| Person |
Profession/Notability |
Place of birth |
Link to Ghana |
Ref. |
| Kwasi "Tinchy Stryder" Danquah |
Rapper, Music executive, Businessman and Multimillionaire |
Accra, Republic of Ghana |
Ghanaian mother and father |
[1] |
| Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills |
Rapper and Music executive |
Bow, Greater London, UK |
Ghanaian mother, Nigerian father |
[2] |
| Ozwald Boateng |
Fashion designer |
Muswell Hill, Greater London, UK |
Ghanaian mother and father |
[3] |
| Idris Elba |
Television, Theatre, and Film actor |
Hackney, Greater London, UK |
Ghanaian mother, Sierra Leonean father |
[4] |
| Freema Agyeman |
Television and Film actress |
Hackney, Greater London, UK |
Iranian mother, Ghanaian father |
[5] |
| Danny Welbeck |
Professional footballer for Manchester United F.C. and England national football team |
Longsight, Greater Manchester, UK |
Ghanaian mother and father |
[6] |
| Pops Mensah-Bonsu |
Professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket and the British national basketball team |
Tottenham, Greater London, UK |
Ghanaian mother and father |
[7] |
| Paul Boateng |
British Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords |
Hackney, Greater London, UK |
Scottish mother, Ghanaian father |
[8] |
| Rachel Yankey |
Profesional female footballer for Arsenal L.F.C. and the England women's national football team |
London, Greater London, UK |
English mother, Ghanaian father |
[9][10] |
| Anita Asante |
Profesional female footballer for Sky Blue FC and the England women's national football team |
London, Greater London, UK |
Ghanaian mother and father |
[11] |
| Adam Afriyie |
British Conservative Party politician, Businessman and Multimillionaire |
Wimbledon, Greater London, UK |
English mother, Ghanaian father |
[12] |
| Arthur Wharton |
The first black professional association football player in the world. |
Jamestown, formally Gold Coast now Republic of Ghana |
Ghanaian mother and a half-Grenadian and half-Scottish father |
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