Kumasi
Kumasi ranks 657th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Riverside, California, Lucca, and Arnhem. The most famous people from Kumasi are Kofi Annan, John Kufuor, and Kofi Kingston. Kumasi has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Kumasi is located in Ghana.
People
Between 1938 and 2003, Kumasi was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Kofi Annan, John Kufuor, and Kofi Kingston.
People Born in Kumasi
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Kofi Annan
DIPLOMAT
1938 - 2018
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 1
John Kufuor
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 2
Kofi Kingston
WRESTLER
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 3
Samuel Kuffour
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 4
Tony Yeboah
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 5
Kwadwo Asamoah
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 6
James Kwesi Appiah
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 7
Karim Abdul Razak
SOCCER PLAYER
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 8
Mohammed Salisu
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 9
Stephen Adams
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 10
Mohammed Muntari
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 11
Emmanuel Frimpong
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kumasi
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Isaac Asare
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 14
Baba Adamu
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 16
Ernest Nuamah
SOCCER PLAYER
2003 - Present
HPI: 34.85
Rank: 21
Nana Ama McBrown
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.01
Rank: 23
Ransford Osei
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.39
Rank: 25
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kumasi were soccer players (19), actors (2), athletes (2), diplomats (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kumasi, including Samuel Kuffour, Tony Yeboah, and Kwadwo Asamoah. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kumasi, including Samuel Kuffour, Tony Yeboah, and Kwadwo Asamoah.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kumasi since 1700.
