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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
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Peter Mensah
Born 1959
Hugh Quarshie
Born 1954
Robert Bathurst
Born 1957
Van Vicker
Born 1977
Souad Faress
Born 1948
Yvonne Nelson
Born 1985
Majid Michel
Born 1980
Juliet Ibrahim
Born 1986
Yvonne Okoro
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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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Gyearbuor Asante
1941 - 2000
Patrick Addai
Born 1969
Ian Jazzi
Born 1986
Tawiah M'carthy
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Martha Ankomah
Born 1985
Eddie Nartey
Born 1984
Christabel Ekeh
Born 1990
Fred Amugi
Born 1948