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<ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Igboid_languages" title="Igboid languages">Igboid</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anioma_people#Languages" title="Anioma people">Delta Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enuani_dialect" title="Enuani dialect">Enuani Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ika_language_(Nigeria)" title="Ika language (Nigeria)">Ika Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikwerre_language" title="Ikwerre language">Ikwerre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngwa_dialect" title="Ngwa dialect">Ngwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukwuani_people#Language" title="Ukwuani people">Ukwuani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Igbo_names" title="Category:Igbo names">names</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0; border-top:1px solid #aaa;"> Politics (<a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Igbo_history" title="Timeline of Igbo history">History</a>)</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" 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title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>)</b>:</small><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enugu_State" title="Enugu State">Enugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River</a><br /></li> <li><small><b>Major cities</b>:</small><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onitsha" title="Onitsha">Onicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Ugwu Ọcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owerri" title="Owerri">Owerre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaba,_Delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Asaba, Delta">Ahaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abakaliki" title="Abakaliki">Abakiliki</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-top:0;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar 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You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/List_of_Igbo_people" title="Special:EditPage/List of Igbo people">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beauty_pageant_winners_and_models">Beauty pageant winners and models</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Beauty pageant winners and models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miss_Nigeria_&_Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_Nigeria"><span id="Miss_Nigeria_.26_Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_Nigeria"></span>Miss Nigeria & Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Miss Nigeria & Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Collins" title="Debbie Collins">Debbie Collins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2016" title="Miss World 2016">Miss World 2016</a> Nigeria representative<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unoaku_Anyadike" title="Unoaku Anyadike">Unoaku Anyadike</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2015" title="Miss World 2015">Miss World 2015</a> Nigeria representative<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iheoma_Nnadi" title="Iheoma Nnadi">Iheoma Nnadi</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2014, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2014" title="Miss World 2014">Miss World 2014</a> Nigeria representative<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezinne_Akudo" title="Ezinne Akudo">Ezinne Akudo</a>, Miss Nigeria 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Nduka" title="Sylvia Nduka">Sylvia Nduka</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2011, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2011" title="Miss World 2011">Miss World 2011</a> Nigeria representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Amuzie-Iredu" title="Fiona Amuzie-Iredu">Fiona Amuzie-Iredu</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2010, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2010" title="Miss World 2010">Miss World 2010</a> Nigeria representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glory_Umunna" class="mw-redirect" title="Glory Umunna">Glory Umunna</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2009, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2009" title="Miss World 2009">Miss World 2009</a> Nigeria representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaeze_Igwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Adaeze Igwe">Adaeze Igwe</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2008, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2008" title="Miss World 2008">Miss World 2008</a> Nigeria representative, wife of former Nigerian football team captain <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Yobo" title="Joseph Yobo">Joseph Yobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munachi_Nwankwo" class="mw-redirect" title="Munachi Nwankwo">Munachi Nwankwo</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2007, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2007" title="Miss World 2007">Miss World 2007</a> Nigeria representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinenye_Ochuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinenye Ochuba">Chinenye Ochuba</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2002, <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_2002" title="Miss World 2002">Miss World 2002</a> Top 10 finalist, African Continental Queen of Beauty</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabina_Umeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabina Umeh">Sabina Umeh</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Odumegwu-Ojukwu" title="Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu">Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu</a>, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1988, Miss Africa 1988, Miss Intercontinental 1989, Nigeria ambassador to Spain 2012–15, wife of the late Biafran President <a href="/wiki/Odumegwu_Ojukwu" class="mw-redirect" title="Odumegwu Ojukwu">Odumegwu Ojukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynda_Chuba-Ikpeazu" title="Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu">Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu</a>, Miss Africa 1987, 2nd Nigerian to represent Nigeria in <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_1987" title="Miss Universe 1987">Miss Universe 1987</a> after a 23-year absence of the country in the pageant</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mister_Nigeria">Mister Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mister Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ikenna_Bryan_Okwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikenna Bryan Okwara">Ikenna Bryan Okwara</a>, Mr Nigeria 2007, semi-finalist <a href="/wiki/Mister_World_2007" title="Mister World 2007">Mister World 2007</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Runway_models_and_magazine_covers">Runway models and magazine covers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Runway models and magazine covers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ngo_Okafor" title="Ngo Okafor">Ngo Okafor</a>, arguably the internet's most downloaded black male model.<sup id="cite_ref-okafor_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-okafor-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a>, winner of Face of Africa 1998; she has starred in shows for <a href="/wiki/Gucci" title="Gucci">Gucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Herrera_(fashion_designer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)">Carolina Herrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Galliano" title="John Galliano">John Galliano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missoni" title="Missoni">Missoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hilfiger" title="Tommy Hilfiger">Tommy Hilfiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chanel" title="Chanel">Chanel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bottega_Veneta" title="Bottega Veneta">Bottega Veneta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Dior" title="Christian Dior">Christian Dior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Dell%27Acqua" title="Alessandro Dell'Acqua">Alessandro Dell'Acqua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Scott" title="Jeremy Scott">Jeremy Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Lang_(fashion_brand)" title="Helmut Lang (fashion brand)">Helmut Lang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fendi" title="Fendi">Fendi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Timms" title="Mary Timms">Mary Timms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Sui" title="Anna Sui">Anna Sui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Givenchy" title="Givenchy">Givenchy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenzo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenzo">Kenzo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Armani" title="Giorgio Armani">Giorgio Armani</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9line" title="Céline">Céline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nina_Ricci_(brand)" title="Nina Ricci (brand)">Nina Ricci</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diane_Von_Furstenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Diane Von Furstenberg">Diane Von Furstenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="More_pageant_winners">More pageant winners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: More pageant winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collete_Nwadike" title="Collete Nwadike">Collete Nwadike</a>, winner of the Exquisite Face of the Universe Pageant, winner of Miss Tourism Nigeria 2014, and special advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Anambra_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Anambra State">Governor of Anambra State</a> on tourism<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_producers">Music producers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music producers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DJ_Coublon" title="DJ Coublon">DJ Coublon</a>, awarded Producer of the Year by <a href="/wiki/All_Africa_Music_Awards" title="All Africa Music Awards">All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masterkraft_(producer)" title="Masterkraft (producer)">Masterkraft</a>, won Music Producer of the Year at both the <a href="/wiki/City_People_Entertainment_Awards" title="City People Entertainment Awards">City People Entertainment Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Entertainment_Awards" title="Nigeria Entertainment Awards">Nigeria Entertainment Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy</a> award winning artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rexxie" title="Rexxie">Rexxie</a>, Nigerian record producer and DJ</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Actors_and_actresses">Actors and actresses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Actors and actresses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign">Foreign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Foreign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Ilonzeh" title="Annie Ilonzeh">Annie Ilonzeh</a>, starred in <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels_(2011_TV_series)" title="Charlie's Angels (2011 TV series)">Charlie's Angels</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Arrow_(TV_series)" title="Arrow (TV series)">Arrow</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Drop_Dead_Diva" title="Drop Dead Diva">Drop Dead Diva</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(2015_TV_series)" title="Empire (2015 TV series)">Empire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me_(film)" title="All Eyez on Me (film)">All Eyez on Me</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/%27Til_Death_Do_Us_Part_(film)" title="'Til Death Do Us Part (film)">'Til Death Do Us Part</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Percy_Jackson_%26_the_Olympians:_The_Lightning_Thief" title="Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief">Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonia_Okonma" title="Antonia Okonma">Antonia Okonma</a>, starred as Darlene Cake in the <a href="/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV</a> series <a href="/wiki/Bad_Girls_(television_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad Girls (television series)"><i>Bad Girls</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Madekwe" title="Ashley Madekwe">Ashley Madekwe</a>, film credits include Bambi in the <a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Diary_of_a_Call_Girl" title="Secret Diary of a Call Girl">Secret Diary of a Call Girl</a></i>, Ashley Davenport on the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Revenge_(TV_series)" title="Revenge (TV series)">Revenge</a></i> and the witch <a href="/wiki/Tituba" title="Tituba">Tituba</a> in the <a href="/wiki/WGN_America" title="WGN America">WGN America</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Salem_(TV_series)" title="Salem (TV series)">Salem</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_Ejogo" title="Carmen Ejogo">Carmen Ejogo</a>, hosted the <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_GMTV_programmes#Saturday_Disney" title="List of GMTV programmes">Saturday Disney</a></i> morning show. Film credits include <i><a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost_(film)" title="Love's Labour's Lost (film)">Love's Labour's Lost</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_Worst_That_Could_Happen%3F" title="What's the Worst That Could Happen?">What's the Worst That Could Happen?</a></i> (2001), <i><a href="/wiki/Away_We_Go" title="Away We Go">Away We Go</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/wiki/Sparkle_(2012_film)" title="Sparkle (2012 film)">Sparkle</a></i> (2012), <i><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cross_(film)" title="Alex Cross (film)">Alex Cross</a></i> (2012), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Purge:_Anarchy" title="The Purge: Anarchy">The Purge: Anarchy</a></i> (2014), <i><a href="/wiki/It_Comes_at_Night" title="It Comes at Night">It Comes at Night</a></i> (2017), <i><a href="/wiki/Alien:_Covenant" title="Alien: Covenant">Alien: Covenant</a></i> (2017). She Picquery in the <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Beasts_(film_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantastic Beasts (film series)"><i>Fantastic Beasts</i> film series</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King</a> in two films: <i><a href="/wiki/Boycott_(2001_film)" title="Boycott (2001 film)">Boycott</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Selma_(film)" title="Selma (film)">Selma</a></i> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Chikezie" title="Caroline Chikezie">Caroline Chikezie</a>, Her movie roles include Sasha Williams in <i><a href="/wiki/As_If_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="As If (UK TV series)">As If</a></i>, Elaine Hardy in <i><a href="/wiki/Footballers%27_Wives" title="Footballers' Wives">Footballers' Wives</a></i>, Queen Tamlin in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shannara_Chronicles" title="The Shannara Chronicles">The Shannara Chronicles</a></i>, the Cyberwoman in <i><a href="/wiki/Torchwood" title="Torchwood">Torchwood</a></i>, Nasuada in <i><a href="/wiki/Eragon_(film)" title="Eragon (film)">Eragon</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Venn" title="Charles Venn">Charles Venn</a>, known for his roles as <a href="/wiki/Ray_Dixon" title="Ray Dixon">Ray Dixon</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Masters" title="Jacob Masters">Jacob Masters</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(TV_series)" title="Casualty (TV series)">Casualty</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Alexander_(Dream_Team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis Alexander (Dream Team)">Curtis Alexander</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Team_(TV_series)" title="Dream Team (TV series)">Dream