# List of Mfantsipim School alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Mfantsipim School.

## Politics

* Kobina Sekyi - President, Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (ARPS), lawyer, writer, author of The Blinkards
* Kofi Abrefa Busia - Prime Minister of Ghana
* William Ofori Atta - Member of "The Big Six"
* Joseph W.S. de-Graft Johnson - Vice President of Ghana (1979–1981)
* John C. de-Graft Johnson - Ambassador in The Hague (1967–1970)
* Kow Nkensen Arkaah - Vice President of Ghana (1992–1996)
* Kwesi Amissah-Arthur - Vice President of Ghana (2012–2017)
* Albert Adu Boahen - first presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Flagbearer in the 1992 general election
* Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford - lawyer and politician and member of Fante Confederacy and Aborigines' Rights Protection Society
* Papa Owusu-Ankomah - former MP for Sekondi (7 January 1997 – 6 January 2017), and Minister of State (2001–2008).
* Samuel Atta Mills - Member of parliament for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Constituency (2017–)
* Kwabena Agyapong - politician, former General Secretary of the NPP
* Boakye Agyarko - former Minister for Energy, Ghana
* George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikins - former Attorney General of Ghana
* Kwabena Kwakye Anti - Minister in the second republic
* Joe Appiah - politician
* Albert Bosomtwi-Sam - MP for Sekondi (1992 to 1996)
* Francis Yao Asare - Minister in the first republic
* Kwaku Boateng - minister in the first republic
* T. D. Brodie-Mends - minister in the second republic
* Archie Casely-Hayford - lawyer and politician
* Isaac Chinebuah - academic and politician
* Alexander Apeatu Aboagye da Costa - deputy minister in the Busia government
* Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond - Minister in the first republic
* Kwaku Baah - Deputy Minister in the Busia government
* Kwamena Bartels - Minister of state in the Kufuor government
* Justice Akuamoa Boateng - deputy minister in the Busia government
* Kwamena Duncan - Central Regional Minister, Akufo-Addo government
* John Kofi Fynn - Deputy Minister in the Busia government
* Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah - minister in the first republic
* J. Kwesi Lamptey - minister in the second republic
* Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta - politician, former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
* J. V. L. Phillips - Minister in the NLC regime
* Augustus Obuadum Tanoh - founding member of the National Democratic Congress, founder of the National Reform Party and presidential candidate in the 2000 Ghanaian general election
* Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh - Minister of state in the PNDC regime
* Samuel Atta Mills - Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem from 2016 to present

### Traditional rulers

* Nana Kobina Nketsia V - Paramount Chief of Essikado Traditional Area

### Ghanaian MPs

* Joe Ghartey - lawyer, MP for Ketan-Essikado, Minister of Railways
* Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye - journalist, MP for Odododiodio
* Anthony Seibu Alec Abban - MP for Ajumako-Asikuma and later Ajumako during the first republic
* Swinthin Maxwell Arko - MP for Agona Nsaba during the first republic
* Dr. Henry Satorius Bannerman - MP for Ashiedu Keteke during the second republic
* Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah - MP for Takoradi, Deputy minister
* Kobina Hagan - MP for Denkyira during the first republic
* James Gyakye Quayson - MP for Assin North (elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2023 through a bye-election)
* Samuel Atta Mills - Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem KEEA

## Diplomats

* Kofi Annan - former UN Secretary General
* Mohamed Ibn Chambas - former MP and diplomat
* J. L. S. Abbey - former diplomat
* James Aggrey-Orleans - former Ghanaian envoy to the UK
* Francis Lodowic Bartels - former diplomat
* Ebenezer Moses Debrah - former diplomat
* Patrick R. D. Hayford - former diplomat, Ghana's Ambassador to South Africa (1997–1999)
* Alex Quaison-Sackey - first black president of the UN General Assembly
* Nana Effah-Apenteng - former permanent representative of Ghana to the United Nations
* William George Mensah Brandful - retired diplomat
* Papa Owusu-Ankomah, diplomat, 2017 to date
* Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro - former diplomat
* Eric Kwamina Otoo, former diplomat
* Yaw Bamful Turkson, career diplomat and Ambassador(1957-1988)

## Public service

* John Henry Martey Newman - Chief of staff of John Evans Atta Mills administration
* Benjamin Asante - CEO, Ghana National Gas Company

