Gold Coast (British colony)
Gold Coast (British colony) ranks 4,352nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fuchū, Hiroshima, Grimma, and Hino, Tokyo. Memorable people born in Gold Coast (British colony) include Peter Turkson, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and Ama Ata Aidoo. Gold Coast (British colony) has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures. Gold Coast (British colony) is located in Ghana.
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti, the Northern Territories protectorate and the British Togoland trust territory. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1906 and 1948, Gold Coast (British colony) was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Peter Turkson, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and Ama Ata Aidoo.
People Born in Gold Coast (British colony)
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Peter Turkson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 1
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
POLITICIAN
1931 - 1979
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 2
Ama Ata Aidoo
WRITER
1942 - 2023
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 3
Edward Akufo-Addo
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gold Coast (British colony) were politicians (2), religious figures (1), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, religious figures have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gold Coast (British colony), including Peter Turkson. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gold Coast (British colony), including Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and Edward Akufo-Addo.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Gold Coast (British colony) since 1700.
