Wikipedia:
List of Nigerians
This is an incomplete list of some prominent Nigerian people:
Academics
- Chinua Achebe
- Muhammadu Junaidu
- Pius Okigbo
- Bartholomew Nnaji
- Oluwakayode Osuntokun
- Akinola Aguda
- Jacob Ade Ajayi
- Lazarus Ekwueme
- Oji Umozurike
- Babs Fafunwa
- Kelsey Harrison
- Olajide Aluko
- Tekena Tamuno
- Ladipo Adamolekun
- Wole Soyinka
Politicians/Government Officials
- Alex Ekwueme
- Adams Oshiomhole
- Adetokunbo Ademola
- Ali Shettima Monguno
- Atiku Abubakar
- Beko Ransome-Kuti
- Chris Okotie
- Chuba Okadigbo
- Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Dennis Osadebay
- Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
- Emeka Anyaoku
- Ernest Shonekan
- Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Funsho Williams
- Gani Fawehinmi
- Henry Rawlingson Carr
- Herbert Macaulay
- Ibrahim Babangida
- Jaja Wachuku
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
- Joseph Nanven Garba
- George Obiozor
- Michael Okpara
- Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo
- Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
- Muhammadu Buhari
- Murtala Muhammad
- Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Nwafor Orizu
- Obafemi Awolowo
- Olusegun Obasanjo
- P.N. Okeke-Ojiudu
- Onyema Ugochukwu
- Philip Effiong
- Sam Mbakwe
- Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Shehu Shagari
- Simeon Adebo
- Taslim Olawale Elias
- Umaru Dikko
- Yakubu Gowon
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Ahmadu Bello
Military
- Tunde Idiagbon
- Dangiwa Umar
- Theophilus Danjuma
- Murtala Mohammed
- Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
- Yakubu Gowon
- Mohammadu Buhari
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
- Olusegun Obasanjo
- Ike Nwachukwu
Musicians
- Timi Dakolo, winner Idols West Africa, 2007, singer, song-writer, record producer
- Shirley Bassey
Sade Adu , singer of Sade- Seal (musician) two-time Grammy Award-winning English/Nigerian soul vocalist and songwriter
- 2Face Idibia
- Fela Kuti (1938–1997), pioneer of Afrobeat music, and political activist
- Tunde Bayewu (B-), former member Lighthouse Family now solo musician
- King Sunny Ade
- Kele Okereke of Bloc Party
- Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio
- Wunmi (Nigerian-British) singer; former dancer with Soul II Soul
Media
- Femi Oke, CNN International TV anchor CNN.com
- Victor Oladokun, TV presenter and media consultant www.turningpointzone.com
Writers
- Chinua AchebeMan Booker prize winner 2007 with citation by Nadine Gordimer as 'Father of Modern African Literature'
- Francis Ohanyido (born 1970), Poet,Philosopher,Essayist (St.Pirans'Laureate 1996)
- Cyprian Ekwensi
Ken Saro-Wiwa - Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieOrange Band prize winner 2007
- Wole Soyinka (born 1934), poet, playwright and novelists, awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1986
- Ben Okri (born 1959), poet and novelist, Booker Prize winner 1995
- Daniel O. Fagunwa
- Dan Fulani
- Ola Rotimi
- Amos Tutuola (1920–1997)
- Uzodinma Iweala
- Further information: List of Nigerian poets
Businesspeople
- Francis Atuche, Managing Director/CEO, Bank PHB
- Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group
- Mike Adenuga, Chairman, Globacom Communications, Conoil, ETB Bank
- Jim Ovia, Managing Director/CEO, Zenith Bank
- Adeola Odutola
- Henry Fajemirokun
- Bamanga Tukur
- Mathias Ugochukwu
- C. T. Onyekwelu
- Ade Tuyo
- Samuel Fawehinmi
- Bisoye Tejuoso
- Shafi Edu
- Lawrence Omole
- Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Francis Edo-Osagie
- Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Michael Ibru
- Cletus Ibeto
- Anastasios George Leventis
Religion
- Peter Akinola, Anglican Primate of Nigeria
- Francis Arinze, Cardinal
- Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther
- Chris Okotie
- Dominic Ekandem
- Enoch Adeboye
- David Oyedepo, founder Winners Chapel, Chancellor of Covenant University
- David Abioye
- Francis Wale Oke
- Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Sportspeople
Soccer players
- Austin "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born 1973), played in 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cup finals, included in the FIFA 100 top football players
- Nwankwo Kanu played in 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cup finals
- John Fashanu
- Mikel Obi-Chelsea
- Rashidi Yekini
- Christian Chukwu
- Segun Odegbami
Basketball players
Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon (born 1963), Won two NBA titles with the Houston Rockets. 1994 NBA MVP, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and one of NBA's 50 greatest players. Arguably one of the best centers in NBA history. Olajuwon is the all-time league leader in total blocked shots with 3,830. Olajuwon was the 1st overall pick in the 1984 draft.
- Michael Olowokandi (born 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria), nicknamed "The Kandi Man", is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, also was the 1st overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft taken by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Celebrities
- Timi Dakolo, winner Idols West Africa, 2007, singer, song-writer, record producer
- Bobby Ologun, television personality in Japan and martial artist
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, actor of Dirty Pretty Things and Serenity
International Models
- Oluchi Onweagba winner Mnet face of Africa competition 1998
Beauty Pageant
- Agbani Darego winner Miss World competition 2001
ICT Professionals
- 'Gbenga Sesan first Information Technology Youth Ambassador
- Philip Emeagwali 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner
Medicine and Science
- Francis Ohanyido -Telemedicine developer and Public Health Physician;NTDA
- Adeoye Lambo -world-renowned Psychiatrist
- Gabriel Oyibo -world-renowned Mathematician; GAGUT
- Olumbe Bassir -world-renowned Biochemist and nutritionist
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