Let’s meet these world Famous Celebrities
1. Wale.

Born as Olubowale Victor Akintimehin to
yoruba parents from Ogun State, Rapper Wale
grew up in the USA. He is as popular in the states
as he is in his home country and has done music collaborations with singers like Wizkid and Olamide. The Maybach Music superstar, Wale, last visited his motherland in Febrary 2016.

2. Hakeem Kae-Kazim .

Hollywood actor, Kazeem was born in Lagos State and is a native of Ogun State. He has
featured in several hit movies such as ‘Hotel
Rwandan,’ ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine, ‘Pirates of
the Caribbean,’ ‘At World’s End and many
TV series including 24, and Criminal Minds. He has
also featured in some Nollywood movies like ‘Last Flight To Abuja,’ ‘Black November’ and ‘Half
Of A Yellow Sun.’ Currently, Hakeem is a brand
ambassador for Etisalat Nigeria.

3. Taio Cruz

British Singer, Jacob Taio Cruz was born in
London. His father is a Nigerian while his mother
is Brazillian. Born as Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere,
the R and B pop singer adopted Taio Cruz as his
brand name when he ventured into music. He
was signed on a publishing deal at the age of 19 and has won several awards including the BRIT
Awards, Billboard Music Awards, ASCAP Awards
and American Music Awards.

4. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is one of Nigeria’s
best world famous celebrities. The former
fashion model of Yoruba origin, and Hollywood
actor, is best known for his roles in ‘The Mummy
Returns’, ‘Pompeii,’ ‘The Bourne Identity’, and in
TV series ‘Lost’ and ‘Oz’. He was born in Washington, D.C to Nigerian parents and is fluent
in Yoruba, Italian and Swahili, aside English
language.

5. Adetomiwa Edun

actor Adetomiwa Edun was born in 1984
to a Nigerian father from the Yoruba tribe and a
half-Ghanaian, half-English mother. Edun, who
moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11,
has featured in movies like Slaves, Law & Order:
UK, The Hour, Passengers. He is popularly known for his role in the TV series, Merlin, where he
played ‘Sir Elyan’ and he became the second
black in 2009 to play Romeo at the Globe Theatre.
Tomiwa speaks English, Yoruba and French.

6. Uzo Aduba

Uzoamaka Nwanneka “Uzo” Aduba is an
American actress who is known for her role as
Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the television
series ‘Orange Is the New Black’. Her parents are
both Nigerians of Igbo origin.

7. Dayo Okeniyi

Dayo Okeniyi was born and raised in
Lagos before he later moved with his family to
the United States. The actor is popularly known
for his roles in ‘The Hunger Games’ and
‘Terminator Genisys’.

8. Caroline Chikezie

Caroline was born in England to Nigerian parents
but was sent to boarding school in Nigeria at a
point, in an attempt to make her abandon her
dreams to become an actress. She choose acting
to taking over her father’s hospital in Nigeria. So
far, the 42-year-old has featured in ‘Holby City,’ ‘Casualty,’ ‘Babymother,’ ‘ As If ,’ ‘Judas Kiss,’ ‘Free
Fall’, ‘Torchwood’, ‘Cyberwoman”,’
‘Supernatural,’ and ‘Brothers and Sisters’.

8. Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie is an English actor of Nigerian
descent. Apart from movies, he was cast to play
in the TV series ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Dracula’.

they arent repping their country so who cares

9. Hope Olaide Wilson
Hollywood actress, Hope Olaide Wilson is from
the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria. She moved to the
United States in 1996, and has featured in Tyler
Perry’s movies ‘I Can Do Bad All By Myself’, ‘After
the Dark and Faith & Dreams’ amongst others.
Hope speaks English, French, and Yoruba fluently and has won the 2009 Diversity Awards Female
‘Nova’ Award Recipient for promising talent.


