6.4500° N, 3.4000° E
LAGOS
Most Famous People Born in Lagos, Nigeria
- Notable people
- 795
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1983
- Most distinctive
- Songwriter 7.5×
A football factory in a city of twenty million. More than two in five of Lagos's notable births play professional football — the highest share of any single profession in any city in the dataset — and most of the rest are basketball players, boxers, activists, and the songwriters of Afrobeats. Almost everyone is born after 1960, and almost everyone leaves at some point to play somewhere else.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lagos during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lagos Is Known For
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Football is Lagos's biggest profession — 43% of all notables (343).
Lagos over-indexes on songwriter — 7.5× the global rate.
Lagos under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lagos's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Boxer Clear ×
Israel Adesanya
Born 1989
Peter Konyegwachie
Born 1965
David Izonritei
Born 1968
Nojim Maiyegun
Born 1944
Duncan Dokiwari
Born 1973
James Oyebola
1961 - 2007
Muideen Akanji
Born 1992
Lukman Lawal
Born 1988
Davidson Andeh
Born 1958
Franklin Egobi
Born 1976
Ijeoma Egbunine
Born 1980
Obisia Nwankpa
Born 1954
Jonathan Dele
Born 1946
Peter Oboh
Born 1968
Billy Famous
Born 1970
Yaqub Kareem
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Larry Ekundayo
Born 1982