# List of Adisadel College alumni

This is a list of alumni of Adisadel College found on Wikipedia.

## Academia

* William Emmanuel Abraham, Ghanaian philosopher, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, and the first African to be elected a Fellow of All Souls College
* Ebenezer Laing, Ghanaian botanist
* Joshua Owusu-Sekyere, Agricultural Engineer, Rector of Perez University College
* John S. Pobee, Theologian, Emeritus Professor of Theology, and Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana
* Kwasi Wiredu, philosopher
* Thomas Mensah (engineer), pioneer in fibre optic technology, and lead engineer in first laser guided weapons for US Department of Defense guided missile program

## Arts and entertainment

* Kofi Antubam, Ghanaian artist
* Terry Bonchaka, Hip life artist
* Ian Jazzi, Actor and musician
* M3NSA, Musician
* Koo Nimo -born Kwabena Boa-Amponsem, aka Daniel Amponsah, a Ghanaian folklorist and recording artist
* Frank Kobina Parkes, poet
* Shatta Rakon Musician
* Captain James Hackman Tachie-Menson, First black African ship's captain & first African south of the Sahara to man a ship across the Atlantic Ocean; musician and composer of “Where is Our God?”, “Leonora”, “New Born Prince of Peace” and preferred Ghanaian tune to “Hark, Hark, my Soul”.
* George Brigars Williams, former Ghanaian actor.

## Business

* Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Businessman and co-founder of defunct UT Bank
* Nana Appiah Mensah (aka NAM1), a businessman and Chief Executive Officer of MenzGold Dealership
* Sam E. Jonah KBE, Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital; previously President of AngloGold Ashanti
* W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah, Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group, 2003 to 2007. Special Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank, 2008 to 2015.
* Ernest Bediako Sampong, Pharmacist and businessman; CEO of Ernest Chemist Limited; Multiple award winner including multiple CEO of the year awards, Ghana’s Order of the Volta Award, and the CIMG Marketing Man of The Year
* Nii Quaynor, Network Computer Systems

## Clergy

* Robert Okine, former Archbishop of West Africa

## Government

* Thomas Kwame Aboagye - Politician, Deputy minister in the second republic
* Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 1993 to 2015.
* Kennedy Agyapong - Member of Parliament
* Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa, head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969
* Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, former Minister for Education in the Kufuor government
* John Peter Amewu, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources
* Akenten Appiah-Menka - Politician, Deputy minister in the second republic
* James Appietu-Ankrah, Member of parliament for the Lower West Akim constituency (2005–2009)
* George Aryee, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1991–1992)
* Edward Asafu-Adjaye, diplomat
* Frank Bernasko, former minister of state in the NRC and SMC regime, founder and leader of the erstwhile Action Congress Party.
* Freddie Blay - lawyer, Former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana and Chairman of the New Patriotic Party
* Alex Blankson, Member of parliament for the Akrofuom Constituency (2021–)
* Kojo Botsio, minister of state in the first republic
* Kweku Budu-Acquah, diplomat
* Nana Ato Dadzie, Former Ghanaian Chief of Staff, and a United Nations consultant on peacebuilding and political transitions
* B. J. Da Rocha, first chairman of the New Patriotic Party
* Joseph Ampah Kojo Essel, member of parliament for the Dompim constituency (1965 – 1966)
* Robert K. A. Gardiner, diplomat
* Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, Minister of state in the first republic, founder and leader of the National Alliance of Liberals
* Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph, a judge and also the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana during the Third Republic
* Joseph Essilfie Hagan, Minister of state in the first republic of Cape Coast.
* F. A. Jantuah, Minister of state in the first republic and in the PNDC regime
* Kofi Koranteng, Politician and businessman; Independent Presidential Candidate
* Alan John Kyerematen, Ghanaian politician and former diplomat
* Joseph Yaw Manu, Politician, Deputy minister in the second republic
* Andrew Egyapa Mercer, MP
* James Mercer, Former diplomat
* Thomas Mends Kodwo-Mercer, First Black African from the Gold Coast (currently Ghana) to be appointed as a High Commissioner to the UK.
* Edward Nathaniel Moore, former attorney general of Ghana (SMC regime).
* Kwamena Minta Nyarku, Member of parliament for the Cape Coast North constituency (2021–)
* Samuel Kobina Casely Osei-Baidoo, Member of parliament for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem during the second republic
* Edward Osei-Kwaku, deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, and Minister of Youth and Sports
* Fritz Kwabena Poku, diplomat
* Samuel Ernest Quarm, Diplomat
* Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Former Central Regional Minister and Deputy Minister of Finance, and Trade and Industry
* Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
* Kojo Yankah, former minister of state.

## Law

* Chief Justice George Kingsley Acquah,
* Chief Justice Philip Edward Archer
* L.J. Chinery-Hesse, parliamentary draftsman, Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney General (1979)
* Godfred Yeboah Dame, current Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana
* Edward Nathaniel Moore, former Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana
* Justice Charles Hayfron-Benjamin, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1993 – 1999)
* Justice Robert John Hayfron-Benjamin, Chief Justice of Botswana (1977 – 1981)
* A. K. P. Kludze, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2003 – 2004)
* Koi Larbi, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1970 – 1972)
* Henry K. Prempeh, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1971 – 1972)
* Frederick Poku Sarkodee, one of the three High Court judges that were murdered on June 30, 1982.
* Chief Justice Edward Kwame Wiredu

## Monarchs

* Azzu Mate Kole II, 4th monarch or king, Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area
* Opoku Ware II, 15th Emperor-King of the Ashanti people and Ashanti

## Public service

* Patrick Kwateng Acheampong, former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP).
* Louis Casely-Hayford, Engineer, former chief executive officer of the Volta River Authority
* William Frank Kobina Coleman, Engineer, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1960–1970)
* E. R. T. Madjitey, first Ghanaian commissioner of police and a former politician

## Science and technology

* Ave Kludze, a Rocket Scientist, Senior NASA Engineer and first African to fly (command and control) a spacecraft in orbit including the ERBS and TRMM spacecraft for NASA.
* Thomas Mensah - scientist whose single-handed work was most important in making fibreoptic technology commercial.

## Sports
### Footballers

* Samuel Appiah, footballer
* Ibrahim Ayew, footballer
* Baffour Gyan, retired footballer