People from Benin City

Nigerian artist, sculptor and academic

First Nigerian Female Professor (born 1926)

Nigerian actor and model and Television broadcaster

Social Entrepreur, Curator of THR Media and HERFessions App

Emotan () was a market woman who traded in foodstuffs around the Oba Market in the ancient Benin kingdom during the reign of Oba Uwaifiokun and Prince Ogun, who later took the name "Oba Ewuare the Great" after becoming the Oba of Benin. She is the pioneer of the first day care centre in Benin City; oral history said she assisted Oba Ewuare in reclaiming the throne as Oba of Benin after several years in exile.

thumb|330px|Bronze of Oba Ewuare I, flanked by guards Ewuare (also known as Ewuare the Great or Ewuare I), originally known as Prince Ogun, was the twelfth Oba of the Benin Empire from 1440 until 1473. Ewuare became king in a violent coup against his brother Uwaifiokun which destroyed much of Benin City. After the war, Ewuare rebuilt much of the city of Benin, reformed political structures in the kingdom, greatly expanded the territory of the kingdom, and fostered the arts and festivals. He left a significant legacy in the Kingdom of Benin.

Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, also called Overami, was the thirty-fifth Ọba of the Kingdom of Benin reigning from , up until the British punitive expedition.

Nigerian documentary photographer

Esigie (also spelt Oseigie), originally known as Osawe, was the son of Oba Ozolua, who reigned in the late 15th century, and his second wife, Queen Idia. He was the sixteenth Oba who ruled the medieval Benin Kingdom, now Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria from . Works of art commissioned by Esigie are held in prominent museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum.

Oba of Benin

Nigerian politician

Nigerian film director

Nigerian photographer

Oba of Benin (1914–1933)

Nigerian businesswoman

Nigerian judge

Ozolua, originally known as Prince Okpame, was the fifteenth Oba of the Kingdom of Benin who reigned from . He greatly expanded the Kingdom through warfare and increased contact with the Portuguese Empire, and was later called , meaning Ozolua the Conqueror in Edo. He was an important Oba in the history of the Kingdom of Benin and retains importance in the folklore and celebrations of the region.

Nigerian mathematician and senator (1937–2018)

Oba of Benin

Nigerian investigative journalist

Nigerian Politician and Farmer

Orhogbua was the seventeenth Oba of the Benin Kingdom who reigned around . He was the son of Esigie and the grandson of Ozolua. Orhogbua was educated in a Portuguese colonial school and was baptised as a Catholic. He was able to communicate in Portuguese, both spoken and written. He established a military camp on Lagos Island, which served as a strategic location for empire expansion and trade control. He also introduced the use of native cooking salt in Benin.

Nigerian politician (1932-2017)

Beninese academic