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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| Abrantee Boateng | Radio DJ, TV presenter and club DJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [28] | |
| Daniel Boateng | Professional footballer for Arsenal F.C. | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [29] | |
| Eric Boateng | Professional basketball player for Peristeri B.C. and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [30] | |
| Ozwald Boateng, OBE | Fashion designer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [31] | |
| 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 | [32] | |
| William Boyd, CBE | Novelist and screenwriter | Accra, Ghana | Half-Ghanaian and half-Scottish mother, Scottish father | [33] | |
| Margaret Busby, CBE | Publisher (founder of Allison and Busby), writer, editor, broadcaster | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother, Caribbean father | [34] | |
| 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 | ||
| Joe Casely-Hayford, OBE | Fashion designer | Ghana | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [35] | |
| Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE | Lawyer, Executive Chair of ActionAid UK | London, Greater London, UK | Sierra Leonean mother, Ghanaian father | [36] | |
| Tinchy Stryder | Rapper, music executive, businessman and multimillionaire | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [37] | |
| Jaye Davidson | Actor | Riverside, California, US | English mother, Ghanaian father | [38] | |
| Chris Dickson | Professional footballer for AEL Limassol and Ghana national football team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Jamaican father | [39] | |
| Efua Dorkenoo, OBE | Campaigner | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [40] | |
| Idris Elba, OBE | Television, theatre, and film actor | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Sierra Leonean father | [41] | |
| Edward Enninful, OBE | Editor-in-chief of British Vogue | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [42] | |
| Ekow Eshun | Former artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), journalist, writer, and broadcaster | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [43] | |
| Kodwo Eshun | Writer, theorist and filmmaker | Ghanaian mother and father | [44] | ||
| 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 | [45] | |
| Ian "Donae'o" Greenidge | Rapper, singer, and musician known for his hit single "Party Hard" | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [46] [47] | |
| Sam Gyimah | Liberal Democrat politician, former Member of Parliament for East Surrey | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [48] | |
| James Harper | Professional footballer for Hull City A.F.C. | Chelmsford, Essex, UK | Ghanaian mother, English father | [49] | |
| 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 | [50] | |
| Kanya King, CBE | Founder of the MOBO Awards | London, Greater London, UK | Irish mother, Ghanaian father | [51] | |
| Esther Krakue | Political commentator | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [52] | |
| Jeanette Kwakye | Sprinter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [53] | |
| Ras Kwame | Radio DJ and radio presenter | Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | ||
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Politician and current Chancellor of the Exchequer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [54] | |
| Lisa l'Anson | Broadcaster and VJ | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Danish father | [55] | |
| Peter Mensah | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [56] | |
| Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Professional basketball player for Beşiktaş Milangaz and the Great Britain national basketball team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [57] | |
| Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills | Rapper and music executive | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother, Nigerian father | [58] | |
| The Mitchell Brothers | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and English father | [59] | |
| Melvin O'Doom | Comedian, radio DJ and television presenter | Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK | Ghanaian mother, Ghanaian father | [60] | |
| Abena Oppong-Asare | Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [61] [62] | |
| Mark "Neutrino" Osei-Tutu | Musician, professional rugby player | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | ||
| Belinda Owusu | Actress | London, Greater London, UK | English mother, Ghanaian father | [63] | |
| Lloyd Owusu | Former professional footballer | Slough, England | [64] | ||
| Hugh Quarshie | Actor | Accra, Ghana | Half-Dutch and half-English mother, Ghanaian father | [65] | |
| 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 | [66] | |
| Caleb Quaye | Rock guitarist and musician | London, Greater London, UK | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | ||
| Finley Quaye | Musician | Edinburgh, Scotland | Scottish mother, part-Ghanaian, part-Dutch and part-English father | [67] | |
| Lord Bernard Ribeiro, Knight Bachelor / CBE | Surgeon, former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | Achimota, Ghana | Ghanaian mother and father | [68] | |
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Streatham | Streatham, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [69] | |
| Paul Sackey | Professional rugby union player for Stade Français and the England national rugby union team | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [70] | |
| Derek "Sway DaSafo" Safo | Musician | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [71] | |
| Lloyd Sam | Professional footballer for Leeds United F.C. | Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [72] | |
| June Sarpong, OBE | Television presenter | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [73] | |
| Adrien Sauvage | Fashion designer, film director and photographer | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [74] | |
| Alex Sawyer | Actor | Kent, England, UK | Ghanaian mother, half-Finnish and half-English father | ||
| Jeffrey Schlupp | Professional footballer for Crystal Palace F.C. and Ghana national football team | Hamburg, Germany | Ghanaian mother and father | [75] | |
| Dennis Tuffour | professional rugby league footballer for York City Knights | London, Greater London, UK | Ghanaian mother and father | [76] | |
| 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 | [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] |