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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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Sir David Adjaye, Knight Bachelor / OBE | Architect | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Ghanaian mother and father | [1][2] |
William Adoasi | Entrepreneur | Camberwell, London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [3] |
Adam Afriyie | British Conservative Party politician, businessman and multimillionaire | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [4][5] |
Albert Adomah | Professional footballer for Bristol City F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [6] |
Freema Agyeman | Television and film actress | Hackney, Greater London, UK | Iranian mother, Ghanaian father | [7] |
Patrick Agyemang | Professional footballer for Queens Park Rangers F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [8] |
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Sprinter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [9] |
John Akomfrah, CBE | Film director and screenwriter | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [10] |
Adjoa Andoh | Film, television, stage and voice actress | Clifton, Bristol | Ghanaian mother and father | [11][12] |
Samata Angel | Fashion designer | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [13] |
Joey Ansah | Actor and martial artist | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [14] |
Maxwell "Lethal Bizzle" Ansah | Musician and rapper | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [15] |
Kwesi Appiah | Professional footballer for Crystal Palace F.C. and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [16] |
Amma Asante, MBE | Writer and film director | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [17][18] |
Anita Asante | Professional female footballer for Göteborg FC and the England women's national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [19][20] |
Clare-Hope Ashitey | Actress | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [21] |
Guvna B | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [22] |
Terry Baddoo | CNN International news reporter and columnist for World Football Insider | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [23] |
James Barnor | Photographer | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [24] |
Errol "Kojo Funds" Bellot | Musician and rapper | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Dominican father | [25] |
Rhian Benson | Soul and jazz singer-songwriter | Accra, Ghana | Welsh mother, Ghanaian father | [26] |
Matty Blythe | professional rugby league footballer for Warrington Wolves | Salford, Greater Manchester, UK | Ghanaian mother, English father | [27] [28] |
Abrantee Boateng | Radio DJ, TV presenter and club DJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [29] |
Daniel Boateng | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [30] |
Eric Boateng | Professional basketball player for Peristeri B.C. and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [31] |
Ozwald Boateng, OBE | Fashion designer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [32] |
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 | [33] |
William Boyd, CBE | Novelist and screenwriter | Accra, Ghana | Half-Ghanaian and half-Scottish mother, Scottish father | [34] |
Margaret Busby, CBE | Publisher (founder of Allison and Busby), writer, editor, broadcaster | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother, Caribbean father | [35] |
Paigey Cakey | MC, rapper, singer and actress | Hackney, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian father, English mother | |
Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, OBE | Executive Director (CEO) of Arts Strategy for Arts Council England, curator and cultural historian | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [36] |
Joe Casely-Hayford, OBE | Fashion designer | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [36] |
Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE | Lawyer, Executive Chair of ActionAid UK | London, Greater London, UK | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [37] |
Tinchy Stryder | Rapper, music executive, businessman and multimillionaire | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [38] |
Jaye Davidson | Actor | Riverside, California, US | English mother, Ghanaian father | [39] |
Chris Dickson | Professional footballer for AEL Limassol and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Jamaican father | [40] |
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE | Campaigner | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [41] |
Idris Elba, OBE | Television, theatre, and film actor | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Sierra Leonean father | [42] |
Edward Enninful, OBE | Editor-in-chief of British Vogue | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [43] |
Ekow Eshun | Former artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), journalist, writer, and broadcaster | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [44] |
Kodwo Eshun | Writer, theorist and filmmaker | Ghanaian mother and father | [45] | |
Paapa Essiedu | Actor | Southwark, London, England | Ghanaian parents | |
Emmanuel Frimpong | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. and Ghana national football team | Kumasi, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [46] |
Ian "Donae'o" Greenidge | Rapper, singer, and musician known for his hit single "Party Hard" | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [47][48] |
Sam Gyimah | Liberal Democrat politician, former Member of Parliament for East Surrey | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [49] |
James Harper | Professional footballer for Hull City A.F.C. | Chelmsford, Essex, UK | Ghanaian mother, English father | [50] |
Afua Hirsch | Journalist | Norway | Ghanaian mother, British father | |
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Actor | Accra, Ghana | ||
Cab Kaye | Jazz musician | London, Greater London, UK | Half-Dutch and half-English mother, Ghanaian father | [51] |
Kanya King, CBE | Founder of the MOBO Awards | London, Greater London, UK | Irish mother, Ghanaian father | [52] |
Esther Krakue | Political commentator | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [53] |
Jeanette Kwakye | Sprinter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [54] |
Ras Kwame | Radio DJ and radio presenter | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [12] |
Kwasi Kwarteng | Politician and current Chancellor of the Exchequer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [55] |
Lisa l'Anson | Broadcaster and VJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Danish father | [56] |
Peter Mensah | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [57] |
Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Professional basketball player for Beşiktaş Milangaz and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [58] |
Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills | Rapper and music executive | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Nigerian father | [59] |
The Mitchell Brothers | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and English father | [60] |
Melvin O'Doom | Comedian, radio DJ and television presenter | Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK | Ghanaian mother, Ghanaian father | [61] |
Abena Oppong-Asare | Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [62][63] |
Mark "Neutrino" Osei-Tutu | Musician, professional rugby player | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [28] |
Belinda Owusu | Actress | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [64] |
Lloyd Owusu | Former professional footballer | Slough, England | [65] | |
Hugh Quarshie | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Half-Dutch and half-English mother, Ghanaian father | [66] |
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 | [67] |
Caleb Quaye | Rock guitarist and musician | London, Greater London, UK | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | [51] |
Finley Quaye | Musician | Edinburgh, Scotland | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | [68] |
Lord Bernard Ribeiro, Knight Bachelor / CBE | Surgeon, former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | Achimota, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [69] |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Streatham | Streatham, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [70] |
Paul Sackey | Professional rugby union player for Stade Français and the England national rugby union team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [71] |
Derek "Sway DaSafo" Safo | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [72] |
Lloyd Sam | Professional footballer for Leeds United F.C. | Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [73] |
June Sarpong, OBE | Television presenter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [74] |
Adrien Sauvage | Fashion designer, film director and photographer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [75] |
Alex Sawyer | Actor | Kent, England, UK | Ghanaian mother, half-Finnish and half-English father | [27] |
Jeffrey Schlupp | Professional footballer for Crystal Palace F.C. and Ghana national football team | Hamburg, Germany | Ghanaian mother and father | [76] |
Dennis Tuffour | professional rugby league footballer for York City Knights | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [27] |
Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah | British Military Officer, First Black equerry in British monarch history | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [77] |
William Vanderpuye | Actor and renowned voice-over artist | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Dutch father | [27] [78] |
Danny Welbeck | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. and England national football team | Longsight, Greater Manchester, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [79] |
Arthur Wharton | First black professional association football player in the world | Jamestown, formerly Gold Coast now Ghana | Ghanaian mother, half-Grenadian and half-Scottish father | [80] |
Rachel Yankey, OBE | Professional female footballer for Arsenal W.F.C. and the England women's national football team | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [81] [82] |
Reggie Yates | Actor, television presenter and radio DJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [83] |
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye | Painter | London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [84] |
Joshua Buatsi | Boxer, Olympic Bronze medalist | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [85] |
DJ Zel | Radio DJ | UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [86] |