Ernest James Hayford (23 ga Afrilu 1858, Anomabu - 6 Agusta 1913, London) likita ne kuma lauya a cikin Gold Coast. Shi ne ɗan Afirka na biyu a yankin Gold Coast da ya zama likitan likitanci bayan Benjamin Quartey-Papafio. Ernest James Hayford shine babban ɗan Rev. Joseph de Graft Hayford, minista Methodist da Mary Brew. J. E. Casely Hayford da Mark Christian Hayford ƙannen sa ne. Ya yi karatu a Anomabu, a Cape Coast, da kuma makarantar sakandare ta Wesleyan a Freetown, Saliyo. Ya zama mataimakin mishan kuma babban malami a cocin Methodist na Wesleyan da makaranta a Elmina, kuma shugaban makarantar Boys Government Boys School a 1882. Bayan binciken likitanci mai zaman kansa daga 1882 zuwa 1884, ya karanci likitanci a asibitin St Thomas da ke Landan daga 1884 zuwa 1888. Kwararre kan ilimin mata a asibitin Rotunda da ke Dublin, ya koma aikin zaman kansa a Cape Coast. Babban memba na Kungiyar Kare Hakkokin Aborigines ta Gold Coast, sha’awar sa a siyasa ta sa ya yi karatun doka a kebe sannan a Lincoln's Inn da ke Landan daga 1910 zuwa 1913.