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.

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] [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 Odoom	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]

Ghanaians in the United Kingdom