Notable People
- Chief Emmanuel Okusanya Okunowo, (1905–1987), M.B.E, K.F.N.M, Politician, Textile(Damask) Merchant, and Philanthropist.
- Professor Adebayo Adedeji, CFR, Nigerian politician.
- Chief (Mrs) Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, Nigerian noblewoman and banker.
- Kola Onadipe (1922–1988), Nigerian children's author.
- Sunday Adelaja, the founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of God church in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Dele Okenla, writer, poet, and jurist.
- Harold Olusegun Demuren, Aeronautical Engineer, Director General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
- Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, CON, CEO First City Group of Company
- Chief Jinadu A. Alatishe,Merchant, Philanthropist and then the Balogun of Ijebuland 1959-1995
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