Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
1912 - 1966
Prime minister of Nigeria
Ezekiel Atang
1973 - 2022
Senior Pastor of God's House Of Refuge
Sunday Akanbi Akinola
1942 - 2023
Actor and comedian
Ayinde Bakare
1912 - 1972
Jùjú and highlife bandleader
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki
1907 - 1998
Minister of Health
Franca Afegbua
1943 - 2023
Senator of Bendel North
Dejumo Lewis
1943 - 2023
Actor
Adedigba Mukaila
1950 - 2023
Nollywood actor and director
Alex Uruemu Ibru
1945 - 2011
Founder and publisher of The Guardian newspaper
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
1937 - 1998
Business tycoon and presidential candidate
Cindy Amadi
1991 - 2023
Actress
Umaru Dikko
1936 - 2014
Transport minister
Jaja Anucha Ndubuisi Wachuku
1918 - 1996
First Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives
Ossy Chinedu Prestige
1965 - 2021
Businessman and legislator
Olikoye Ransome-Kuti
1927 - 2003
Paediatrician, activist and health minister
Muyiwa Osinuga
1977 - 2016
Singer and songwriter
Rashidi Yekini
1963 - 2012
Forward
Murphy Afolabi
1974 - 2023
Yoruba movie actor and filmmaker
Jim Lawson Maduike
1958 - 2021
Actor
Romanus Amuta
1943 - 2022
New Masquerade actor
Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe
1915 - 1990
Nationalist, government minister
Dora Akunyili
1954 - 2014
Director-general of NAFDAC
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
1933 - 2011
President of Biafra
Chinua Achebe
1930 - 2013
Novelist and professor
Obafemi Awolowo
1909 - 1987
Premier of Western Nigeria, Federal Commissioner
Oliver De Coque
1947 - 2008
Igbo highlife music
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo
1932 - 1967
Poet, teacher, librarian
Maryam Babangida
1948 - 2009
First Lady of Nigeria
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
1910 - 1966
Premier of Western Nigeria
T.M. Aluko
1918 - 2010
Novelist, playwright, poet, town planner
Olusola Saraki
1933 - 2012
Senator and Senate Leader
Salihu Ibrahim
1935 - 2018
Chief of Army Staff
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
1924 - 1966
First military head of state of Nigeria
Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu
1943 - 2021
Military officer and state governor
Osinachi Nwachukwu
1979 - 2022
Gospel musician
Stephen Keshi
1962 - 2016
Player and manager of Nigeria national team
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
1952 - 2015
Governor of Bayelsa State
Sam Obi
1961 - 2021
Speaker of Delta State house of assembly
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
1960 - 2007
Salafist Islamic scholar
James Ocholi
1960 - 2016
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity
Patrick Fakoya
1993 - 2022
Musician and reality TV star
Ibrahim Coomassie
1942 - 2018
Inspector General of Police
John Nmadu Yisa-Doko
1942 - 2012
Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force
Murtala Ramat Muhammed
1938 - 1976
Head of State of Nigeria
Herbert Macaulay
1864 - 1946
Politician,surveyor,architect,journalist,musician
Amaka Igwe
1963 - 2014
Writer and director
Chinedu Udoji
1989 - 2018
Midfielder
Sammie Okposo
1971 - 2022
Gospel artist
Adamu Abdu-Kafarati
1954 - 2021
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria
Dennis Chukude Osadebay
1911 - 1994
Premier of Mid-Western Region of Nigeria
Benjamin Chukwudum Nnamdi Anyene
1951 - 2019
Commissioner for Health in Anambra State
Joseph Wayas
1941 - 2021
Senate President of Nigeria
Mohammed Fawehinmi
1969 - 2021
Lawyer and human rights activist
Martins Kuye
1942 - 2021
Minister of commerce and industry
James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige
1930 - 2001
Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria
Philip Effiong
1925 - 2003
Military officer and Biafran leader
Babatunde Olatunji
1927 - 2003
Drummer, social activist, recording artist
Chikezie Uwazie
1978 - 2023
Nollywood actor
Adebayo Alao Akala
1950 - 2022
Governor of Oyo State
Oronto Douglas
1966 - 2015
Human rights lawyer and presidential adviser
Ayinla Omowura
1933 - 1980
Apala musician
Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro
1923 - 2010
Journalist, nationalist, pro-democracy activist
Alhaji Salihu Tanko
1930 - 2021
Emir of Kagara
Fela Kuti
1938 - 1997
Afrobeat pioneer and political dissident
Gani Fawehinmi
1938 - 2009
Human and civil rights lawyer
Remi Oyo
1952 - 2014
Journalist and presidential spokesperson
Tony Momoh
1939 - 2021
Minister of Information and Culture
Oluyemi Lawrence Adeyemi
1948 - 2023
Actor
Sam Nda-Isaiah
1962 - 2020
Journalist and entrepreneur
Rebecca Adebimpe Adekola
1971 - 2002
Actress
Folabi Olumide
1936 - 2021
first Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University
Sonny Okosun
1947 - 2008
Leader of the Ozzidi band
Nsikak Eduok
1947 - 2021
Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force
Tayo Aderinokun
1955 - 2011
CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank
Zara Gretti
1983 - 2014
Singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality
Ghali Umar Na'Abba
1958 - 2023
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji
1964 - 1989
Footballer and lawyer
Pa Chris Ajilo
1929 - 2021
Highlife singer and producer
Victor Samuel Leonard Malu
1947 - 2017
Chief of Army Staff
Akanu Ibiam
1906 - 1995
Medical missionary and Governor of Eastern Region
Adebayo Faleti
1921 - 2017
Actor, poet, broadcaster, translator
Alhaji Alade Odunewu
1927 - 2013
Journalist, editor, columnist, media consultant
Oladipo Diya
1944 - 2023
Chief of General Staff
Joe Erico
1948 - 2021
Goalkeeper and assistant coach
Sam Loco Efe
1945 - 2011
Actor, producer, director
Kefee Obareki Don Momoh
1980 - 2014
Gospel singer and composer
Joe Aikhomu
1955 - 2021
Former Chief of Naval Administration
Oba Sir Musendiku Buraimoh Adeniji Adele II
1893 - 1964
Oba of Lagos
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
1900 - 1978
Educator and political leader
Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe
1949 - 2021
professor of systems engineering
Evan Enwerem
1935 - 2007
President of the Nigerian Senate
Aare Boluwatife Akin-Olugbade
1956 - 2021
lawyer and Rolls-Royce collector
Tai Solarin
1916 - 1994
Founder of Mayflower School
Saliu Adetunji
1928 - 2022
Olubadan of Ibadan
Chinedu Nwadike
1983 - 2022
Gospel singer and actor
Abba Kyari
1952 - 2020
Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
1969 - 2023
Founder of Africa Movie Academy Awards
Alex Ekwueme
1932 - 2017
Vice president of Nigeria
Vincent Eze Ogbulafor
1949 - 2022
National Chairman of PDP
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu
1948 - 2013
Governor of Ondo State
Aminu Kano
1920 - 1983
Teacher and leader of socialist movement
Adebayo Adedeji
1930 - 2018
Executive Secretary of the UNECA
Obinna Nwafor
1965 - 2023
Nollywood actor and producer
Kudirat Abiola
1951 - 1996
Pro-democracy campaigner
Maitama Sule
1929 - 2017
Federal Commissioner of Public Complaints
Sadiq Abubakar Daba
1951 - 2021
Actor and broadcaster
Sani Abacha
1943 - 1998
Head of state of Nigeria
Orlando Martins
1899 - 1985
Film and stage actor
Yinka Craig
1948 - 2008
Sports commentator and analyst
Mbazulike Amaechi
1929 - 2022
First Republic Minister of Aviation
Pius Adesanmi
1972 - 2019
Professor of literature and African studies
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun
1984 - 2010
Rapper, singer
Cynthia Okereke
1960 - 2023
Nollywood actress
Femi Ogunrombi
1962 - 2023
Actor and ethnomusicologist
Tafa Oloyede
1953 - 2022
Yoruba theatre artist
Gbenga Adeboye
1959 - 2003
Comedian and radio presenter
Moses Olaiya
1936 - 2018
Comedy and drama
Benjamin Adekunle
1936 - 2014
Civil War commander
Tayo Akpata
1931 - 2014
Commissioner for Education, Midwestern Nigeria
Margaret Ekpo
1914 - 2006
Women's rights activist and social mobilizer
Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III
1938 - 2022
Monarch of the Yoruba town of Oyo
Adekunle Fajuyi
1926 - 1966
Military governor of Western Nigeria
Festus Iyayi
1947 - 2013
Writer and academic
Yemi Tella
1951 - 2007
Football coach
Dele Giwa
1947 - 1986
Journalist, editor,founder of Newswatch magazine
Justus Esiri
1942 - 2013
Actor
Dominic Ignatius Ekandem
1917 - 1995
Catholic cardinal and archbishop
Ayodele Awojobi
1937 - 1984
Mechanical engineer, social activist, author
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941 - 1995
Writer, television producer
Sound Sultan
1976 - 2021
Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, comedian
Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo
1927 - 1998
Anatomy professor
Alhaji Haruna Ishola
1919 - 1983
Apala musician
Michael Iheonukara Okpara
1920 - 1984
Premier of Eastern Nigeria
Ayorinde Babayemi Ilori Faboro
1985 - 2021
Music producer
Enebeli Elebuwa
1947 - 2012
Actor
Hubert Ogunde
1916 - 1990
Theatre manager and musician
Toju Augustus Ejueyitchie
1952 - 2021
Managing Director of Premier Records and Music
Ahmed Joda
1930 - 2021
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries
Ahmadu Bello
1910 - 1966
Premier of Northern Nigeria
Olubayo Adefemi
1985 - 2011
Defender
Abdullahi Dikko Inde
1960 - 2021
Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service
Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
1937 - 1967
Military officer
Joe Tamuno-Bididamaa Tom West
1965 - 2006
Nollywood actor
Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta
1951 - 2021
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Akinwunmi Isola
1939 - 2018
Yoruba literature
Peter Enahoro
1935 - 2023
Journalist and author
Mohbad
1996 - 2023
Afrobeats artist
Christopher Gbelokoto Okojie
1920 - 2006
Health Minister of Nigeria
Alvan Ikoku
1900 - 1971
Educationist and politician
Samuel Aliyu Ajayi
1910 - 1994
Regional Minister of State
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