Kaduna
Kaduna ranks 712th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Orléans, Salamanca, and Suwon. Memorable people born in Kaduna include Rashidi Yekini, Tijani Babangida, and Daniel Amokachi. Kaduna has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Kaduna is located in Nigeria.
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade center and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern states of Nigeria, with its rail and important road network. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1956 and 1997, Kaduna was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Rashidi Yekini, Tijani Babangida, and Daniel Amokachi.
People Born in Kaduna
Go to all RankingsRashidi Yekini
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - 2012
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 1
Tijani Babangida
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 2
Daniel Amokachi
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 3
Celestine Babayaro
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 4
Fiona Fullerton
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 5
Umar Sadiq
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 6
Haruna Babangida
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 7
Garba Lawal
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 8
Michael Eneramo
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 9
Sunday Bada
ATHLETE
1969 - 2011
HPI: 32.56
Rank: 10
Chigozie Agbim
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 29.93
Rank: 11
James Godday
ATHLETE
1984 - Present
HPI: 25.14
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kaduna
Go to all RankingsFiona Fullerton
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 5
Suleiman Abdullahi
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 22.99
Rank: 15
Mariam Usman
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 22.23
Rank: 16
Solomon Alabi
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 19
Jamilu Collins
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 12.98
Rank: 20
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kaduna were soccer players (15), athletes (3), actors (1), and basketball players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kaduna, including Rashidi Yekini, Tijani Babangida, and Daniel Amokachi. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kaduna, including Rashidi Yekini, Tijani Babangida, and Daniel Amokachi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Kaduna since 1700.