title: Adamu
text: # Adamu
  
  Adamu is a surname or given name.
  
  ## Mononym
  
  * Adamu (Assyrian king) (lived c. 2400 BC — c. 2300 BC), an Assyrian king
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Adamu Sidi Ali (born 1952), Nigerian politician and farmer
  * Adamu Aliero (born 1957), Nigerian politician, governor of Kebbi State in Nigeria (1999-2007)
  * Adamu Atta (1927–2014), Nigerian politician, first civilian governor of the Nigerian Kwara State
  * Adamu Bello (born 1951), Nigerian politician
  * Adamu Ciroma (1934–2018), Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
  * Adamu Daramani Sakande (1962–2020), Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament
  * Adamu Gumba (born 1948), Nigerian politician and Senator
  * Adamu Maikori (1942–2020), Nigerian lawyer, banker and politician
  * Adamu Mohammed (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
  * Adamu Garba Talba (born 1952), Nigerian politician and Senator
  * Adamu Tesfaw (born 1922), also called Qes Adamu Tesfaw, an Ethiopian artist and former priest
  * Adamu Wayya or Dan Maraya or Adamu Danmaraya Jos (1946–2015), Nigerian Hausa griot best known for playing the kontigi
  * Adamu Waziri (born 1952), Nigerian police officer, Nigerian minister of Police Affairs
  
  ## Middle name
  
  * Abubakar Adamu Mohamed (born 1997), Nigerian footballer
  * Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, Nigerian academician, administrator, Professor of English
  * Abubakar Adamu Mohamed (born 1997), Nigerian footballer
  * Amina Adamu Aliyu, Nigerian judge
  * Baba Adamu Iyam, Nigerian military officer who served as Military Administrator
  * Gagdi Adamu Yusuf (born 1980), Nigerian politician and Member of Nigerian Federal House of Representatives
  * Gibril Adamu Mohammed, Ghanaian politician
  * Mohammed Adamu Bello (born 1957), Nigerian politician, businessman and Senator
  * Mohammed Adamu Ramadan (born 1975), Ghanaian politician
  * Mustapha Adamu Animashaun (1885–1968), prominent Lagos Islamic leader
  * Shuaibu Adamu Ahmed, Nigerian politician and minister
  * Suleiman Adamu Kazaure, Nigerian politician and minister
  * Suleman Adamu Sanid (born 1970), Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament
  * Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa (born 1950), Nigerian Judge and President of the Nigerian courts of appeal Justice
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Abdalla Uba Adamu (born 1956), Nigerian academic, educator, publisher and media scholar
  * Abdullahi Adamu (born 1945), Nigerian politician
  * Abdulahi Bala Adamu, Nigerian politician and Senator
  * Abu Kasim Adamu, Nigerian botanist and professor of science
  * Adamu Adamu (born 1954), Nigerian accountant, journalist, minister
  * Ahmed Adamu, Nigerian petroleum economist and lecturer
  * Amos Adamu, Nigerian administrator, Director General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission
  * Baba Adamu (born 1979), known occasionally simply by his nickname Armando, Ghanaian footballer
  * Birtukan Adamu Ali (born 1992), Ethiopian runner
  * Charles Adamu (born 1977), Ghanaian boxer
  * Junior Adamu (born 2001), Nigerian-born Austrian footballer
  * Edward Lametek Adamu, Nigerian quantity surveyor, business consultant and leadership strategist
  * Fatima Adamu (born 1972), Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist
  * Ibrahim Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian badminton player
  * Mamudu Adamu (born 1960), Nigerian judoka
  * Mohammed Adamu (disambiguation), a number of people with the name
  * Mohammed Adamu (born 1961), Nigerian police officer, formerly a Nigerian inspector-general of police
  * Semira Adamu (born 1978), Nigerian refugee who was suffocated to death with a pillow, by two Belgian police officers during her expulsion
  * Suleiman Adamu (1963-2020), Nigerian politician. Member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly
  * Yahaya Adamu (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
  * Yakubu Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian footballer
  