## Academics

* James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey - Co-Founder of Achimota School
* R. P. Baffour - first Vice Chancellor of KNUST
* Kwame Bediako - first Rector of the Akrofi-Christaller Institute
* Kwasi Kwarfo Adarkwa - former Vice Chancellor of KNUST
* Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong - Ghanaian mathematician pioneer
* Joseph Wilfred Abruquah - novelist, former headmaster of Mfantsipim School and Keta Senior High Technical School
* Samuel Otu Gyandoh - Emeritus Professor of Law
* Kwame Gyekye -Philosopher
* Ato Sekyi-Otu - Academic, Writer, Political philosopher

## Business, banking and finance

* Ernest Addison - current Governor of the Bank of Ghana
* Kwesi Amissah-Arthur - former Governor of Bank of Ghana
* G. K. Agama - former Governor of Bank of Ghana

## Law

* Emmanuel Akwei Addo – Former Judge of the Court of Appeal; former member of International Law Commission of the United Nations
* George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikins – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and Attorney General of Ghana
* Kwadwo Agyei Agyapong – one of the three High Court judges that were abducted and murdered on June 30, 1982.
* Isaac K. Amuah – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1995–1997)
* Ebo Barton-Odro – MP for Cape Coast (2008-2016), Deputy Attorney-General, and First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
* Kobina Arku Korsah – first Ghanaian Chief Justice of Ghana
* Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman – 4th Chief Justice of Ghana
* Isaac Kobina Abban – 9th Chief Justice of Ghana and former Chief Justice of Seychelles
* Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009–2011)
* Theodore Kwami Adzoe – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2000–2008)
* William Bruce-Lyle – Supreme Court Judge of Ghana and Zambia
* John Mensah Sarbah – lawyer and academic
* Kurankyi-Taylor
* Joe Ghartey – former Attorney General of Ghana
* J. E. Casely Hayford – lawyer and academician
* William Bedford Van Lare – former justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
* Samuel Okai Quashie-Idun – former puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Western Nigeria and former President of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa
* Papa Owusu-Ankomah – Attorney General of Ghana (2003–2004)
* Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh – Attorney General of Ghana (1988–1993)
* Tsatsu Tsikata – lawyer and academic
* Isaac Wuaku – retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana

## Military and law enforcement

* Matthew Quashie - former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces
* Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey - first Ghanaian Commissioner of the Ghana Police Service

## Medicine

* Oku Ampofo - medical practitioner and sculptor
* Raphael Armattoe - medical researcher
* Henry Satorius Bannerman - Formerly president of the Ghana Medical Association and the Commonwealth Medical Association
* David Ofori-Adjei - professor of Clinical Pharmacology
* Harold H. Phillips - formerly Dean of the University of Ghana Medical School

## Journalism

* Berifi Afari Apenteng - Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (2011–2013)
* Anis Haffar - educationist, teacher, columnist and author
* Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye - journalist, MP for Ododiodio, former Minister of Sports

## Entrepreneurs

* Kofi Amoa-Abban - Founder of Rigworld
* Herman Chinery-Hesse - Founder of SOFTtribe, the largest software company in Ghana
* Isaac Sesi - Entrepreneur, Engineer, and Founder of Sesi Technologies
* Edward Annan - Co-owner and Co-founder of Ghanaian domestic airline, Passion Air and Founder of Masai Motors Limited
* Kwasi Twum - Owner and CEO of The Multimedia Group, Ghana's largest independent commercial media group

## Arts and entertainment

* Van Vicker - actor
* Kofi Owusu Dua-Anto (KODA) - Gospel Musician
* Majid Michel - actor
* Michael Dei-Anang - playwright, poet and novelist
* Kweku Elliot - actor
* Nii Kwate Owoo - filmmaker
* Joe de Graft - playwright
* Brew Riverson Jnr - actor
* Aaron Adatsi - actor
* (Joseph Pharez Essuman Mensah,RJZ of La meme gang )_ Hip-pop artist, Musician
* Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour)~ Hiplife Musician, Politician

## Religion

* Kwame Bediako - Christian theologian
* Michael A. Bossman
* Kwesi Dickson

## Athletics and sports

* Derek Boateng - former black stars player
* Arthur Wharton- first black professional footballer in the world
* Kweku Eyiah - lawyer and football administrator
* Aziz Zakari - former Ghana sprinter
* Aziz Mohammed ~ Ghanaian athlete, sprinter
* Samuel Owusu~ Basketball player who merges the MVP at Spriteball 2019 and 2024 Africa Basketball festival.
* Nana Yaw Amponsah Chairman of Asante Kotoko football club