Famous Persons from Tarkwa, , Ghana
- Nana Kofi Babil - Born on January 4, 2002 - Association football player
- Masahudu Alhassan - Born on December 1, 1992 - Association football player
- Richard Mpong - Born on July 4, 1990 - Association football player
- Hans Kwofie - Born on June 10, 1989 - Association football player
- Paa Kwesi Fabin - Born on March 25, 1959 - Association football coach, and Association football player
- Gifty Eugenia Kwofie - Born on February 11, 1958 - Researcher, Civil servant, and Politician
- Jojo Cobbinah - Born on May 25, 1948 - Writer
- Hawa Yakubu - Born on March 24, 1948 - Minister for Tourism, Bursar, and Politician (died: March 19, 2007)
- George Ayittey - Born on October 13, 1945 - Economist, and Writer (died: January 28, 2022)
- John Evans Atta Mills - Born on July 21, 1944 - Politician, Lawyer, University teacher, and Economist - Fulbright Scholarship | Order of the Volta | Order of the Star of Ghana (died: July 24, 2012)
- Isaac Chinebuah - Born on October 7, 1929 - University teacher, Diplomat, and Politician (died: June 8, 2006)
- Philip Edward Archer - Born on February 22, 1925 - Lawyer, Judge, and Solicitor - Order of the Star of Ghana (died: May 10, 2002)