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People from Ashanti Region

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Kofi Kingston
Ghanaian-American professional wrestler
Yaa Asantewaa
Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader
Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten
Ghanaian media practitioner
Theodosia Okoh
designer of the Ghana national flag
Francisca Oteng-Mensah
Ghanaian politician and businesswoman
Joseph Osei Owusu
Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Black Sherif
Ghanaian singer and rapper
Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Ghanaian politician
Daniel Okyem Aboagye
Ghanaian politician (1973–2023)
Kwaku Kwarteng
Ghanaian politician
Mercy Asiedu
Ghanaian actress
Kwabena Owusu Aduomi
Ghanaian politician
Daddy Lumba
Ghanaian musician (1964–2025)
Dentaa
Akosua Dentaa Amoateng MBE (born 1983), best known by her stage name Dentaa, is a British Ghanaian entrepreneur, actress, TV presenter, singer, producer and manager. She was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours and in 2017, she received the Ghana Peace Awards Humanitarian Service Laureate in Accra, Ghana. In mid-September 2020, she was appointed by Asante Kotoko S.C. as their International Relations Manager.
AJ Akuoko-Sarpong
Ghanian journalist
Fred Nuamah
Ghanaian actor and film producer
Rebop Kwaku Baah
Ghanaian musician (1944-1983)
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie
Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Owusu Afriyie Akoto
Ghanaian politician
Abdul Wahab Adam
Ghanaian Islamic scholar (1938–2014)
Nana Kwame Bediako
Ghanaian entrepreneur
Rose Mensah Kutin
Ghanaian gender advocate and professional journalist
Mariama Owusu
Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge
Akua Sarpong-Ayisa
Ghanaian entrepreneur
Kwame Addo-Kufuor
Ghanaian politician and physician
Edward Osei-Kwaku
Ghanaian politician
Joseph Osei-Bonsu
Ghanaian Catholic priest
Grace Boadu
Ghanaian herbal medicine practitioner (died 2024)
Aboagye Brenya
Ghanaian actor
Kofi Acquah-Dadzie
Ghanaian academic, jurist and writer (born 1939)