John Ebenezer Samuel de Graft-Hayford (1912 – 2002) was Ghana's first Ghanaian Chief of Air Staff. He became the first indigenous Air Force Commander in Ghana and Black Sub-Saharan Africa. He was also acting Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for a brief period in 1962. He was born in the United Kingdom of Ghanaian origin, and also had Dutch and German maternal bloodlines.