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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  • Mohammed-Sani Abdulai - president of Lakeside University College
  • William Emmanuel Abraham - Philosopher - Author and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • Kwasi Kwarfo Adarkwa - Academic and the 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
  • Aba Andam - Nuclear physicist and lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Kwesi Akwansah Andam - Author - civil engineer and former Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • 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
  • Nathaniel Boso - Academic and international marketing strategist
  • George C. Clerk - Botanist
  • Nicholas T. Clerk - Academic public administrator and Presbyterian Minister
  • Philip Gbeho - Teacher and composer of the Ghana National Anthem
  • Akua Kuenyehia - Academic and Lawyer who served as Judge of the International Criminal Court and former Dean of the Faculty of Law University of Ghana
  • Fred McBagonluri - Academic - author and inventor
  • Daniel Asua Wubah - Academic and President of Millersville University

Arts

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Sculpture and painting

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  • Bright Tetteh Ackwerh - Sculptor
  • Ben Agbee - Artist
  • Eric Adjetey Anang - Sculptor
  • El Anatsui - Sculptor
  • Owusu-Ankomah - Painter
  • Nana Oforiatta Ayim - Art historian, curator, filmmaker, writer
  • Kwame Akoto-Bamfo - Sculptor
  • Serge Attukwei Clottey - Artist
  • James Cudjoe - Painter
  • Godfried Donkor - Painter and mixed-media artist
  • Kimathi Donkor - Painter
  • Ablade Glover - Painter
  • Amon Kotei - Artist and designer of the coat of arms of Ghana
  • Wiz Kudowor - Artist
  • Theodosia Okoh - Artist and designer of the Flag of Ghana
  • 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

Dance

  • Obo Addy - Drummer and dancer

Fashion

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  • Joyce Ababio - Fashion designer and educator
  • Virgil Abloh - Fashion designer
  • Adwoa Aboah - Supermodel
  • Nana Akua Addo - Model and film producer/actress
  • Kofi Ansah - Fashion designer
  • Chloe Asaam - Fashion designer and sustainable fashion advocate
  • Aisha Ayensu - Fashion designer and founder of Christie Brown
  • Ozwald Boateng - Fashion designer
  • Edward Enninful - Former Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue magazine
  • Hilda Akua Frimpong - Model
  • Joe Casely-Hayford - Fashion designer
  • Akpene Diata Hoggar - Miss Universe Ghana, and Activist
  • Claudia Lumor - Fashion magazine publisher and fashion show producer
  • Charlotte Mensah - Hairstylist founder of hair lounge
  • Ruth Quarshie - Model and winner of Miss Universe Ghana 2017
  • Sam Sarpong - Supermodel
  • Kate Tachie-Menson - Model

Photography

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  • Felicia Abban - Ghana's first female professional photographer
  • Philip Kwame Apagya - Photographer
  • James Barnor - Hon. FRPS Photographer and Holder of The Order Of The Volta
  • Prince Gyasi - Visual artist and founder of non-profit Boxedkids

Business

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  • Adam Afriyie - Former member of parliament for Windsor and member of the British Conservative Party
  • George Afriyie - Businessman and owner/President of Ghanaian club Planners Athletic Club
  • Roland Agambire - Entrepreneur and former chief executive officer of Agams Holdings and the chairman and chief executive officer of the information and communications technology company Rlg Communications
  • Prince Kofi Amoabeng - Former Military Officer and businessman
  • Abena Amoah - Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange.
  • K. Y. Amoako - International civil servant for the United Nations and businessman
  • Anne Amuzu - Computer scientist and co-founder of technology company Nandimobile Limited
  • Joyce Aryee - Businesswoman and politician
  • Yvette Adounvo Atekpe - Businesswoman and Regional Managing Director of Internet Solutions
  • Marufatu Abiola Bawuah - Managing director/chief executive officer of United Bank for Africa
  • Lord Paul Boateng - British Labour Party politician and the UK's first black cabinet minister
  • Bernice Dapaah - Social entrepreneur and founder/chief executive officer of the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative
  • Dzigbordi Dosoo - Founder and CEO of DCG Consulting Group and Allure Africa
  • Sam E Jonah - Businessman
  • Patricia Obo-Nai - Engineer and the first Ghanaian to become chief executive officer of Vodafone Ghana
  • Kate Quartey-Papafio - Businesswoman
  • Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo - Businesswoman
  • Akua Sarpong-Ayisa - Entrepreneur and founder of the floral company "Unique Floral"
  • Winnifred Selby - social entrepreneur/president of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative and co-founder of the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative
  • J. K. Siaw - Industrialist/philanthropist and establisher of Tata Brewery Ltd
  • Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe - Chartered insurer and an associate member of The Chartered Insurance Institute UK
  • Adowarim Lugu Zuri - Founder and manager of Wazuri Ghana Limited