Team</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Tremaine_Gidigbi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tremaine Gidigbi">Tremaine Gidigbi</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Footballers%27_Wives" title="Footballers' Wives">Footballers' Wives</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chike_Nwoffiah" title="Chike Nwoffiah">Chike Nwoffiah</a>, actor, <a href="/wiki/Theater_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater director">theater director</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filmmaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmmaker">filmmaker</a>. Listed as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential African Americans" in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>, he has served on several regional and national grant review panels including: the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Council_on_the_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Council on the Arts">Pennsylvania Council on the Arts</a>, Sacramento Arts Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, <a href="/wiki/Arts_Council_Silicon_Valley" title="Arts Council Silicon Valley">Arts Council Silicon Valley</a>, Walter and Elise Haas Fund and the Center for Cultural Innovation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chik%C3%A9_Okonkwo" title="Chiké Okonkwo">Chiké Okonkwo</a>, starred as PC Clark in <i><a href="/wiki/New_Tricks" title="New Tricks">New Tricks</a></i> and DC Callum Gada in <i><a href="/wiki/Paradox_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paradox (UK TV series)">Paradox</a></i>. He currently stars as Lee Truitt, the love interest of the title character on the BET series <i><a href="/wiki/Being_Mary_Jane" title="Being Mary Jane">Being Mary Jane</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor" title="Chiwetel Ejiofor">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a>, Award-winning and two-time <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> Award-nominated actor, Brother of CNN newscaster <a href="/wiki/Zain_Asher" title="Zain Asher">Zain Asher</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Nri" title="Cyril Nri">Cyril Nri</a>, actor, writer and director who starred as Superintendent "Adam Okaro" in the police TV series <i>The Bill</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enuka_Okuma" title="Enuka Okuma">Enuka Okuma</a>, starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Rookie_Blue" title="Rookie Blue">Rookie Blue</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Madison_(TV_series)" title="Madison (TV series)">Madison</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sue_Thomas:_F.B.Eye" title="Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye">Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hillside_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillside (TV series)">Hillside</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chijindu" title="Ifeanyi Chijindu">Ifeanyi Chijindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalyn_Echikunwoke" title="Megalyn Echikunwoke">Megalyn Echikunwoke</a>, starred as <a href="/wiki/Tara_Price" class="mw-redirect" title="Tara Price">Tara Price</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/CSI:_Miami" title="CSI: Miami">CSI: Miami</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Tyler" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabelle Tyler">Isabelle Tyler</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_4400" title="The 4400">The 4400</a></i> and as <a href="/wiki/Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Mari McCabe / Vixen</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Arrowverse" title="Arrowverse">Arrowverse</a></i>. Partner of comedian and actor <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonso_Anozie" title="Nonso Anozie">Nonso Anozie</a>, starred as Tank in <i><a href="/wiki/RocknRolla" title="RocknRolla">RocknRolla</a></i>, Sergeant Dap in <i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game_(film)" title="Ender's Game (film)">Ender's Game</a></i>, Abraham Kenyatta in <i><a href="/wiki/Zoo_(American_TV_series)" title="Zoo (American TV series)">Zoo</a></i>, Captain of the Guards in <i><a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(2015_Disney_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinderella (2015 Disney film)">Cinderella</a></i> and Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phina_Oruche" title="Phina Oruche">Phina Oruche</a>, actress, radio presenter and former model who starred as <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Baker">Liberty Baker</a> in <a href="/wiki/ITV_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Network">ITV</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Footballers%27_Wives" title="Footballers' Wives">Footballers' Wives</a></i>, for which she won a Screen Nations Award for Favourite TV Star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Ifeachor" title="Tracy Ifeachor">Tracy Ifeachor</a>, known for roles in <i><a href="/wiki/Blooded_(film)" title="Blooded (film)">Blooded</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Billionaire_Ransom" title="Billionaire Ransom">Billionaire Ransom</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(TV_series)" title="Casualty (TV series)">Casualty</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Strike_Back_(TV_series)" title="Strike Back (TV series)">Strike Back</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jo_(TV_series)" title="Jo (TV series)">Jo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Crossbones_(TV_series)" title="Crossbones (TV series)">Crossbones</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Five-0_(2010_TV_series)" title="Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)">Hawaii Five-0</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ina_Paha_(Hawaii_Five-0)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ina Paha (Hawaii Five-0)">Ina Paha</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Originals_(TV_Series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Originals (TV Series)">The Originals</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quantico_(TV_Series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quantico (TV Series)">Quantico</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzo_Aduba" title="Uzo Aduba">Uzo Aduba</a>, starred as <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Eyes_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crazy Eyes (character)">Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> original series <i><a href="/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black" title="Orange Is the New Black">Orange Is the New Black</a></i>, winner of an <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series">Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</a> in 2014, an <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actress_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series">Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series</a> in 2015, and two <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Female_Actor_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series">Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series</a> in 2014 and 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chijindu_Kelechi_Eke" title="Chijindu Kelechi Eke">Kelechi Eke</a> is the founder of The African Film Festival (TAFF)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the creator of movie streaming service, Rootflix.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 19, 2023, he received the United States President Lifetime Achievement Award for his humanitarian services.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traced_heritage">Traced heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Traced heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a>, American television and film actor nominated for a 2009 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> for his role on <i><a href="/wiki/In_Treatment_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="In Treatment (U.S. TV series)">In Treatment</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a>, American actor, producer, and director who won an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> for his performance as Ugandan dictator <a href="/wiki/Idi_Amin" title="Idi Amin">Idi Amin</a> in the 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland_(film)" title="The Last King of Scotland (film)">The Last King of Scotland</a>'<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a> (1898–1976), multi-lingual <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">American</a> actor, <a href="/wiki/Sportsperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsperson">athlete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basso_cantante" class="mw-redirect" title="Basso cantante">Basso cantante</a> concert singer, writer, <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> activist, <a href="/wiki/Fellow_traveler" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow traveler">fellow traveler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spingarn_Medal" title="Spingarn Medal">Spingarn Medal</a> winner, and <a href="/wiki/Stalin_Peace_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalin Peace Prize">Stalin Peace Prize</a> laureate<sup id="cite_ref-robeson_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robeson-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nollywood">Nollywood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nollywood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro_Candy" title="Afro Candy">Afro Candy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaechi_Muonagor" title="Amaechi Muonagor">Amaechi Muonagor</a>, actor and producer. <i>Igodo</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Without Goodbye</i>, <i>Most Wanted Kidnappers</i>, <i>Jack and Jill</i>, <i>Village Rascal</i>, <i>Evil World</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ugonma</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Spirits</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob-Manuel_Udokwu" title="Bob-Manuel Udokwu">Bob-Manuel Udokwu</a>, <i>Lifetime Achievement</i> award winner at the <a href="/wiki/10th_Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards" title="10th Africa Movie Academy Awards">10th Africa Movie Academy Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chacha_Eke" title="Chacha Eke">Chacha Eke</a>, starred in <i><a href="/wiki/The_End_is_Near_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The End is Near (film)">The End is Near</a></i>, <i>Commander in Chief</i>, <i>Clap of Thunder</i>, <i>Two Hearts</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Eze" title="Chelsea Eze">Chelsea Eze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chidi_Mokeme" title="Chidi Mokeme">Chidi Mokeme</a>, actor and ex host of the <i><a href="/wiki/Gulder_Ultimate_Search" title="Gulder Ultimate Search">Gulder Ultimate Search</a></i> Reality-show<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chika_Ike" title="Chika Ike">Chika Ike</a>, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Actors_Guild_of_Nigeria" title="Actors Guild of Nigeria">Actors Guild of Nigeria</a> (AGN) Award for <i>Most Disciplined Actress</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinedu_Ikedieze" title="Chinedu Ikedieze">Chinedu "Aki" Ikedieze</a>, He is best known for his character "Aki", playing alongside <a href="/wiki/Osita_Iheme" title="Osita Iheme">Osita Iheme</a> in their breakthrough movie <i><a href="/wiki/Aki_na_Ukwa" title="Aki na Ukwa">Aki na Ukwa</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-newvision_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newvision-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recipient of the <i>Lifetime Achievement Award</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards" title="Africa Movie Academy Awards">Africa Movie Academy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mshale_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mshale-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Chukwuka" title="Chioma Chukwuka">Chioma Chukwuka</a>, actress and movie producer, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Africa_Movie_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Africa Movie Academy Award">Africa Movie Academy Award</a> for <i>Best Actress in a leading role</i>, winner of the Afro Hollywood award for <i>Best actress in a lead role</i><sup id="cite_ref-mshale_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mshale-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amaa2007_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amaa2007-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amaa07_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amaa07-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Shalom" title="Cynthia Shalom">Cynthia Shalom</a>, actress and producer, winner of <a href="/wiki/Next_Movie_Star" title="Next Movie Star">Next Movie Star</a> reality show season 11<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Okoye" title="Chioma Okoye">Chioma Okoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Toplis" title="Chioma Toplis">Chioma Toplis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chizzy_Alichi" title="Chizzy Alichi">Chizzy Alichi</a>, winner <a href="/wiki/City_People_Entertainment_Awards" title="City People Entertainment Awards">City People Entertainment Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Best New Actress Of The Year (English), winner Nigeria Achievers Award<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next Rated Actress Of The Year</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clem_Ohameze" title="Clem Ohameze">Clem Ohameze</a>, starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Ije" class="mw-redirect" title="Ije">Ije: The Journey</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destiny_Etiko" title="Destiny Etiko">Destiny Etiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebele_Okaro" title="Ebele Okaro">Ebele Okaro</a>, Best Supporting Actress <a href="/wiki/2017_Africa_Magic_Viewers_Choice_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards">2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebube_Nwagbo" title="Ebube Nwagbo">Ebube Nwagbo</a>, starred in <i>Arrested by Love</i>, <i>Eyes of the Nun</i>, <i>Before My Eyes</i>, <i>Against My Blood</i>, <i>Royal Palace</i>, <i>Not Yours!</i>, <i>Ojuju calabar</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejike_Asiegbu" title="Ejike Asiegbu">Ejike Asiegbu</a>, former President of the <a href="/wiki/Actors_Guild_of_Nigeria" title="Actors Guild of Nigeria">Actors Guild of Nigeria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Ike" title="Emeka Ike">Emeka Ike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enyinna_Nwigwe" title="Enyinna Nwigwe">Enyinna Nwigwe</a>, best known for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_Party_(2016_film)" title="The Wedding Party (2016 film)">The Wedding Party</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_November" title="Black November">Black November</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Gold_(2011_Qatari_film)" title="Black Gold (2011 Qatari film)">Black Gold</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Agu" title="Francis Agu">Francis Agu</a> (1965–2007), actor. Best known for his role on the long-running Nigerian television series <a href="/wiki/Checkmate_(Nigerian_TV_series)" title="Checkmate (Nigerian TV series)"><i>Checkmate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Leonard_(Nigerian_actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Leonard (Nigerian actor)">Frederick Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevieve_Nnaji" title="Genevieve Nnaji">Genevieve Nnaji</a>, winner <a href="/wiki/Africa_Movie_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Africa Movie Academy Award">Africa Movie Academy Award</a> for <i>Best Actress in a Leading Role</i>, <a href="/wiki/Africa_Magic_Viewers_Choice_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards">Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards</a> for <i>Best Movie West Africa</i>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Entertainment_Awards" title="Nigeria Entertainment Awards">Nigeria Entertainment Awards</a> for <i>Best Actress Tv Series</i> and <i>Best Actress in Supporting Role</i>, <a href="/wiki/Nollywood_Movies_Awards" title="Nollywood Movies Awards">Nollywood Movies Awards</a> for <i>Viewers Choice- Female</i>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana_Movie_Awards" title="Ghana Movie Awards">Ghana Movie Awards</a> for <i>Best Actress-Africa Collaboration</i>, <a href="/wiki/Nollywood_and_African_Film_Critics_Awards" title="Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards">NAFCA</a> for <i>Best Actress Leading Role</i>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Best_of_Nollywood_Awards" title="2010 Best of Nollywood Awards">Best of Nollywood Awards</a> for <i>Best Kiss</i>, <a href="/wiki/Zulu_African_Film_Academy_Awards" title="Zulu African Film Academy Awards">Zulu African Film Academy Awards</a> for Best Actress, <a href="/wiki/City_People_Entertainment_Awards" title="City People Entertainment Awards">City People Entertainment Awards</a> for <i>Best Actress</i>. Member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Federal_Republic" title="Order of the Federal Republic">Order of the Federal Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanks_Anuku" title="Hanks Anuku">Hanks Anuku</a>, often stars as a villain in many <a href="/wiki/Nollywood" title="Nollywood">Nollywood</a> films.