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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 1940s Clear ×
Jerry Rawlings
1947 - 2020
Nana Akufo-Addo
Born 1944
Margaret Busby
Born 1944
Souad Faress
Born 1948
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
1944 - 2015
Joshua Owusu
Born 1948
Atukwei Okai
1941 - 2018
Mustapha Tettey Addy
Born 1942
Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey
1946 - 2016
Sam Arday
1945 - 2017
Allan Macartney
1941 - 1998
Alice Annum
Born 1948
Oliver Acquah
Born 1946
Sam Acquah
Born 1943
Frank Odoi
Born 1943
Gyearbuor Asante
1941 - 2000
Aaron Popoola
Born 1942
Opoku Afriyie
1945 - 2020
Joe Tetteh
1941 - 2002
Fritz Kwabena Poku
Born 1945
Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe
Born 1949
Mack Porter
Born 1945
Fred Amugi
Born 1948
Kwadwo Asenso Okyere
1947 - 2014
Emmanuel Nii Akwei Addo
1943 - 2017
Patrick Amoah-Ntim
Born 1941
Kwadwo Afoakwa Sarpong
1943 - 2008
Sam Adjei
1948 - 2016
Jonathan Kpakpo
Born 1942