Innocent (name)

Innocent is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Pope Innocent (disambiguation)
 * Saint Innocent (disambiguation)
 * Innocent (actor) (1948–2023), Indian actor and producer
 * Innocent (Giesel) (c. 1600–1683), Prussian-born historian, writer, and political and ecclesiastic figure
 * Innocent, Bishop of Syrmia (fl. 13th century)
 * Innocent Anyanwu (born 1982), Dutch professional boxer
 * Innocent Asonze (born 1972), Nigerian sprinter
 * Innocent Awoa (born 1988), Cameroonian footballer
 * Innocent Barikor (fl. 21st century), Nigerian academic and politician
 * Innocent Bashungwa (born 1979), Tanzanian politician
 * Innocent Bologo (born 1989), Burkinabé sprinter
 * Innocent Boutry (fl. 17th century), French Kapellmeister
 * Innocent Chikunya (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * Innocent Chinyoka (born 1982), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * Innocent Chukwuma (born 1961), Nigerian business magnate and investor
 * Innocent Egbunike (born 1961), Nigerian sprinter
 * Innocent Emeghara (born 1989), Swiss footballer
 * Innocent Gentillet (1535–1588), French lawyer and politician
 * Innocent Guz (1890–1940), born Joseph Adalbert Guz, Polish conventual Franciscan priest martyred by the Nazis
 * Innocent Hamga (born 1981), Cameroonian footballer
 * Innocent Idibia (born 1975), stage name 2Baba, Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer
 * Innocent Kaia (born 1992), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * Innocent Kalogeris (born 1959), Tanzanian politician
 * Innocent Lotocky (1915–2013), American Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
 * Innocent Maela (born 1992), South African soccer player
 * Innocent Mdledle (born 1985), South African footballer
 * Innocent Melkam (1981), Nigerian footballer
 * Innocent Muchaneka (born 1991), Zimbabwean footballer
 * Innocent Masina Nkhonyo (born 1987), Malawian Chichewa-language writer and poet
 * Innocent Nshuti (born 1998), Rwandan footballer
 * Innocent Ntsume (born 1980), South African footballer
 * Innocent Obiri (fl. 21st century), Kenyan politician
 * Innocent Ordu (born 1961), Nigerian Anglican bishop
 * Innocent Oula (born 1961), Ugandan army officer and politician
 * Innocent Pikirayi (born 1963), Zimbabwean archaeologist
 * Innocent Ranku (fl. 20th/21st centuries), Botswanan footballer
 * Innocent Sagahutu (born 1962), Rwandan soldier who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide
 * Innocent Simiyu (born 1983), Kenyan rugby union footballer
 * Innocent Sousa (1879-1962), Indian English-language poet and writer
 * Innocent Umezulike (1953–2018), Nigerian jurist
 * Innocent Mahamadu Yahaya (1954–2000), Ghanaian politician

Also

 * Audu Innocent Ogbeh (born 1947), Nigerian politician

Surname

 * Bonke Innocent (born 1996), Nigerian footballer
 * Garissone Innocent (born 2000), French footballer
 * George Innocent (1885–1957), British swimmer
 * Harold Innocent (1933–1993), English actor
 * Nnamdi Innocent (born 1980), Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter
 * Vitel'Homme Innocent (born 1986), Haitian fugitive