List of Famous people born in Katsina State, Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari, , is a Nigerian politician who has been president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and served as military head of state from 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état.

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.

Most Rev Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo is the Catholic Bishop of Oyo diocese. He was born on the 13th of July 1961. He was ordained a Catholic Priest by the then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most rev Julius Babatunde Adelakun on the 4th of January, 1986. He was appointed the Catholic Bishop of Oyo by Pope Benedict XVI after the retirement of Julius Babatunde Adelakun on 14 August 2007.