Girma Wolde-Giorgis

Girma Wolde-Giorgis

male, 85 years old
FromAddisAbaba, Oromo, Ethiopian Parliament, Teferi Mekonnen School, The Scuola Principe Piemonte, House of People's Representatives…addis ababa
Girma Wolde-Giorgis (born December 1924 in Addis Ababa) is the President of Ethiopia. He was elected on October 8, 2001, as a relative unknown and...
Mesfin Woldemariam

Mesfin Woldemariam

male, 79 years old
FromAddisAbaba, genocide, Mesfin Wolde Mariam, Tafari Mekonnen High School, Ethiopian Human Rights Council, outrage against the constitution…addis ababa university, addis ababa
Professor Mesfin Woldemariam (also spelled Mesfin Wolde Mariam; born 1930) is an Ethiopian peace activist, who has been actively engaged in a...
Meseret Defar

Meseret Defar

female, 26 years old
Bislett Games, FromAddisAbaba, From Ethiopia, world record holder, Olympic gold medalist, addis ababa
Meseret Defar (born November 19, 1983 in Addis Ababa) is a female athlete from Ethiopia. She won gold in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer...
Tilahun Gessesse

Tilahun Gessesse

male, 69 years old
Waliso, FromAddisAbaba, singer, Woliso, Tulu Bolo, Eyoel Yohanes…addis ababa, Doctorate Degree from the Addis Ababa University
Tilahun Gessesse is an Ethiopian singer, born on September 27, 1940, in Addis Ababa. Gessesse was born to Woizero Gete Gurmu, who was Oromo, and...
Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger

male, deceased (2003)
FromAddisAbaba, Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford, Order of the British Empire, Explorer of Asia, Old Etonian, addis ababa
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, KBE, DSO, (3 June, 1910 - August 24, 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer born in Addis Ababa, the capital...
Noah Samara

Noah Samara

male
FromAddisAbaba, Corporate executive, department of defense, INFORMATION, AIDS, WorldSpace
Noah A. Samara is an Ethiopian-born lawyer better known for being the founder and Chief Executive Officer of WorldSpace,the world's first to launch...
Hama Tuma

Hama Tuma

male, 60 years old
FromAddisAbaba, addis ababa university, ethiopian, addis ababa, writer, Amharic language
Hama Tuma (1949) is an Ethiopian poet and writer of the Amharic language born in Addis Ababa. He studied Law in Addis Ababa University but was...
Nikos Papatakis

Nikos Papatakis

female, 91 years old
film director, addis ababa, greek, FromAddisAbaba, Nico Papatakis
Nico Papatakis (or Nikos Papatakis) is a Greek film director born in 1918 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nico owes her nickname to him.
Ashenafi Kebede

Ashenafi Kebede

male, deceased (1998)
Florida State University, Conductor, poet, novelist, addis ababa, composer…FromAddisAbaba
Ashenafi Kebede (1938-May 8 1998) was an Ethiopian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, historical musicologist, music educator, novelist, and...
Moges Kebede

Moges Kebede

male
FromAddisAbaba, writer, Mestawet Ethiopian Newspaper, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Ethiopian Free Press Journalists' Association, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front…addis ababa
Moges Kebede, sometimes credited as Moges Kebede Damte or Moges Damte, is an Ethiopian author, essayist, and editor. He is the publisher of...