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Nigerian Ancestry

ANCESTRY

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Actor
22-Aug-1967   Adebisi in Oz
John Amaechi
Basketball
26-Nov-1970   Only openly gay ex-NBA player
Obba Babatundé
Actor
1-Dec-1951   Principal Green on Dawson's Creek
Shirley Bassey
Singer
8-Jan-1937   Singer of James Bond title song Goldfinger
Chamillionaire
Rapper
28-Nov-1979   Mixtape Messiah
Edmund Daukoru
Government
13-Oct-1943   Secretary General of OPEC
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Actor
10-Jul-1974   Dirty Pretty Things
Danny Glover
Actor
22-Jul-1946   Lethal Weapon
Rilwanu Lukman
Government
26-Aug-1938   Secretary General of OPEC, 1995-2000
Emeka Okafor
Basketball
28-Sep-1982   Charlotte Hornets forward/center
Sophie Okonedo
Actor
1-Jan-1969   Hotel Rwanda
Sade
Singer
16-Jan-1959   Smooth Operator
Seal
Musician
19-Feb-1963   Pockmarked vocalist
Slash
Guitarist
23-Jul-1965   Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Daley Thompson
Track and Field
30-Jul-1958   Olympic decathlete
Forest Whitaker
Actor
15-Jul-1961   Ghost Dog




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