Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR (Harshen-yrbnc|Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀; Yarayu daga 6 ga watan Maris shekara ta 1909 zuwa 9 ga watan Mayu shekara ta 1987), Dan Najeriya ne, kuma yana daga cikin manyan ƙasa, wanda yataka gagarumar rawa wurin neman yancin Nijeriya, da kuma a jamhoriya ta farko data biyu, da a Yakin Basasan Nijeriya. Yaro daga gidan manomi bayerebe, he was one of the truly self-made men among his contemporaries in Nijeriya. Shine Firimiya na farko a Shiyar Kudu maso Yammacin Nijeriya, daga bisani yazama Kwamishinan kudi, kuma mataimakin Shugaban majalisar zartarwa ta ƙasa lokacin yakin basasa. Sau uku yana neman takarar Shugabancin ƙasar Nijeriya. Dan asalin garin Ikenne dake Jihar Ogun a kudu maso Yammacin Nijeriya, yafara harkokinsa kamar yadda wasu daga cikin abokansa, a matsayin mai kishin kasa, Nigerian Youth Movement inda yakaiga zama sakatare na shiyar Yamma. Awolowo was responsible for much of the progressive social legislation that has made Nigeria a modern nation. Shine farkon Shugaban Kasuwancin Gwamnati kuma Ministan Kananan Hukumomi da Kudi, kuma Firimiyan farko na yankin yammaci a karkashin Nijeriya tsarin parliamentary system, daga 1952 zuwa 1959.