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List of Ghanaians in the United Kingdom

December 15, 2023

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.

Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
Reggie Yates
Anita Asante
Paul Sackey
Lisa I'Anson
Lord Paul Boateng
Adam Afriyie
Rachel Yankey
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
James Harper
William Boyd
Sam Gyimah
Person Profession/notability Place of birth Link to Ghana Ref.
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]
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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]

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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 Ghanaians in the United Kingdom Reggie YatesAnita AsantePaul SackeyLisa I AnsonLord Paul BoatengAdam AfriyieRachel YankeyHarry Aikines AryeeteyJames HarperWilliam BoydSam Gyimah Person Profession notability Place of birth Link to Ghana Ref 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 Goteborg 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 motherDr 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 parentsEmmanuel 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 fatherKobna Holdbrook Smith Actor Accra GhanaCab 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 Besiktas 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 Francais 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 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