Mohammed Al Amoudi

Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi, born in Ethiopia, a Saudi Arabian /Ethiopian business magnate who lives in Ethiopia and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2006 his net worth was estimated as between $2.5 and $6.9 billion, causing Arabian Business to rank him as the world's 8th richest Arab, and Forbes to rank him as the world's 77th richest person.

Al-Amoudi's mixed Ethiopian and Yemeni parentage, he is considered to be the richest black person in the world.

Dr. Zaki Sherif

Dr. Zaki Sherif was born in Ethiopia, receiver of Hall of Fame Award; The Hall of Fame Society was established in 1998 with the purpose of recognizing District of Columbia residents who have had an impact on the destiny of the city.

He studied only one year at Alabama University to obtain an associate degree in physics, from University of Wisconsin, he graduated in Environmental Science/Biology with a B.Sc. degree and later with a Master’s degree in Microbiology. He was able to isolate a novel gene named ZS (acronym for Zaki Sherif) that may predispose certain individuals and groups to cancer. He also identified and cloned rare mammalian genes that could help in sequencing strategies for differentially expressed human biomarkers for certain diseases. That work was further delineated using Silicon Graphics workstations and the tools of Bioinformatics, which led to larger scale testing and appraisal of the three commercial non-isotopic labeling and detection systems for use with nucleic acid probes in the laboratory.

He is the only Ethiopian whose picture is on the wall of the D.C. City Museum in Washington D.C. among a number of giants in different fields.

Liya Kebede

Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978, in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian supermodel who has appeared on the cover of US Vogue twice. According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in 2007.she has been featured in ad campaigns including those for

Gap, Yves Saint-Laurent, Victoria's Secret,Revlon, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada and Louis Vuitton. In 2003, Liya was named the newest face of Estée Lauder cosmetics, the first person of color to serve as their representative in the company's 57-year history n July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $2.5 million in the past 12 months, Forbes named her eleventh in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels

Tessema Dosho

The Bowflex Machine is an exercise machine used for strength training . The Bowflex grew out of a now expired patent first conceived by Ethiopian Engineering student in San Francisco, Tessema Dosho Shifferaw. Bowflex of America, Inc. began marketing the first product, Bowflex of

America changed its name to Bowflex, Inc, and became a public company on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Bob Nesta Marly

Marley is regarded by many as a prophet of the Rastafari movement, although he was baptized by the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church in Kingston by Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq, Jamaica on November 4, 1980. a ring that he wore every day that was given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia (eldest son of HIM).