Tayo Akpata
1931 - 2014
Commissioner for Education, Midwestern Nigeria
Festus Iyayi
1947 - 2013
Writer and academic
Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu
1943 - 2021
Military officer and state governor
Sound Sultan
1976 - 2021
Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, comedian
Bisi Komolafe
1986 - 2012
Actress, film director, film producer
Zara Gretti
1983 - 2014
Singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality
Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi
1945 - 2021
Brigadier General of the Nigerian army
Akinwunmi Isola
1939 - 2018
Yoruba literature
Abdullahi Ibrahim
1939 - 2021
Federal Minister of Justice
Paul Unongo
1935 - 2022
Minister of Power and Steel
Yinka Craig
1948 - 2008
Sports commentator and analyst
Ernest Shonekan
1936 - 2022
Interim head of state of Nigeria
Alhaji Haruna Ishola
1919 - 1983
Apala musician
Chinedu Udoji
1989 - 2018
Midfielder
Justus Esiri
1942 - 2013
Actor
Olumide Bakare
1953 - 2017
Actor, television personality
Orlando Martins
1899 - 1985
Film and stage actor
Muyiwa Osinuga
1977 - 2016
Singer and songwriter
Osinachi Nwachukwu
1979 - 2022
Gospel musician
Jaja Anucha Ndubuisi Wachuku
1918 - 1996
First Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives
Dora Akunyili
1954 - 2014
Director-general of NAFDAC
Herbert Macaulay
1864 - 1946
Politician,surveyor,architect,journalist,musician
Obafemi Awolowo
1909 - 1987
Premier of Western Nigeria, Federal Commissioner
Adebayo Alao Akala
1950 - 2022
Governor of Oyo State
Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe
1940 - 2015
Diplomat and political figure
Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro
1923 - 2010
Journalist, nationalist, pro-democracy activist
Ayinla Omowura
1933 - 1980
Apala musician
Cynthia Okereke
1960 - 2023
Nollywood actress
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
1912 - 1966
Prime minister of Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941 - 1995
Writer, television producer
Vincent Eze Ogbulafor
1949 - 2022
National Chairman of PDP
Amaka Igwe
1963 - 2014
Writer and director
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
1933 - 2011
President of Biafra
Yemi Tella
1951 - 2007
Football coach
Umaru Dikko
1936 - 2014
Transport minister
Michael Iheonukara Okpara
1920 - 1984
Premier of Eastern Nigeria
Tafa Oloyede
1953 - 2022
Yoruba theatre artist
Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta
1951 - 2021
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Olusola Saraki
1933 - 2012
Senator and Senate Leader
Nwafor Orizu
1914 - 1999
President of the Nigerian Senate
Rebecca Adebimpe Adekola
1971 - 2002
Actress
Kefee Obareki Don Momoh
1980 - 2014
Gospel singer and composer
Rashidi Yekini
1963 - 2012
Forward
Dominic Ignatius Ekandem
1917 - 1995
Catholic cardinal and archbishop
Adekunle Fajuyi
1926 - 1966
Military governor of Western Nigeria
Romanus Amuta
1943 - 2022
New Masquerade actor
Folabi Olumide
1936 - 2021
first Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University
Hubert Ogunde
1916 - 1990
Theatre manager and musician
Mohammed Fawehinmi
1969 - 2021
Lawyer and human rights activist
Mamman Jiya Vatsa
1940 - 1986
Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja
Patrick Fakoya
1993 - 2022
Musician and reality TV star
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
1910 - 1966
Premier of Western Nigeria
Olikoye Ransome-Kuti
1927 - 2003
Paediatrician, activist and health minister
Olubayo Adefemi
1985 - 2011
Defender
Afeez Agoro Oladimeji
1975 - 2023
TV actor
Folake Aremu
1960 - 2021
Actress
Sadiq Abubakar Daba
1951 - 2021
Actor and broadcaster
Mohbad
1996 - 2023
Afrobeats artist
Femi Ogunrombi
1962 - 2023
Actor and ethnomusicologist
Aare Boluwatife Akin-Olugbade
1956 - 2021
lawyer and Rolls-Royce collector
John Nmadu Yisa-Doko
1942 - 2012
Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force
Clara Oshiomhole
1956 - 2010
Civil servant
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
1900 - 1978
Educator and political leader
Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi
1940 - 2021
Chief of Army Staff
Gabriel Okara
1921 - 2019
Poet and novelist
Sam Nda-Isaiah
1962 - 2020
Journalist and entrepreneur
T.M. Aluko
1918 - 2010
Novelist, playwright, poet, town planner
Toju Augustus Ejueyitchie
1952 - 2021
Managing Director of Premier Records and Music
Peter Enahoro
1935 - 2023
Journalist and author
Adedigba Mukaila
1950 - 2023
Nollywood actor and director
Akanu Ibiam
1906 - 1995
Medical missionary and Governor of Eastern Region
Margaret Ekpo
1914 - 2006
Women's rights activist and social mobilizer
Chike Obi
1921 - 2008
Mathematics professor and Dynamic Party leader
Murtala Ramat Muhammed
1938 - 1976
Head of State of Nigeria
Idris Alkali
1960 - 2018
Major general in the Nigerian Army
