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

George Ayittey (left) and Kwame Anthony Appiah (right)

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
Nii 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
Prisca Abah
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

Dancers and dance instructors

Obo Addy

Business

Adam Afriyie (left) and Lord Paul Boateng (right)

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

Film actors and directors

Boris Kodjoe

Idris Elba

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
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