Seyi, Oluseyi, or Oluwaseyi is a
Yoruba unisex given name and an occasional surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Oluseyi Petinrin
Oluseyi Petinrin (born 19 January 1955) is a retired air chief marshal in the Nigerian Air Force, who was Chief of the Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his appointment as Chief of Defence Staff, he had held the position of ...
, Nigerian Air Force officer
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Josephine Oluseyi Williams
Josephine Oluseyi Williams (born 3 April 1956) is a Nigerian financial expert, Public administration, Public administrator and former Lagos State Head of Service.
Early life
Josephine was born in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
She attended t ...
, Nigerian financial expert
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Oluseyi Smith
Oluseyi Smith or Seyi Smith (born February 21, 1987) is a Nigerian-born Canadian sprinter. He took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m relay with teammates Jared Connaughton, Gavin Smellie and Justyn Warner. In the final, the Canadi ...
, Canadian sprinter
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Oluseyi Bajulaiye, United Nations official
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Seyi Ajirotutu
Oluseyi Ajirotutu (born June 12, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver and special teamer. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Fresno State. He is of Nigerian orig ...
, soccer player
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Oluwaseyi Makinde
Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde (born 25 December 1967) is a Nigerian businessman, politician and philanthropist who has served as Governor of Oyo State since 29 May 2019. He is an engineer and a subject matter expert on fluid and gas metering. He is th ...
, Nigerian businessman
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Samuel Oluwaseyi Ameobi, professional footballer
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Oluwaseyi Babajide "Sheyi" Ojo, English footballer
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Oluwaseyi Akerele, Nigerian record producer and songwriter
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Joseph "Joe" Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo, English professional footballer
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Seyi Abolaji, American soccer player
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Seyi Akiwowo
Seyi Akiwowo (Shay-ee Aki-wo-wo) is a British-Nigerian women's rights activist and campaigner. She is the founder and director of Glitch, a non-profit campaigning to end online abuse. Akiwowo was selected as the Amnesty International Human Right ...
, British women's rights activist and campaigner
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Adam Adeoye Oluwaseyi Yusuff, English professional footballer
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Seyi Shay
Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua (born Oluwaseyi Joshua; 21 December 1985), professionally known as Seyi Shay (pronounced Shay-yee Shay), is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She wrote and produced three songs for the soundtrack to Konami's vi ...
, Nigerian-based singer and songwriter
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Seyi Olofinjana
Seyi George Olofinjana (born 30 June 1980) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Olofinjana began his career with local sides Crown and Kwara United before moving to Europe with Norwegian side SK Brann. After two seasons ...
, Nigerian professional footballer
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Hakeem M. Oluseyi
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Yoruba given names
Yoruba-language surnames