Actor/Actress

• Senait Ashenafi
  Senait Ashenafi
  Senait Ashenafi is an Ethiopian-born actress in the United States who played Keesha Ward in General Hospital from 1994 to 1998. She has also worked as a dancer, singer, and model...
  
  
• Meseret Mebrate
• Wegayehu Negatu
• Fekadu Teklemariam

Artists

• Alexander Boghossian
  Alexander Boghossian
  Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian was an Armenian Ethiopian painter and art teacher...
  
  
• Gebrekristos Desta
• Wosene Worke Kosrof
  Wosene Worke Kosrof
  Wosene Worke Kosrof is an Ethiopian painter and mixed-media artist.Wosene was awarded his B.F.A. from the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa in 1972, and received an M.F.A. from Howard University in 1980...
  
  
• Julie Mehretu
  Julie Mehretu
  Julie Mehretu is an artist, best known for her densely-layered abstract paintings and prints. She lives and works in New York City...
  
  
• Afewerk Tekle
  Afewerk Tekle
  Afewerk Tekle is one of Ethiopia's most celebrated artists, particularly known for his paintings on African and Christian themes as well as his stained glass....
  
  
• Zerihun Yetemgeta
• Eyasu Berhe
  Eyasu Berhe
  Eyasu Berhe was an Ethiopian singer, writer, producer and poet, as well as a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front ....
  
  
• Fikru Gebre Mariam
• Lulseged Retta
• Eskinder (Alex) Maffi

Athletes

• Abebe Bikila
  Abebe Bikila
  Abebe Bikila was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. A stadium in Addis Ababa is named in his honor.-1932–1959:...
  
  
• Baruch Dego
  Baruch Dego
  Baruch Dego is an Israeli-Ethiopian football player. He currently plays for Ironi Ramat HaSharon.Dego, who grew up in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C., was transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in 2000/01, and won a championship and three national trophies. In 2004/05, he was the only player to score for...
  
  
• Benjamin Kibebe
  Benjamin Kibebe
  Benjamin Kibebe is a Ethiopian-born Swedish footballer. He currently plays for FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Early Career:...
  
  
• Bezunesh Bekele
  Bezunesh Bekele
  Bezunesh Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in cross-country running and marathons.She was born in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa...
  
  
• Derartu Tulu
  Derartu Tulu
  Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...
  
  
• Ejegayehu Dibaba
  Ejegayehu Dibaba
  Ejegayehu Dibaba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.She is a member of the Oromo ethnic group from the high-altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. She is the third child of six, her younger sisters Tirunesh and Genzebe are also international long distance athletes, and brother Dejene is marked...
  
  
• Genzebe Dibaba
  Genzebe Dibaba
  Genzebe Dibaba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She is the sister of World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, and the cousin of former Olympic champion Derartu Tulu....
  
  
• Gezahegne Abera
  Gezahegne Abera
  Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Haile Gebrselassie
  Haile Gebrselassie
  Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...
  
  
• Italo Vassalo
  Italo Vassalo
  Italo Vassallo is a former Eritrean born, Italo-Eritrean footballer.He played with Ethiopia internationally, sharing in its 1962 African Cup victory over Egypt. He played at FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 1970. His brother is Luciano Vassalo, also a footballer for the Ethopian team.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kenenisa Bekele
  Kenenisa Bekele
  Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
  
  
• Lencho Skibba
  Lencho Skibba
  Lencho Skibba is an Ethiopian football midfielder.Skibba began his career with USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder, and joined Kastoria F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki for the 2007–08 season....
  
  
• Luciano Vassalo
  Luciano Vassalo
  Luciano Vassalo is a former Ethiopian footballer of Eritrean and Italian origin. He is the most capped international football in Ethiopian history. He is known for his skill, and mostly for his volleys, free kicks and penalties...
  
  
• Mamo Wolde
  Mamo Wolde
  Degaga Wolde was an Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete and was winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Mengistu Worku
  Mengistu Worku
  Mengistu Worku was an Ethiopian footballer, recognised as the best Ethiopian footballer in history...
  
  
• Meseret Defar
  Meseret Defar
  Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres...
  
  
• Million Wolde
• Miruts Yifter
  Miruts Yifter
  Miruts Yifter ]] is a former Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter....
  
  
• Theodor Gebre Selassie
  Theodor Gebre Selassie
  Theodor Gebre Selassie is a Czech football defender currently playing for the Gambrinus liga side FC Slovan Liberec. In May 2011, he received his first call-up to the Czech national football team...
  