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Other educators

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  • Stephen Adei - Educationist, writer, economist and motivational speaker
  • Gottlieb Ababio Adom - Teacher, journalist and Church Minister
  • James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey - Intellectual, Missionary, and teacher
  • Richard Appiah Akoto - Educationalist
  • Francis Allotey - Mathematical physicist
  • Kofi Annan - Former secretary-general of the United Nations, Nobel peace prize winner and chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • Ernest Aryeetey - Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Former Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • 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
  • Emmanuel Yaw Benneh - Law Professor
  • 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
  • Priscilla Kolibea Mante - Neuropharmacologist, researcher and lecturer from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • John Atta Mills - Former president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and university professor of law
  • Marian Asantewah Nkansah - Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences recipient and environmental chemist
  • Mavis Owureku-Asare - Food scientist and CEO of Impact Food Hub
  • Percy Sackey - Teacher

Judiciary

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  • Mabel Agyemang - Chief Justice of the Supreme court of The Gambia
  • Daniel Francis Annan - Judge
  • Joyce Bamford-Addo - Judge and barrister
  • Amanda Akuokor Clinton - C.E.O of Bitcoin Exchange Africa and the founding partner of the law office of Clinton Consultancy
  • V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe - Former Judge of the Ghana Supreme Court
  • Samuel Azu Crabbe - Barrister and former 5th Chief of Justice of the republic of Ghana
  • Jones Dotse - Former supreme court judge of Ghana and The Gambia
  • Cynthia Lamptey - Lawyer and public servant, former Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Thomas Mensah (lawyer) - Judge and President of Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • Sandra Opoku - Lawyer and first female Director of Tema Port
  • Emmanuel Charles Quist - Barrister and judge, first African Speaker of the Gold Coast legislative assembly
  • Georgina Theodora Wood - First female Chief Justice of Ghana

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Diplomats

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  • Elizabeth Adjei
  • Kofi Annan - Former secretary-general of the United Nations, Nobel peace prize winner and chancellor of the University of Ghana
  • K. B. Asante
  • Elsie Addo Awadzi
  • Paul Boateng
  • Mohamed Ibn Chambas
  • Pauline M. Clerk
  • Anita Kiki Gbeho
  • Akua Kuenyehia
  • Amon Nikoi
  • Charlotte Osei
  • Nathan Quao
  • Genevieve Delali Tsegah

Film actors and directors

thumb|upright|[[Idris Elba]]

thumb|upright|[[Boris Kodjoe]]

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  • Ama K. Abebrese
  • Kofi Adjorlolo
  • Freema Agyeman, actress
  • John Akomfrah, film director and screenwriter
  • Mac Jordan Amartey
  • Jackie Appiah, actress
  • Amma Asante, Ghanaian-British film writer and director
  • 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
  • Leila Djansi
  • 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
  • Kwesi Owusu
  • Kwame Owusu-Ansah
  • Hugh Quarshie, actor
  • Socrate Safo, director
  • Bob Santo
  • Hailliote Sumney
  • Van Vicker, actor
  • Zynnell Zuh

Comedians

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  • Kofi Adu (Agya Koo), actor and comedian
  • Michael Blackson, comedian
  • Abusuapanin Judas, actor and comedian
  • Jacinta Ocansey, comedian
  • Bob Santo, actor and comedian

