# 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
* Sydney Adamu, fictional character in The Bear (TV series)
* Yahaya Adamu (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
* Yakubu Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian footballer