Most Famous People from Nigeria
People from Nigeria, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.
As of August 29, 2026, Burna Boy leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Nigeria, ahead of Sade Adu and Victor Osimhen.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.61, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
89.8K Wikipedia views · 456 news articles
Davido
54.6K Wikipedia views · 397 news articles
Ademola Lookman
56.3K Wikipedia views · 47 news articles
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
47.9K Wikipedia views · 42 news articles
Jay-Jay Okocha
138.9K Wikipedia views · 14 news articles
Israel Adesanya
152.4K Wikipedia views · 32 news articles
Rema
53.3K Wikipedia views · 14+ news articles
Aliko Dangote
83.2K Wikipedia views · 315 news articles
Ayra Starr
83.1K Wikipedia views · 240 news articles
Chinua Achebe
46.1K Wikipedia views · 69 news articles
Hakeem Olajuwon
106.7K Wikipedia views · 16 news articles
Mikel Obi
85.9K Wikipedia views · 46 news articles
Olusegun Obasanjo
40.4K Wikipedia views · 591 news articles
Muhammadu Buhari
39.4K Wikipedia views · 481 news articles
Manuel Akanji
188.8K Wikipedia views · 13+ news articles
Fela Kuti
66K Wikipedia views · 107 news articles
Nwankwo Kanu
51.9K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Tems
79K Wikipedia views · 8+ news articles
Goodluck Jonathan
28.1K Wikipedia views · 366 news articles
Wizkid
44.2K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Wole Soyinka
31K Wikipedia views · 56 news articles
Tiwa Savage
17.5K Wikipedia views · 81 news articles
Dr. Alban
14.2K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Samuel Chukwueze
47.8K Wikipedia views · 40 news articles
Alex Iwobi
48.7K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles
John Boyega
65.7K Wikipedia views · 49 news articles
Sani Abacha
27.1K Wikipedia views · 113 news articles
David Oyelowo
118.4K Wikipedia views · 49 news articles
Victor Boniface
36.8K Wikipedia views · 22+ news articles
Ahmed Musa
22K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Kelechi Iheanacho
49K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
19.3K Wikipedia views · 119 news articles
Obafemi Martins
29.4K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
56.5K Wikipedia views · 90 news articles
Victor Moses
37.2K Wikipedia views · 5 news articles
Paul Onuachu
31.8K Wikipedia views · 32 news articles
Destiny Udogie
30.5K Wikipedia views · 67 news articles
Ibrahim Babangida
22.7K Wikipedia views · 195 news articles
Wilfred Ndidi
31.5K Wikipedia views · 13+ news articles
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
12.2K Wikipedia views · 35 news articles
Arnaut Danjuma
18.7K Wikipedia views · 9+ news articles
Taiwo Awoniyi
70.2K Wikipedia views · 70 news articles
Omah Lay
18.2K Wikipedia views · 36 news articles
Amina J. Mohammed
15.2K Wikipedia views · 59 news articles
Abubakar Shekau
21.6K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Tolu Arokodare
53.9K Wikipedia views · 69+ news articles
Ken Saro-Wiwa
12.7K Wikipedia views · 25 news articles
Peter Obi
19.9K Wikipedia views · 956 news articles
Nnamdi Azikiwe
19.8K Wikipedia views · 45 news articles
Odion Ighalo
19.6K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Wunmi Mosaku
94.7K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Yakubu Gowon
25K Wikipedia views · 44 news articles
Atiku Abubakar
16.9K Wikipedia views · 1.5K news articles
Oba Femi
278.5K Wikipedia views · 521 news articles
William Troost-Ekong
12.8K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Sunday Oliseh
14.2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Asake
27.8K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Yakubu
20K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Calvin Bassey
29.3K Wikipedia views · 24 news articles
Asisat Oshoala
23.1K Wikipedia views · 132 news articles
CKay
7.4K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Femi Kuti
10.5K Wikipedia views · 12+ news articles
Umar Sadiq
11K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Taribo West
14.2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Daniel Amokachi
15K Wikipedia views · 13+ news articles
Fireboy DML
7.7K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Rashidi Yekini
15.4K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Peter Odemwingie
16.5K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Tariq Lamptey
45.6K Wikipedia views · 22+ news articles
Tijani Babangida
16.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Nneka Ogwumike
72.7K Wikipedia views · 423 news articles
Celestine Babayaro
9.6K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Vincent Enyeama
8.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Murtala Muhammed
14.9K Wikipedia views · 28+ news articles
Gift Orban
20.4K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Funke Akindele
10K Wikipedia views · 81 news articles
Raphael Onyedika
11.2K Wikipedia views · 40+ news articles
Obafemi Awolowo
21.8K Wikipedia views · 115 news articles
Kashim Shettima
14K Wikipedia views · 302 news articles
Emmanuel Emenike
8K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles
Joseph Yobo
8.9K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles
Finidi George
11.6K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles
Ben Okri
9.8K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles
Kostas Antetokounmpo
36.4K Wikipedia views · 66 news articles
Cyriel Dessers
18.9K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Osita Iheme
12.2K Wikipedia views · 37 news articles
Terem Moffi
8.9K Wikipedia views · 41+ news articles
Babs Olusanmokun
62.6K Wikipedia views · 63 news articles
Akor Adams
19.2K Wikipedia views · 11+ news articles
Taye Taiwo
9.1K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
11.5K Wikipedia views · 34 news articles
Tani Oluwaseyi
37.2K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Adekunle Gold
5.8K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Christantus Uche
11.7K Wikipedia views · 28+ news articles
Olamide
11.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
14.4K Wikipedia views · 31+ news articles
Yemi Osinbajo
18.5K Wikipedia views · 31 news articles