List of Famous people born in Nigeria

Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga was the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria. He was first nominated by General Obasanjo and appointed by President Jonathan as Minister of Finance from 6 April 2010 to June 2011.

Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan is Nigerian badminton player.

Grace Gabriel Ofodile is a Nigerian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2012 and 2013 African Championships. Gabriel also won the women's singles silver medal at the 2011 and 2015 African Games.

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a Cardinal in 2012. He has served as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and Bishop of Ilorin.

Ocholi Abel Edicha is a Nigerian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2003 All-Africa Games, also in the mixed team event in 2007. He competed at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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.

Ibrahim Shekarau was a former Nigeria's minister of education and two term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC). He was one of the candidates who aspired to become president in the Nigerian general elections of 2011.

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.