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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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0003 SCREENWRITER

William Boyd (writer)

Born 1952

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0006 ACTOR

Peter Mensah

Born 1959

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0016 ACTOR

Hugh Quarshie

Born 1954

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0022 ACTOR

Robert Bathurst

Born 1957

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0058 BOXER

Azumah Nelson

Born 1958

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0118 SCREENWRITER

John Akomfrah

Born 1957

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0153 SINGER

Bibie

Born 1957

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0180 POLITICIAN

Peter Bossman

Born 1955

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0183 GEOGRAPHER

Diana Liverman

Born 1954

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0273 FOOTBALL

Sellas Tetteh

Born 1956

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0274 BOXER

David Kotei

Born 1950

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0303 ARTIST

Kofi Setordji

Born 1957

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0314 ARTIST

Atta Kwami

Born 1956

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0333 LAWYER

Gloria Akuffo

Born 1954

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0340 LAWYER

Betty Mould-Iddrisu

Born 1953

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0342 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Polo

Born 1956

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0346 ARTIST

Wiz Kudowor

Born 1957

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0372 JOURNALIST

Gamal Nkrumah

Born 1959

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0373 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Lüth

Born 1957

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0415 NAVAL

Matthew Quashie

1951 - 2020

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0417 POLITICIAN

Alima Mahama

Born 1957

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0472 SINGER

Pax Nicholas

Born 1954

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0537 SCHOLAR

Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar

Born 1950

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0548 PRIEST

Gabriel Edoe Kumordji

Born 1956

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0569 ARTIST

Akosua Agyapong

Born 1959

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0588 POLITICIAN

Fritz Baffour

Born 1952

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0613 JOURNALIST

Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie

Born 1957

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0616 MUSIC

Ben Brako

Born 1952

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0640 POLITICIAN

Jonathan Nii Tackie Kommey

Born 1953

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0653 POLITICIAN

Henry Herbert Lartey

Born 1954

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0665 POLITICIAN

Elizabeth K. T. Sackey

Born 1958

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0666 FOOTBALL

Mohammad Attiah

Born 1950

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0677 DIPLOMÁTIC

Morgan Adokwei Brown

Born 1959

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0686 ARTIST

Larry Otoo

Born 1956

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