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Journalists

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  • Jemila Abdulai
  • Edward Adeti, journalist
  • David Ampofo
  • Nana Aba Anamoah, journalist
  • Anas Aremeyaw Anas, journalist
  • Godwin Asediba, Journalist
  • Nathaniel Attoh, journalist
  • Bernard Avle, journalist
  • Manasseh Azure Awuni, journalist
  • Kweku Baako Jnr, journalist
  • Juliet Bawuah
  • Kojo Akoto Boateng, journalist
  • Seth Kwame Boateng, journalist
  • Seth J. Bokpe, journalist
  • Robert Nii Arday Clegg, journalist
  • Solomon Joojo Cobbinah, investigative journalist
  • Akua Sena Dansua, journalist
  • Ameyaw Debrah, blogger and journalist
  • Emmanuel K. Dogbevi, journalist
  • Kofi Adu Domfeh
  • Komla Dumor, journalist
  • Cameron Duodu, journalist, broadcaster, writer
  • Ekow Eshun, journalist and broadcaster
  • Natalie Fort, journalist
  • Afua Hirsch, journalist
  • Akpene Diata Hoggar, blogger
  • Ahmed Hussein-Suale, investigative journalist
  • Mustapha Inusah, a.k.a. Attractive Mustapha - journalist
  • Nana Kwadwo Jantuah, journalist
  • Isaac Kaledzi, journalist
  • Kwami Sefa Kayi, journalist
  • Asare Konadu
  • Anita Kuma
  • Edward Oppong Marfo, journalist
  • Kent Mensah, journalist
  • Emma Morrison
  • Gamal Nkrumah, journalist, Pan-Africanist and editor
  • Samia Nkrumah, journalist
  • Pearl Akanya Ofori, journalist
  • Jessica Opare-Saforo
  • Brigitte Perenyi
  • Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, journalist

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Military figures

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

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Physicians and surgeons

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  • Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V, dental surgeon and traditional ruler
  • Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, neurosurgeon
  • Beatrice Wiafe Addai, medical officer and surgeon
  • Kwame Addo-Kufuor, medical doctor
  • Raphael Armattoe, doctor, poet, politician
  • E. A. Badoe
  • John Bilson
  • Kofi Boahene
  • Ellen Boakye
  • Peter Bossman, doctor
  • Alexander A. 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
  • Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse
  • 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

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Politics

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  • K. Abaka-Quansah, former MP
  • Ako Adjei, nationalist politician and one of The Big Six
  • Felicia Adjei - Member of Parliament for Kintampo
  • Justice Samuel Adjei - Former deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister
  • Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei - Former deputy minister of Trade & Industry of Ghana
  • Akwasi Afrifa - Former president
  • Adam Afriyie, British Conservative Party politician and businessman
  • 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
  • Emelia Arthur - Former deputy Western Regional Minister
  • San Nasamu Asabigi - Former deputy Northern Regional Minister
  • William Ofori Atta, politician, founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention, one of The Big Six
  • Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, former MP and finance minister
  • 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
  • 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 Akoh Dei
  • Ambrose Dery, MP and minister
  • Victor Gbeho, diplomat
  • J. E. Casely Hayford, journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician
  • Haruna Iddrisu, MP and minister
  • 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 Kwetey, MP and minister
  • Alan John Kyerematen
  • John Mahama
  • Lucy Awuni Mbun
  • Abena Durowaa Mensah
  • Tina Gifty Mensah
  • John Atta Mills, former president of the Republic of Ghana
  • Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka
  • Cynthia Mamle Morrison
  • Janet Nabla
  • Paa Kwesi Nduom
  • Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, politician, journalist
  • Justina Owusu–Banahene, Bono regional minister
  • 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
  • Jake 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
  • Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie
  • Naana Eyiah Quansah
  • Jerry Rawlings, former president
  • Charles Wereko-Brobby

