Accra ranks 215th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kingston, Jamaica, Brno, and Thessaloniki. Memorable people born in Accra include Nana Akufo-Addo, Marcel Desailly, and Jerry Rawlings. Memorable people who died in Accra include W. E. B. Du Bois, Hideyo Noguchi, and John Atta Mills. Accra has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and social activists. Accra is located in Ghana.
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi), had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, 3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi), had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered 199.4 km2 (77.0 sq mi). This territory has since been split into 13 local government districts: 12 independent municipal districts and the reduced Accra Metropolitan District (20.4 km2), which is the only district within the capital to be granted city status. This territory of 199.4 km2 contained 1,782,150 inhabitants at the 2021 census, and serves as the capital of Ghana, while the district under the jurisdiction of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly proper (20.4 km2) is distinguished from the rest of the capital as the "City of Accra". Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1915 and 2000, Accra was the birth place of 51 globally memorable people, including Nana Akufo-Addo, Marcel Desailly, and Jerry Rawlings. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Accra including W. E. B. Du Bois, Hideyo Noguchi, and John Atta Mills.
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 2
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 6
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 8
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 11
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 12
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.22
Rank: 26
2000 - Present
HPI: 23.72
Rank: 41
1997 - Present
HPI: 18.25
Rank: 48
1998 - Present
HPI: 17.17
Rank: 49
1988 - Present
HPI: 17.15
Rank: 50
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1
1876 - 1928
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 2
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 4
1931 - 1979
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 5
1934 - 1998
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 6
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 7
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 8
1936 - 1979
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 9
1942 - 2023
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 10
Most individuals born in present day Accra were soccer players (45), politicians (3), actors (1), writers (1), and singers (1), while most who died were politicians (7), social activists (1), biologists (1), and writers (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Accra, including Marcel Desailly, Michael Essien, and Asamoah Gyan. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Accra, including Marcel Desailly, Michael Essien, and Asamoah Gyan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Accra since 1700.