List of Famous people born in Lagos, Nigeria

Ezekiel Isoken Henty is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Slovan Bratislava in the Fortuna Liga.

Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, titled Abese of Egbaland from 1981 is a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim Head of State of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993.

Joke Silva, MFR is a Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman.

Anthony Olubunmi Okogie is a Nigerian Cardinal Priest and formerly Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos in the Roman Catholic Church.

Simon Scarrow is a British author. Scarrow completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who is the coach of Clemensnäs IF from Swedish Women's Football Division 2, she previously played for Swedish club Sunnanå SK. She was also a member and formerly the captain of the Nigeria women's national football team.

Sodiq Olamide Yusuff is a Nigerian–American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the Featherweight division. As of October 19, 2020, he is #10 in the UFC featherweight rankings.