List of True Nigerians - From History;names and full information

The true Nigerian List is a list of notable Nigerian people. It includes some but not all notable overseas Nigerians.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it by leaving a comment with entries that are reliably sourced.

Politicians

• Nnamdi Azikiwe – first president of Nigeria
• Sani Abacha
• Moshood Abiola
• Abdulsalami Abubakar
• Atiku Abubakar
• Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
• Adebayo Alao Akala
• Samuel Akintola
• Dora Akunyili
• Anyim Pius Anyim
• Iyorchia Ayu
• Obafemi Awolowo
• Ibrahim Babangida
• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, prime minister of Nigeria
• Dimeji Bankole
• Ahmadu Bello
• Muhammadu Buhari
• Sullivan Chime
• Oyedijo Joel Olasumbo
• Gbenga Daniel
• Oladipo Diya
• Philip Effiong
• Margaret Ekpo
• Ike Ekweremadu
• Alex Ekwueme
• Joy Emodi
• Evan Enwerem
• Patricia Etteh
• Babatunde Raji Fashola
• Florence Ita Giwa
• Yakubu Gowon
• Akanu Ibiam
• Tunde Idiagbon
• Alvan Ikoku
• Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (Currently President)
• Herbert Macaulay
• K.O. Mbadiwe
• David Mark (senate president)
• Murtala Mohammed
• Ghali Umar Na'Abba
• Ken Nnamani
• Olusegun Obasanjo
• Chike Obi
• Peter Obi
• Peter Odili
• Odumegwu Ojukwu
• Chuba Okadigbo
• Bukola Saraki
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
• Rochas Okorocha
• Festus Okotie-Eboh
• Michael Okpara
• Reno Omokri
• Ogbonaya Onu
• Nwafor Orizu – Nigeria's second head of state (1965–1966)
• Dennis Osadebay
• Namadi Sambo
• Shehu Shagari
• Ernest Shonekan
• Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
• Bola Tinubu
• Fela Ransome Kuti
• Adolphus Wabara
• Jaja Wachuku
• Joseph Wayas
• Umaru Musa Yar'Adua 
• Human-rights activists 
• Olisa Agbakoba
• Ayodele Awojobi 
• Femi Falana
• Gani Fawehinmi 
• Dele Giwa
• Aminu Kano 
• Sonny Okosun
• Fela Kuti 
• Beko Ransome-Kuti
• Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti 
• Olikoye Ransome-Kuti
• Oyedijo Oluwasegun 
• Olokunboro Akinrinlola.W
• Wole soyinka
• Military 
• Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
• Sani Abacha 
• Martin Luther Agwai
• Chris Alli 
• Owoye Andrew Azazi
• Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida 
• Muhammadu Buhari
• Theophilus Danjuma 
• Oladipo Diya
• Yakubu Gowon 
• Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
• Salihu Ibrahim 
• Tunde Idiagbon
• Alwali Kazir 
• Victor Malu
• Murtala Mohammed 
• Ike Nwachukwu
• Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu 
• Olusegun Obasanjo
• Alexander Ogomudia 
• C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
• Paul Omu 
• Mohammed Sani Sami
• Dangiwa Umar 
•  Musicians
• Olamide (baddo)
• Jesse jagz 
• Solid Star
• Tekno
• Ice prince
• Eva
• Muna
• 9ice
• Tunde Adebimpe – of TV on the Radio
• King Sunny Adé
• Ebenezer Obey
• Sikiru Adepoju – percussionist
• Sade Adu – singer of Sade
• Davido (David Adeleke)
• Dr. Alban – Sweden-based musician and producer
• Duncan Mighty – musician and record producer^[1]
• Aṣa – singer-songwriter
• Tunde Baiyewu – former member Lighthouse Family; now solo musician
• Adé Bantu
• Shirley Bassey
• Patti Boulaye
• Banky W.
• Taio Cruz – Nigerian-British singer
• I.K. Dairo
• Timi Dakolo – singer-songwriter and record producer; winner Idols West Africa, 2007
• D'banj-koko master
• Edoheart – singer, poet, butoh dancer, visual artist and performance artist
• Muma Gee  – singer and actress^[2]
• 2face Idibia
• Timaya – singer and songwriter^[3]
• Fela Kuti (1938–1997) – pioneer of Afrobeat music and political activist
• JME – Nigerian-British rapper
• Femi Kuti
• Lagbaja – Afrobeat singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, producer; multi-award winner
• M.I (born Jude Abaga)
• M-Trill – hip hop artist and rapper^[4]
• Naeto C – Stormz Rekords
• Nneka – Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer-songwriter
• Lemar Obika – Nigerian-British R&B singer-songwriter
•  Ezebuiro Obinna – leader of Oriental Brothers 
• Kele Okereke – of Bloc Party
• Ogbogu Okonji
• Onyeka Onwenu
• Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
• Orlando Owoh
• P-Square
• Ruggedman
• Seal  – English-Nigerian soul singer; two-time Grammy Award winner
• Skepta – Nigerian-British rapper
• Tinie Tempah – Nigerian-British rapper
• Tyler, The Creator – Nigerian-American rapper
• Wale – Nigerian-American rapper
• Da_Grin
• Wizkid
• Wunmi – Nigerian-British singer; former dancer with Soul II Soul
• Victor Uwaifo
• Brymo
• Yung6ix – rapper and hip hop artist^[5]     
•  Artists
• Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, MBE – Nigerian-born royal portrait artist and public speaker; recipient, honorary doctorate of letters from the University of East Anglia
• Ndidi Dike – female artist 
• Ben Enwonwu, MBE – royal sculpture artist; professor of fine arts; government advisor 
• Marcia Kure – female artist 
• Chris Ofili – painter; winner, Turner Prize; creator of some controversial work; studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art
• Yinka Shonibare, MBE – work includes sculpture, painting, photography and installation art 
• Media 
