List of Nigerians
This is a list of notable Nigerian people. It includes some but not all notable Nigerians.
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Politicians
A–M
- Abba Kyari - Late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari
- Abdulkadir Kure
- Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
- Abdulsalami Abubakar
- Abubakar Olusola Saraki
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – prime minister of Nigeria
- Adebayo Alao Akala
- Abiola Ajimobi
- Ahmadu Bello
- Ahmed Marafa
- Akanu Ibiam
- Akinwunmi Ambode
- Alex Ekwueme
- Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki
- Alvan Ikoku
- Anyim Pius Anyim
- Atiku Abubakar
- Ayo Fayose
- Babajide Sanwo-olu
- Babatunde Raji Fashola
- Cornelius Adebayo
- Dave Umahi
- Desmond Elliot
- David Mark
- Dimeji Bankole
- Dora Akunyili
- Evan Enwerem
- Fela Kuti
- Florence Ita Giwa
- Franca Afegbua
- Gbenga Daniel
- Goodluck Jonathan
- Herbert Macaulay
- Ibrahim Babangida
- Ike Ekweremadu
- Isa Mohammed Bagudu
- Iyorchia Ayu
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
- Joy Emodi
- K.O. Mbadiwe
- Kayode Fayemi
- Margaret Ekpo
- Moshood Abiola
- Muhammadu Buhari
- Murtala Mohammed
- Musa Babayo
N–Z
- Adolphus Wabara
- Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
- Augustine Ukattah
- Bola Tinubu
- Bukola Saraki
- Chike Obi
- Chimaroke Nnamani
- Christopher Okojie
- Chuba Okadigbo
- Dangiwa Umar
- Dennis Osadebay
- Ernest Shonekan
- Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ghali Umar Na'Abba
- Godwin Obaseki
- Jaja Wachuku
- Joseph Wayas
- Ken Nnamani
- Michael Okpara
- Mohammed Mustapha Namadi
- Naja'atu Bala Muhammad
- Namadi Sambo
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Nnamdi Azikiwe – first President of Nigeria
- Nwafor Orizu – Nigeria's second head of state (1965–1966)
- Obafemi Awolowo
- Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Okechukwu Enelamah
- Oladipo Diya
- Olusegun Obasanjo
- Patricia Etteh
- Peter Obi
- Peter Odili
- Philip Effiong
- Remi Babalola
- Reno Omokri
- Rochas Okorocha
- Rotimi Amaechi
- S. A. Ajayi
- Saleh Mamman
- Samuel Akintola
- Shehu Shagari
- Sullivan Chime
- Tunde Idiagbon
- Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- Victor Ngumah
- Yakubu Gowon
- Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
Human-rights activists
Military
- Adekunle Fajuyi
- Akinloye Akinyemi
- Alexander Ogomudia
- Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
- Alwali Kazir
- Benjamin Adekunle (Black scorpion)
- Buba Marwa
- C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Chris Alli
- Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
- Dangiwa Umar
- Halilu Akilu
- Hamza al-Mustapha
- Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
- Idris Garba
- Ike Nwachukwu
- John Nmadu Yisa-Doko – first indigenous chief of air staff
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
- Mamman Vatsa
- Martin Luther Agwai
- M. I. Wushishi
- M. Ndatsu Umaru
- Mohammed Sani Sami
- Muhammadu Buhari
- Muhammed Shuwa
- Murtala Mohammed
- Oladipo Diya
- Olusegun Obasanjo
- Owoye Andrew Azazi
- Paul Omu
- Salihu Ibrahim
- Sani Abacha
- Sani Bello
- Theophilus Danjuma
- Tunde Idiagbon
- Victor Malu
- Yahaya Abubakar
- Yakubu Gowon
Musicians
Actors
Artists
- Amarachi Okafor – artist
- Ben Enwonwu, MBE – royal sculpture artist; professor of fine arts; government advisor
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, MBE – Nigerian-born royal portrait artist and public speaker; recipient, honorary doctorate of letters from the University of East Anglia
- Chris Ofili – painter; winner, Turner Prize; creator of some controversial work; studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art
- Marcia Kure – mixed media artist, primarily producing works on paper; studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and has shown work at international exhibitions
- Ndidi Dike – female artist
- Patience Torlowei – artist and designer
- Yinka Shonibare, MBE – work includes sculpture, painting, photography and installation art
Media
- Adenike Oyetunde (1986- ) Nigerian lawyer turned radio host and amputee advocate
- Babatunde Jose (1925–2008) – journalist and newspaper editor; considered the "grandfather of Nigerian journalism"
- Bobby Ologun – television personality in Japan and martial artist
- Cornelia O'Dwyer Talk show host
- Dele Momodu – publisher, writer/journalist; entrepreneur, CEO of Ovation International magazine
- Farooq Kperogi – author, columnist, journalism professor at Kennesaw State University
- Femi Oke – journalist and television presenter; former CNN International television anchor
- Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (died 2015) – radio and television personality
