Famous Deaths And Birthdays In Ghana’s History

Famous Birthdays

1875-10-18 – James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist

1909-09-09 – Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)

1929-04-22 – Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen

1947-06-22 – Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana

1958-09-19 – Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer

1962-11-05 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer

1966-06-06 – Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer

1975-06-09 – Otto Addo, Ghanaian footballer

1976-12-12 – Lloyd Owusu, English/Ghanaian football player

1977-01-08 – Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)

1979-08-01 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer

1979-12-26 – Mzbel, Ghanaian singer

1980-09-01 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer

1980-10-10 – Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

1980-10-24 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer

1981-03-03 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer

1981-05-01 – Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer

1982-05-24 – Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player

1982-07-07 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer

1982-12-03 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer

1983-12-10 – Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer

1984-08-27 – Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

1985-11-22 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer

1989-06-02 – Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer

Famous Deaths

1927-07-13 – James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies

1938-04-10 – Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana

1963-08-27 – W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana

1972-04-27 – Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62

1972-07-09 – Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana

1979-06-16 – Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Ghanaian dictator (b. 1931)

1998-01-23 – Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies

2007-03-20 – Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)

2007-06-27 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)

2008-03-06 – Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana

2008-12-09 – Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1972)