List of Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
This is a list of notable Ghanaians in the United Kingdom. The person's Ghanaian citizenship and connection to the Republic of Ghana is shown in birthplace and parentheses.
Person | Profession/notability | Place of birth | Link to Ghana | Ref. |
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David Adjaye, OBE | Architect | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Ghanaian mother and father | [1] |
Adam Afriyie | British Conservative Party politician, businessman and multimillionaire | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [2] |
Albert Adomah | Professional footballer for Bristol City F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [3] |
Freema Agyeman | Television and film actress | Hackney, Greater London, UK | Iranian mother, Ghanaian father | [4] |
Patrick Agyemang | Professional footballer for Queens Park Rangers F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [5] |
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Sprinter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [6] |
John Akomfrah, OBE | Film director and screenwriter | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [7] |
Adjoa Andoh | Film, television, stage and voice actress | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [8] |
Samata Angel | Fashion designer | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [9] |
Joey Ansah | Actor and martial artist | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [10] |
Maxwell "Lethal Bizzle" Ansah | Musician and rapper | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [11] |
Kwesi Appiah | Professional footballer for Crystal Palace F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [12] |
Amma Asante | Writer and film director | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [13] |
Anita Asante | Professional female footballer for Göteborg FC and the England women's national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [14] |
Clare-Hope Ashitey | Actress | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [15] |
Guvna B | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [16] |
Terry Baddoo | CNN International news reporter and columnist for World Football Insider | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [17] |
James Barnor | Photographer | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [18] |
Rhian Benson | Soul and jazz singer and songwriter | Accra, Ghana | Welsh mother, Ghanaian father | [19] |
Matty Blythe | Professional rugby league player for Warrington Wolves | Salford, Greater Manchester, UK | Ghanaian mother, English father | [20] [21] |
Abrantee Boateng | Radio DJ, TV presenter and club DJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [22] |
Daniel Boateng | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [23] |
Eric Boateng | Professional basketball player for Peristeri B.C. and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [24] |
Ozwald Boateng, OBE | Fashion designer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [25] |
Lord Paul Boateng, The Right Honourable / PC | British Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords | London, Greater London, UK | Scottish mother, Ghanaian father | [26] |
William Boyd, CBE | Novelist and screenwriter | Accra, Ghana | Half-Ghanaian and half-Scottish mother, Scottish father | [27] |
Margaret Busby, OBE | Publisher (founder of Allison and Busby), writer, editor, broadcaster | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother, Caribbean father | [28] |
Paigey Cakey | MC, rapper, singer and actress | Hackney, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian father, English mother | |
Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford | Executive Director (CEO) of Arts Strategy for Arts Council England, curator and cultural historian | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [29] |
Joe Casely-Hayford, OBE | Fashion designer | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [29] |
Margaret Casely-Hayford | Lawyer, Executive Chair of ActionAid UK | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [30] |
Tinchy Stryder | Rapper, music executive, businessman and multimillionaire | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [31] |
Jaye Davidson | Actor | Riverside, California, US | English mother, Ghanaian father | [32] |
Chris Dickson | Professional footballer for AEL Limassol and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Jamaican father | [33] |
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE | Campaigner | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [34] |
Idris Elba, OBE | Television, theatre, and film actor | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Sierra Leonean father | [35] |
Edward Enninful | Fashion and style-director of W magazine | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [36] [37] |
Ekow Eshun | Former artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), journalist, writer, and broadcaster | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [38] |
Kodwo Eshun | Writer, theorist and filmmaker | Ghanaian mother and father | ||
Emmanuel Frimpong | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. and Ghana national football team | Kumasi, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [39] [40] |
Ian "Donae'o" Greenidge | Rapper, singer, and musician known for his hit single "Party Hard" | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [41][42] |
James Harper | Professional footballer for Hull City A.F.C. | Chelmsford, Essex, UK | Ghanaian mother, English father | [43] |
Cab Kaye | Jazz musician | London, Greater London, UK | Half-Dutch and half-English mother, Ghanaian father | [44] |
Kanya King, MBE | Founder of the MOBO Awards | London, Greater London, UK | Irish mother, Ghanaian father | [45] |
Jeanette Kwakye | Sprinter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [46] |
Ras Kwame | Radio DJ and radio presenter | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [8] |
Lisa l'Anson | Broadcaster and VJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Danish father | [47] |
Peter Mensah | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [48] |
Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Professional basketball player for Beşiktaş Milangaz and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [49] |
Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills | Rapper and music executive | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Nigerian father | [50] |
The Mitchell Brothers | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and English father | [51] |
Melvin O'Doom | Comedian, radio DJ and television presenter | Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK | Ghanaian mother, Ghanian father | [52] |
Mark "Neutrino" Osei-Tutu | Musician, professional rugby player | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [21] |
Belinda Owusu | Actress | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [53] |
Lloyd Owusu | Former professional footballer | Slough, England | ||
Hugh Quarshie | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Half-Dutch and half-English mother, Ghanaian father | [54] |
Nigel Quashie | Professional footballer; only the second black player to represent Scotland in football, and the first since Andrew Watson in 1881 | Southwark, Greater London, England | English mother, Ghanaian father | [55] |
Caleb Quaye | Rock guitarist and musician | London, Greater London, UK | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | [44] |
Finley Quaye | Musician | Edinburgh, Scotland | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | [56] |
Lord Bernard Ribeiro, Knight Bachelor / CBE | Surgeon, former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [57] |
Paul Sackey | Professional rugby union player for Stade Français and the England national rugby union team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [58] |
Derek "Sway DaSafo" Safo | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [59] |
Lloyd Sam | Professional footballer for Leeds United F.C. | Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [60] |
June Sarpong, MBE | Television presenter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [61] |
Adrien Sauvage | Fashion designer, film director and photographer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [62] |
Alex Sawyer | Actor | Kent, England, UK | Ghanaian mother, half-Finnish and half-English father | [20] |
Jeffrey Schlupp | Professional footballer for Leicester City F.C. and Ghana national football team | Hamburg, Germany | Ghanaian mother and father | [63] |
Dennis Tuffour | Professional rugby league player for York City Knights | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [20] |
Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah | British Military Officer, First Black equerry in British monarch history | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [64] |
William Vanderpuye | Actor and renowned voice-over artist | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Dutch father | [20] [65] |
Danny Welbeck | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. and England national football team | Longsight, Greater Manchester, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [66] |
Arthur Wharton | The first black professional association football player in the world | Jamestown, formerly Gold Coast now Ghana | Ghanaian mother, half-Grenadian and half-Scottish father | [67] |
Rachel Yankey, MBE | Professional female footballer for Arsenal W.F.C. and the England women's national football team | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [68] [69] |
Reggie Yates | Actor, television presenter and radio DJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [70] |
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye | Painter | London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [71] |
Joshua Buatsi | Boxer, Olympic Bronze Medalist | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [72] |
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