People from Ghana

10 people remembered here.

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  Kofi Annan

  1938 – 2018 · Secretary-General of the United Nations

  Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.

  118 candles · 10 tributes
• 
  Bernice Offei

  1963 – 2026 · Gospel musician

  Ghanaian gospel voice whose songs Hold On and Life Is Short carried faith across generations.

  93 candles · 5 tributes
• 
  Grace Nortey

  1937 – 2026 · Actress (theatre

  Maame Gyata: five decades of fierce Ghanaian screen truth.

  44 candles · 8 tributes
• 
  Gamal Nkrumah

  1958 – 2026 · Journalist and editor

  Journalist and Pan-Africanist who carried his father's vision of African unity.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Sophia Horner-Sam

  † 2026 · Diplomat

  Ghanaian diplomat and NPP leader who carried public service from the regions to The Hague.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Abdul-Samed Muhamed Gunu

  1966 – 2026 · Politician and development worker

  First NPP member of Parliament for Savelugu, remembered as humble and kind.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Ebo Taylor

  1936 – 2026 · Guitarist

  Ghanaian highlife and afrobeat pioneer whose guitar carried tradition into the wider world.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Patience Akyianu

  † 2026 · Banker

  First woman to lead Barclays Bank Ghana, later Group CEO of Hollard Ghana.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Kwame Dzokoto

  † 2026 · Politician

  Judge Koboo of Efiewura and the warm voice of Edziban, who made Ghana laugh and taste its own food.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
• 
  Samuel Odoi-Sykes

  1928 – 2026 · Politician

  A lawyer and diplomat who led Ghana's opposition in Parliament and chaired the NPP to victory.

  3 candles · 1 tributes