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brother of Miss Nigeria 1986 Late Rita Anuku</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijeoma_Grace_Agu" title="Ijeoma Grace Agu">Ijeoma Grace Agu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Iyke" title="Jim Iyke">Jim Iyke</a>, one of the stars of the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Flight_to_Abuja" title="Last Flight to Abuja">Last Flight to Abuja</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Okafor" title="John Okafor">John Okafor</a>, acted in more than 200 movies including <i>Mr.Ibu</i> (2004), <i>Mr.Ibu in London</i> (2004), <i>Police Recruit</i> (2003), <i>9 Wives</i> (2005), <i>Ibu in Prison</i> (2006) and <i>Keziah</i> (2007).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanayo_O._Kanayo" title="Kanayo O. Kanayo">Kanayo O. Kanayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Erics" title="Ken Erics">Ken Erics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ejiofor" title="Linda Ejiofor">Linda Ejiofor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lota_Chukwu" title="Lota Chukwu">Lota Chukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Johnson" title="Mercy Johnson">Mercy Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ezuruonye" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Ezuruonye">Michael Ezuruonye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Godson" title="Mike Godson">Mike Godson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monalisa_Chinda" title="Monalisa Chinda">Monalisa Chinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muna_Obiekwe" title="Muna Obiekwe">Muna Obiekwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Ezeonu" title="Ngozi Ezeonu">Ngozi Ezeonu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuella_Njubigbo" title="Nuella Njubigbo">Nuella Njubigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkem_Owoh" title="Nkem Owoh">Nkem Owoh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonso_Diobi" title="Nonso Diobi">Nonso Diobi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oby_Kechere" title="Oby Kechere">Oby Kechere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OC_Ukeje" title="OC Ukeje">OC Ukeje</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oge_Okoye" title="Oge Okoye">Oge Okoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyeka_Onwenu" title="Onyeka Onwenu">Onyeka Onwenu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osita_Iheme" title="Osita Iheme">Osita "Paw paw" Iheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patience_Ozokwor" title="Patience Ozokwor">Patience Ozokwor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Edochie" title="Pete Edochie">Pete Edochie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Eke" title="Prince Eke">Prince Eke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Nwokoye" title="Queen Nwokoye">Queen Nwokoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachael_Okonkwo" title="Rachael Okonkwo">Rachael Okonkwo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regina_Daniels" title="Regina Daniels">Regina Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Dominic" title="Rita Dominic">Rita Dominic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Obi" title="Saint Obi">Saint Obi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stella_Damasus-Aboderin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stella Damasus-Aboderin">Stella Damasus-Aboderin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Okereke" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephanie Okereke">Stephanie Okereke</a>, <i>Best Actress – English</i> and <i>Best Actress of the year 2003</i>, Reel Awards 2003 – also nominated twice for the <a href="/wiki/Africa_Movie_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Africa Movie Academy Award">Africa Movie Academy Award</a> 2005 and 2009 for <i>Best Actress in a Leading Role</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Oluchy" title="Sylvia Oluchy">Sylvia Oluchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonto_Dike" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonto Dike">Tonto Dike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Umez" title="Tony Umez">Tony Umez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Jombo" title="Uche Jombo">Uche Jombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uru_Eke" title="Uru Eke">Uru Eke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yul_Edochie" title="Yul Edochie">Yul Edochie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Orji" title="Zack Orji">Zack Orji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chijindu_Kelechi_Eke" title="Chijindu Kelechi Eke">Kelechi Eke</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comedians">Comedians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Comedians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketmouth" title="Basketmouth">Basketmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchi_(comedian)" title="Buchi (comedian)">Buchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigul" title="Chigul">Chigul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_D_Don" title="Frank D Don">Frank D Don</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_(comedian)" title="Godfrey (comedian)">Godfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mama_Uka" title="Mama Uka">Mama Uka</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="TV/Radio_hosts_and_journalists"><span id="TV.2FRadio_hosts_and_journalists"></span>TV/Radio hosts and journalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: TV/Radio hosts and journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adaora_Onyechere" title="Adaora Onyechere">Adaora Onyechere</a>, <a href="/wiki/News_presenter" title="News presenter">co-anchor</a> of morning show <i>Kakaaki</i> on <a href="/wiki/Africa_Independent_Television" title="Africa Independent Television">AIT</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebuka_Obi-Uchendu" title="Ebuka Obi-Uchendu">Ebuka Obi-Uchendu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_Naija" title="Big Brother Naija">Big Brother Naija</a> and <i>Rubbing minds</i> host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Ugolee" title="Emma Ugolee">Emma Ugolee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Ohajah" title="Joyce Ohajah">Joyce Ohajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keme_Nzerem" title="Keme Nzerem">Keme Nzerem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_4_News" title="Channel 4 News">Channel 4 News</a> <a href="/wiki/News_anchor" class="mw-redirect" title="News anchor">news anchor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Reporter">reporter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-c4_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c4-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Ijemba" title="Murphy Ijemba">Murphy Ijemba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogechukwukanma_Ogwo" title="Ogechukwukanma Ogwo">Ogechukwukanma Ogwo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobechi_Nneji" title="Tobechi Nneji">Tobechi Nneji</a>, "Most listened-to OAP in all of Eastern Nigeria at mid-day" according to <a href="/wiki/Thisday" class="mw-redirect" title="Thisday">ThisDay</a> newspaper<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uti_Nwachukwu" title="Uti Nwachukwu">Uti Nwachukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zain_Asher" title="Zain Asher">Zain Asher</a>, news anchor at <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, sister of actor <a href="/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor" title="Chiwetel Ejiofor">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artists_and_illustrators">Artists and illustrators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Artists and illustrators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ada_Udechukwu" title="Ada Udechukwu">Ada Udechukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Enwonwu" title="Ben Enwonwu">Ben Enwonwu</a> (1921–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chike_Aniakor" title="Chike Aniakor">Chike Aniakor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ofili" title="Chris Ofili">Chris Ofili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Okoro" title="Dawn Okoro">Dawn Okoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demas_Nwoko" title="Demas Nwoko">Demas Nwoko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chidi_Kwubiri" title="Chidi Kwubiri">Chidi Kwubiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Edozie" title="George Edozie">George Edozie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chijindu" title="Ifeanyi Chijindu">Ifeanyi Chijindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Nwadiogbu" title="Ken Nwadiogbu">Ken Nwadiogbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendi_%26_Keith_Obadike" title="Mendi & Keith Obadike">Mendi & Keith Obadike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndidi_Dike" title="Ndidi Dike">Ndidi Dike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnenna_Okore" title="Nnenna Okore">Nnenna Okore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obiora_Udechukwu" title="Obiora Udechukwu">Obiora Udechukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Nsofor" title="Tony Nsofor">Tony Nsofor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Okeke" title="Uche Okeke">Uche Okeke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Okafor" title="Kelvin Okafor">Kelvin Okafor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authors">Authors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Authors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ada_Udechukwu" title="Ada Udechukwu">Ada Udechukwu</a> (born 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaobi_Tricia_Nwaubani" title="Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani">Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akwaeke_Emezi" title="Akwaeke Emezi">Akwaeke Emezi</a> (born 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africanus_Horton" title="Africanus Horton">Africanus Horton</a>(1835–1883), also known as James Beale, he was a writer and folklorist from <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchi_Emecheta" title="Buchi Emecheta">Buchi Emecheta</a> (1944–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Obianuju_Acholonu" title="Catherine Obianuju Acholonu">Catherine Obianuju Acholonu</a> (1951–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chika_Unigwe" title="Chika Unigwe">Chika Unigwe</a> (born 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie" title="Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</a> (born 1977), best known for <i><a href="/wiki/Half_of_a_Yellow_Sun" title="Half of a Yellow Sun">Half of a Yellow Sun</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinua_Achebe" title="Chinua Achebe">Chinua Achebe</a> (1930–2013), novelist, poet and critic, best known for his award-winning novel <i><a href="/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart" title="Things Fall Apart">Things Fall Apart</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinweizu_Ibekwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinweizu Ibekwe">Chinweizu Ibekwe</a> (born 1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Abani" title="Chris Abani">Chris Abani</a> (born 1966), notable for his first novel, <i>Masters of the Board</i>, which was about a <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">Neo-Nazi</a> takeover of Nigeria<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Okigbo" title="Christopher Okigbo">Christopher Okigbo</a> (1932–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprian_Ekwensi" title="Cyprian Ekwensi">Cyprian Ekwensi</a> (1921–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Nolue_Emenanjo" title="E. Nolue Emenanjo">E. Nolue Emenanjo</a> (born 1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wilmot_Blyden" title="Edward Wilmot Blyden">Edward Wilmot Blyden</a> (1832–1912), Liberian educator, clergyman and Pan-Africanist<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Isichei" title="Elizabeth Isichei">Elizabeth Isichei</a> (born 1939), prominent historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Ugolee" title="Emma Ugolee">Emma Ugolee</a> (born 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Nnabuenyi_Ugonna" title="F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna">F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna</a> (1936–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_Nwapa" title="Flora Nwapa">Flora Nwapa</a> (1931–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Chijindu" title="Ifeanyi Chijindu">Ifeanyi Chijindu</a> (born 1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifeoma_Onyefulu" title="Ifeoma Onyefulu">Ifeoma Onyefulu</a> (born 1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Oguine" title="Ike Oguine">Ike Oguine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Unaegbu" title="Jeff Unaegbu">Jeff Unaegbu</a> (born 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Chinwe_Eyisi" title="Joy Chinwe Eyisi">Joy Chinwe Eyisi</a> (born 1969), best known for her <i>Common Errors in the Use of English</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Echeruo" title="Michael Echeruo">Michael Echeruo</a> (born 1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okey_Ndibe" title="Okey Ndibe">Okey Ndibe</a> (born 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okwui_Enwezor" title="Okwui Enwezor">Okwui Enwezor</a> (1963–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano" title="Olaudah Equiano">Olaudah Equiano</a> (c. 1745–1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a writer and <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Abolitionism in the United Kingdom">abolitionist</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onuora_Nzekwu" title="Onuora Nzekwu">Onuora Nzekwu</a> (1928–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyeka_Nwelue" title="Onyeka Nwelue">Onyeka Nwelue</a> (born 1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkem_Nwankwo" title="Nkem Nwankwo">Nkem Nwankwo</a> (1936–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnedi_Okorafor" title="Nnedi Okorafor">Nnedi Okorafor</a> (born 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnorom_Azuonye" title="Nnorom Azuonye">Nnorom Azuonye</a> (born 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Eze" title="Paschal Eze">Paschal Eze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Nduka" title="Uche Nduka">Uche Nduka</a> (born 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchechi_Kalu" title="Uchechi Kalu">Uchechi Kalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzodinma_Iweala" title="Uzodinma Iweala">Uzodinma Iweala</a> (born 