Babatunde (variant forms: Babatunji, Babajide, Babawande, Babaside, Babatide, Bababode, Babs) is a male given name. In the Yoruba language, it means 'father returns', or 'a father has returned'. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.
People named Babatunde
As a given name
- Babatunde Adebimpe, American actor and musician known professionally as Tunde Adebimpe
- Babatunde Aiyegbusi, Polish-Nigerian wrestler and former American football player
- Babatunde Agunloye, Canadian-based Nigerian film director and producer
- Babatunde Aléshé, British actor, writer and comedian
- Samuel Babatunde Bajah, Nigerian educator
- Babatunde Elegbede, military governor of Cross State, Nigeria, 1978âÂÂ1979
- Babatunde Fashola, Nigerian politician; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, 2015âÂÂpresent; governor of Lagos State, 2007âÂÂ2015
- Bomani Babatunde Jones, American sports journalist
- Babatunde Jose (1925âÂÂ2008), Nigerian journalist
- Babatunde Lawal, Nigerian art historian in the United States
- Babatunde Lea, Afro-Cuban and worldbeat percussionist
- Babajide Ogunbiyi, American soccer player
- Babawande Olabisi, Nigerian-American baseball player known as Wande Olabisi
- Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer
- Babatunji Olowofoyeku, Nigerian lawyer, politician and educator
- Babatunde Ogunnaike, Nigerian-American chemical engineer
- Babatunde Oshinowo, NFL player
- Babatunde Osotimehin, Nigerian politician; Minister of Health, 2007âÂÂ2010
- Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate
- Babatunde Wusu, Nigerian-Finnish football striker
- Babatunde Yusuf, Nigerian football player
As a surname
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