Fela Kuti
1938 - 1997
Afrobeat pioneer and political dissident
Joe Erico
1948 - 2021
Goalkeeper and assistant coach
Ojo Arowosafe
1957 - 2023
Nollywood actor and filmmaker
Dan Maraya Jos
1946 - 2015
Hausa griot and kontigi player
Oladipo Diya
1944 - 2023
Chief of General Staff
Moses Olaiya
1936 - 2018
Comedy and drama
Benjamin Chukwudum Nnamdi Anyene
1951 - 2019
Commissioner for Health in Anambra State
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
1969 - 2023
Founder of Africa Movie Academy Awards
Salihu Ibrahim
1935 - 2018
Chief of Army Staff
Alhaji Ahmed Hassan Jumare
1950 - 2021
Former Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly
Adebayo Adedeji
1930 - 2018
Executive Secretary of the UNECA
Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
1937 - 1967
Military officer
Aminu Isah Kontagora
1956 - 2021
military administrator of Benue and Kano states
Funmilayo Olayinka
1960 - 2013
Deputy Governor of Ekiti State
Dennis Chukude Osadebay
1911 - 1994
Premier of Mid-Western Region of Nigeria
Pa Chris Ajilo
1929 - 2021
Highlife singer and producer
Ghali Umar Na'Abba
1958 - 2023
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Chris Alli
1944 - 2023
Army chief and governor
Abiola Ajimobi
1949 - 2020
Governor of Oyo State
Murphy Afolabi
1974 - 2023
Yoruba movie actor and filmmaker
James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige
1930 - 2001
Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria
Chikezie Uwazie
1978 - 2023
Nollywood actor
Sonny Okosun
1947 - 2008
Leader of the Ozzidi band
Rachel Oniga
1957 - 2021
Nollywood actress
Sunday Akanbi Akinola
1942 - 2023
Actor and comedian
Benjamin Adekunle
1936 - 2014
Civil War commander
Festus Okotie-Eboh
1912 - 1966
Finance minister of Nigeria
Didi Adodo
1966 - 2021
Labour leader and former commissioner
Dele Giwa
1947 - 1986
Journalist, editor,founder of Newswatch magazine
Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo
1927 - 1998
Anatomy professor
Alhaji Salihu Tanko
1930 - 2021
Emir of Kagara
Joseph Wayas
1941 - 2021
Senate President of Nigeria
Stephen Keshi
1962 - 2016
Player and manager of Nigeria national team
Martins Kuye
1942 - 2021
Minister of commerce and industry
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
1924 - 1966
First military head of state of Nigeria
Victor Samuel Leonard Malu
1947 - 2017
Chief of Army Staff
Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister
1948 - 2010
Fuji music pioneer
Oronto Douglas
1966 - 2015
Human rights lawyer and presidential adviser
Ayinde Bakare
1912 - 1972
Jùjú and highlife bandleader
Ernest Asuzu
1984 - 2021
Actor and singer
Ada Ameh
1974 - 2022
Actress
Abba Kyari
1952 - 2020
Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria
Alhaji Alade Odunewu
1927 - 2013
Journalist, editor, columnist, media consultant
Ahmadu Bello
1910 - 1966
Premier of Northern Nigeria
Oliver De Coque
1947 - 2008
Igbo highlife music
Saliu Adetunji
1928 - 2022
Olubadan of Ibadan
Pius Adesanmi
1972 - 2019
Professor of literature and African studies
Tai Solarin
1916 - 1994
Founder of Mayflower School
Chinua Achebe
1930 - 2013
Novelist and professor
Sani Abacha
1943 - 1998
Head of state of Nigeria
Kudirat Abiola
1951 - 1996
Pro-democracy campaigner
Ayodele Awojobi
1937 - 1984
Mechanical engineer, social activist, author
Adebayo Faleti
1921 - 2017
Actor, poet, broadcaster, translator
Tunde Idiagbon
1943 - 1999
Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu
1948 - 2013
Governor of Ondo State
Gani Fawehinmi
1938 - 2009
Human and civil rights lawyer
Dejumo Lewis
1943 - 2023
Actor
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun
1984 - 2010
Rapper, singer
Lateef Kayode Jakande
1929 - 2021
Governor of Lagos State and Minister of Works
Oluyemi Lawrence Adeyemi
1948 - 2023
Actor
Ibrahim Coomassie
1942 - 2018
Inspector General of Police
Remi Oyo
1952 - 2014
Journalist and presidential spokesperson
Christopher Gbelokoto Okojie
1920 - 2006
Health Minister of Nigeria
Sam Obi
1961 - 2021
Speaker of Delta State house of assembly
Goldie Harvey
1981 - 2013
Singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality
James Ocholi
1960 - 2016
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity
Philip Effiong
1925 - 2003
Military officer and Biafran leader
Sammie Okposo
1971 - 2022
Gospel artist
Demola Seriki
1959 - 2022
Nigerian ambassador to Spain
Akinloye Akinyemi
1954 - 2012
Major in the Nigerian Army Signal Corps
Lari Williams
1940 - 2022
Actor, poet, and playwright
Tony Momoh
1939 - 2021
Minister of Information and Culture
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
1952 - 2015
Governor of Bayelsa State
Obinna Nwafor
1965 - 2023
Nollywood actor and producer
Mbazulike Amaechi
1929 - 2022
First Republic Minister of Aviation
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