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Also Known As Abreha
Flourished c.501 - c.600
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queen of Sabaʾ
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prime minister of Ethiopia
Julie Mehretu
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Ethiopian American painter and printmaker
Aïda Muluneh
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Menilek II
emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I
emperor of Ethiopia
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopian athlete
Tedros Adhanom
Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian biologist and public health official
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba
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Mengistu Haile Mariam
president of Ethiopia
Yohannes IV
emperor of Ethiopia
Marathon runner Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete
Tewodros II
emperor of Ethiopia
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
president of Ethiopia
Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye
Ethiopian author
Abū al-Misk Kāfūr
Ikhshīdid vizier
Ewostatewos
Ethiopian saint
Mikael Sehul
regent of Ethiopia
Amda Seyon I
king of Ethiopia