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Chukwuemeka_Ike" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike">Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike</a> (1931–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Barleycorn" title="William Barleycorn">William Napoleon Barleycorn</a> (1884–1925), <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Guinea" title="Spanish Guinea">Spanish Guinean</a> <a href="/wiki/Primitive_Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Primitive Methodist">Primitive Methodist</a> <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> and author of the first <a href="/wiki/Bube_language" title="Bube language">Bube language</a> primer. He was a member of a prominent <a href="/wiki/Fernandino_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernandino peoples">Fernandino</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-barleycorn_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barleycorn-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulu_Sofola" title="Zulu Sofola">Zulu Sofola</a> (1935–1995), the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist and first female Professor of Theater Arts in Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nduka_Otiono" title="Nduka Otiono">Nduka Otiono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Nwabueze" title="Emeka Nwabueze">Emeka Nwabueze</a> (born September 23, 1949)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_makers,_producers_and_directors"><span id="Film_makers.2C_producers_and_directors"></span>Film makers, producers and directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Film makers, producers and directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amaka_Igwe" title="Amaka Igwe">Amaka Igwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Anekwe" title="Chet Anekwe">Chet Anekwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chika_Anadu" title="Chika Anadu">Chika Anadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinedum_Iregbu" title="Chinedum Iregbu">Chinedum Iregbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chineze_Anyaene" title="Chineze Anyaene">Chineze Anyaene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._J._Obasi" class="mw-redirect" title="C. J. Obasi">C. J. Obasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ihidero" title="Chris Ihidero">Chris Ihidero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Nnaji" title="David Nnaji">David Nnaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_Iroegbu" title="Dickson Iroegbu">Dickson Iroegbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Ugbomah" title="Eddie Ugbomah">Eddie Ugbomah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikechukwu_Onyeka" title="Ikechukwu Onyeka">Ikechukwu Onyeka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izu_Ojukwu" title="Izu Ojukwu">Izu Ojukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonzo_Nzekwe" title="Lonzo Nzekwe">Lonzo Nzekwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Okwo" title="Mildred Okwo">Mildred Okwo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Njoku" title="Nkiru Njoku">Nkiru Njoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obi_Emelonye" title="Obi Emelonye">Obi Emelonye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujuaku_Akukwe" title="Ujuaku Akukwe">Ujuaku Akukwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oby_Kechere" title="Oby Kechere">Oby Kechere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okechukwu_Oku" title="Okechukwu Oku">Okechukwu Oku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyeka_Nwelue" title="Onyeka Nwelue">Onyeka Nwelue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Amanfo" title="Pascal Amanfo">Pascal Amanfo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Atuma" title="Pascal Atuma">Pascal Atuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ukala" title="Sam Ukala">Sam Ukala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Odoh" title="Uche Odoh">Uche Odoh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Uranta" title="Mary Uranta">Mary Uranta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzo_(filmmaker)" title="Uzo (filmmaker)">Uzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chijindu_Kelechi_Eke" title="Chijindu Kelechi Eke">Chijindu Kelechi Eke</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Singers_and_musicians">Singers and musicians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Singers and musicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gospel_singers">Gospel singers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gospel singers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ada_Ehi" title="Ada Ehi">Ada Ehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Edwards_(gospel_musician)" title="Frank Edwards (gospel musician)">Frank Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Chinwo" title="Mercy Chinwo">Mercy Chinwo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obiwon" title="Obiwon">Obiwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty_Obasi" title="Patty Obasi">Patty Obasi</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsong" class="mw-redirect" title="Samsong">Samsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinach" title="Sinach">Sinach</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-2000s">Pre-2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Pre-2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bright_Chimezie" title="Bright Chimezie">Bright Chimezie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestine_Ukwu" title="Celestine Ukwu">Celestine Ukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Stephen_Osita_Osadebe" title="Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe">Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr_Alban" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Alban">Dr Alban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jide_Obi" title="Jide Obi">Jide Obi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Uzoigwe" title="Joshua Uzoigwe">Joshua Uzoigwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendi_%26_Keith_Obadike" title="Mendi & Keith Obadike">Mendi & Keith Obadike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ejeagha" title="Mike Ejeagha">Mike Ejeagha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu" title="Nelly Uchendu">Nelly Uchendu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_De_Coque" title="Oliver De Coque">Oliver De Coque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyeka_Onwenu" title="Onyeka Onwenu">Onyeka Onwenu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr_Sir_Warrior" title="Dr Sir Warrior">Oriental brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_Boulaye" title="Patti Boulaye">Patti Boulaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pericoma_Okoye" title="Pericoma Okoye">Pericoma Okoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Onyeabor" title="William Onyeabor">William Onyeabor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarachi" title="Amarachi">Amarachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracket_(music_group)" title="Bracket (music group)">Bracket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cavemen_(band)" title="The Cavemen (band)">Benjamin Okorie</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaqbonez" title="Blaqbonez">Blaqbonez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chidinma" title="Chidinma">Chidinma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chike_(singer)" title="Chike (singer)">Chike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikezie" title="Chikezie">Chikezie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CKay" title="CKay">CKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dax_(rapper)" title="Dax (rapper)">Dax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Mighty" title="Duncan Mighty">Duncan Mighty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dekumzy" title="Dekumzy">Dekumzy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echezonachukwu_Nduka" title="Echezonachukwu Nduka">Echezonachukwu Nduka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ego_Ihenacho" class="mw-redirect" title="Ego Ihenacho">Ego Ihenacho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Nwokedi" title="Emeka Nwokedi">Emeka Nwokedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Nyra" title="Emma Nyra">Emma Nyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmy_Gee" title="Emmy Gee">Emmy Gee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etcetera_Ejikeme" title="Etcetera Ejikeme">Etcetera Ejikeme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faze_(musician)" title="Faze (musician)">Faze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fave_(singer)" title="Fave (singer)">Fave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flavour_N%27abania" class="mw-redirect" title="Flavour N'abania">Flavour N'abania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humblesmith" title="Humblesmith">Humblesmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illbliss" title="Illbliss">Illbliss</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Martins" title="J. Martins">J. Martins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jidenna" title="Jidenna">Jidenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kcee_(musician)" title="Kcee (musician)">Kcee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kele_Okereke" title="Kele Okereke">Kele Okereke</a>, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for English <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> <a href="/wiki/Rock_band" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock band">band</a> <a href="/wiki/Bloc_Party" title="Bloc Party">Bloc Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cavemen_(band)" title="The Cavemen (band)">Kingsley Okorie</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachi_(artist)" title="Lachi (artist)">Lachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemar" title="Lemar">Lemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_the_Lion_(singer)" title="Leo the Lion (singer)">Leo the Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynxxx" title="Lynxxx">Lynxxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Raw" title="Mr Raw">Mr Raw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muma_Gee" title="Muma Gee">Muma Gee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naeto_C" title="Naeto C">Naeto C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nneka_(singer)" title="Nneka (singer)">Nneka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-Square" title="P-Square">P-Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%26B" title="R&B">R&B</a> duo composed of identical twin brothers <a href="/wiki/Peter_Okoye" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Okoye">Peter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Okoye_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Okoye (singer)">Paul Okoye</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patoranking" title="Patoranking">Patoranking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyno" title="Phyno">Phyno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Hassani" title="Ric Hassani">Ric Hassani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruggedman" title="Ruggedman">Ruggedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runtown" title="Runtown">Runtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SHiiKANE" title="SHiiKANE">SHiiKANE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snazzy_the_Optimist" title="Snazzy the Optimist">Snazzy the Optimist</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekno_(musician)" title="Tekno (musician)">Tekno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinie_Tempah" title="Tinie Tempah">Tinie Tempah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_(rapper)" title="Ty (rapper)">Ty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugoccie" title="Ugoccie">Ugoccie</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waconzy" title="Waconzy">Waconzy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2Shotz" title="2Shotz">2Shotz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobe_Nwigwe" title="Tobe Nwigwe">Tobe Nwigwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victony" title="Victony">Victony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemi_Alade" title="Yemi Alade">Yemi Alade</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maria_Louisa_Bustill_(1853-1904).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg/90px-Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg/135px-Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg/180px-Maria_Louisa_Bustill_%281853-1904%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maria_Louisa_Bustill" title="Maria Louisa Bustill">Maria Louisa Bustill</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png/90px-Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png/135px-Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png/180px-Dr._Eni_Njoku2.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Botanist Dr. <a href="/wiki/Eni_Njoku" title="Eni Njoku">Eni Njoku</a> and Dr. Edward Ayensu</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg/90px-PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg/135px-PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/PN_okeke-ojiudu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="229" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/P._N._Okeke-Ojiudu" title="P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu">P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="sortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maria_Louisa_Bustill" title="Maria Louisa Bustill">Maria Louisa Bustill</a></td> <td>8 November 1853</td> <td>20 January 1904</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Quaker</a> schoolteacher; the mother of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a>; and the wife of the Reverend <a href="/wiki/William_Drew_Robeson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Drew Robeson">William Drew Robeson</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Echeruo" title="Michael Echeruo">Michael Echeruo</a></td> <td>14 March 1937</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tessy_Okoli" title="Tessy Okoli">Tessy Okoli</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/E._Nolue_Emenanjo" title="E. Nolue Emenanjo">E. Nolue Emenanjo</a></td> <td>1943</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uche_Nduka" title="Uche Nduka">Uche Nduka</a></td> <td>14 October 1963</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eni_Njoku" title="Eni Njoku">Eni Njoku</a></td> <td>6 November 1917</td> <td>22 December 1974</td> <td>The first Nigerian Vice Chancellor </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onuora_Nzekwu" title="Onuora Nzekwu">Onuora Nzekwu</a></td> <td>19 February 1928</td> <td>21 April 2017</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/P._N._Okeke-Ojiudu" title="P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu">P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu</a></td> <td>1914</td> <td>1995</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Dike" title="Kenneth Dike">Kenneth Dike</a></td> <td>17 December 1917</td> <td>26 October 1983</td> <td>The pioneer Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos and University of Nigeria Nsukka </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ogbu" title="John Ogbu">John Ogbu</a></td> <td>9 May 1939</td> <td>20 August 2003</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogwo_E._Ogwo" title="Ogwo E. Ogwo">Ogwo E. Ogwo</a></td> <td>7 June 1949</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Enejere" title="Emeka Enejere">Emeka Enejere</a> </td> <td>8 August 1944 </td> <td> </td> <td>The 14th Pro Chancellor of University of Nigeria, Nsukka </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zephrinus_Chidubem_Njoku" title="Zephrinus Chidubem Njoku">Zephrinus Chidubem Njoku</a> </td> <td>15 May 1959 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu" title="Emmanuel Chinwokwu">Emmanuel Chinwokwu</a> </td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td>Professor of New Testament Studies at University of Nigeria, Nsukka </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Obi_Ngoddy" title="Patrick Obi Ngoddy">Patrick Obi Ngoddy</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Nigerian professor of Food Engineering and Processing at the Faculty of Agriculture </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Chidebelu" title="Sonny Chidebelu">Sonny Chidebelu</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Professor of <a href="/wiki/Agribusiness" title="Agribusiness">Agribusiness</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Obiajulu_Ogwude" title="Sophia Obiajulu Ogwude">Sophia Obiajulu Ogwude</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Professor of English and Comparative studies </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence_Orabueze" title="Florence Orabueze">Florence Orabueze</a> </td> <td>30 March 1966 </td> <td>– </td> <td>Professor of English and literary studies </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edith_Nwosu" title="Edith Nwosu">Edith Nwosu</a> </td> <td>22 March 1962 </td> <td>– </td> <td>Professor of Corporate Law </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basil_Ezeanolue" title="Basil Ezeanolue">Basil Ezeanolue</a> </td> <td>17 November 1953 </td> <td>– </td> <td>Professor of <a href="/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology" title="Otorhinolaryngology">Otorhinolaryngology</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emenike_Ejiogu" title="Emenike Ejiogu">Emenike Ejiogu</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Professor of electrical and electronics engineering from University of Nigeria Nsukka </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogbonna_Oparaku" title="Ogbonna Oparaku">Ogbonna Oparaku</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor">Professor</a> of electronic engineering from the  <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nigeria" title="University of Nigeria">University of Nigeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nsukka" title="Nsukka">Nsukka</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historians">Historians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Historians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AEAfigbo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/AEAfigbo.jpg/90px-AEAfigbo.