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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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  • Art & Design
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Showing 28 of 698 notable people

0021 POLITICIAN

Hilla Limann

1934 - 1998

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0061 POLITICIAN

Sally Mugabe

1931 - 1992

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0147 DANCER

Obo Addy

1936 - 2012

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0158 BOXER

Eddie Blay

1937 - 2006

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0186 FOOTBALL

Fred Osam-Duodu

1938 - 2016

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0195 BOXER

Clement Quartey

Born 1938

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0215 ARTIST

Ablade Glover

Born 1934

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0228 PERCUSSIONIST

Rocky Dzidzornu

1935 - 1993

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0262 LAWYER

Peter Ala Adjetey

1931 - 2008

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0286 PARLIAMENT

Joyce Bamford-Addo

Born 1937

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0307 FOOTBALL

Benjamin Dwomoh

1935 - 2013

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0312 POET

Frank Kobina Parkes

1932 - 2004

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0313 FOOTBALL

Charles Addo Odametey

1937 - 2006

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0349 JUDGE

Austin Amissah

1930 - 2001

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0355 SPRINT

James Addy

1939 - 2009

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0377 FOOTBALL

Fred Aryee

Born 1939

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0388 CINEMA

Chris Tsui Hesse

Born 1932

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0401 SPRINT

Michael Okantey

Born 1939

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0416 BOTANIST

George C. Clerk

1931 - 2019

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0434 DIPLOMAT

Amon Nikoi

1930 - 2002

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0469 BOXER

Love Allotey

1936 - 1996

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0481 FOOTBALL

Emmanuel Oblitey

Born 1934

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0502 POLITICIAN

Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye

Born 1937

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0526 FOOTBALL

Ben Koufie

1932 - 2016

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0543 BOXER

Floyd Robertson (boxer)

Born 1937

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0564 JUDGE

George Lamptey

Born 1932

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0619 CIVIL SERVICE

Pauline M. Clerk

1935 - 2013

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0690 SCHOLAR

Abdul Razaq Muhyiddin Hassan Tahir

Born 1936

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