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Sports

thumb|upright|Marcel Desailly

thumb|upright|Isaac Dogboe

thumb|upright|Asamoah Gyan

thumb|upright|Abedi Pele

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  • Osumanu Adama - World champion boxer
  • Azume Adams - Footballer
  • Joseph Addai - American football player
  • Freddy Adu - footballer
  • Harry Aikines-Aryeetey - Sprinter, World, Commonwealth and European championship medalist
  • Vida Anim - Athlete
  • Ezekiel Ansah - American football player
  • Stephen Appiah - Footballer, former captain of The Black Stars and Serie A, Supercoppa Italia winner
  • Kwadwo Asamoah - Former footballer and Serie A, Supercoppa Italia winner
  • Anita Asante - English Footballer
  • André Ayew - Footballer, CAF player of the year and Coupe de la Ligue-Trophée des Champions winner, Ghana's most capped national team player
  • Kwame Ayew - Footballer
  • Jordan Ayew - Footballer, Ligue 1 - Coupe de la Ligue - Trophée des Champions winner
  • Abdul Rahman Baba - Footballer
  • Mario Balotelli - Footballer, UEFA Champions League - Premier League - Golden Boy winner
  • Ben Bentil - Ghanaian basketball player
  • Myron Boadu - Footballer
  • Jérôme Boateng - Footballer, World Cup - UEFA Champions league - UEFA Club world cup - UEFA super cup winner
  • Kevin-Prince Boateng - Footballer, Serie A - Supercoppa Italiana - La Liga winner
  • Bernard Dong Bortey - Footballer
  • Brian Brobbey - Footballer, Eredivisie - UEFA European Under-17 Championship winner - Ajax Player of the Year (Rinus Michels Award)
  • Joshua Clottey - Former world champion boxer
  • Memphis Depay - Footballer, La Liga - Supercopa de España - UEFA European Under-17 Championship winner
  • Marcel Desailly - Footballer, captain of the France national football teamFIFA World Cup, UEFA Super Cup - UEFA champions league and FA Cup winner
  • Isaac Dogboe - World champion boxer
  • Jeremy Doku - Footballer, Premier League - FIFA Club World Cup winner
  • Michael Essien - Footballer, CAF player of the year - Premier League - FA Cup - UEFA Champions League winner
  • Habiba Atta Forson - Football administrator and former track and field athlete
  • Timothy Fosu-Mensah - Footballer, UEFA Europa League winner
  • Jeremie Frimpong - Footballer, Bundesliga - DFB-Pokal - DFL-Supercup winner
  • Ignisious Gaisah - Athlete (Long jump), World indoor - World outdoor - Commonwealth Games and euro championships winner
  • Hafiz Gariba - Footballer
  • Kim Grant - Footballer
  • Asamoah Gyan - Footballer AKA 'Baby Jets', African footballer of the year, Ghana all all-time top goalscorer and top African goalscorer in the history of the World Cup
  • Callum Hudson-Odoi - Footballer, UEFA Champions League - UEFA Europa League - UEFA Super Cup - FIFA Club World Cup winner
  • Juliana Kakraba - Footballer
  • Kofi Kingston - Professional WWE wrestler
  • Rev Osei Kofi - Reverend and AFCON 1965 Winner and joint top goalscorer
  • Nana Yaw Konadu - World champion boxer
  • Abigail Kwarteng - High jumper
  • Lydia Mato - Middle-distance runner
  • John Mensah - Footballer
  • Nathan Mensah - Basketball center for Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • Pops Mensah-Bonsu - Basketball player
  • Azumah Nelson - World champion boxer
  • Eddie Nketiah - Footballer, FA Cup, FA Community Shield, EFL Championship winner
  • Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong - Skier
  • Winnifred Ntumi - Weightlifter
  • David Oduro - Footballer
  • John Paintsil - Footballer
  • Thomas Partey, Footballer, La Liga - UEFA Super Cup - UEFA Europa League winner and Ghana player of the year
  • Abedi Pele - Footballer, AFCON - UEFA Champions League - French Division 1 winner, African footballer of the year and AFCON golden ball winner
  • Jarell Quansah - Footballer, Premier League and EFL cup winner
  • Clement Quartey - Olympic boxing silver medalist
  • Ike Quartey - Former world champion boxer
  • Abdul-Rasheed Saminu Athlete(sprinter), Olympian and Ghana 100m record holder (9.86) and former world number 1
  • Kofi Sarkodie - Footballer
  • Charles Asampong Taylor - Footballer
  • Danny Welbeck - Footballer, Premier League - Club World Cup - FA Cup winner
  • Arthur Wharton - The first black professional association football player in the world
  • Iñaki Williams - Footballer, La Liga African MVP - Copa del Rey - Supercopa de España winner
  • Nico Williams - Footballer, UEFA Euro Championships - Copa del Rey winner
  • Cadman Evans Yamoah - High Jumper, African games winner
  • Rachel Yankey - Footballer
  • Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah - High Jumper, African games - African championships winner and NCAA T&F Championships runner up and Ghana's women's high jump record holder
  • Tony Yeboah - Footballer, Former leeds United player