- Ikechi Uko – publisher, Akwaaba African Travel Market, ATQnews.com; author; travel and tourism media consultant
- Nenny B – media personality
- Nicole Asinugo screenwriter and presenter
- Sam Amuka-Pemu – founder of the Vanguard newspaper, co-founder of The Punch
Bloggers
Educators
- A.M. Abu-Abdissamad – educator, businessman, writer
- Cletus Nzebunwa Aguwa – professor of clinical pharmacy
- Dennis Chima Ugwuegbu (born 1942) – professor of psychology
- Emily Alemika
- Tessy Okoli
- Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo (1927–1998) – professor of anatomy
Writers
- Chinua Achebe
- Mamman Vatsa
- Ogaga Ifowodo
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
- Alhaji Habu Adamu Jajere – former president of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Of Nigeria (IPMAN) and winner of the Dr. Kwame Nkurumah African Leadership Award in Ghana.[1][2]
- Ben Murray-Bruce – politician and Chairman of Silverbird Group
- Mary Nzimiro (1898–1993) – businesswoman, politician and women's activist
- Obi Asika
Religion
- Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi – beatified by Pope John Paul II
- Wande Abimbola – academician; Ifá priest
- Enoch Adeboye – pastor; general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God
- Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu – academician; Muslim scholar; writer; academic; publisher; cleric; founder and first president, AWQAF Africa; founder and first president, AWQAF Africa Muslim Open College (London, England)
- Anthony Olubunmi Okogie – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lagos
- Asi Archibong-Arikpo – president of the Presbyterian Women's Guild in Nigeria, 1975–1982
- Benson Idahosa – Charismatic Pentecostal preacher; founder, Church of God Mission International
- Bimbo Odukoya – pastor; televangelist; wife of Taiwo Odukoya (founder, Fountain of Life Church)
- Chris Okotie
- Chris Oyakhilome – televangelist; founding president of Christ Embassy
- David Obadiah Lot – pastor, Church of Christ
- Dominic Ekandem
- Francis Arinze – Catholic cardinal
- John Onaiyekan – Catholic cardinal
- Joseph Ayo Babalola – founder, Christ Apostolic Church
- Matthew Ashimolowo – senior pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre (London, England)
- Peter Akinola – Anglican emeritus primate, Church of Nigeria
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther
- Sheikh Abubakre Sidiq Bello – founder of Dairat Sidiq Faedot Tijanniyat of Nigeria
- Sheikh Dahiru Usman – Islamic scholar, Dariqat Tijjaniya Movement
- T. B. Joshua – Christian minister; televangelist and faith healer; founder, The Synagogue, Church of All Nations; founder, Christian television station Emmanuel TV
- Taiwo Odukoya – Senior Pastor, The Fountain Of Life Church
- William Kumuyi – pastor, televangelist; writer; founder and general superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church
- Bishop David Oyedepo – preacher; writer; founder and presiding bishop, Winners' Chapel (also known as Living Faith Church Worldwide); chancellor, Covenant University
- Apostle Debrah Eunice Osagiede General overseer of Spirit and Life Bible Church
- Sheikh Abubakar Gumi
- Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
Sportspeople
International models
- Agbani Darego – winner, Miss World 2001
- Ibife Alufohai – winner, Miss Valentine International 2010 and founder of Miss Polo International
- Krystal Okeke – Ms. Illinois USA Universal 2016 and founder of America Multicultural Kids Fashion Show and Miss America Nation beauty pageant
- Mary Timms – face of Next Generation Entertainment Awards 2017
- Oluchi Onweagba – winner, M-Net Face of Africa competition 1998
- Omowunmi Akinnifesi
ICT and information professionals
- Ekei Essien Oku - first Nigerian woman chief librarian
- Gbenga Sesan – Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador
- Philip Emeagwali – 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner
Medicine and science
- Adeoye Lambo – psychiatrist
- Ameyo Adadevoh – credited with having curbed a wider spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria
- Bennet Omalu – forensic pathologist
- Chike Obi – mathematician
- Eyitayo Lambo – health economist and technocrat
- Olufunmilayo Olopade – oncologist
- Olumbe Bassir – biochemist and nutritionist
- Segun Toyin Dawodu – physiatrist, pain medicine physician, medical informatics physician and lawyer Showemimo]]
See also
- List of Nigerian Americans
- List of Nigerian Britons
References
- "Cowrie Flour Mills". cowrieflourmills.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- "NIPCO Nigerian Plc". Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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