List of Famous people born in Nigeria

Andy Ologun is a Nigerian professional boxer, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and actor who has fought for K-1 and DREAM. He is the younger brother of television personality and mixed martial artist, Bobby Ologun.

Ogenyi Eddy Onazi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder, most recently for Danish Superliga team SønderjyskE. He also plays for the Nigeria national football team.

Daniel Owefin Amokachi is a Nigerian former professional footballer, and former assistant manager of the Nigeria national football team.

Okiki Afolabi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mekelle 70 Enderta. He formerly played for Egyptian side Ismaily SC. He was part of the Nigeria U-20 and U-23 country selected.

Victor Nsofor Obinna is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Kelvin Arase is an Austrian footballer who plays as a winger for Rapid Wien.

George Finidi, known as Finidi George, is a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a right winger.

Tony Chike Iwobi, better known as Toni Iwobi, is an Italian politician for Lega Nord who was elected to the Italian Senate in the 2018 general election.

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, known as Wole Soyinka, is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category. Soyinka was born into a Yoruba family in Abeokuta. In 1954, he attended Government College in Ibadan, and subsequently University College Ibadan and the University of Leeds in England. After studying in Nigeria and the UK, he worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London. He went on to write plays that were produced in both countries, in theatres and on radio. He took an active role in Nigeria's political history and its struggle for independence from Great Britain. In 1965, he seized the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service studio and broadcast a demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections. In 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War, he was arrested by the federal government of General Yakubu Gowon and put in solitary confinement for two years.

Emmanuel Osei Okoduwa is a Nigerian footballer (striker). He is better known in the Eastern Europe after becoming a top scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League. From 2001 through 2007 Okoduwa played over 100 games in the Ukrainian top division, mainly Arsenal Kyiv.