List of Famous people with last name Awolowo

Obafemi Awolowo

First Name Obafemi

Last Name Awolowo

Died on May 9, 1987 (aged 17)

Born in Nigeria, Ogun State

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR, was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War. The son of a Yoruba farmer, he was one of the truly self-made men among his contemporaries in Nigeria.

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