# List of Ghanaians

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 teacher
* Francis Allotey, mathematical physicist
* Joseph Amenowode, academic and politician
* Kwesi Akwansah Andam, author, civil engineer and former vice chancellor of KNUST
* Aba Andam, nuclear physicist, lecturer at KNUST
* 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
* Akua 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 inventor
* Daniel Asua Wubah, academic, president of Millersville University
* Freddy Borketey
* Nathaniel Boso, academic, corporate, and international marketing strategist

## Arts
### Sculpture and painting

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

### Architecture

* 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

### Fashion

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

### Photography

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

## Dancers and dance instructors

* Obo Addy

## Business

* Adam Afriyie, British Conservative Party politician and multimillionaire
* George Afriyie, businessman and football administrator
* Roland Agambire
* Prince Kofi Amoabeng
* Abena Amoah
* K. Y. Amoako, international civil servant for the United Nations and businessman
* Anne Amuzu
* Joyce Aryee, businesswoman and politician
* Yvette Adounvo Atekpe
* Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo, businesswoman
* Thomas Edward Barter, 17th-century Cape Coast trader
* Marufatu Abiola Bawuah
* Lord Paul Boateng, British Labour Party politician, member of House of Lords, solicitor
* Jesse Edem Cleverson, innovator
* Bernice Dapaah
* Dzigbordi Dosoo
* Sam E Jonah, businessman
* Patricia Obo-Nai
* Kate Quartey-Papafio, businesswoman
* J. K. Siaw
* Winnifred Selby
* Akua Sarpong-Ayisa
* Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe
* Adowarim Lugu Zuri

## Other educators

* Stephen Adei, educationist, writer, economist and motivational speaker
* Gottlieb A. Adom, teacher, journalist and church minister
* James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, intellectual, missionary, and teacher
* Richard Appiah Akoto, educationalist
* Francis Allotey, mathematical physicist
* Kofi Annan, diplomat and chancellor of the University of Ghana
* Ernest Aryeetey
* 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
* 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
* Mavis Owureku-Asare
* Priscilla Kolibea Mante
* Marian Asantewah Nkansah
* Percy Sackey

## Judiciary

* Mabel Agyemang, Chief Justice Supreme Court of The Gambia
* Daniel Francis Annan, judge
* Joyce Bamford-Addo, judge and barrister
* Amanda Akuokor Clinton
* Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe
* Samuel Azu Crabbe
* Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse
* Cynthia Lamptey
* Thomas Mensah (lawyer), judge and President of Permanent Court of Arbitration
* Sandra Opoku
* Emmanuel Charles Quist, barrister and judge, first African Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
* Georgina Theodora Wood, first female Chief Justice of Ghana

## Diplomats

* Elizabeth Adjei
* K. B. Asante
* Elsie Addo Awadzi
* Paul Boateng
* Mohammed Ibn Chambas
* Pauline M. Clerk
* Anita Kiki Gbeho
* Akua Kuenyehia
* Amon Nikoi
* Charlotte Osei
* Nathan Quao
* Genevive Delali Tsegah

## Film actors and directors

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

### Comedians

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

## Journalists

* Emmanuel K. Dogbevi, journalist
* Anas Aremyaw Anas, journalist
* Nana Aba Anamoah, journalist
* Roger A. Agana, journalist
* David Ampofo
* Jemila Abdulai
* Bernard Avle, journalist
* Manasseh Azure, journalist
* Nathaniel Attoh, journalist
* Kweku Baako, Jnr, journalist
* Juliet Bawuah
* Kojo Akoto Boateng, journalist
* Attractive Mustapha, journalist
* Robert Nii Arday Clegg, journalist
* Akua Dansua, journalist
* Ameyaw Debrah, blogger and journalist
* Komla Dumor, journalist
* Cameron Duodu, journalist, broadcaster, writer
* Ekow Eshun, journalist and broadcaster
* Natalie Fort, journalist
* Afua Hirsch, journalist
* Akpene Diata Hoggar, blogger
* Nana Kwadwo Jantuah, journalist
* Isaac Kaledzi, journalist
* Kwami Sefa Kayi, journalist
* Asare Konadu
* Anita Kuma
* Kent Mensah, journalist
* Emma Morrison
* Gamal Nkrumah, journalist, Pan-Africanist and editor
* Samia Nkrumah, journalist
* Pearl Akanya Ofori, journalist
* Edward Oppong Marfo, journalist
* Brigitte Sossou Perenyi
* Jessica Opare Saforo
* Joseph Evans Okai,Investigative Journalist
* Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, journalist
* Seth J. Bokpe, journalist
* Seth Kwame Boateng, journalist
* Edward Adeti, investigative journalist
* Emmanuel Kwasi Debrah, journalist

