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ACCRA
Most Famous People Born in Accra, Ghana
- Notable people
- 698
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1984
- Most distinctive
- Rapper 14.4×
A post-independence football city in the purest sense, and one where the Boxer bench, at better than twelve times the global baseline, does something almost as heavy as the Football one. The Rapper cluster gives it the contemporary Accra beat the Black Stars generation grew up on, and the Sprint cohort slots in behind like a relay team waiting its turn.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Accra during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 207 notable births.
What Accra Is Known For
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Football is Accra's biggest profession — 56% of all notables (389).
Accra over-indexes on rapper — 14.4× the global rate.
Accra under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Accra's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Charles Gyamfi
1929 - 2015
Guy Warren
1923 - 2008
James Barnor
Born 1929
Daniel Francis Annan
1928 - 2006
King Bruce
1922 - 1998
Alexander Kwapong
1927 - 2014
Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe
1923 - 2018
Beattie Casely-Hayford
1922 - 1989
Harry Sawyerr
1926 - 2013
Samuel Odoi-Sykes
Born 1928
Roy Ankrah
1925 - 1995
Saka-Acquaye
1923 - 2007
K. B. Asante
1924 - 2018
Fred T. Sai
1924 - 2019
Daniel Bekoe
1928 - 2020