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