People From Katsina State
- [[Ibrahim Coomassie, Former Inspector General of Police, Federral Republic of Nigeria
- Mohammed Bello, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Muhammadu Buhari, former military leader
- Amina Lawal, woman sentenced to death for giving birth to a child outside of wedlock (the sentence was overturned)
- Aliyu Musa, member of the House of Representatives for the Bindawa/Mani constituency
- Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, politician and major general
- Umaru Yar'Adua, former President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and former governor; brother of Shehu
- Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, former head of the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization
- Abdulmuminu Kabir,Emir of Katsina
- Isa Kaita, first northern Nigeria minister of education and speaker of the house of parliament
- Hassan Usman former military vice president and governor of the northern region.
- Mohammed Tukur Liman former senate majority leader.
- Umaru Faruk Abdullahi former president of the Nigerian court of appeal
- Aminu Bello Masari former speaker house of representatives 2003 to 2007
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