Ofori-Atta
The Ofori-Atta family is composed of the bearers of an Akan language patronymic surname and their relatives. The family is of royal Akyem origins. Notable members include:
- Ofori Atta I (1881 – 1943), who was the Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa
- J. B. Danquah (1895 – 1965), member of "The Big Six", politician and writer, famous for helping to name Ghana
- William Ofori Atta (1910 – 1988), a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention, one of "The Big Six" detained by the Gold Coast colonial government after the 1948 Accra riots and later Foreign minister (1971 – 1972)
- Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912 – 1978), politician and the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
- Susan Ofori-Atta (1917 – 1985), Ghanaian physician and the first woman medical doctor on the Gold Coast
- Adeline Akufo-Addo, née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta (1917 – 2004), wife of second republic president of Ghana Edward Akufo-Addo, and mother of Nana Akufo-Addo
- Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944), politician and current president of Ghana
- Ken Ofori-Atta (born 1959), investment banker, co-founder of Databank in Ghana and current Finance Minister
This page lists people with the surname Ofori-Atta.
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