Achebe (surname)

Achebe is a Nigerian surname of Igbo origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alfred Achebe (born 1941), 21st Obi of Onitsha
• Chinedu Achebe (born 1977), former American football player
• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigerian novelist, poet and critic
• Nancy Achebe, Nigerian librarian and information scientist
• Nwando Achebe (born 1970), Nigerian academic, feminist scholar, and historian