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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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Other
- Field: Photographer Clear ×
Rotimi Fani-Kayode
1955 - 1989
Andrew Dosunmu
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George Osodi
Born 1974
Simon Norfolk
Born 1963
Iké Udé
Born 1964
Andrew Esiebo
Born 1978
Herzekiah Andrew Shanu
1858 - 1905
George Da Costa
1853 - 1929
Novo Isioro
Born 1986
Isaac Emokpae
Born 1977
Olumuyiwa Olamide Osifuye
Born 1960