  
• Tirunesh Dibaba
  Tirunesh Dibaba
  Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion...
  
  
• Werknesh Kidane
  Werknesh Kidane
  Werknesh Kidane , is an Ethiopian long distance running athlete who competes in both 5000 and 10,000 metres. She has won numerous medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004...
  
  
• Ydnekatchew Tessema
  Ydnekatchew Tessema
  Ydnekatchew Tessema is a former Ethiopian president of the Confederation of African Football, footballer, manager and now is an honorary president after his death in 1987.- Early life :...
  
  
• Youssouf Hersi
  Youssouf Hersi
  Youssouf Hersi is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.-Playing career:Hersi has played in the Netherlands for Ajax, NAC Breda, NEC, Heerenveen, Vitesse, Twente and De Graafschap....
  
  
• Zohar Zemiro
  Zohar Zemiro
  Zohar Zemiro is an Israeli marathon runner. He was born in Ethiopia. His personal best time is 2:14:28. He will represent Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics.-Running career:...
  
   (born 1977), Israeli marathon runner

Chefs

• Genet Agonfar
• Almaz Dama
• Demeke Girma
• Daniel Jote Mesfin
• Marcus Samuelsson
  Marcus Samuelsson
  Marcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef and co-owner of Aquavit restaurant in New York City and C-House Restaurant, located in the Affinia Hotel in Chicago.-Early life and career:...
  
  

Educators

• Mignon Inniss Ford
• Senedu Gebru
• Ephraim Isaac
• Kebede Michael
• Ale Felege Selam
• Yosef Ben-Jochannan
  Yosef Ben-Jochannan
  Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan was born in Gonder, Ethiopia), also known as Dr. Ben, is an Afrocentric historian. He is notable for his writings and teachings about Black Jews and ancient Africans, and how Europeans, notably white Jews, appropriated their culture and legacy...
  
  

Entertainers

• Mulugeta Abate
  Mulugeta Abate
  Mulugeta Abate is an Ethiopian songwriter, arranger, and lyricist popular for his prolific work on about 400 different songs in various languages of Ethiopia. His latest works includes the album by Man Alemosoh, which featured a popular song "Wello." He also is credited for albums by Getachew...
  
  
• Teddy Afro
  Teddy Afro
  Teddy Afro is a popular Ethiopian singer and critic of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front...
  
  
• Mahmoud Ahmed
  Mahmoud Ahmed
  Mahmoud Ahmed is an Ethiopian singer of Gurage ancestry.-Biography:Born in Addis Ababa, Mahmoud shined shoes in that city before becoming a handyman at the Arizona Club, where he first sang professionally in the early 1960s...
  
  
• Mulatu Astatke
  Mulatu Astatke
  Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger best known as the father of Ethio-jazz....
  
  
• Aster Aweke
  Aster Aweke
  Aster Aweke is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States. She is sometimes referred to as Ethiopia’s Aretha Franklin.Aweke was born in 1961 in Gondar, Ethiopia, and was raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa...
  
  
• Aragaw Bedaso
  Aragaw Bedaso
  Aragaw Bedaso is a longtime Ethiopian traditional singer who has won praise for his Gurage songs. His most popular song is titled "Alem Bire"...
  
  
• Tamrat Desta
  Tamrat Desta
  Tamrat Desta is an Ethiopian singer and vocalist. He was born in a small town in Awassa called Tiqur Wuha, the second of three children, all boys. After few years, his family moved to Shashemene, and he again moved to Awasa where he finished high school...
  
  
• The Weeknd
  The Weeknd
  Abel Tesfaye , better known by his stage name The Weeknd is an Ethiopian Canadian singer. Songs recorded under The Weeknd name first leaked in late 2010, though the identity of the individual behind the project was initially unknown.The Weeknd released a nine-song mixtape, House of Balloons, on...
  
  
• Alemayehu Eshete
  Alemayehu Eshete
  Alemayehu Eshete is an Ethiopian Ethio-jazz singer active since the 1960s who primarily sings in Amharic. Eshete's talent was recognized by colonel Rètta Dèmèqè who invited the young singer to perform with Addis Ababa's famous Police Orchestra...
  
