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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.

Through the Decades

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 rapper14.4× the global rate.

Accra under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football389
  2. Boxer34
  3. Politician26
  4. Music26
  5. Actor18
  6. Journalist15
  7. Singer13
  8. Artist13
  1. Rapper1114.4×
  2. Boxer3412.3×
  3. Sprint87.1×
  4. Football3895.1×
  5. Music262.6×
  6. Artist131.8×
  1. Politician260.3×
  2. Actor180.5×

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.

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  • Film & TV
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  • Art & Design
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Showing 15 of 698 notable people

0108 FOOTBALL

Charles Gyamfi

1929 - 2015

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0141 MUSIC

Guy Warren

1923 - 2008

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0211 PHOTOGRAPHER

James Barnor

Born 1929

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0226 PARLIAMENT

Daniel Francis Annan

1928 - 2006

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0399 MUSIC

King Bruce

1922 - 1998

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0413 MISSING

Alexander Kwapong

1927 - 2014

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0425 LAWYER

Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe

1923 - 2018

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0431 ENGINEER

Beattie Casely-Hayford

1922 - 1989

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0444 POLITICIAN

Harry Sawyerr

1926 - 2013

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0532 DIPLOMAT

Samuel Odoi-Sykes

Born 1928

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0540 BOXER

Roy Ankrah

1925 - 1995

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0549 ARTIST

Saka-Acquaye

1923 - 2007

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0576 DIPLOMAT

K. B. Asante

1924 - 2018

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0580 SCIENTIST

Fred T. Sai

1924 - 2019

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0614 CHEMIST

Daniel Bekoe

1928 - 2020

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