20th-century Ethiopian women

Ethiopian-Irish actress

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 Empress Consort (1851-1918)

Ethiopian Empress Consort (1891-1962)

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Ethiopian politician; current Mayor of Addis Ababa

Ethiopian-born cognitive scientist

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ethiopian humanitarian

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ethiopian distance runner (1986-2013)

Ethiopian athlete

Ethiopian model

Ethiopian female long-distance runner

Ethiopian marathon runner

Long distance runner

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ethiopian Imperial princess

Ethiopian distance runner

Ethiopian princess (1919–1942)

Ethiopian politician

Ethiopian author, journalist, and women’s rights advocate (1960-2025)

Ethiopian marathon runner

Ethiopian long distance runner

Ethiopian princess

Ethiopian politician

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Ethiopian aristocrat and wife of Emperor Lij Iyasu (1896–1969)

senior scientific researcher, professor of tropical pharmacology

Ethiopian lawyer and jurist