Kumasi
Kumasi ranks 891st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Kortrijk, and Schenectady, New York. Memorable people born in Kumasi include Kofi Annan, John Kufuor, and Tony Yeboah. Kumasi has been the birth place of many soccer players and diplomats. Kumasi is located in Ghana.
Kumasi is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom, after Osei Kofi Tutu I who was a king in the Ashanti empire. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1938 and 1999, Kumasi was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Kofi Annan, John Kufuor, and Tony Yeboah.
People Born in Kumasi
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Kofi Annan
1938 - 2018
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 1
John Kufuor
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2
Tony Yeboah
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 3
Samuel Kuffour
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 4
James Kwesi Appiah
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 5
Kofi Kingston
1981 - Present
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 6
Emmanuel Frimpong
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.57
Rank: 7
Stephen Adams
1989 - Present
HPI: 26.42
Rank: 8
Nana Akwasi Asare
1986 - Present
HPI: 25.85
Rank: 9
Enoch Kofi Adu
1990 - Present
HPI: 24.58
Rank: 10
Ignisious Gaisah
1983 - Present
HPI: 23.50
Rank: 11
Kasim Nuhu
1995 - Present
HPI: 20.61
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kumasi
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1990 - Present
HPI: 24.58
Rank: 10
Kasim Nuhu
1995 - Present
HPI: 20.61
Rank: 12
Mohammed Salisu
1999 - Present
HPI: 19.13
Rank: 14
Most individuals born in present day Kumasi were soccer players (10), diplomats (1), politicians (1), wrestlers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kumasi, including Tony Yeboah, Samuel Kuffour, and James Kwesi Appiah. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kumasi, including Tony Yeboah, Samuel Kuffour, and James Kwesi Appiah.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kumasi since 1700.