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Media

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  • Dzifa Affainie
  • Nana Aba Anamoah, media personality
  • Anas Aremeyaw Anas
  • 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
  • Oral Ofori, digital storyteller
  • Deborah Owusu-Bonsu, television presenter
  • Amoaning Samuel, blogger and radio personality
  • June Sarpong, television presenter
  • Nana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong, media personality and entrepreneur
  • Mahama Shaibu
  • Alhassan Suhuyini, broadcast journalist
  • Reggie Yates, television presenter
  • Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, Golden City Business Magazine

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Writers and poets

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  • Nana Achampong, novelist, poet and academic
  • 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
  • Empi Baryeh
  • John 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
  • Portia Dery
  • 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
  • Henneh Kyereh Kwaku, poet, editor, health communication scholar
  • 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

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Musicians

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  • Akosua Agyapong
  • Amerado
  • Kojo Antwi
  • Kwesi Arthur
  • Manon Bannerman
  • Becca
  • Lethal Bizzle
  • Adeline Ama Buabeng
  • C-Real
  • Castro
  • A. B. Crentsil
  • Darkovibes
  • Rocky Dawuni
  • Amakye Dede
  • Rocky Dawuni
  • Donae'o
  • E.L
  • Efya
  • Ethel Eshun
  • Kuami Eugene
  • Joey B
  • Kojo Funds
  • Fuse ODG
  • Jay Ghartey
  • Sherifa Gunu
  • Bisa Kdei
  • Kesse
  • KiDi
  • Kofi Kinaata
  • KODA
  • Pappy Kojo
  • Daddy Lumba
  • Medikal
  • Vic Mensa
  • Nayaah
  • Koo Nimo
  • Nii Okai
  • Osibisa
  • R2Bees
  • Kojey Radical
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • RAYE
  • Ebony Reigns
  • Reggie Rockstone
  • Bree Runway
  • Samini
  • Sarkodie
  • Wendy Shay
  • Black Sherif
  • KOJOBLAK
  • Kweku Smoke
  • Esther Smith
  • Stonebwoy
  • Stormzy
  • Sway
  • Tempa T
  • Trey La
  • Tricky
  • Shatta Wale
  • Wan-O
  • Guy Warren - a.k.a. Kofi Ghanaba
  • Wiyaala
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Kodor Zaher

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Gospel artists

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  • Joe Beecham
  • Daughters of Glorious Jesus
  • Piesie Esther
  • Diana Hamilton
  • Joe Mettle
  • Helen Yawson

Activists

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  • Juliana Dogbadzi
  • Abena Dugan
  • Stella Saaka
  • Afi Azaratu Yakubu

Inventors and innovators

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  • Alice Mamaga Akosua Amoako
  • Alexander Anim-Mensah
  • Herman Chinery-Hesse
  • Ave Kludze
  • Fred McBagonluri
  • Thomas Mensah
  • Bright Simons

Others

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  • Efua Asibon
  • Felicia Edem Attipoe
  • Maudlyn Akosua Awuku, women's rights advocate
  • Dr Ray Beat, record producer and sound engineer
  • Harriet Bruce-Annan (born 1965), humanitarian
  • John Collins, UK born-Ghanaian guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist
  • Daniel Yaw Domelevo, Auditor-General of Ghana
  • Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa
  • Ama Hemmah
  • Eva Mends, economist
  • Molly Germaine Prempeh
  • Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, transformational coach, mBIT Master Coach, corporate trainer, consultant, author, and columnist.
  • DJ Zel

See also

  • Ghanaian Americans
  • Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
  • Gold Coast Euro-Africans
  • White Ghanaian
  • List of historical Ghanaian traditional rulers
  • List of Ghanaian actors
  • List of Ghanaian filmmakers
  • List of Ghanaian musicians
  • List of writers from Ghana

References