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Lagos (nga)

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Lagos ranks 162nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saitama (city), Strasbourg, and Bratislava. Memorable people born in Lagos include Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Victor Osimhen. Memorable people who died in Lagos include Siad Barre, Murtala Mohammed, and Lee Evans. Lagos has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Lagos is located in Nigeria.

Lagos, or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. As of November 2025, the size of the city's population has been estimated to stand between 17 and 21 million residents, making Lagos the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until the government's December 1991 decision to relocate its capital to Abuja, in the centre of the country. Apart from serving as a major African financial center, Lagos has also played a significant role in the national economy, serving as the economic hub of Lagos State and the entire country of Nigeria. The city has a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion in Africa. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fastest-growing cities and urban areas. A megacity, it has the second-highest GDP in Africa, and houses one of the largest and busiest seaports on the continent. Due to the large urban population and port traffic volumes, Lagos is classified as a Medium-Port Megacity. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Lagos was the birth place of 103 globally memorable people, including Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Victor Osimhen. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Lagos including Siad Barre, Murtala Mohammed, and Lee Evans.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Lagos were soccer players (62), actors (8), athletes (8), basketball players (5), and politicians (4),  while most who died were politicians (5), athletes (2), religious figures (2), soccer players (2), and musicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lagos, including Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi, and Obafemi Martins. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lagos, including Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi, and Obafemi Martins.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Lagos since 1700.