Category
page 1Ethiopian emigrants to the United States
Liya Kebede
Ethiopian model and actress (born 1978)
Timnit Gebru
computer scientist, specialising in AI ethics
Mulatu Astatke
Ethiopian musician
Maaza Mengiste
Ethiopian-American writer
Julie Mehretu
Ethiopian American painter (born 1970)
Aster Aweke
Ethiopian singer who sings in Amharic
Haile Gerima
Ethiopian director, film professor, philosopher, and writer
Robel Teklemariam
Ethiopian corss-country skier
Fuad Ibrahim
Ethiopian footballer
Dinaw Mengestu
American writer
Skunder Boghossian
Ethiopian artist (1937-2003)
Gigi
Ethiopian musician
Abraham Verghese
American physician, teacher, novelist
Sossina M. Haile
Ethiopian-American chemist
Kenna
Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician, philanthropist and technology creative. His track "Say Goodbye to Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards. Kenna is the founder and producer of the Summit on the Summit clean water initiative, and also partnered with Justin Timberlake to re-imagine the social network Myspace before Time Inc. purchased it.
Jawar Mohammed
Oromo activist, inspiration for the Qeerroo movement
LoLa Monroe
American rapper and actress
Salem Mekuria
Ethiopian film director, video artist, academic
Yared Zeleke
Ethiopian film director
Gebisa Ejeta
Ethiopian American scientist
Meklit Hadero Meklit
Ethiopia-born, U.S. based singer
Ephraim Isaac
American scholar
Senait Ashenafi
American actress
Freweini Mebrahtu
Ethiopian chemical engineer and inventor

Getatchew Haile
Ethiopian-American philologist; scholar of the Ge'ez language