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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 1930s Clear ×
Hilla Limann
1934 - 1998
Sally Mugabe
1931 - 1992
Obo Addy
1936 - 2012
Eddie Blay
1937 - 2006
Fred Osam-Duodu
1938 - 2016
Clement Quartey
Born 1938
Ablade Glover
Born 1934
Rocky Dzidzornu
1935 - 1993
Peter Ala Adjetey
1931 - 2008
Joyce Bamford-Addo
Born 1937
Benjamin Dwomoh
1935 - 2013
Frank Kobina Parkes
1932 - 2004
Charles Addo Odametey
1937 - 2006
Austin Amissah
1930 - 2001
James Addy
1939 - 2009
Fred Aryee
Born 1939
Chris Tsui Hesse
Born 1932
Michael Okantey
Born 1939
George C. Clerk
1931 - 2019
Amon Nikoi
1930 - 2002
Love Allotey
1936 - 1996
Emmanuel Oblitey
Born 1934
Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye
Born 1937
Ben Koufie
1932 - 2016
Floyd Robertson (boxer)
Born 1937
George Lamptey
Born 1932
Pauline M. Clerk
1935 - 2013
Abdul Razaq Muhyiddin Hassan Tahir
Born 1936