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People from Ibadan

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Hugo Weaving
British actor
Annie Idibia
Nigerian actress, model and presenter
Jadesola Olayinka Akande
Nigerian lawyer and academic (1940 – 2008)
Remi Sonaiya
Nigerian politician, educationist and writer
Aramide
Nigerian Afro-soul singer and songwriter. She won Best Vocal Performance (Female) for "Iwo Nikan" at the Headies 2015.(born 22 June 1985)
Toyin Falola
Nigerian historian (born 1953)
Wale Adenuga
television producer
Ebiti Ndok
Nigerian politician
Tosin Oshinowo
Nigerian architect, creative entrepreneur, public speaker and author.
Raymond Dokpesi
Nigerian media executive
Yejide Kilanko
Nigerian Canadian fiction writer and social worker
Yewande Olubummo
Nigerian-American mathematician
Njideka Harry
founder and chief executive officer at the Youth for Technology Foundation; World Economic Forum Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Fellow
Tolu Ogunlesi
Nigerian journalist, photographer and writer
Tariye Gbadegesin
Nigerian-American corporate executive
Karimot Odebode
writer and youth activist in Nigeria
Abiodun Essiet
Nigerian nurse
Lukman Alade Fakeye
Nigerian artist
Ibilola Amao
Nigerian engineer
Shizzi
Oluwaseyi Akerele, popularly known as Shizzi, is a Nigerian platinum record producer, disc jockey and songwriter.
Azeez Kayode Fakeye
Nigerian sculptor
Olufunke Adeboye
Nigerian professor and social historian
Adeola Olubamiji
Nigerian-Canadian Biomedical Engineer
Ken Goldberg
American roboticist, professor, artist, writer and inventor (born 1961)
Taiwo Akinkunmi
Nigerian civil servant
Adunni Oluwole
Nigerian pre-independence politician and human rights activist
Adegoke Adelabu
politician (1915–1958)
Abdul Hamid Adiamoh
journalist, publisher
Abiodun Musa Aibinu
Vice Chancellor of Summit University in Offa, Nigeria
Achenyo Idachaba
Nigerian activist
Raji Rasaki
Nigerian politician and general
Andy Akinwolere
British TV personality
Tunde Adegbola
Nigerian linguist, engineer, and musician
Woli Arole
Nigerian actor and comedian
Oluyole
Oluyole (fl. c. mid-1800s AD) was a leader and military commander from the Oyo empire. He rose to fame as Bashorun, a title he subsequently made famous, and was one of the leaders who contributed immensely to the military and economic development of Ibadan (the Oyo empire's capital) during the city's formative years, a period which had its share of tumult and uncertainty.