Aminu Kano
1920 - 1983
Teacher and leader of socialist movement
Sam Nda-Isaiah
1962 - 2020
Journalist and entrepreneur
John Nmadu Yisa-Doko
1942 - 2012
Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force
Cindy Amadi
1991 - 2023
Actress
T.M. Aluko
1918 - 2010
Novelist, playwright, poet, town planner
Folake Aremu
1960 - 2021
Actress
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi
1924 - 1966
First military head of state of Nigeria
Victor Samuel Leonard Malu
1947 - 2017
Chief of Army Staff
Aminu Isah Kontagora
1956 - 2021
military administrator of Benue and Kano states
Alhaji Haruna Ishola
1919 - 1983
Apala musician
Gabriel Okara
1921 - 2019
Poet and novelist
Kudirat Abiola
1951 - 1996
Pro-democracy campaigner
Ayinla Omowura
1933 - 1980
Apala musician
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941 - 1995
Writer, television producer
Ras Kimono
1958 - 2018
Afrobeat pioneer and political dissident
Sunday Akanbi Akinola
1942 - 2023
Actor and comedian
Tayo Akpata
1931 - 2014
Commissioner for Education, Midwestern Nigeria
Oladipo Diya
1944 - 2023
Chief of General Staff
Stephen Keshi
1962 - 2016
Player and manager of Nigeria national team
Lari Williams
1940 - 2022
Actor, poet, and playwright
Muyiwa Osinuga
1977 - 2016
Singer and songwriter
Sani Abacha
1943 - 1998
Head of state of Nigeria
Vincent Eze Ogbulafor
1949 - 2022
National Chairman of PDP
Margaret Ekpo
1914 - 2006
Women's rights activist and social mobilizer
Philip Effiong
1925 - 2003
Military officer and Biafran leader
Sammie Okposo
1971 - 2022
Gospel artist
Franca Afegbua
1943 - 2023
Senator of Bendel North
Abdullahi Ibrahim
1939 - 2021
Federal Minister of Justice
Nwafor Orizu
1914 - 1999
President of the Nigerian Senate
Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe
1940 - 2015
Diplomat and political figure
Aare Boluwatife Akin-Olugbade
1956 - 2021
lawyer and Rolls-Royce collector
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
1937 - 1998
Business tycoon and presidential candidate
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe
1904 - 1996
First president of Nigeria
Joseph Wayas
1941 - 2021
Senate President of Nigeria
Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III
1938 - 2022
Monarch of the Yoruba town of Oyo
Romanus Amuta
1943 - 2022
New Masquerade actor
Funsho Williams
1948 - 2006
Civil engineer and commissioner
Herbert Macaulay
1864 - 1946
Politician,surveyor,architect,journalist,musician
Fela Kuti
1938 - 1997
Afrobeat pioneer and political dissident
Cynthia Okereke
1960 - 2023
Nollywood actress
Jim Lawson Maduike
1958 - 2021
Actor
Olubayo Adefemi
1985 - 2011
Defender
Cyprian Ekwensi
1921 - 2007
Novelist, short-story writer, children's author
Christopher Gbelokoto Okojie
1920 - 2006
Health Minister of Nigeria
Sound Sultan
1976 - 2021
Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, comedian
Murtala Ramat Muhammed
1938 - 1976
Head of State of Nigeria
Amaka Igwe
1963 - 2014
Writer and director
Clara Oshiomhole
1956 - 2010
Civil servant
Saliu Adetunji
1928 - 2022
Olubadan of Ibadan
Dejumo Lewis
1943 - 2023
Actor
Rebecca Adebimpe Adekola
1971 - 2002
Actress
Alvan Ikoku
1900 - 1971
Educationist and politician
Chris Alli
1944 - 2023
Army chief and governor
Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo
1915 - 2015
First Lady of the Western Region
Joe Aikhomu
1955 - 2021
Former Chief of Naval Administration
Maitama Sule
1929 - 2017
Federal Commissioner of Public Complaints
Abiola Ajimobi
1949 - 2020
Governor of Oyo State
Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi
1940 - 2021
Chief of Army Staff
Ghali Umar Na'Abba
1958 - 2023
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Stella Ameyo Adadevoh
1956 - 2014
Physician and endocrinologist
Olumide Bakare
1953 - 2017
Actor, television personality
Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi
1945 - 2021
Brigadier General of the Nigerian army
Chinedu Nwadike
1983 - 2022
Gospel singer and actor
Gani Fawehinmi
1938 - 2009
Human and civil rights lawyer
Hubert Ogunde
1916 - 1990
Theatre manager and musician
Chris Mba
1959 - 2023
Pop singer
Chinua Achebe
1930 - 2013
Novelist and professor
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
1960 - 2007
Salafist Islamic scholar
Ezekiel Atang
1973 - 2022
Senior Pastor of God's House Of Refuge
Tayo Aderinokun
1955 - 2011
CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank
Bukky Ajayi
1934 - 2016
Nollywood actress and television personality
Dora Akunyili
1954 - 2014
Director-general of NAFDAC
Pa Chris Ajilo
1929 - 2021
Highlife singer and producer
Adebayo Faleti
1921 - 2017
Actor, poet, broadcaster, translator
Nsikak Eduok
1947 - 2021
Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force
Oba Sir Musendiku Buraimoh Adeniji Adele II
1893 - 1964
Oba of Lagos
Kefee Obareki Don Momoh
1980 - 2014
