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Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
Nana Akufo-Addo
President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025
John Evans Atta Mills
sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944-2012)
John Kufuor
fifth President of the Republic of Ghana and Lawyer
Emmanuel Frimpong
Ghanaian footballer
Susan Ofori-Atta
Ghanaian physician (1917–1985)
Fante
ethnic group in coastal Ghana
J. B. Danquah
Ghanaian politician and lawyer (1895-1965)
Akyem
Akan ethnic group in Ghana
Adinkra symbols
Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms
Osei Tutu
co-founder of the Empire of Ashanti
Becca
Ghanaian singer-songwriter and actress
Marian Ewurama Addy
Ghanaian female science professor and quiz host
Elsie Effah Kaufmann
Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer
Denkyira
ethnic group
Lucy Quist
Ghanaian-British business and technology executive
Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse
Ghanaian paediatric surgeon
Letitia Obeng
Ghanaian zoologist (1925–2023)
Deborah Owusu-Bonsu
Ghanaian academic, television presenter and model
Ken Ofori-Atta
Ghanaian economist and politician
Mary Chinery-Hesse
Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant
William Ofori Atta
Ghanaian politician, lawyer and former foreign minister of Ghana (1910-1988)
Takyiwaa Manuh
Ghanaian academic and author
Daddy Lumba
Ghanaian musician (1964–2025)
Alan John Kyerematen
Ghanaian politician
Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
Ghanaian politician
Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa
Ghanaian politician
Christine Amoako-Nuamah
Ghanaian scientist and politician
Akuapem
variant of the Twi language
KiDi
KiDi (born 18 August 1993), known in real life as Dennis Nana Kwaku Boadi Dwamena, is a Ghanian singer, songwriter, and producer.
Roberta Annan
Ghanaian businesswoman and investor
Francis Allotey
Ghanaian physicist and mathematician
Esther Cobbah
Ghanaian communication specialist
Efutu people
ethnic group
Essi Matilda Forster
Ghanaian lawyer (1922 – 1998)
Akosua Agyapong
Ghanaian highlife artiste
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
Ghanaian physician and surgeon
Kwadwo
Kwadwo/Kwadjo/Kojo (Kwadwo in Ghana) is an Akan masculine given name originating from the Akan people, meaning born on a Monday. As an Akan given name, with the Akans being a large ethnic group consisting of various tribes such as the Fante, Asante, Akuapem, Bono, Akyem, among others, Kwadwo/Kwadjo is sometimes written as "Kojo", Kwadwo or Kwadjo and is also used less frequently as a family name (see Akan name). People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Kwadwo has the appellation Okoto or Asera meaning pea
Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
Ghanaian diplomat
Florence Dolphyne
was the first female professor and pro-vice chancellor at the university of Ghana
Adeline Sylvia Eugeina Ama Yeboakua Akufo-Addo
First Lady in the second republic of Ghana
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
politician and Former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (1912-1978)
F. A. Jantuah
Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Jacob Wilson Sey
Gold Coast artisan, farmer, philanthropist and nationalist
David Asante
Gold Coast linguist, educator and missionary (1834 – 1892)
John Canoe
Akan warrior
Josephine Addae-Mensah Afua
Ghanaian Politician and former member of parliament for Bosomtwe
George Akosa
Ghanaian politician
Kenneth Amponsah-Yiadom
Ghanaian politician