Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's sprawling capital in the highlands bordering the Great Rift Valley, is the country's commercial and cultural hub. Its National Museum exhibits Ethiopian art, traditional crafts and prehistoric fossils, including replicas of the famous early hominid, "Lucy. " The burial place of the 20th-century emperor Haile Selassie, copper-domed Holy Trinity Cathedral, is a neo-baroque architectural landmark.
People born in Addis Ababa (First 49 people) - Page 0
Ruth Negga
Irish actress
Amsale Aberra
American designer
Gelila Bekele
American-Ethiopian model
Liya Kebede
Ethiopian fashion model
LoLa Monroe
American rapper
Ermias Sahle Selassie
Prince Sahle Selassie's son
Abraham Verghese
American physician
Wilfred Thesiger
British military officer
Gelila Assefa
Designer
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Elvan Abeylegesse
Ethiopian-Turkish athlete
Nikos Papatakis
Ethiopian-French-Greek filmmaker
Fikru Teferra
Ethiopian football player
Maaza Mengiste
Ethiopian-American writer
Dennenesch Zoudé
German actress
Vikram Chatwal
American actor
Sofia Assefa
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Amleset Muchie
Model
Senait Ashenafi
Actress
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian-Swedish chef
Teddy Afro
Ethiopian singer-songwriter
Princess Tsehai
Mekonnen Haile Selassie
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Katarina Sandström
Swedish television presenter
Dinaw Mengestu
Ethiopian-American novelist
Ethiopian Records
Musician
Salome Mulugeta
Filmmaker
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Ethiopian executive
Francis deSouza
Chief Executive Officer of Illumina
Thomas Gobena
Bassist
Yared Zeleke
Ethiopian film director
Kenna
Ethiopian-American musician
Layes Abdullayeva
Azerbaijani track and field athlete
Zeritu Kebede
Ethiopian singer
Mahder Assefa
Ethiopian actress
Mhadere Tigabe
Tilahun Gessesse
Ethiopian singer
Meron Getnet
Actress
Flavia Lattanzi
Italian lawyer
Mahmoud Ahmed
Ethiopian singer
Julie Mehretu
American visual artist
Aida Muluneh
Ethiopian photographer
Kamal Ibrahim
Football player
Andargachew Tsege
Ethiopian Politician
Princess Zenebework
Iskinder Desta