## Military figures

* Akwasi Afrifa, soldier and former politician and head of state of Ghana
* Joseph Arthur Ankrah, soldier and second head of state of Ghana
* David Anumle 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

## Physicians and surgeons

* 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
* 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

* Felicia Adjei
* Justice Samuel Adjei
* Emelia Arthur
* San Nasamu Asabigi
* Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei
* 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, one of The Big Six
* Prosper Douglas Bani, former chief of staff
* Albert Adu Boahen
* Lucy Awuni Mbun
* 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 Adwoa Akoh Dei
* James Victor Gbeho, diplomat
* J. E. Casely Hayford, journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician
* 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 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
* 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 1970
* Aaron Mike Oquaye
* Victor Owusu
* Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, former MP and finance minister
* Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, politician, journalist
* Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie
* K. Abaka-Quansah, former MP
* Naana Eyiah Quansah
* Abena Durowaa Mensah
* Cynthia Mamle Morrison
* Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah
* Jerry Rawlings, former president
* Charles Wereko-Brobby
* Justina Owusu-Banahene, Bono regional minister

## Sports

* Osumanu Adama, world champion boxer
* Azume Adams
* 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, former footballer
* Anita Asante, English footballer
* André Ayew, footballer
* Jordan Ayew, footballer, brother of André Ayew
* Mario Balotelli, footballer
* Ben Bentil (born 1995), Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Jérôme Boateng, footballer
* Kwame Ayew
* Kevin-Prince Boateng, footballer
* Joshua Clottey, former world champion boxer
* Marcel Desailly, former French footballer, captain of the France national football team and FIFA World Cup winner
* 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, footballer
* 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
* Lydia Mato
* Juliana Kakraba
* Winnifred Ntumi
* Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah
* Abigail Kwarteng
* Habiba Atta Forson
* Kofi Sarkodie

## Media

* Dzifa Affainie
* Nana Aba Anamoah, media personality
* Nana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong, media personality and entrepreneur
* 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

* 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)
* 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
* 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, publisher and social commentator
* Taiye Selasi
* Efua Sutherland, playwright, poet and dramatist
* Empi Baryeh
* Portia Dery
* Nana Sandy Achampong, novelist, poet and academic

## Artists

* Akosua Agyapong
* Kofi Owusu Dua Anto
* Kojo Antwi
* Kojo Funds
* Becca
* Bree Runway
* Lethal Bizzle
* Adeline Ama Buabeng
* C-Real
* Castro
* A. B. Crentsil
* Rocky Dawuni
* Amakye Dede
* Donae'o
* Bisa Kdei
* Samini
* E.L
* Efya
* Fuse ODG
* Kofi Ghanaba
* Eshun
* Jay Ghartey
* Sherifa Gunu
* Joey B
* Kesse
* Amerado
* Kofi Kinaata
* Pappy Kojo
* Medikal
* Daddy Lumba
* Nayaah
* Agya Koo Nimo
* Nii Okai
* Osibisa
* Dizzee Rascal
* RAYE
* Reggie Rockstone
* Esther Smith
* Stonebwoy
* Stormzy
* Sway
* Tempa T
* Tricky (musician)
* Shatta Wale
* Ebony Reigns
* Wendy Shay
* R2Bees
* Sarkodie
* Kuami Eugene
* Kwesi Arthur
* KiDi
* Darkovibes
* Ebony
* Wan-O
* Wiyala
* Rocky Dawuni
* Black Sherif
* Stevie Wonder
* Kojey Radical

## Gospel artists

* Majesty
* Joe Beecham
* Helen Yawson
* Joe Mettle
* Diana Hamilton
* Daughters of Glorious Jesus

## Information and communications technology

* Mohammed-Sani Abdulai

## Activists

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

## Inventors and innovators

* Alexander Anim-Mensah
* Ave Kludze
* Bright Simons
* Fred McBagonluri
* Herman Chinery-Hesse
* Kojo Sarfo Kantanka
* Thomas Mensah

## Others

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