Gospel singer and composer
Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
1937 - 1967
Military officer
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu
1948 - 2013
Governor of Ondo State
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
1933 - 2011
President of Biafra
Demola Seriki
1959 - 2022
Nigerian ambassador to Spain
Mohammed Fawehinmi
1969 - 2021
Lawyer and human rights activist
Alhaji Alade Odunewu
1927 - 2013
Journalist, editor, columnist, media consultant
Yemi Tella
1951 - 2007
Football coach
Umaru Dikko
1936 - 2014
Transport minister
Ojo Arowosafe
1957 - 2023
Nollywood actor and filmmaker
Obinna Nwafor
1965 - 2023
Nollywood actor and producer
Bisi Komolafe
1986 - 2012
Actress, film director, film producer
Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo
1927 - 1998
Anatomy professor
Shehu Shagari
1925 - 2018
President of Nigeria
Folabi Olumide
1936 - 2021
first Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University
Abba Kyari
1952 - 2020
Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria
Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu
1943 - 2021
Military officer and state governor
Sonny Okosun
1947 - 2008
Leader of the Ozzidi band
Zara Gretti
1983 - 2014
Singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality
Lateef Kayode Jakande
1929 - 2021
Governor of Lagos State and Minister of Works
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
1951 - 2010
President of Nigeria
Ernest Asuzu
1984 - 2021
Actor and singer
Tai Solarin
1916 - 1994
Founder of Mayflower School
Gbenga Adeboye
1959 - 2003
Comedian and radio presenter
Olusola Saraki
1933 - 2012
Senator and Senate Leader
Oliver De Coque
1947 - 2008
Igbo highlife music
Tunde Idiagbon
1943 - 1999
Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters
Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro
1923 - 2010
Journalist, nationalist, pro-democracy activist
Benjamin Adekunle
1936 - 2014
Civil War commander
Yinka Craig
1948 - 2008
Sports commentator and analyst
James Ocholi
1960 - 2016
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity
Samuel Aliyu Ajayi
1910 - 1994
Regional Minister of State
Abdullahi Dikko Inde
1960 - 2021
Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service
Sam Obi
1961 - 2021
Speaker of Delta State house of assembly
Ojo Maduekwe
1945 - 2016
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tafa Oloyede
1953 - 2022
Yoruba theatre artist
Obafemi Awolowo
1909 - 1987
Premier of Western Nigeria, Federal Commissioner
Oronto Douglas
1966 - 2015
Human rights lawyer and presidential adviser
Ayodele Awojobi
1937 - 1984
Mechanical engineer, social activist, author
James Ajibola Idowu Adegoke Ige
1930 - 2001
Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun
1984 - 2010
Rapper, singer
Sadiq Abubakar Daba
1951 - 2021
Actor and broadcaster
Adedigba Mukaila
1950 - 2023
Nollywood actor and director
Justus Esiri
1942 - 2013
Actor
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki
1907 - 1998
Minister of Health
Paul Unongo
1935 - 2022
Minister of Power and Steel
Ayorinde Babayemi Ilori Faboro
1985 - 2021
Music producer
Muna Obiekwe
1979 - 2015
Actor
Rashidi Yekini
1963 - 2012
Forward
Martins Kuye
1942 - 2021
Minister of commerce and industry
Ada Ameh
1974 - 2022
Actress
Ayinde Bakare
1912 - 1972
Jùjú and highlife bandleader
Dele Giwa
1947 - 1986
Journalist, editor,founder of Newswatch magazine
Osinachi Nwachukwu
1979 - 2022
Gospel musician
Mohbad
1996 - 2023
Afrobeats artist
Chike Obi
1921 - 2008
Mathematics professor and Dynamic Party leader
Maryam Babangida
1948 - 2009
First Lady of Nigeria
Patrick Fakoya
1993 - 2022
Musician and reality TV star
Ibrahim Coomassie
1942 - 2018
Inspector General of Police
Babatunde Olatunji
1927 - 2003
Drummer, social activist, recording artist
Akanu Ibiam
1906 - 1995
Medical missionary and Governor of Eastern Region
Festus Okotie-Eboh
1912 - 1966
Finance minister of Nigeria
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo
1932 - 1967
Poet, teacher, librarian
Funmilayo Olayinka
1960 - 2013
Deputy Governor of Ekiti State
Sam Loco Efe
1945 - 2011
Actor, producer, director
Moses Olaiya
1936 - 2018
Comedy and drama
Dan Maraya Jos
1946 - 2015
Hausa griot and kontigi player
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
1910 - 1966
Premier of Western Nigeria
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
1969 - 2023
Founder of Africa Movie Academy Awards
Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji
1964 - 1989
Footballer and lawyer
Goldie Harvey
1981 - 2013
Singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality
Remi Oyo
1952 - 2014
Journalist and presidential spokesperson
Femi Ogunrombi
1962 - 2023
Actor and ethnomusicologist
Chikezie Uwazie
1978 - 2023
Nollywood actor
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