Tekle Haymanot Of Gondar

male
Tekle Haymanot was proclaimed "Emperor of Ethiopia|" (February 1788 - 1789) of Ethiopia by the former followers of Baede Maryam. He set up his...
Aster Aweke

Aster Aweke

female, 48 years old
Sometimes referred to as “Ethiopia’s Aretha Franklin”, Aster Aweke is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States. Aweke was born in 1961 i...
Haile Gerima

Haile Gerima

male, 63 years old
Haile Gerima (b. Gondar, Ethiopia, March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian filmmaker who immigrated to the United States in 1968. At UCLA he was an...
Abdallahi Ibn Muhammad

Abdallahi Ibn Muhammad

male, deceased (1899)
Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed or Abdullah al-Taaisha, also known as "The Khalifa" (1846 - November 24, 1899) was a Sudanese Ansar General and ruler....

Walter Plowden

male, deceased (1860)
Walter Chichele Plowden (1820 - 1860) was a British consul in Abyssinia. He became a friend of Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II. He was murdered...

Amha Iyasus

male
Amha Iyasus, better known as Ammehayes (reigned c.1744 - c.1775), was a Meridazmach of Shewa, an important Amhara noble of Ethiopia. He was the son...

Tekle Haymanot II of Ethiopia

male, deceased (1777)
Tekle Haymanot II was "Emperor of Ethiopiaas Admas Sagad III (Ge'ez አድማስ ሰገድ "to whom the horizon bows"; 18 October 1769 - 13 April 1777) of Ethio...

Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia

male, deceased (1708)
Tekle Haymanot I (Ge'ez ተክለ ሃይማኖት, "Plant of religion," throne name Le`al Sagad Ge'ez ለዓለ ሰገድ, "to whom the exalted bows") was "Emperor of Ethio...
Fasilides Of Ethiopia

Fasilides Of Ethiopia

male, deceased (1667)
Fasilides or Basilides (Ge'ez ፋሲልደስ "Fāsīladas", modern "Fāsīledes"; throne name ʿAlam Sagad, Ge'ez ዓለም ሰገድ "ʿĀlam Sagad", modern "ʿĀlem Seged",...

Darge Sahle Selassie

male
Ras Darge Sahle Selassie was the son of Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa by a concubine, and half-brother to Negus Haile Melekot. He was the much...