  
• Alaqa Gebre Hanna
  Gebre Hanna
  Aleqa Gebre Hanna was a dabtara of the Ethiopian Church, renowned in Amharic oral tradition for his "his quick and biting wit." He was a master of the genre of Amharic poetry known as qene, as well as introducing a new style of ceremonial dancing to the Ethiopian Church.- Life :Gebre Hanna...
  
  
• Gigi
  Gigi (singer)
  Ejigayehu Shibabaw, or Gigi as she is popularly known, is one of the most successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide. Coming from an ancient tradition of song originating in the Ethiopian Church, she has brought the music of Ethiopia to wider appreciation and developed it in combination...
  
  
• Tilahun Gessesse
  Tilahun Gessesse
  Tilahun Gessesse was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular of his country's "Golden Age" in the 1960s....
  
  
• Thomas Gobena (of Gogol Bordello
  Gogol Bordello
  Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring.Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music...
  
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• Kenna
  Kenna
  Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as simply Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician. His track "Say Goodbye To Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Zelalem Mekuria
  Zelalem Mekuria
  Zelal Mekuria is an Ethiopian songwriter, lyricist and record producer who has worked with a long list of Ethiopian musicians. He has provided lyrics or melodies for Alemayehu Eshete, Mahmoud Ahmed, Ephrem Tamiru, Kennedy Mengesha, Marta Ashagre, Netsanet Melese, Kuku Sebesebe, Aregahegene Worashe,...
  
  
• Emilia Rydberg
  Emilia Rydberg
  Emilia Rydberg is a Swedish pop music and soul singer, mostly known for her hit, "Big Big World". Emilia was discovered in 1996 by Lars Anderson, son of ABBA's manager, Stig Anderson....
  
  
• Alebachew Teka
  Alebachew Teka
  Alebachew Teka was born in North-Wello, in a small town called Wourgessa. He completed his elementary education at Wourgessa junior high school and moved to Addis for his high school education. Alebcahew loved comedy even from his elementary days. He was one of Ethiopia's best known...
  
  
• Dawit Tesge
  Dawit Tesge
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• Wayna
  Wayna
  Wayna is an Ethiopian-born American R&B singer.Her single "My Love" reached the Billboard R&B charts in 2008, peaking at #99...
  
  
• Asnaketch Worku
  Asnaketch Worku
  Asnaketch Worku, also known by the French spelling of her name Asnaqètch Wèrqu was a famous Ethiopian singer...
  
  
• Dawit Yifru
  Dawit Yifru
  Dawit Yifru is a renowned Ethiopian keyboardist and music arranger.Dawit is the founding member and chairman of the Board of the Ethiopian Musicians Association...
  
  

Fashion models

• Bewunetwa Abebe
• Gelila Bekele
  Gelila Bekele
  Gelila Bekele is an Ethiopian model, humanitarian and social activist.- Modeling Career :Bekele is signed with Ford Models, and has appeared on several ad campaigns for Levi's, Pantene, L'oreal, and Colgate, and has appeared in Essence, Marie Claire, Allure, Lucky and various fashion magazines...
  
  
• Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared three times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007...
  
  
• Angel Melaku
  Angel Melaku
  LoLa Monroe is a Ethiopian born American rapper, model and actress.-Early life:Monroe was born Fershgenet Melaku . She is of Ethiopian and Trinidadian descent. She was raised in Garfield Terrace, Washington D.C....
  
  
• Sara Nuru
  Sara Nuru
  Sara Nuru is a German fashion model of Ethiopian descent. She was winner of the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.- Biography :...
  
  

Filmmakers

• Aida Ashenafi
• Solomon Bekele
• Shmuel Beru
• Leelai Demoz
• Serawit Fikre
• Haile Gerima
  Haile Gerima
  Haile Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker, who resides in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. His films have received wide international acclaim. Gerima has also been an influential film professor at...
  
  
• Theodros Teshome

Heroes

• Emperor Menelik II
• Abebe Bikila
  Abebe Bikila
  Abebe Bikila was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. A stadium in Addis Ababa is named in his honor.-1932–1959:...
  
  
• Emperor Tewodros
  Tewodros II of Ethiopia
  Tewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....
  
  

Human Rights Activists

• Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam
  Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam
  -Early life and education:Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, born on June 8, 1979, in Alamata, Ethiopia, is an Ethiopian public intellectual based in Addis Ababa...
  
  
• Berhane Ras-Work
• Mesfin Woldemariam
  Mesfin Woldemariam
  Mesfin Woldemariam is an Ethiopian peace activist and philosopher, who has been actively engaged in a peaceful movement to bring justice, equality and peace for all the people in his country...
  
