List of alumni of the Accra Academy

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An alumnus of the Accra Academy is referred to as a Bleoobi.

Academia[edit]

Natural and Applied Sciences[edit]

Humanities and Social sciences[edit]

Medicine[edit]

The Arts[edit]

Actors[edit]

  • Chris Attoh (Bleoo '96), actor, television presenter, producer and model

Artists[edit]

Eric Adjetey Anang

Literature[edit]

Music[edit]

KiDi

Entrepreneurs and business leaders[edit]

Felix Nyarko-Pong

Journalists and media personalities[edit]

News agencies & Newspapers[edit]

Radio & Television[edit]

Law[edit]

Attorney-Generals[edit]

Supreme Court Judges[edit]

Samuel Azu Crabbe, 5th Chief Justice of Ghana

Other legal figures[edit]

Military[edit]

Army[edit]

Joseph Narh Adinkra; Chief of the Army Staff, 2009–2013

Navy[edit]

David Animle Hansen– first Ghanaian Chief of Naval Staff

Air Force[edit]

Border Guards[edit]

Politics, Royalty and Government[edit]

Head of State[edit]

Speakers of Parliament[edit]

Edward Doe Adjaho, 11th Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana

Ministers[edit]

Paul BoatengUK's first mixed-race Cabinet Minister

Other political figures[edit]

Diplomats[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Monarchs[edit]

Public Servants[edit]

Kwaku Aning, former Deputy Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Religion[edit]

Sports[edit]

Athletes[edit]

  • John Myles-Mills (Bleoo '86), former national athlete; African 200m silver medallist
  • Leo Myles-Mills (Bleoo '92), former national athlete, Ghana 100m record holder of 9.99s; African 4X100m gold medallist

Footballers[edit]

Asamoah Gyan, top goal scorer of the Ghana national football team

Sports Administrators[edit]

Others[edit]

Notable faculty[edit]

Nana Akufo-Addo, Incumbent President of the republic of Ghana

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