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.

Through the Decades

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 songwriter7.5× the global rate.

Lagos under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football343
  2. Actor48
  3. Basket40
  4. Politician32
  5. Singer24
  6. Lawyer19
  7. Boxer17
  8. Writer13
  1. Songwriter117.5×
  2. Boxer175.4×
  3. Activist84.7×
  4. Basket404.0×
  5. Football3433.9×
  6. Photographer112.9×
  7. Business131.6×
  1. Politician320.3×
  2. Writer130.5×

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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Showing 24 of 795 notable people

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Wizkid (musician)

Born 1991

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James Reyne

Born 1957

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Chidinma

Born 1991

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Saffron (singer)

Born 1968

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Goldie Harvey

1983 - 2013

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Niyola

Born 1985

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Lil Kesh

Born 1995

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Hao Ge

Born 1981

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Wande Coal

Born 1985

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Reminisce (musician)

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Patoranking

Born 1990

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Helen Paul

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Niniola

Born 1986

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Nikki Laoye

Born 1980

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Dammy Krane

Born 1992

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Toni Tuklan

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Chike (singer)

Born 1993

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IllRymz

Born 1985

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Mo'Cheddah

Born 1990

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0639 SINGER

Dayo Amusa

Born 1984

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0670 SINGER

Thutmose (musician)

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Douyé

Born 1969

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Michael Ekeghasi

Born 1985

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0769 SINGER

Àkin

Born 1986

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