  
• Taye Woldesemayat

Philanthropists

• Alfa Demmellash
• Yohannes Gebregeorgis
  Yohannes Gebregeorgis
  Yohannes Gebregeorgis, an Ethiopian native, is the founder of Ethiopia Reads, a philanthropic organization committed to bringing literacy to the children of Ethiopia. In 2008, he was recognized as one of the “Top 10 Heroes of the Year” by CNN.-Early life:...
  
  
• Anna Getaneh
• Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared three times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007...
  
  
• Mohammed Al Amoudi
  Mohammed Al Amoudi
  Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi (Ge'ez: ሞሓመድ አልአሙዲ, Arabic: محمد حسين العمودي; is a Saudi Arabian/Ethiopian businessman and billionaire who lives in Ethiopia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2011, his net worth has...
  
  

Political figures

• Nina Ashenafi-Richardson
• Fisseha Adugna
  Fisseha Adugna
  His Excellency Fisseha Adugna was the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He served in this post from 8 March 2002 until he was replaced by Berhanu Kebede in March 2006....
  
  
• Aman Mikael Andom
• Tafari Benti
  Tafari Benti
  Brigadier General Tafari Benti was the Head of State of Ethiopia , and chairman of the Derg, the ruling junta. His official title was Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council.- Life :...
  
  
• Haile Selassie
• Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
  Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
  Tesfaye Gebre Kidan was an Ethiopian general who was President of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991.Tesfaye was a student at Holetta Military Academy, where he met Mengistu Haile Mariam; according to Gebru Tareke, along with Legesse Asfaw and Gebreyes Wolde Hana Tesfaye was part of Mengistu's...
  
  
• Senedu Gebru
• Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold
• Mengistu Haile Mariam
  Mengistu Haile Mariam
  Mengistu Haile Mariam is a politician who was formerly the most prominent officer of the Derg, the Communist military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991...
  
  
• Tamirat Layne
  Tamirat Layne
  Tamirat Layne is an Ethiopian politician. During the 1980s, he was a leader of the Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement , one of the groups who fought against Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in the Ethiopian Civil War.When Mengistu was overthrown in 1991, Layne became one of the...
  
  
• Endelkachew Makonnen
  Endelkachew Makonnen
  Lij Endalkachew Makonnen was an Ethiopian politician. Born in Addis Ababa, his father, Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the 1950s. Endalkachew Makonnen was a member of the aristocratic Addisge clan that were very influential in the later part of the...
  
  
• Seyoum Mesfin
  Seyoum Mesfin
  Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel is an Ethiopian politician and diplomat. He was Ethiopia's Foreign Minister from 1991 until September 2010 and has subsequently served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China....
  
  
• Berhanu Nega
  Berhanu Nega
  Berhanu Nega was elected as mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the Ethiopian general elections, 2005. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy , for whom he served as chief election...
  
  
• Arkebe Oqubay
  Arkebe Oqubay
  Arkebe Oqubay is an Ethiopian politician. He is a former mayor of Addis Ababa and is currently a State Minister of Works and Urban Development....
  
  
• Fikre Selassie Wogderess
  Fikre Selassie Wogderess
  Fikre Selassie Wogderess was the Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989....
  
  
• Asrat Woldeyes
  Asrat Woldeyes
  Asrat Woldeyes was an Ethiopian surgeon, a Professor of Medicine at Addis Ababa University, and the founder and leader of the All-Amhara People's Organization , as well as a political figure who was jailed by the Derg and later by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front .Professor...
  
  
• Girma Wolde-Giorgis
  Girma Wolde-Giorgis
  Girma Wolde-Giorgis is the current President of Ethiopia.- Political career :He was elected President on 8 October 2001, as a relative unknown and a surprise choice, by a unanimous vote of the Ethiopian Parliament. The Ethiopian presidency is largely a symbolic office with little power...
  
  
• Hailu Yimenu
  Hailu Yimenu
  Hailu Yimenu was acting prime minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 8, 1989 until May 1991....
  
  
• Meles Zenawi
  Meles Zenawi
  Meles Zenawi Asres is the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Since 1985, he has been chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front , and is currently head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front .Meles was born in Adwa, Tigray in Northern Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father from...
  
  
• Birtukan Mideksa
  Birtukan Mideksa
  Birtukan Mideksa is an Ethiopian politician and former judge. She is the leader of the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice party. The English equivalent of Birtukan is "orange."-Early life:...
  