• Ikechi Uko – Publisher, Akwaaba African Travel Market, ATQnews.com; author; travel and tourism media consultant 
• Babatunde Jose (1925–2008) – journalist and newspaper editor; considered the "grandfather of Nigerian journalism" 
• Femi Oke – journalist and television presenter; former CNN International television anchor 
• Bobby Ologun – television personality in Japan and martial artist 
• Actors 
• Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Pete Edochie 
• Nkem Owoh
• Richard Mofe Damijo 
• Mike Ezuruonye
• Osita Iheme 
• Chinedu Ikedieze
• Olu Jacobs 
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim
• Ramsey Nouah 
• Saint Obi
• O. C. Ukeje 
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
• Okey Uzoeshi 
• Ekpeyong Bassey-Inyang 
• Actresses 
• Regina Askia
• Liz Benson 
• Monalisa Chinda
• Chioma Chukwuka 
• Tonto Dikeh
• Rita Dominic 
• Megalyn Echikunwoke
• Ini Edo 
• Carmen Ejogo
• Omotola Jalade Ekeinde 
• Tamara Eteimo
• Muma Gee 
• Kate Henshaw
• Chika Ike 
• Mercy Johnson
• Carol King^[1] 
• Genevieve Nnaji
• Stephanie Okereke 
• Sophie Okonedo
• Chioma Okoye 
• Oge Okoye
• Kiki Omeili 
• Patience Ozokwor
• Helen Paul 
• Mary Uranta 
• Writers 
• Chinua Achebe – winner 2007 Man Booker International Prize, with citation by Nadine Gordimer as "Father of Modern African Literature
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – winner 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
• Elechi Amadi 
• Abdulkareem Baba Aminu
• Nana Asma'u (1793–1864) – memoirist and pioneer of women's education in the Sokoto Caliphate 
• Cyprian Ekwensi
• Daniel O. Fagunwa 
• Dan Fulani
• Abubakar Imam 
• Uzodinma Iweala
• Okey Ndibe
  Gabriel Okara
• Ben Okri (born 1959) – poet and novelist; winner 1995 Booker Prize 
• Ola Rotimi
• Ken Saro-Wiwa 
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934) – poet, playwright and novelist; awarded 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) 
• Businesspeople and entrepreneurs 
• M. K. O. Abiola
• Mike Adenuga 
• Ganiyu Akanbi Bello
• Aliko Dangote – chairman, Dangote Group 
• Francis Edo-Osagie
• Shafi Edu 
• Henry Fajemirokun
• Samuel Fawehinmi 
• Cletus Ibeto
• Michael Ibru 
• Anastasios George Leventis
• Adeola Odutola 
• Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu
• Festus Okotie-Eboh 
• Omu Okwei
• Lawrence Omole 
• C. T. Onyekwelu
• Isyaku Rabiu – commodities trader 
• Bisoye Tejuoso
• Bamanga Tukur 
• Ade Tuyo
• Mathias Ugochukwu 
• Religion 
• Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi – beatified by Pope John Paul II
• Wande Abimbola – academician; Ifá priest 
• Enoch Adeboye – pastor; general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God
• Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu – academician; Muslim scholar; writer; academic; publisher; cleric;
• founder and first president, AWQAF Africa; founder and first president, AWQAF Africa Muslim
• Open College (London, England) 
• Peter Akinola – Anglican emeritus primate, Church of Nigeria
• Francis Arinze – Catholic cardinal 
• Matthew Ashimolowo – senior pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre (London, England) 
• Joseph Ayo Babalola – founder, Christ Apostolic Church
• Samuel Ajayi Crowther 
• Dominic Ekandem
• Sheikh Abubakar Gumi 
• Benson Idahosa – Charismatic Pentecostal preacher; founder, Church of God Mission International
• T. B. Joshua – Christian minister; televangelist and faith healer; founder, The Synagogue, Church of All Nations; founder, Christian television station Emmanuel TV 
• William Kumuyi – pastor, televangelist; writer; founder and general superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church
• David Obadiah Lot – pastor, Church of Christ 
• Bimbo Odukoya – pastor; televangelist; wife of Taiwo Odukoya (founder, Fountain of Life Church) 
• Anthony Olubunmi Okogie – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lagos
• Chris Okotie 
• Chris Oyakhilome – televangelist; founding president, Believers LoveWorld Incorporated (also known as Christ Embassy)
• Bishop David Oyedepo – preacher; writer; founder and presiding bishop, Winners' Chapel (also known as Living Faith Church Worldwide); chancellor, Covenant University
• Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky 
• Taiwo Odukoya - Senior Pastor, The Fountain Of Life Church 
• Sportspeople 
• Main article:http://www.true9jastory.blogspot.com/2014/11/full-list-of-nigerian-americansyoull-be.html 
• International models 
• Agbani Darego – winner, Miss World 2001
• Oluchi Onweagba – winner, M-Net Face of Africa competition 1998 
• ICT professionals 
• Philip Emeagwali – 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner 
• Gbenga Sesan – Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador
•  Medicine and science
• Olumbe Bassir – biochemist and nutritionist
• Adeoye Lambo – psychiatrist
• Olufunmilayo Olopade – oncologist
• Eyitayo Lambo – health economist and technocrat
• Abiola Oladeji
• Prince Arugbajoye Oluwamayowa O. Davidson – Public Health Specialist  
• If you know you should be or you know anyone who was exempted from the True Nigeria list,please leave a comment below with the name and category...it'll be immediately reviewed :D                        reference: www.wikipedia.org