People from Oromia

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

former President of Ethiopia

Zewditu (, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. She officially adopted the regnal name "Zewditu" at the beginning of her reign, which was triggered by the dethroning of Lij Iyasu in 1916. Her coronation was held on February 11, 1917, in the Cathedral of St. George in Addis Ababa—a capital founded by her father. Forty years old and childless when crowned, she is the first and only empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire. Described as the first modern female head of a nation in Africa, she was the last female Ethiopian head

Ethiopian President (1943-2019)

Ethiopian musician

Ethiopian Oromo singer (1986–2020)

Ethiopian politician; current Mayor of Addis Ababa

Oromo activist, inspiration for the Qeerroo movement

Ethiopian musician (1940-2009)

Ethiopian politician (1969-2014)

Ethiopian politician

Ethiopian politician

Ethiopian bishop and martyr (1892–1936)

Ethiopian American scientist

Ethiopian author and writer (1929-1979)

Ethiopian scientist and academic

Australian athlete of Ethiopian descent

Ethiopian politician

Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1939-2016)

American scholar

Mahbuba (Arabic: محبوبة / maḥbūba c. 1825 – 27 October 1840) was an Oromo girl from present-day Ethiopia who was taken to Germany as a slave. She is known to have helped lay the foundations for the Oromo language studies in Europe by reciting her oral traditions through songs.

Ethiopian politician

Speaker of the Somali Senate

Ethiopian physiologist and pharmacologist

Ethiopian politician