  
• Hailu Shawel

Martyrs

• Abuna Petros
• Emperor Tewodros
  Tewodros II of Ethiopia
  Tewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....
  
  
• Emperor Yohannes IV

Nobility

• Amha Selassie
  Amha Selassie of Ethiopia
  Amha Selassie, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was the last Emperor of Ethiopia. First proclaimed Emperor during the unsuccessful coup attempt by the Imperial Guards against his father Haile Selassie I in December 1960, he initially went along with this proclamation under duress. The coup collapsed within days...
  
  
• Haile Selassie I
  Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
  Haile Selassie I , born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974...
  
  
• Abram Petrovich Gannibal
  Abram Petrovich Gannibal
  Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal or Ibrahim Hannibal or Abram Petrov , was brought to Russia as a gift for Peter the Great and became major-general, military engineer, governor of Reval and nobleman of the Russian Empire...
  
  
• Iyasu V
  Iyasu V of Ethiopia
  Iyasu V , also known as Lij Iyasu was the designated but uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia . His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob...
  
  
• Menelek II
  Menelek II of Ethiopia
  Emperor Menelik II GCB, GCMG, baptized as Sahle Maryam , was Negus of Shewa , then of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state had been completed by 1898...
  
  
• Menen Asfaw
  Menen Asfaw
  Empress Menen Asfaw was the wife and consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. Empress Menen was the daughter of Asfaw, Jantirar of Ambassel...
  
  
• Prince Makonnen
  Prince Makonnen
  Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar was the second son, and second youngest child, of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and Empress Menen Asfaw...
  
  
• Princess Tenagnework
  Princess Tenagnework
  Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, DBE, baptismal name Fikirte Mariam of Ethiopia was the eldest child of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw.-Early life:...
  
  
• Taytu Betul
  Taytu Betul
  thumb|Taytu BetulTaytu Betul was an Empress of the Ethiopian Empire and the wife of Emperor Menelek II.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tewodros II
  Tewodros II of Ethiopia
  Tewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....
  
  
• Yohannes IV
  Yohannes IV of Ethiopia
  Yohannes IV , born Lij Kassay Mercha Ge'ez, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death.-Early life:...
  
  
• Zauditu
  Zauditu of Ethiopia
  Zewditu was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930. The first woman head of an internationally recognized state in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, she was noted for opposing the reforms of Tafari Makonnen and for her strong religious devotion.-Early...
  
  
• Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
• Girma Yohannis Iyasu
  Girma Yohannis Iyasu
  Prince Girma Yohannis Iyasu is the Iyasuist claimant to the throne of Ethiopia. He is also known by the name Girma Ghebresillasie.-Life:He is the son of Lij Yohannes Iyasu...
  
  

Saints

• Abuna Aregawi
  Abuna Aregawi
  Abuna Aregawi is a sixth century Syrian monk, whom tradition holds founded the monastery Debre Damo, said to have been commissioned by Emperor Gebre Mesqel. He is one of the Nine Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who claims he came from various parts of the Roman Empire to escape persecution...
  
  
• Ewostatewos
  Ewostatewos
  Ewosṭatewos was an important religious leader of the Ethiopian Church. He was a forceful advocate for the Ethiopian form of observing the Sabbath...
  
  
• Gabra Manfas Qeddus
  Gabra Manfas Qeddus
  Gabra Manfas Qeddus was an Ethiopian Christian saint, and the founder of the monastery of Zuqualla. The fifth day of every month in the Ethiopian calendar is dedicated to this saint....
  
  
• Iyasus Mo'a
  Iyasus Mo'a
  Iyasus Mo'a is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; his feast day is 26 Hedar . In life he was an Ethiopian monk and abbot of Istifanos Monastery in Lake Hayq of Amba Sel.He was born in Dehana, which may have been the woreda in the Wag Hemra Zone, although G.W.B...
  
  
• Tekle Haymanot
  Tekle Haymanot
  Tekle Haymanot or Takla Haymanot was an Ethiopian monk who founded a major monastery in his native province of Shewa...
  
  
• Abune Tewoflos
• Abba Samuel of Dabra Wagag
• Yared
  Yared
  Saint Yared was a semi-legendary Ethiopian musician credited with inventing the sacred music tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopia's system of musical notation...
  
