List of people from Ebonyi State

The following is a list of notable people whose state of origin is Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

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Chris Abani
Anthony Agbo
Anyim Pius Anyim, first president of the Nigerian Senate from Ebonyi State and first Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF)
Uche Azikiwe, professor and pioneer first lady of Nigeria and widow of Nigeria's first president Nnamdi Azikiwe

Debbie Collins, Miss World 2016 Nigeria representative
Andy Chukwu, actor, movie director
Onyebuchi Chukwu, professor, former minister of health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (April 2010 - October 2014)

Sylvanus Ngele, former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nnenna Oti, Vice-Chancellor-elect of Federal University of Technology Owerri
Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, first Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from Ebonyi State
Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, former Minister of Education
Paulinus Igwe Nwagu, former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Joseph Ogba, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Elizabeth Ogbaga, former member House of Representative
Chigozie Ogbu, professor, former deputy governor of Ebonyi State and current Vice Chancellor Ebonyi State University Abakaliki
John Ogbu, Nigerian American anthropologist, "acting white" theorist
Frank Ogbuewu
Sonni Ogbuoji, former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Michael Nnachi Okoro, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki
Angela Okorie, actress
Francis Otunta, professor and Vice Chancellor Michael Okpara University Umudike
Ogbonnaya Onu, first Executive Governor of Abia State, current Minister for Science and Technology
Alex Ozone, Nigerian talent manager and show promoter