Adamu is a surname or given name.

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Adamu (Assyrian king) Adamu () was according to the ''Assyrian King List'' (AKL) the second Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's Early Period (Assyria), early period, though he is not attested in any known contemporary artefacts. He is listed among the "seventeen kings ...

(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 Adamu Daramani Sakande (6 May 1962 – 22 September 2020) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic for the Bawku Central Constituency, in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Early life and education ...

(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

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* 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 Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (born 5 November 1980) is a politician of the All Progressives Congress from Plateau State, Nigeria. He is a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives from Pankshin Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plate ...

(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 Abdullahi Adamu (born 23 July 1946) is a Nigerian politician who was the governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member and former national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC). Ba ...

(born 1945), Nigerian politician * Abdulahi Bala Adamu, Nigerian politician and Senator * Abu Kasim Adamu, Nigerian botanist and professor of science *

Adamu Adamu Mallam Adamu Adamu (born 25 May 1954) is a Nigerian accountant, journalist and politician who served as the minister of Education from 2015 to 2023. Early life and education Adamu was born on 25 May 1954, in Azare. He received a bachelor's deg ...

(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 Baba Armando Adamu (born 20 October 1979), known occasionally simply by his nickname Armando, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made nine appearances for scoring twice the Ghana national team. Internatio ...

(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 *Sydney Adamu, fictional character in

The Bear (TV series) ''The Bear'' is an American psychological comedy-drama television series created by Christopher Storer for FX on Hulu. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the ch ...

* Yahaya Adamu (born 1993), Nigerian footballer *

Yakubu Adamu Yakubu Adamu (born 4 October 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as defender. He played for one season in the Bundesliga with FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli ...

(born 1981), Nigerian footballer

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