Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Olajuwon

male, 46 years old
Toronto Raptors, Toronto Raptors player, University of Houston, rebound, Twin Towers, center…nigerian, American, NigerianAmerican
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player in the National...
Emeka Okafor

Emeka Okafor

male, 27 years old
Country star, Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, National Basketball Association, center, Olympic basketball player of the United States, From Houston…NigerianAmerican, American, nigerian, African American
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, abbreviated as Emeka Okafor (born September 28, 1982, in Houston, Texas), is an American professional basketball...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

male, 62 years old
Country star, six championship teams, Most Valuable Player Awards, American Jeet Kune Do practitioner, NBA's MVP prize winner, center…NigerianAmerican, American, African American
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 's outstanding play on the court thrust him into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1995. After 20 seasons, Kareem is the only player in...

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

female
The Shadow Speaker, NigerianAmerican, yoruba, Octavia Butler, Dark Matter II, Moondance magazine…American
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu is a writer of fantasy and speculative fiction. Born to two Igbo (Nigerian) parents and having traveled to Nigeria several...
KRS-One

KRS-One

male, 44 years old
East Coast Rapper, Hare Krishnas, NigerianAmerican, Master of Ceremonies, South Bronx, backronym…Jamaican American, American, African American, American artist-producer
Lawrence Krisna Parker (born August 20, 1965), known as KRS-One, is an American hip hop MC of Jamaican and Nigerian descent from South Bronx. Over...
Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

male, deceased (1797)
African-English, NigerianAmerican, caribbean, north pole, abolitionist, eighteenth century…nigerian, American Colonies, African American
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the...
Amobi Okoye

Amobi Okoye

male, 22 years old
Nigerian player of American football, Anambra State, Houston Texans, NigerianAmerican, Houston Texans player, American football defensive tackle…American football, nigerian, Nigerian American football player
Amobi Okoye (born June 10, 1987 in Anambra State, Nigeria) is an American football player for the Houston Texans. He played defensive tackle at the...
Obba Babatunde

Obba Babatunde

male, 59 years old
film actor, That Thing You Do, NigerianAmerican, The One with All the Jealousy, American, television actor
Obba Babatundé is an American actor of both stage and screen. He is known for an Emmy-nominated performance in the television movie "Miss Evers' B...
Andre Iguodala

Andre Iguodala

male, 25 years old (Tucson, Arizona, United States)
University of Arizona, Country star, National Basketball Association, From Springfield, Illinois, basketball player, NigerianAmerican…African American, American
Andre Tyler Iguodala (born January 28, 1984, in Springfield, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Philadelphia...
Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchi Onyewu

male, 27 years old
athletic, Premier League player, standard liege, defense, soccer player, NigerianAmerican…American, African American
Oguchialu Chilioke "Oguchi" Onyewu or "Gooch" (born May 13, 1982 in Washington, D.C.) is an American soccer player who plays in defense for...