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/AEAfigbo.jpg/135px-AEAfigbo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/AEAfigbo.jpg/180px-AEAfigbo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adiele_Afigbo" title="Adiele Afigbo">Adiele Afigbo</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adiele_Afigbo" title="Adiele Afigbo">Adiele Afigbo</a></td> <td>22 November 1937</td> <td>9 March 2009</td> <td>Historian known for the history and historiography of Africa, more particularly Igbo history</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Dike" title="Kenneth Dike">Kenneth Dike</a></td> <td>17 December 1917</td> <td>26 October 1983</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Robeson, Jr.">Paul Robeson, Jr.</a></td> <td>2 November 1927</td> <td>26 April 2014</td> <td></td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-robeson_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robeson-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philosophers">Philosophers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Philosophers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Chukwudi_Eze" title="Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze">Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze</a></td> <td>18 January 1963</td> <td>30 December 2007</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heads_of_organizations_and_business_executives">Heads of organizations and business executives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Heads of organizations and business executives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pearlena_Igbokwe" title="Pearlena Igbokwe">Pearlena Igbokwe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>President of <a href="/wiki/Universal_Television" title="Universal Television">Universal Television</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal_Television_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="NBCUniversal Television Group">NBCUniversal Television Group</a>, first woman of African descent to head a major U.S. television studio</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-david2016_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david2016-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nduka_Obaigbena" title="Nduka Obaigbena">Nduka Obaigbena</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Media mogul, founder of Nigerian-based African newspaper <a href="/wiki/THISDAY" class="mw-redirect" title="THISDAY">THISDAY</a>, African -focused style & culture magazine <i>Arise</i> and Lagos-based Nigerian 24-hour international news channel <a href="/wiki/Arise_News" title="Arise News">Arise News</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ovia" title="Jim Ovia">Jim Ovia</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Nigerian businessman; founder of <a href="/wiki/Zenith_Bank" title="Zenith Bank">Zenith Bank</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Udoji" title="Jerome Udoji">Jerome Udoji</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Odumegwu_Ojukwu" title="Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu">Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu</a></td> <td>1909</td> <td>1966</td> <td>Business mogul and father of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the former governor of the Eastern Region and leader of Biafra</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/P._N._Okeke-Ojiudu" title="P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu">P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu</a></td> <td>1914</td> <td>1995</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Omu_Okwei" title="Omu Okwei">Omu Okwei</a></td> <td>1872</td> <td>1943</td> <td>Merchant queen of the River Niger</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/C._T._Onyekwelu" title="C. T. Onyekwelu">C. T. Onyekwelu</a></td> <td>1898</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Ugochukwu" title="Mathias Ugochukwu">Mathias Ugochukwu</a></td> <td>1926</td> <td>1990</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Okere" title="Evelyn Okere">Evelyn Okere</a></td> <td>4 November 1973</td> <td></td> <td>Nigerian businesswoman, publisher, fashion designer and the Managing Director/CEO of St. Eve Concepts.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Godwin_Maduka" title="Godwin Maduka">Godwin Maduka</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Nigerian doctor, businessman, philanthropist and the founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Offor" title="Emeka Offor">Emeka Offor</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Businessman and Philanthropist. The founder and Chairman and The Sir Emeka Of for Foundation of Chrome Group</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Okonkwo" title="Kennedy Okonkwo">Kennedy Okonkwo</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Businessman and philanthropist</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Nwodo_Jr." title="Charles Nwodo Jr.">Charles Nwodo Jr.</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Businessman and philanthropist</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aku_Odinkemelu" title="Aku Odinkemelu">Aku Odinkemelu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Nigerian lawyer and corporate entrepreneur</td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economists">Economists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Economists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arunma_Oteh" title="Arunma Oteh">Arunma Oteh</a>, Vice President and Treasurer at World Bank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Chukwuma_Soludo" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Chukwuma Soludo">Charles Chukwuma Soludo</a>, economics professor and former Governor and Chairman of the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Nigeria" title="Central Bank of Nigeria">Central Bank of Nigeria</a> (CBN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godwin_Emefiele" title="Godwin Emefiele">Godwin Emefiele</a>, Governor of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Nigeria" title="Central Bank of Nigeria">Central Bank of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Finance_Minister_of_Nigeria" title="Finance Minister of Nigeria">Finance Minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister of Nigeria">Foreign Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, notable for being the first woman to hold either of those positions. She is also a former <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> managing director and a one-time Presidential candidate of the same institution, member <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> board<sup id="cite_ref-ngozi_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ngozi-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obiageli_Ezekwesili" class="mw-redirect" title="Obiageli Ezekwesili">Obiageli Ezekwesili</a>, former Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Federal_Ministry_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education">Education Minister</a> as well as a co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyema_Ugochukwu" title="Onyema Ugochukwu">Onyema Ugochukwu</a>, economist, journalist, and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Utomi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat Utomi">Pat Utomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pius_Okigbo" title="Pius Okigbo">Pius Okigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_Ekwere_Eleje" title="Priscilla Ekwere Eleje">Priscilla Ekwere Eleje</a>, first Nigerian female to have her signature appended on the <a href="/wiki/Naira" class="mw-redirect" title="Naira">naira</a> and current Director of currency operations, Central Bank of Nigeria</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bloggers">Bloggers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Bloggers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ikeji" title="Linda Ikeji">Linda Ikeji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_Igwe" title="Noble Igwe">Noble Igwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Eze" class="mw-redirect" title="Uche Eze">Uche Eze</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalists">Journalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Born </th> <th>Death </th> <th>Notability </th> <th>Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adaora_Udoji" title="Adaora Udoji">Adaora Udoji</a></td> <td>1967</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinweizu" title="Chinweizu">Chinweizu</a></td> <td>1943</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christina_Anyanwu" class="mw-redirect" title="Christina Anyanwu">Christina Anyanwu</a></td> <td>1951</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chude_Jideonwo" title="Chude Jideonwo">Chude Jideonwo</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chima_Simone" title="Chima Simone">Chima Simone</a></td> <td>28 July 1976</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Egemonye" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Egemonye">Joseph Egemonye</a></td> <td>1933</td> <td>2011</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judges">Judges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Judges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chile_Eboe-Osuji" title="Chile Eboe-Osuji">Chile Eboe-Osuji</a>, Judge of the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pats_Acholonu" title="Pats Acholonu">Pats Acholonu</a> (1936–2006), <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nigeria" title="Supreme Court of Nigeria">Supreme Court of Nigeria</a> justice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukwudifu_Oputa" title="Chukwudifu Oputa">Chukwudifu Oputa</a> (1924–2014), <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nigeria" title="Supreme Court of Nigeria">supreme Court of Nigeria</a> justice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_figures">Political figures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Political figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activists">Activists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Activists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gogo_Chu_Nzeribe" title="Gogo Chu Nzeribe">Gogo Chu Nzeribe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Okey_Ndibe" title="Okey Ndibe">Okey Ndibe</a></td> <td>1960</td> <td>–</td> <td>Novelist, poet, political activist from Yola, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. He is the author of <i>Arrows of Rain</i>, a critically well-reviewed novel published in 2000.</td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_rulers">Military rulers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Military rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Okonkwo" title="Albert Okonkwo">Major (Dr.) Albert Okonkwo</a>, Military Administrator of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Western_Region,_Nigeria" title="Mid-Western Region, Nigeria">Mid-Western State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> in mid-1967 during an attempt to establish the region as the independent <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Benin_(unrecognized_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Benin (unrecognized state)">Republic of Benin</a> early in the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monarchs">Monarchs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Monarchs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chike_Edozien" title="Joseph Chike Edozien">Obi Prof Joseph Chike Edozien</a>, the Asagba of Asaba</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politicians">Politicians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Politicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe" title="Nnamdi Azikiwe">Nnamdi Azikiwe</a> </td> <td>1904 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>1st president of Nigeria </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasim_Reed" title="Kasim Reed">Kasim Reed</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>57th <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Atlanta" title="List of mayors of Atlanta">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a> (2010-2018) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azuka_Okwuosa" title="Azuka Okwuosa">Azuka Okwuosa</a></td> <td>3 November 1959</td> <td></td> <td>Former Anambra State Commissioner for Works and Transport</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Kalu" title="Benjamin Kalu">Benjamin Kalu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Member of House of Representatives, representing <a href="/wiki/Bende,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bende, Abia">Bende federal constituency</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Enyinnaya_Abaribe" title="Enyinnaya Abaribe">Enyinnaya Abaribe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuka_Umunna" title="Chuka Umunna">Chuka Umunna</a></td> <td>17 October 1978</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Obianuju_Acholonu" title="Catherine Obianuju Acholonu">Catherine Obianuju Acholonu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi" title="Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi">Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi</a></td> <td>3 March 1924</td> <td>29 July 1966</td> <td>First military and second substantial Head of State of Nigeria</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Igwe_Aja-Nwachukwu" title="Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu">Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Abraham_Godson" class="mw-redirect" title="John Abraham Godson">John Abraham Godson</a></td> <td>25 November 1970</td> <td></td> <td>First Black Member of the Polish Parliament in Polish history. Nigerian Senatorial Candidate.