Nigeria
People of this nationality
Femi Adebayo
b. 1970
actor
GehGeh
actor
Ayisat Yusuf
b. 1985
association football player
O. O. Adewoye
1947 – 2015
academic
Akin Euba
1935 – 2020
composer
Bilikiss Adebiyi
b. 1983
entrepreneur
Jeremiah Ogbodo
b. 1991
businessperson
Benjamin Akande
b. 1962
economist
Teslim Balogun
1927 – 1972
association football player
Demi Isaac Oviawe
b. 2000
film actor
Ahmed Muhammad Daku
b. 1944
politician
Taiwo Afolabi
b. 1962
lawyer
Abubakar Gimba
1952 – 2015
academic
Okechukwu Amah
petroleum engineer
Emmanuel Okoye
b. 1991
association football player
Baaj Adebule
b. 1988
actor
Onyesoh Alwell
b. 1960
politician
Abdulkadir Shehu
politician
Noah Akwu
b. 1990
sprinter
Joseph Olatunji Ajayi
b. 1940
politician
Ibrahim Dada
politician
Ugo Ihemelu
b. 1983
association football player
Guchi
b. 1996
singer
Dillibe Onyeama
1951 – 2022
author
Loolo Dinebari
politician
Rabiu Baita
b. 1984
association football player
Janet Febisola Adeyemi
b. 1958
engineer
Iyanya
b. 1986
songwriter
Chinonye Chukwu
b. 1980
film director
Umaru Mohammed
Nigerian Police
Timaya
b. 1977
singer
Maureen Eke
b. 1986
association football player
Tayo Aderinokun
1955 – 2011
businessperson
Daniel Effiong
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Hamisu Ibrahim Kubau
b. 1975
politician
Olu Ashaolu
b. 1988
basketball player
Ephraim Ademowo
b. 1948
Anglican priest
Lawrence Udeigwe
mathematician
Asele Woy
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Ifeanyi Okowa
b. 1959
politician
Sylvia Oluchi
b. AD 7
actor
Bassey Asuquo
politician
Ode Ogede
b. 1956
academic
Izu Azuka
b. 1989
association football player
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
1951 – 2014
writer
Gabriel Toby
economist
Beautiful Nubia
b. 1968
singer
Akasoba Duke-Abiola
professor
Mahmood Ahmadu
b. 1966
business executive
Kaylah Oniwo
radio personality
Hassan Karimou
b. 1959
athlete
Sam Egwu
b. 1954
politician
Babatunde Lawal Salako
b. 1959
nephrologist
Adedokun Abolarin
Kam Salem
b. 1924
politician
Edward Akika
b. 1941
athletics competitor
Iziegbe Odigie
b. 1996
choreographer
Roseline Osipitan
businessperson
Ado Gwanja
b. 1990
film actor
Olufunke Adeboye
historian
Bartho Okolo
b. 1954
microbiologist
Bulus Dauwa Yohanna
b. 1970
Catholic priest
Efioanwan Ekpo
b. 1984
association football player
Chris Igwe
b. 1970
entrepreneur
Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi
b. 1984
radio personality
Patrick Ogunsoto
b. 1983
association football player
Sunday Omobolanle
b. 1954
actor
Ralph Alabi
1941 – 2009
engineer
James F. Entwistle
b. 1956
diplomat
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki
b. 1965
politician
Anthony Enahoro
1923 – 2010
politician
Nwamaka Nwobi Okoye
business executive
Simon Mwadkwon
b. 1968
politician
Pearlena Igbokwe
b. 1960
journalist
Helen Kezie-Nwoha
executive director
Eben Ibim Princewill
b. 1946
politician
Shugaba Bello
politician
Musa Mohammed
politician
Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu
politician
Yinka Ayefele
b. 1968
composer
Ibrahim Mantu
1947 – 2021
politician
Chris Okagbue
b. 1987
actor
Adeniran Ogunsanya
1918 – 1996
lawyer
Samson Iyede
b. 1998
association football player
Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta
1937 – 2021
politician
'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Bala Achi
1956 – 2005
academic
Marcia Kure
b. 1970
artist
Lanre Issa-Onilu
politician
Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar
b. 1946
civil servant
John Ene Okon
1969 – 2016
association football player
Priscilla Kuye
b. 1940
lawyer
Christopher Kanu
b. 1979
association football player
Ahmed Bakura Muhammad
politician
Adeseye Ogunlewe
politician
Chudi Offodile
politician
Frederick Leonard
b. 1976
actor
Kemi Nanna Nandap
b. 1966
Abdul Ganiyu Ambali
1957 – 2026
academic
Rex Bazunu
b. 1953
athletics competitor