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: Lawyer Clear ×
Yemi Osinbajo
Born 1957
Ernest Shonekan
Born 1936
Femi Fani-Kayode
Born 1960
Ernst Reichel
Born 1960
Jake Okechukwu Effoduh
Born 1987
Bolanle Austen-Peters
Born 1969
Bode Thomas
1918 - 1953
Frederick Rotimi Williams
1920 - 2005
Supo Shasore
Born 1964
Toyin Saraki
Born 1964
Kitoye Ajasa
1866 - 1937
Tara Fela-Durotoye
Born 1977
Clement Nwankwo
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H. O. Davies
1905 - 1989
Muiz Banire
Born 1966
Ade Ipaye
Born 1963
Tunji Sowande
1912 - 1996
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Born 1948
Tobiloba Ajayi
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