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ajobena" title="Frank Ajobena">Frank Ajobena</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dora_Akunyili" title="Dora Akunyili">Dora Akunyili</a></td> <td>14 July 1954</td> <td>7 June 2014</td> <td>Former Director General of <a href="/wiki/National_Agency_for_Food_and_Drug_Administration_and_Control" title="National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control">National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control</a> (NAFDAC) of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> and current (since 17 December 2008) Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rotimi_Amaechi" title="Rotimi Amaechi">Rotimi Amaechi</a></td> <td>27 May 1965</td> <td>–</td> <td>former Governor of <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> and current minister of transportation</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonaventure_Enemali" title="Bonaventure Enemali">Bonaventure Enemali</a></td> <td>21 June 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td>Commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy in Anambra State</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Okewulonu" title="Chris Okewulonu">Chris Okewulonu</a></td> <td>24 December 1960</td> <td>–</td> <td>Current Chief of Staff to <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a> Government</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collins_Nweke" title="Collins Nweke">Collins Nweke</a></td> <td>14 July 1965</td> <td>–</td> <td>Municipal Legislator Ostend City Council Belgium and former Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Europe</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Anyaoku" title="Emeka Anyaoku">Emeka Anyaoku</a></td> <td>18 January 1933</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former Secretary-General of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe" title="Nnamdi Azikiwe">Nnamdi Azikiwe</a></td> <td>16 November 1904</td> <td>11 May 1996</td> <td>Nigeria's foremost President and the Owelle of Onitsha</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Chikelu" title="Chukwuemeka Chikelu">Chukwuemeka Chikelu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uche_Chukwumerije" title="Uche Chukwumerije">Uche Chukwumerije</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wilmot_Blyden" title="Edward Wilmot Blyden">Edward Wilmot Blyden</a></td> <td>3 August 1832</td> <td>7 February 1912</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americo-Liberian" class="mw-redirect" title="Americo-Liberian">Americo-Liberian</a> educator, writer, diplomat, and politician in <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>.</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kema_Chikwe" title="Kema Chikwe">Kema Chikwe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Academic and politician; former federal minister of transport and later minister of aviation; and former Nigeria's ambassador to Ireland</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ifeanyichukwu_Ekwueme" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme">Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme</a></td> <td>1932</td> <td>–</td> <td>Renowned architect, lawyer, and politician. Formerly, vice-president of the 2nd federal republic of Nigeria (1979 - 1983)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Elechi" title="Martin Elechi">Martin Elechi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Former Governor of <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi State</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Umahi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Umahi">Dave Umahi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Current Governor of Ebonyi State </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Evan_Enwerem" title="Evan Enwerem">Evan Enwerem</a></td> <td>29 October 1935</td> <td>2 August 2007</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Etiaba" title="Virginia Etiaba">Virginia Etiaba</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Educator; politician; former deputy governor (and briefly governor) of Anambra State.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Eze" title="Herbert Eze">Herbert Eze</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akanu_Ibiam" title="Akanu Ibiam">Akanu Ibiam</a></td> <td>29 November 1906</td> <td>December 1995</td> <td>Medical missionary who later became the first governor of the Eastern Region from 1960 to 1966. The <a href="/wiki/Akanu_Ibiam_International_Airport" title="Akanu Ibiam International Airport">Enugu International Airport</a> is named after him.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toni_Iwobi" title="Toni Iwobi">Toni Iwobi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Iwu" title="Maurice Iwu">Maurice Iwu</a></td> <td>21 April 1950</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former head of <a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission" title="Independent National Electoral Commission">INEC</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Iwuanyanwu" title="Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu">Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu</a></td> <td>4 September 1942</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orji_Uzor_Kalu" title="Orji Uzor Kalu">Orji Uzor Kalu</a></td> <td>21 April 1960</td> <td>–</td> <td>Oligarch and former governor of <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia State</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/K._O._Mbadiwe" title="K. O. Mbadiwe">K. O. Mbadiwe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ojo_Maduekwe" title="Ojo Maduekwe">Ojo Maduekwe</a></td> <td>6 May 1945</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former Federal Minister under <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Obasanjo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Umaru_Yar%27Adua" class="mw-redirect" title="Umaru Yar'Adua">Yar'Adua</a> administrations.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinwoke_Mbadinuju" title="Chinwoke Mbadinuju">Chinwoke Mbadinuju</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mbakwe" title="Sam Mbakwe">Sam Mbakwe</a></td> <td>1929</td> <td>5 January 2004</td> <td>One of the chief former governors of <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a>. The international cargo airport in Owerri is named after him.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ngige" title="Chris Ngige">Chris Ngige</a></td> <td>8 August 1952</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra State</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akachukwu_Sullivan_Nwankpo" title="Akachukwu Sullivan Nwankpo">Akachukwu Sullivan Nwankpo</a></td> <td>1962</td> <td></td> <td>Former Special Advisor to the President <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a> on Technical Matters</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Justina_Nwaogu" title="Nkechi Justina Nwaogu">Nkechi Justina Nwaogu</a></td> <td>1956</td> <td></td> <td>Senator who represents the People's Democratic Party in Abia State.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chimaroke_Nnamani" title="Chimaroke Nnamani">Chimaroke Nnamani</a></td> <td>10 April 1959</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Enugu_State" title="Enugu State">Enugu State</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obiageli_Ezekwesili" class="mw-redirect" title="Obiageli Ezekwesili">Obiageli Ezekwesili</a></td> <td>28 April 1963</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Federal_Ministry_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education">Education Minister</a> as well as a co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a>.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Nwachukwu" title="Ike Nwachukwu">Ike Nwachukwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Nweke" title="Frank Nweke">Frank Nweke</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Ike_Nwosu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinyere Ike Nwosu">Chinyere Ike Nwosu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zacheus_Chukwukaelo_Obi" title="Zacheus Chukwukaelo Obi">Zacheus Chukwukaelo Obi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Obi" title="Peter Obi">Peter Obi</a></td> <td>19 July 1961</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former Governor of Anambra State, the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum and the Chairman of the Southeast Governors' Forum.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Obiozor" title="George Obiozor">George Obiozor</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Odili" title="Peter Odili">Peter Odili</a></td> <td>15 August 1948</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a>.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Igwegbe_Odum" title="Igwegbe Odum">Igwegbe Odum</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ogbuewu" title="Frank Ogbuewu">Frank Ogbuewu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Eze_Ogbulafor" title="Vincent Eze Ogbulafor">Vincent Eze Ogbulafor</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joy_Ogwu" title="Joy Ogwu">Joy Ogwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Odumegwu_Ojukwu" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Odumegwu Ojukwu">Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu</a></td> <td>4 November 1933</td> <td>26 November 2011</td> <td>Military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prince_B.B_Apugo" title="Prince B.B Apugo">Prince B.B Apugo</a> </td> <td>5 November 1951 </td> <td> </td> <td>Nigerian politician, philanthropist and businessman, one of the founding fathers of the <a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party (PDP)</a> and a current <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees Member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressive_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressive Congress">All Progressive Congress (APC)</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuba_Okadigbo" title="Chuba Okadigbo">Chuba Okadigbo</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ikem_Okeke" title="Edward Ikem Okeke">Edward Ikem Okeke</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/P._N._Okeke-Ojiudu" title="P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu">P. N. Okeke-Ojiudu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a></td> <td>13 June 1954</td> <td>–</td> <td>Current <a href="/wiki/Finance_Minister_of_Nigeria" title="Finance Minister of Nigeria">Finance Minister</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister of Nigeria">Foreign Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, notable for being the first woman to hold either of those positions.</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-ngozi_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ngozi-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Okonye" title="Richard Okonye">Richard Okonye</a></td> <td>1943</td> <td>1999</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Okowa" title="Ifeanyi Okowa">Ifeanyi Okowa</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Governor of <a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta State</a>, fmr senator of Nigeria</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaycee_Okwunwanne" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaycee Okwunwanne">Jaycee Okwunwanne</a></td> <td>8 October 1985</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nwafor_Orizu" title="Nwafor Orizu">Nwafor Orizu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Otti" title="Alex Otti">Alex Otti</a> </td> <td>18 February 1965 </td> <td> </td> <td>Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist, and politician, serving as the current <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Abia_State" title="Governor of Abia State">Governor of Abia State</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Orji" title="Theodore Orji">Theodore Orji</a></td> <td>11 November 1950</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia State</a>.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Osadebay" title="Dennis Osadebay">Dennis Osadebay</a></td> <td>29 June 1911</td> <td>26 December 1994</td> <td>Nigerian politician, poet, journalist and former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which now comprises Edo and Delta State.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_James_Roye" title="Edward James Roye">Edward James Roye</a></td> <td>3 February 1815</td> <td>11 February 1872</td> <td>Fifth <a href="/wiki/President_of_Liberia" title="President of Liberia">President of Liberia</a> from 1870 to his overthrow and subsequent death in 1871.</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Uba" title="Andy Uba">Andy Uba</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Achike_Udenwa" title="Achike Udenwa">Achike Udenwa</a></td> <td>1948</td> <td>–</td> <td>Former governor of <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a>.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onyema_Ugochukwu" title="Onyema Ugochukwu">Onyema Ugochukwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Ugoh" title="Sylvester Ugoh">Sylvester Ugoh</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ugwuh" title="Charles Ugwuh">Charles Ugwuh</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Ukaegbu" title="Emmanuel Ukaegbu">Emmanuel Ukaegbu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaja_Wachuku" title="Jaja Wachuku">Jaja Wachuku</a></td> <td>1918</td> <td>1996</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Ngozichineke_Wogu" title="Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu">Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu</a></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Okoro_Idozuka" title="Okoro Idozuka">Okoro Idozuka</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Onwuamaegbu" title="Emeka Onwuamaegbu">Emeka Onwuamaegbu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aguiyi_Ironsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Aguiyi Ironsi">Aguiyi Ironsi</a></td> <td>1924 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>The first military head of state of Nigeria. He assumed power after the 1966 military coup that killed the then Prime Minister, Sir Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. After 6 months in power, he was killed in a counter coup led by his eventual successor, General <a href="/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon" title="Yakubu Gowon">Yakubu Gowon</a> and General Theophilus Danjuma. