| Chinua Achebe | 1930 |
| Peter Akinola | 1944 |
| Francis Arinze | 1932 |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe | 1904 - 1996 |
| Ibrahim Babangida | 1941 |
| Buchi Emecheta | 1944 |
| Yakubu Gowon | 1934 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | 1937 |
| Ben Okri | 1959 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1963 |
| Babatunde Olatunji | 1927 - 2003 |
| Hugo Weaving | 1960 |