This is a list of notable Nigerian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Nigerian American and must have references showing they are Nigerian American and are notable.
Science, medicine and engineering
Ilesanmi Adesida, electrical engineer
John O. Agwunobi, pediatrician, public health professional
John Dabiri, aerospace engineer
Bisi Ezerioha, automotive engineer, racecar driver and industrialist
Bennet Omalu, forensic pathologist, neuropathologist
Soni Oyekan, chemical engineer,
Winston Wole Soboyejo, mechanical engineer
Olufemi Olowolafe, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Chukwuma Anyanwu, Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacoepidemiologist, Pharmacoeconomist, and Zoologist.
Sade Baderinwa, TV news anchor
Maria Louisa Bustill (1853-1904), Quaker schoolteacher, mother of Paul Robeson
Teju Cole, writer and artist
Marcia Kure, artist
Obiwu, writer and professor
John Ogbu, anthropologist, "acting white" theorist
Bukola Oriola (born 1976), journalist
Vop Osili, politician
William Drew Robeson I (1844-1918), slave, freedman, minister; father of Paul Robeson
Adaora Udoji, Court TV host; CNN correspondent
Victor Ukpolo, chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans
Luvvie Ajayi, comedian and blogger
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