Overview
Innocent is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Pope Innocent (disambiguation) * Saint Innocent (disambiguation) * Audu Innocent Ogbeh (born 1947), Nigerian politician * 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 Mugabe, Kenyan politician * 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
Surname
* Bonke Innocent (born 1996), Nigerian footballer * Garissone Innocent (born 2000), French footballer * Harold Innocent (1933–1993), English actor * Nnamdi Innocent (born 1980), Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter * Vitel'Homme Innocent (born 1986), Haitian fugitive
See also
* Innocenti (surname) * Inocencio (surname) * Innocencio