This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Accra, Ghana.
Born in Accra
1901–1970
Gottlieb Ababio Adom (1904–1979), educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian clergyman Mabel Dove Danquah (1905–1984), journalist, political activist, and creative writer Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915–1992), 2nd President of Ghana Saka Acquaye (1923–2007), musician, playwright, artist
Guy Warren (1923–2008), musician
James Barnor (born 1929), photographer
Peter Ala Adjetey (1931–2008), Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2001 to 2005 Love Allotey (1936–1996), boxer Eddie Blay (1937–2006), boxer Floyd Robertson (1937–1983), boxer Clement Quartey (born 1938), boxer Fred Aryee (born 1939), Nigerian footballer Mustapha Tettey Addy (born 1942), master drummer Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944), President of Ghana Margaret Busby (born 1944), publisher, editor and writer Oliver Acquah (born 1946), footballer Jerry Rawlings (born 1947–2020), President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001 Souad Faress (born 1948), stage, radio, television and film actress. David Kotei (born 1950), boxer William Boyd (born 1952), Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter Abena Busia (born 1953), writer, poet, lecturer and diplomat Hugh Quarshie (born 1954), actor Robert Bathurst (born 1957), English actor Azumah Nelson (born 1958), boxer Abdul–Aziz Yakubu (born 1958), mathematician Peter Mensah (born 1959), Ghanaian-British actor Mike Tetteh (born 1960), businessman, professional boxing promoter Nana (born 1968), German rapper and DJ Marcel Desailly (born 1968), French footballer Ali Ibrahim Pelé (born 1969), footballer Ike Quartey (born 1969), boxer