-Acheampong , skierJohn Paintsil , footballerAbedi Pele , footballerClement Quartey , olympic boxing silver medalistIke Quartey , former world champion boxerDanny Welbeck , footballerArthur Wharton , the first black professional association football player in the worldRachel Yankey , footballerTony Yeboah , footballerThomas Partey , footballerTimothy Fosu-Mensah , footballerStephen Appiah , former footballerAbdul Baba Rahman , footballerKevin-Prince Boateng Charles Asampong Taylor Bernard Dong Bortey Issac Dogboe , world champion boxerVida Opoku Lydia Mato Juliana Kakraba Winnifred Ntumi Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Abigail Kwarteng Habiba Atta Forson Kofi Sarkodie
Dzifa Affainie Nana Aba Anamoah , media personalityNana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong , media personality and entrepreneur Anas Aremeyaw Anas Roger A. Agana Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah , Golden City Business MagazineTerry Baddoo , journalist and television news presenter Margaret Busby , editor and publisher, founder of Allison & Busby Ameyaw Debrah , blogger, publisher celebrity bloggerMarcel Desailly , pundit and former footballer Afua Hirsch , journalist and television news presenterRas Kwame , DJ and radio presenterRas Mubarak , media consultantDeborah Owusu-Bonsu , television presenterAmoaning Samuel , blogger and radio personalityJune Sarpong , television presenterOral Ofori , digital storytellerMahama Shaibu Alhassan Suhuyini , broadcast journalistReggie Yates , television presenter
Writers and poets
Ama Ata Aidoo , writerMohammed Naseehu Ali , writer and musicianKofi Anyidoho , poet and academicAyi Kwei Armah , novelist and social criticAyesha Harruna Attah , writerKofi Awoonor , poet and academicJ. Benibengor Blay William Boyd , novelist and screenwriter (born in Accra )Roseanne A. Brown , fantasy and Young adult fiction novelistMabel Dove Danquah , journalist, political activist and creative writerAmma Darko , novelistKwame Dawes , poet, editor and criticJoe de Graft , playwright and dramatistAmu Djoleto , poet and educatorW. E. B. Du Bois , author, editor, sociologist , historian , civil rights activist and Pan-Africanist Kodwo Eshun , writer, theorist and filmmakerYaa Gyasi , novelistKojo Laing , novelistLesley Lokko , novelist and architectAtukwei Okai , poet, cultural activist and academicFrancis Ernest Kobina Parkes , poetNii Parkes , author, publisher and social commentatorTaiye Selasi Efua Sutherland , playwright, poet and dramatistEmpi Baryeh Portia Dery Nana Sandy Achampong , novelist, poet and academic
Artists
Gospel artists
Activists
Inventors and innovators
Others
Harriet Bruce-Annan (born 1965), humanitarianMaudlyn Akosua Awuku , women's rights advocateEfua Asibon Ama Hemmah Nana Yaw Nkrumah , record producer and sound engineerFelicia Edem Attipoe Eva Mends , economistRuth Ama Gyan-Darkwa DJ Zel Molly Germaine Prempeh John Collins , UK born-Ghanaian guitarist, harmonica player and percussionistDaniel Yaw Domelevo , Auditor-General of Ghana Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah , transformational coach, mBIT Master Coach, corporate trainer, consultant, author, and columnist.
See also
References
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