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Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
John Evans Atta Mills
sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944-2012)
Michael Essien
Ghanaian footballer (born 1982)
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1948-)
Yvonne Nelson
Ghanaian model, actress, film producer, author and entrepreneur
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Vice-President of Ghana
Fante
ethnic group in coastal Ghana
Ottobah Cugoano
British abolitionist and activist (1757–1791)
J. E. Casely Hayford
Ghanaian politician (1866-1930)
Marian Ewurama Addy
Ghanaian female science professor and quiz host
Elsie Effah Kaufmann
Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer
Gladys Casely-Hayford
Sierra Leonean writer
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
former Vice President of Ghana (1951-2018)
Ohemaa Mercy
Ghanaian contemporary gospel singer
Joe Ghartey
Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Patrick Awuah, Jr.
founder and president of the Ashesi University
Joyce Aryee
Ghanaian politician
Nana Aba Anamoah
Ghanaian TV personality
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Ghanaian linguist
Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson
former Vice-President of Ghana (1933-1999)
Alan John Kyerematen
Ghanaian politician
Paa Kwesi Nduom
Ghanaian politician, business consultant and Member of Parliament
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey
Gold Coast-born intellectual, missionary, and teacher (1875-1927)
Mary Grant
Ghanaian politician
Francis Allotey
Ghanaian physicist and mathematician
Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira
Ghanaian female Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and a member of the United Nations Appeal Tribunal
Kenneth Andam
Ghanaian sprinter
Thomas Mends Kodwo-Mercer
Ghanaian diplomat (1913–2003)
Kwamena Bartels
Ghanaian politician
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
Ghanaian physician and surgeon
Emile Short
Judge, Academic and Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice
Apatampa
Apatampa is a dance performed by the Fanti's in Ghana. Historically, It is believed that, the name of the dance was derived from an incident that happened a long time ago where a giant use to attack and kill the Fante men at night. One night, when the giant was fighting the last man, a woman appeared and danced gracefully to distract the fight which gain the attention of everyone. She was praised for separating the fight (apata ampa in Fante).
Ebo Taylor
Ghanaian musician
Kow Nkensen Arkaah
Ghanaian politician (1927-2001)
Gus Casely-Hayford
arts administrator
Philip Edward Archer
former Chief Justice of Ghana between 1991/1995 (1925–2002)
Archie Casely-Hayford
Ghanaian politician and lawyer (1898–1977)
Jacob Wilson Sey
Gold Coast artisan, farmer, philanthropist and nationalist
George Hagan
Ghanaian politician and academic