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Odumegwu_Ojukwu" title="Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu">Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuma_Kaduna_Nzeogwu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu">Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azubuike_Ihejirika" title="Azubuike Ihejirika">Azubuike Ihejirika</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ebitu_Ukiwe" title="Ebitu Ukiwe">Ebitu Ukiwe</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ejike_Obumneme_Aghanya" title="Ejike Obumneme Aghanya">Ejike Obumneme Aghanya</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scientists_&_inventors"><span id="Scientists_.26_inventors"></span>Scientists & inventors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Scientists & inventors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chigozie_C._Asiabaka" title="Chigozie C. Asiabaka">Chigozie C. Asiabaka</a> </td> <td>29 September 1953 </td> <td> </td> <td>Agricultural scientist </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ejogo" title="Charles Ejogo">Charles Ejogo</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali" title="Philip Emeagwali">Philip Emeagwali</a></td> <td>1954</td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Computer_scientist" title="Computer scientist">Computer scientist</a>/geologist, one of two winners of the 1989 <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Bell_Prize" title="Gordon Bell Prize">Gordon Bell Prize</a>, a prize from the <a href="/wiki/IEEE" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE">IEEE</a>, for his use of the <a href="/wiki/Connection_Machine" title="Connection Machine">Connection Machine</a> <a href="/wiki/Supercomputer" title="Supercomputer">supercomputer</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bisi_Ezerioha" title="Bisi Ezerioha">Bisi Ezerioha</a></td> <td>6 January 1972</td> <td></td> <td>Engineer, entrepreneur</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ejikeme_Patrick_Nwosu" title="Ejikeme Patrick Nwosu">Ejikeme Patrick Nwosu</a></td> <td>4 February 1983</td> <td></td> <td>Scientist, Inventor</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Nnaji" title="Bartholomew Nnaji">Bartholomew Nnaji</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ogbu" title="John Ogbu">John Ogbu</a></td> <td>9 May 1939</td> <td>20 August 2003</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chike_Obi" title="Chike Obi">Chike Obi</a></td> <td>7 April 1921</td> <td>13 March 2008</td> <td>Mathematician</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Odimegwu" title="Ike Odimegwu">Ike Ferdinand Odimegwu</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Philosopher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josephat_Obi_Oguejiofor" title="Josephat Obi Oguejiofor">Josephat Obi Oguejiofor</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Philosopher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Orji" title="Rita Orji">Rita Orji</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordian_Ezekwe" title="Gordian Ezekwe">Gordian Ezekwe</a></td> <td>1929</td> <td>25 June 1997</td> <td>Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Minister of Science and Technology, inventor</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/F._Nnabuenyi_Ugonna" title="F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna">F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna</a></td> <td>12 October 1936</td> <td>5 June 1990</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fabian_Udekwu" title="Fabian Udekwu">Fabian Udekwu</a></td> <td>1928</td> <td>17 November 2006</td> <td>Cardiac surgeon, distinguished professor of surgery at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nigeria" title="University of Nigeria">University of Nigeria</a> Nsukka, and a pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Open-heart_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Open-heart surgery">open-heart surgery</a> in Africa</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Enwezor" title="Walter Enwezor">Walter Enwezor</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Agricultural scientist </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Ajunwa" title="Chioma Ajunwa">Chioma Ajunwa</a>, first female African Olympic gold medallist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Igwe" title="Chioma Igwe">Chioma Igwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugochukwu_Monye" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugochukwu Monye">Ugochukwu Monye</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football_players">American football players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: American football players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adimchinobi_Echemandu" class="mw-redirect" title="Adimchinobi Echemandu">Adimchinobi Echemandu</a>, American football <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> who is a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a>. He was originally drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> in the seventh round of the <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_draft" title="2004 NFL draft">2004 NFL draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amobi_Okoye" title="Amobi Okoye">Amobi Okoye</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchie_Ibeh" title="Buchie Ibeh">Buchie Ibeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chidi_Iwuoma" title="Chidi Iwuoma">Chidi Iwuoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chike_Okeafor" title="Chike Okeafor">Chike Okeafor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinedum_Ndukwe" title="Chinedum Ndukwe">Chinedum Ndukwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Okoye" title="Christian Okoye">Christian Okoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukky_Okobi" title="Chukky Okobi">Chukky Okobi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Acho" title="Emmanuel Acho">Emmanuel Acho</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iheanyi_Uwaezuoke" title="Iheanyi Uwaezuoke">Iheanyi Uwaezuoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Ndukwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ike Ndukwe">Ike Ndukwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Ekejiuba" title="Isaiah Ekejiuba">Isaiah Ekejiuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelechi_Osemele" title="Kelechi Osemele">Kelechi Osemele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenechi_Udeze" title="Kenechi Udeze">Kenechi Udeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Kalu" title="N. D. Kalu">N. D. Kalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Asomugha" title="Nnamdi Asomugha">Nnamdi Asomugha</a>, American football <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> of the National Football League, husband of actress <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Washington" title="Kerry Washington">Kerry Washington</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obed_Ariri" title="Obed Ariri">Obed Ariri</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> placekicker in the National Football League</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osi_Umenyiora" title="Osi Umenyiora">Osi Umenyiora</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Chukwurah" title="Patrick Chukwurah">Patrick Chukwurah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ugoh" title="Tony Ugoh">Tony Ugoh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Abiamiri" title="Victor Abiamiri">Victor Abiamiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">Defensive end</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canadian_football_players">Canadian football players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Canadian football players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uzooma_Okeke" title="Uzooma Okeke">Uzooma Okeke</a></td> <td>3 September 1970</td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">tackle</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a>.</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletes">Athletes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Athletes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christine_Ohuruogu,_October_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg/90px-Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg/135px-Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg/180px-Christine_Ohuruogu%2C_October_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christine_Ohuruogu" title="Christine Ohuruogu">Christine Ohuruogu</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg/90px-Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg/135px-Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg/180px-Ogonna_Nnamani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ogonna_Nnamani" title="Ogonna Nnamani">Ogonna Nnamani</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg/90px-Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg/135px-Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Okoro_Hengelo_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Okoro" title="Marilyn Okoro">Marilyn Okoro</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Ajunwa" title="Chioma Ajunwa">Chioma Ajunwa</a></td> <td>25 December 1970</td> <td>—</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onochie_Achike" class="mw-redirect" title="Onochie Achike">Onochie Achike</a></td> <td>31 January 1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kriss_Akabusi" title="Kriss Akabusi">Kriss Akabusi</a></td> <td>28 November 1958</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinaza_Amadi" title="Chinaza Amadi">Chinaza Amadi</a></td> <td>12 September 1987</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clement_Chukwu" title="Clement Chukwu">Clement Chukwu</a></td> <td>7 July 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Chukwuemeka" title="Vivian Chukwuemeka">Vivian Chukwuemeka</a></td> <td>4 May 1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Innocent_Egbunike" title="Innocent Egbunike">Innocent Egbunike</a></td> <td>30 November 1961</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uchenna_Emedolu" title="Uchenna Emedolu">Uchenna Emedolu</a></td> <td>17 September 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obinna_Eregbu" title="Obinna Eregbu">Obinna Eregbu</a></td> <td>9 November 1969</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joy_Eze" title="Joy Eze">Joy Eze</a></td> <td>23 April 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Davidson_Ezinwa" title="Davidson Ezinwa">Davidson Ezinwa</a></td> <td>22 November 1971</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Osmond_Ezinwa" title="Osmond Ezinwa">Osmond Ezinwa</a></td> <td>22 November 1971</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chidi_Imoh" title="Chidi Imoh">Chidi Imoh</a></td> <td>27 August 1963</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obinna_Metu" title="Obinna Metu">Obinna Metu</a></td> <td>12 July 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Monu" title="Ngozi Monu">Ngozi Monu</a></td> <td>7 January 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogonna_Nnamani" title="Ogonna Nnamani">Ogonna Nnamani</a></td> <td>29 July 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Obikwelu" title="Francis Obikwelu">Francis Obikwelu</a></td> <td>22 November 1978</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinonye_Ohadugha" title="Chinonye Ohadugha">Chinonye Ohadugha</a></td> <td>24 March 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christine_Ohuruogu" title="Christine Ohuruogu">Christine Ohuruogu</a></td> <td>17 May 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> an English <a href="/wiki/Sprint_(running)" title="Sprint (running)">sprinter</a> former <a href="/wiki/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF World Championships in Athletics">World</a> and <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Olympic</a> Champion in the <a href="/wiki/400_metres" title="400 metres">400 metres</a></td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Okoli" title="Emmanuel Okoli">Emmanuel Okoli</a></td> <td>13 November 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Okoro" title="Marilyn Okoro">Marilyn Okoro</a></td> <td>23 September 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christy_Opara-Thompson" title="Christy Opara-Thompson">Christy Opara-Thompson</a></td> <td>24 December 1971</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charity_Opara" title="Charity Opara">Charity Opara</a></td> <td>20 May 1972</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Udechuku" title="Emeka Udechuku">Emeka Udechuku</a></td> <td>10 July 1979</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chima_Ugwu" title="Chima Ugwu">Chima Ugwu</a></td> <td>19 July 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball_players">Basketball players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Basketball players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png/90px-John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png/135px-John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png/180px-John_Amaechi_in_Manchester_2005-06-11.png 2x" data-file-width="186" data-file-height="241" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Amaechi" title="John Amaechi">John Amaechi</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Okafor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Okafor.jpg/90px-Okafor.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Okafor.jpg/135px-Okafor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Okafor.jpg/180px-Okafor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Okafor" title="Emeka Okafor">Emeka Okafor</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Amaechi" title="John Amaechi">John Amaechi</a></td> <td>26 November 1970</td> <td>–</td> <td>Retired American-born English <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> basketball player who currently works as a <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">broadcaster</a> and political activist in the United Kingdom.</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aloysius_Anagonye" title="Aloysius Anagonye">Aloysius Anagonye</a></td> <td>10 February 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a></td> <td>6 December 1994</td> <td>–</td> <td>Greek <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> player with the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>; NBA champion in the <a href="/wiki/2020-21_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 Milwaukee Bucks season">2020-21 season</a>. Igbo mother and <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> father.</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelenna_Azubuike" title="Kelenna Azubuike">Kelenna Azubuike</a></td> <td>16 December 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanasis_Antetokounmpo" title="Thanasis Antetokounmpo">Thanasis Antetokounmpo</a></td> <td>18 July 1992</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kostas_Antetokounmpo" title="Kostas Antetokounmpo">Kostas Antetokounmpo</a></td> <td>20 November 1997</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Diogu" title="Ike Diogu">Ike Diogu</a></td> <td>11 September 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obinna_Ekezie" title="Obinna Ekezie">Obinna Ekezie</a></td> <td>22 August 1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Eze" title="Benjamin Eze">Benjamin Eze</a></td> <td>8 February 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ekene_Ibekwe" title="Ekene Ibekwe">Ekene Ibekwe</a></td> <td>19 July 1985</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Nwankwo" title="Ike Nwankwo">Ike Nwankwo</a></td> <td>27 December 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_Nwosu" title="Julius Nwosu">Julius Nwosu</a></td> <td>1 May 1971</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_Oguchi" title="Chamberlain Oguchi">Chamberlain Oguchi</a></td> <td>28 April 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Okafor" title="Emeka Okafor">Emeka Okafor</a></td> <td>28 September 1982</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Okonkwo" title="Daniel Okonkwo">Daniel Okonkwo</a></td> <td>1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ime_Udoka" title="Ime Udoka">Ime Udoka</a></td> <td>9 August 1977</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mfon_Udoka" title="Mfon Udoka">Mfon Udoka</a></td> <td>16 June 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boxers">Boxers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Boxers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Friday_Ahunanya" title="Friday Ahunanya">Friday Ahunanya</a></td> <td>19 November 1971</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Innocent_Anyanwu" title="Innocent Anyanwu">Innocent Anyanwu</a></td> <td>25 September 1982</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ijeoma_Egbunine" title="Ijeoma Egbunine">Ijeoma Egbunine</a></td> <td>30 December 1980</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hide" title="Herbie Hide">Herbie Hide</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ike_Ibeabuchi" title="Ike Ibeabuchi">Ike Ibeabuchi</a></td> <td>2 February 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Nwodo" title="Emmanuel Nwodo">Emmanuel Nwodo</a></td> <td>19 February 1974</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Tiger" title="Dick Tiger">Dick Tiger</a> (alias <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ihetu" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Ihetu">Richard Ihetu</a>)</td> <td>14 August 1929</td> <td>14 December 1971</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxer</a> from Amaigbo, <a href="/wiki/Orlu,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlu, Nigeria">Orlu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, was a migrant fighter to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> (and later to <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">America</a>).