This is a list of prominent people who were born in

Dagbon The Kingdom of Dagbon is one of the oldest and most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 11th century. During its rise, it comprised, at various points, the Northern, Upper West, Upper East and ...

, lived for a significant period in

or were born to a Dagomba parent or parents.

Arts

* Abubakari Lunna * Samata Angel

Education

Haruna Yakubu Haruna Yakubu (born 24 October 1955) is the Vice-Chancellor of University for Development Studies. Education He obtained a Master of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Semiconductor Physics i ...

R. P. Baffour Robert Patrick Baffour, (born 14 May 1912 – 6 June 1993), was a Ghanaian engineer, politician and university administrator who served as the first Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He was also ...

Entertainment

* Rascalimu *

Rocky Dawuni Rocky Dawuni is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter and record producer who performs his signature 'Afro Roots' sound which is a mixture of Reggae, Afrobeat, Highlife and Soul music. He currently lives between Ghana and Los Angeles. Rocky is a two-time ...

* Sidiku Buari * Sheriff Ghale *

Sherifa Gunu Sherifa Gunu is a Ghanaian soul musician. She was born a princess into a royal family of the Kingdom of Dagbon, in the Northern Region of Ghana. Gunu had interest in music and dance during his childhood days. Sherifa has been in various danci ...

* Fancy Gadam; afropop, dancehall and reggae musical artiste.

Information Communication Technology

* Mohammed-Sani Abdulai, Computer Scientist and Informatics researcher.

Media

* Alhassan S. Suhuyini * Mahama Shaibu

Military & Police

Bawa Andani Yakubu __NOTOC__ Bawa Andani Yakubu, MV (1926 - 2002) was a police officer, politician and king. He was an Inspector General of Police in Ghana. He also served in the National Liberation Council (NLC) government. He was the Gushie-Naa or Gushie King u ...

Politics

Aliu Mahama Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party, he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-Preside ...

Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the National Democratic Con ...

* Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak * Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni * Ras Mubarak *

Haruna Iddrisu Haruna Iddrisu (born 8 September 1970) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician who is a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Tamale South. He served as the Minority Leader for NDC in Ghana's Parliament fro ...

* Inusah Fuseini *

Alhassan Suhuyini Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini (born 12 September 1979) is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and politician. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He is currently a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representin ...

Religious

* Yusuf Soalih Ajura * Saeed Abubakr Zakaria

Sport

Abdul Majeed Waris Abdul Majeed Waris (born 19 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot club Anorthosis and the Ghanaian national team. Club career Born in Tamale, Waris started his career at the Ghanaian Right to ...

* Abukari Damba *

George Alhassan George Alhassan, nicknamed Jair referring to Jairzinho is a retired Ghanaian footballer. He is best known for his exploits in the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations which saw him lift the trophy for the second time in his career. During his career he ...

Hamza Mohammed Hamza Mohammed (born 5 November 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Real Tamale United for 8 years before joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko in 2002. Mohammed also featured for the Ghana Black ...

* Mubarak Wakaso * Salifu Mudasiru *

Sherifatu Sumaila Sherifatu Sumaila (born 30 November 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and a attacker for Spanish Primera Federación club Rayo Vallecano. She previously played for Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women). S ...

Mukarama Abdulai Mukarama Abdulai (born 16 October 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, the Black Maidens and the Ghana women's national team. College career University for Developme ...

Other

Yakubu II Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (born 1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sagnarigu, a subur ...

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