Osei is both a surname and a given name. It is the fourth common surname in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Abena Osei Asare
Abena Osei-Asare (born 16 January 1979) is a Chartered Accountant, Ghanaian politician and currently a Member of Parliament for Atiwa East (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
She is married with three children; two ...
(born 1979), Ghanaian Politician
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Anthony Akoto Osei
Anthony Akoto Osei is a Ghanaian banker and politician. Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning. He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Old Tafo in ...
(born 1953), Ghanaian economist and Politician
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Charlotte Osei
Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei (born 1 February 1969) is the UN International Elections Commissioner, a Ghanaian lawyer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 2015 until she was dismissed in June 2018 on grounds of financ ...
(born 1969), former Ghana Electoral Commissioner
* Emmanuel Osei (born 1981), Ghanaian association football player
* Emmanuel Osei Kuffour (born 1976), Ghanaian association football player
* Eric Osei-Owusu (born 1963), Ghanaian Politician
* Kennedy Osei (born 1966), Ghanaian middle distance runner
* Kevin Osei (born 1991), French-born Ghanaian association football player
* Kweku Osei (born 1990), Ghanaian professional association football player
* Ransford Osei (born 1990), Ghanaian professional association football player
* Michael Osei (born 1971), Ghanaian professional association football player
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Mikki Osei Berko
Mikki Osei Berko (born 1973) is a Ghanaian-born actor. He played Master Richard in the TV series ''Taxi Driver'' and Dada Boat in '' Dada Boat''. He has served as the assemblyman for the Ayidiki electoral area for one term, and is also the execut ...
, Ghanaian actor
* Nana Osei Bonsu II (born 1939), Regent of the Ashanti Kingdom
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Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II
Osei Tutu II (born Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999.John Frimpong Osei (born 1971), Ghanaian Politician
* Joseph Osei Owusu (born 1962), Ghanaian Politician
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Osei Bonsu
Osei Bonsu (born 1779 – 21 January 1824) also known as Osei Tutu Kwame was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti). He reigned from 1804 to 1824. During his reign the Ashanti fought the Fante confederation and ended up dominating Gold Coast tra ...
(died 1824), Asantehene
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Osei Kofi Tutu I
Osei Kofi Tutu I ( – ) was one of the founders of the Ashanti Empire, assisted by Okomfo Anokye. The Asante are an Akan ethnic group of West Africa. Osei Tutu led an alliance of Asante states against the regional hegemon, the Denkyira, comple ...