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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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Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Born 1970
Komla Dumor
1972 - 2014
Gamal Nkrumah
Born 1959
Ameyaw Debrah
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Frederick Nanka-Bruce
1878 - 1953
Monte Oz
Born 1990
Isaac Kaledzi
Born 1985
Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Born 1985
Gottlieb Ababio Adom
1904 - 1979
Kofi Akpabli
Born 1973
Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie
Born 1957
Jefferson Sackey
Born 1978
Pearl Akanya Ofori
Born 1984
Dzifa Affainie
Born 1980
Sammy Flex
Born 1980