  

Scientists

• Gebisa Ejeta
  Gebisa Ejeta
  Gebisa Ejeta is an Oromo American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum.- Early years :...
  
  
• Sossina M. Haile
  Sossina M. Haile
  Sossina M. Haile is Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering at the Caltech, who created a new type of fuel cell.-Life:...
  
  
• Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
  Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
  Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher is an Ethiopian who won the Right Livelihood Award in 2000 "for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources."Tewolde Berhan graduated in 1963 from Haile Selassie I University Tewolde...
  
  
• Aklilu Lemma
  Aklilu Lemma
  Aklilu Lemma was an Ethiopian physician. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1989, jointly with Legesse Wolde-Yohannes, for their work and discoveries on how to prevent the parasitic disease bilharzia.-References:...
  
  
• Aberra Molla
• Yared Tekabe
• Endawoke Yezengaw
• Legesse Wolde-Yohannes
  Legesse Wolde-Yohannes
  Legesse Wolde-Yohannes is an Ethiopian horticultural scientist. He cooperated with Aklilu Lemma on the discovery and research on how to use the plant endod as a means of preventing the parasitic disease bilharzia. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1989, jointly with Lemma.-References:...
  
  
• Tilahun Yilma
• Kitaw Ejigu
  Kitaw Ejigu
  Kitaw Ejigu was an Ethiopian-American scientist who worked for NASA as Chief of Spacecraft and Satellite Systems engineer. He was also a political leader....
  
  

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• Abiye Teklemariam
• Afawarq Gabra Iyasus
• Bahrey
  Bahrey
  Abba Bahrey was a late 16th century Ethiopian monk, historian, and ethnographer. He is best known for his 1593 work on the history of the Oromo and their migrations in the 16th century, the "History of the Galla"...
  
  
• Blattengeta Heruy Welde Sellase
  Blattengeta Heruy Welde Sellase
  Blattengeta Heruy Welde Sellase was a Foreign Minister of Ethiopia and a writer in Amharic. Bahru Zewde observes that his career "stands out as the great success story .....
  
  
• Demese Tsege
  Demese Tsege
  Demese Tesege is an Ethiopian author and journalist. He works for the Addis Zemen newspaper. He writes in the Amharic language.-Publication:* Ye asenaqech debabe...
  
  
• Haddis Alemayehu
  Haddis Alemayehu
  Haddis Alemayehu , also transliterated Hadis Alamayahu, was a Foreign Minister and novelist from Ethiopia. His Amharic novel is considered a classic of modern Ethiopian literature....
  
  
• Mammo Wudneh
  Mammo Wudneh
  Mammo Wudneh is a playwright, journalist and Former President of the Ethiopian Writers' Association. He is actively involved as a peacemaker between Ethiopia and Eritrea working on an interfaith committee chaired by Abune Paulos, the Patriarch of the Tewahedo Church.-Early life:Mammo Wudneh was...
  
  
• Moges Kebede
  Moges Kebede
  Moges Kebede, sometimes credited as Moges Kebede Damte or Moges Damte, is an Ethiopian author, essayist, and editor. He is the publisher of Mestawet Ethiopian Newspaper, a monthly magazine for the Ethiopian immigrant community in the United States.Moges Kebede was born and raised in Addis Ababa,...
  
  
• Sahle Sellassie
  Sahle Sellassie
  Berhane Mariam Sahle Sellassie is an Ethiopian author who has written in three languages: Gurage, English, and Amharic. He wrote the first novel in Chaha, a Gurage dialect, which was translated into English by Wolf Leslau for publication with the title Shinega's Village...
  
  
• Sebhat Guèbrè-Egziabhér
  Sebhat Guèbrè-Egziabhér
  Sebhat Guèbrè-Egziabhér is an Ethiopian writer. He was born in 1928 in Tigray region near the historical town of Adwa in a village called Erba gered. He has published works of fiction and non fiction in French and Amharic...
  
  
• Tekle Hawaryat
  Tekle Hawaryat
  Tekle Wolde Hawaryat was an Ethiopian politician. Anthony Mockler describes him as "the only contemporary of Haile Selassie who throughout a long life was always prepared to come out in open opposition to him."...
  
  
• Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was Poet Laureate of Ethiopia, as well as a poet, playwright, essayist, and art director.-Biography:...
  
  
• Dinaw Mengestu
  Dinaw Mengestu
  Dinaw Mengestu is an award-winning American novelist and writer, who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to two novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur, and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in northern Uganda...