10. Richard Ayoade

He made his Hollywood debut in 2012 after
starring in the comedy ‘The Watch,’ alongside
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill.He made his Hollywood debut in 2012 after
starring in the comedy ‘The Watch,’ alongside
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill.


11. David Oyelowo

Hollywood actor, David Oyelowo was born
on April 1, 1976, in Oxford, Oxfordshire,
England, to Nigerian parents. He has featured in
movies like: ‘The Butler, Small Island, Rise of the
Planet of the Apes, Middle of Nowhere, Lincoln,
and Blood and Oil,’ (a film about Niger-Delta, oil and militancy in Nigeria).

12. Adepero Oduye

American actress, Adepero Oduye is not the most
popular Nigerian-American actress on this list but
she featured in 12 Years A Slave. She also played
Alike in Pariah (2011) TV series, Law & Order
amongst others. She has received several
awards, including a nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.

13. Sophie Okonedo

Born to a Nigerian father and a Jewish mother,
Sophie Okonedo is a British actress and singer.
She has played in great movies as ‘Æon Flux’,
‘Mrs. Mandela’, ‘Skin’ and many more.

14. John Boyega John is a British-Ni

John is a British-Nigerian who was born in
London to Nigerian parents. He is best known for
his 2011 film debut ‘Attack the Block’. He also
played Ugwu in ‘Half of A Yellow Sun’ and ‘Star
Wars: The Force Awakens.’

John is a British-Nigerian who was born in
London to Nigerian parents. He is best known for
his 2011 film debut ‘Attack the Block’. He also
played Ugwu in ‘Half of A Yellow Sun’ and ‘Star
Wars: The Force Awakens.’

15. Ashley Madekwe

Ashley Madekwe was born in London and has a
Nigerian father and an English mother. She is best
known for her roles in drama series ‘Revenge’
and America series ‘Salem’.

16. Toks Olagundoye

Born in Lagos to a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father, Toks Olagundoye is known for
her role as Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the TV sitcom
‘The Neighbors’.

CaroLyner:
they arent repping their country so who cares

Atleast... We know Nigeria is not so useless

17. Sade Adu

57-years old American R&B singer, and Grammy
award winner, Helen Folasade Adu was born on
January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
When Sade was 11 years old, she moved to
Holland-on-Sea, Essex, to live with her mother,
then she later moved to London where she studied fashion design at Saint Martin’s School of
Art before she started singing. She is best known
for her hit song ‘Sweetest Taboo.’

18. Tracy Ifeachor

Tracy is a British-Nigerian television and theatre
actress best known for playing in the ‘Doctor
Who Christmas special, The End of Time’, and TV
series ‘Crossbones’.

19. Olurotimi Akinosh

Rotimi was born in New Jersey to Nigerian
parents. He appeared in the high grossing film
‘Divergent’, in ‘Black Nativity’ and in ‘Imperial
Dreams’. From 2011 to 2012, he starred as Darius
Morrison on the Starz Network original drama
series Boss. Rotimi is also the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of FrontRoSeat
Productions.

20. Carmen Ejogo

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in 1973 in
London and began her career as a
teenager. Her father is Nigerian while her mother
is Scottish. The British actress has featured in
‘What’s the Worst That Could Happen?’, ‘The
Purge: Anarchy’ and ‘Selma’. She has received several awards, including a
nomination for Independent Spirit Award for
Best Female Lead.

21. Zain Asher

32-year-old Zain Ejiofor Asher, is a news anchor at CNN International and is the younger sister of
Hollywood actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Asher studied
French and Spanish at Oxford University and also
is a graduate of Journalism. Prior to joining CNN in February 2013, Asher was
a full-time reporter for Money, where she wrote
personal finance articles. Asher also was a TV
reporter at News 12 Brooklyn, reporting from
Brooklyn, the Bronx and Connecticut.

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Without Tunde Bayewu, this list is incomplete

ruggedadventure:
Without Tunde Bayewu, this list is incomplete

of the award winning lighthouse fame

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of the award winning lighthouse family

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