</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footballers">Footballers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Footballers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji" title="Samuel Okwaraji">Samuel Okwaraji</a></td> <td>19 May 1964</td> <td>12 August 1989</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Agali" title="Victor Agali">Victor Agali</a></td> <td>29 December 1978</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Festus_Agu" title="Festus Agu">Festus Agu</a></td> <td>13 March 1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Akandu" title="Lawrence Akandu">Lawrence Akandu</a></td> <td>10 December 1974</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuma_Akabueze" title="Chukwuma Akabueze">Chukwuma Akabueze</a></td> <td>6 May 1989</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Chidi_Alozi" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Chidi Alozi">Michael Chidi Alozi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Amuneke" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmanuel Amuneke">Emmanuel Amuneke</a></td> <td>25 December 1970</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Amuneke" title="Kevin Amuneke">Kevin Amuneke</a></td> <td>10 May 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blessing_Chinedu" title="Blessing Chinedu">Blessing Chinedu</a></td> <td>22 November 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Amuneke" title="Kevin Amuneke">Kevin Amuneke</a></td> <td>10 May 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anichebe" title="Victor Anichebe">Victor Anichebe</a></td> <td>23 April 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nnaemeka_Anyanwu" title="Nnaemeka Anyanwu">Nnaemeka Anyanwu</a></td> <td>21 August 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onyekachi_Apam" title="Onyekachi Apam">Onyekachi Apam</a></td> <td>30 December 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Iwobi" title="Alex Iwobi">Alex Iwobi</a></td> <td>3 May 1996</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chibuzor_Chilaka" title="Chibuzor Chilaka">Chibuzor Chilaka</a></td> <td>21 October 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwudi_Chijindu" title="Chukwudi Chijindu">Chukwudi Chijindu</a></td> <td>20 February 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blessing_Chinedu" title="Blessing Chinedu">Blessing Chinedu</a></td> <td>22 November 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Chukwu" title="Christian Chukwu">Christian Chukwu</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Obinna_Chukwunyelu" title="Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu">Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu</a></td> <td>10 June 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Cole" title="Carlton Cole">Carlton Cole</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Ehiogu" title="Ugo Ehiogu">Ugo Ehiogu</a></td> <td>3 November 1972</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Ejiofor" title="Eric Ejiofor">Eric Ejiofor</a></td> <td>17 December 1979</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chijioke_Ejiogu" title="Chijioke Ejiogu">Chijioke Ejiogu</a></td> <td>22 November 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Ekwegwo" title="Caleb Ekwegwo">Caleb Ekwegwo</a></td> <td>1 August 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Emeghara" title="Ifeanyi Emeghara">Ifeanyi Emeghara</a></td> <td>24 March 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Enyinnaya" title="Hugo Enyinnaya">Hugo Enyinnaya</a></td> <td>8 May 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dino_Eze" title="Dino Eze">Dino Eze</a></td> <td>1 June 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ndubuisi_Eze" title="Ndubuisi Eze">Ndubuisi Eze</a></td> <td>10 May 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Ezeji" title="Victor Ezeji">Victor Ezeji</a></td> <td>9 June 1981</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Ifejiagwa" title="Emeka Ifejiagwa">Emeka Ifejiagwa</a></td> <td>30 October 1977</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amaechi_Igwe" title="Amaechi Igwe">Amaechi Igwe</a></td> <td>20 May 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Ihemelu" title="Ugo Ihemelu">Ugo Ihemelu</a></td> <td>3 April 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikechukwu_Kalu" title="Ikechukwu Kalu">Ikechukwu Kalu</a></td> <td>18 April 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Kalu" title="Maxwell Kalu">Maxwell Kalu</a></td> <td>23 March 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Kanu" title="Christopher Kanu">Christopher Kanu</a></td> <td>4 December 1979</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nwankwo_Kanu" title="Nwankwo Kanu">Nwankwo Kanu</a></td> <td>1 August 1976</td> <td>–</td> <td>Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976 in <a href="/wiki/Owerri" title="Owerri">Owerri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>), usually known simply as <i>Kanu</i> and nicknamed <i>Papilo</i>, is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who plays as a striker for the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigerian national team</a> and for English club <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a>.</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Semi-final_success_unites_Nigeria_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Semi-final_success_unites_Nigeria-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Nwosu_Kanu" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Nwosu Kanu">Henry Nwosu Kanu</a></td> <td>14 February 1980</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Keshi" title="Stephen Keshi">Stephen Keshi</a></td> <td>1962</td> <td>2016</td> <td>Former Nigerian soccer team captain and coach, won the <a href="/wiki/African_Cup_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="African Cup of Nations">African Cup of Nations</a> both as player and coach</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">Paul McGrath</a></td> <td>4 December 1959</td> <td>–</td> <td>England-born Republic of Ireland international player. Irish mother and Igbo biological father.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Usim_Nduka" class="mw-redirect" title="Usim Nduka">Usim Nduka</a></td> <td>23 September 1985</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Nwadike" class="mw-redirect" title="Chukwuemeka Nwadike">Chukwuemeka Nwadike</a></td> <td>9 August 1978</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obinna_Nwaneri" title="Obinna Nwaneri">Obinna Nwaneri</a></td> <td>19 March 1982</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onyekachi_Nwoha" title="Onyekachi Nwoha">Onyekachi Nwoha</a></td> <td>28 February 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chucks_Nwoko" title="Chucks Nwoko">Chucks Nwoko</a></td> <td>21 November 197</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Udo_Nwoko" title="Udo Nwoko">Udo Nwoko</a></td> <td>15 October 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Nwosu" title="Henry Nwosu">Henry Nwosu</a></td> <td>14 June 1963</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikel_John_Obi" title="Mikel John Obi">Mikel John Obi</a></td> <td>22 April 1987</td> <td>–</td> <td>Won the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> with <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> in 2012</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Nsofor_Obinna" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Nsofor Obinna">Victor Nsofor Obinna</a></td> <td>25 March 1987</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinedu_Obasi" title="Chinedu Obasi">Chinedu Obasi</a></td> <td>1 June 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibezito_Ogbonna" title="Ibezito Ogbonna">Ibezito Ogbonna</a></td> <td>27 March 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Okafor" title="Bertrand Okafor">Bertrand Okafor</a></td> <td>4 January 1990</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uche_Okafor" title="Uche Okafor">Uche Okafor</a></td> <td>8 August 1967</td> <td>6 January 2011</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uche_Okafor_(1991_born_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uche Okafor (1991 born footballer)">Uche Okafor</a></td> <td>10 February 1991</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uche_Okechukwu" title="Uche Okechukwu">Uche Okechukwu</a></td> <td>27 September 1967</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay-Jay_Okocha" title="Jay-Jay Okocha">Jay-Jay Okocha</a></td> <td>14 August 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Semi-final_success_unites_Nigeria_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Semi-final_success_unites_Nigeria-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chima_Okorie" title="Chima Okorie">Chima Okorie</a></td> <td>8 October 1968</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Okoro" title="Stanley Okoro">Stanley Okoro</a></td> <td>8 December 1992</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Patrick_Okoro" title="Sunday Patrick Okoro">Sunday Patrick Okoro</a></td> <td>27 April 1986</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Digger_Okonkwo" title="Digger Okonkwo">Digger Okonkwo</a></td> <td>30 August 1977</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onyekachi_Okonkwo" title="Onyekachi Okonkwo">Onyekachi Okonkwo</a></td> <td>13 May 1982</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Okoronkwo" title="Isaac Okoronkwo">Isaac Okoronkwo</a></td> <td>1 May 1978</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelechi_Okoye" title="Kelechi Okoye">Kelechi Okoye</a></td> <td>1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Oliseh" title="Sunday Oliseh">Sunday Oliseh</a></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tochukwu_Oluehi" title="Tochukwu Oluehi">Tochukwu Oluehi</a></td> <td>3 June 1988</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nedum_Onuoha" title="Nedum Onuoha">Nedum Onuoha</a></td> <td>12 November 1986</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iffy_Onuora" title="Iffy Onuora">Iffy Onuora</a></td> <td>28 July 1967</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chima_Onyeike" title="Chima Onyeike">Chima Onyeike</a></td> <td>21 June 1975</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obi_Onyeike" title="Obi Onyeike">Obi Onyeike</a></td> <td>25 June 1992</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Onyekachi" title="Daniel Onyekachi">Daniel Onyekachi</a></td> <td>23 August 1985</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oguchi_Onyewu" title="Oguchi Onyewu">Oguchi Onyewu</a></td> <td>13 May 1982</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Onyekuru" title="Henry Onyekuru">Henry Onyekuru</a></td> <td>5 June 1997</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelechi_Osunwa" title="Kelechi Osunwa">Kelechi Osunwa</a></td> <td>15 October 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Ubogagu" title="Chioma Ubogagu">Chioma Ubogagu</a></td> <td>10 September 1992</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikechukwu_Uche" title="Ikechukwu Uche">Ikechukwu Uche</a></td> <td>5 January 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oguchi_Uche" title="Oguchi Uche">Oguchi Uche</a></td> <td>1987</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nduka_Ugbade" title="Nduka Ugbade">Nduka Ugbade</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Former Nigerian football player, first African to lift the world cup</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ugochukwu" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ugochukwu">John Ugochukwu</a></td> <td>20 April 1988</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Magalan_Ugochukwu" class="mw-redirect" title="Magalan Ugochukwu">Magalan Ugochukwu</a></td> <td>20 June 1990</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Ukah" title="Ugo Ukah">Ugo Ukah</a></td> <td>18 January 1984</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ejike_Uzoenyi" title="Ejike Uzoenyi">Ejike Uzoenyi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eke_Uzoma" title="Eke Uzoma">Eke Uzoma</a></td> <td>19 July 1989</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Chukwueze" title="Samuel Chukwueze">Samuel Chukwueze</a></td> <td>22 May 1999</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carney_Chukwuemeka" title="Carney Chukwuemeka">Carney Chukwuemeka</a> </td> <td>20 October 2003 </td> <td>_ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Offiah" title="Martin Offiah">Martin Offiah</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martial_arts">Martial arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Igbo_people&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Martial arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th class="unsortable">Born</th> <th class="unsortable">Death</th> <th class="unsortable">Notability</th> <th class="unsortable">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chika_Chukwumerije" title="Chika Chukwumerije">Chika Chukwumerije</a></td> <td>30 December 1983</td> <td>–</td> <td>Olympic silver medallist</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Njokuani" title="Anthony Njokuani">Anthony Njokuani</a></td> <td>1 March 1980</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Martins_Obiorah" title="Jacob Martins Obiorah">Jacob Martins Obiorah</a></td> <td>27 March 1974</td> <td>–</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Onyemachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chukwuemeka 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href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Arinze" title="Francis Arinze">Francis Arinze</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church</a><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ebere_Okpaleke" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Ebere Okpaleke">Peter Ebere Okpaleke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Muoka" title="Lazarus Muoka">Lazarus Muoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Ukpai" title="Uma Ukpai">Uma Ukpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T.D._Jakes" class="mw-redirect" title="T.D. Jakes">T.D. 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Like when someone annoys you, you know how to insult them."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Mirth+and+melancholy+of+a+dreamer+named+Ohuruogu&rft.date=2008-08-02&rft.aulast=McRae&rft.aufirst=Donald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2F2008%2Faug%2F02%2Folympicgames2008.olympicsathletics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Igbo+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOkoro" class="citation interview cs1"><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Okoro" title="Marilyn Okoro">Okoro, Marilyn</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090507180539/http://www.spikesmag.com/athletes/RisingStar/marilynokoro.aspx">"Marilyn Okoro"</a> (Interview). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2010</span>. <q>My mum and dad are of Nigerian origin and my tribe, the Igbo, is known for being tough, which you have to be in athletics.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Marilyn+Okoro&rft.aulast=Okoro&rft.aufirst=Marilyn&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spikesmag.com%2Fathletes%2FRisingStar%2Fmarilynokoro.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Igbo+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson2000" class="citation news cs1">Jackson, Jamie (4 March 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/mar/04/features.sport4">"Why I've come out"</a>. 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title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movement_for_the_Actualization_of_the_Sovereign_State_of_Biafra" title="Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra">MASSOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nigeria" title="Politics of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohanaeze_Ndigbo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohanaeze Ndigbo">Ohanaeze Ndigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Nri" title="List of rulers of Nri">Rulers of Nri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">Geography<br />(<a href="/wiki/Igboland" title="Igboland">Igboland</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ACE1AF;;width:1%">States</th><td 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