List of Oromo people

This is a list of notable Oromo people.



Artists and historians

 * Ali Birra – Artist
 * Baalu Girma – Artist
 * Bakri Sapalo – Historian and Artist
 * Boonaa Mohammed – Poetry
 * Elias Melka – Songwriter and Producer
 * Hachalu Hundessa – Singer-songwriter
 * Lemma Guya – Painter
 * Shantam Shubissa – Singer-songwriter
 * Thomas Gobena – Musician
 * Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin – Artist
 * Mohammed Hassen - Historian
 * Yadesa Bojia – Graphic Designer and Artist

Athletes

 * Abebe Bikila – Athlete
 * Abebe Dinkesa
 * Abebe Wakgira
 * Abera Kuma
 * Almaz Ayana – Athlete
 * Asha Gigi
 * Aselefech Mergia
 * Atsede Bayisa
 * Bekana Daba
 * Belaynesh Oljira
 * Bilisuma Shugi
 * Bizunesh Urgesa
 * Derartu Tulu – Athlete
 * Deresse Mekonnen
 * Deriba Merga
 * Ejegayehu Dibaba
 * Elfenesh Alemu
 * Emebt Etea
 * Fate Tola
 * Fatuma Roba – Athlete
 * Feyisa Lilesa – Athlete
 * Firehiwot Tufa Dado
 * Gelete Burka
 * Genzebe Dibaba
 * Gezahegne Abera
 * Gudisa Shentema
 * Guye Adola
 * Ibrahim Jeilan –
 * Imane Merga
 * Kenenisa Bekele – Athlete
 * Lelisa Desisa
 * Lencho Skibba
 * Mamo Wolde
 * Mare Dibaba
 * Meseret Hailu
 * Meseret Mengistu
 * Mestawet Tufa
 * Metiku Megersa
 * Maryam Yusuf Jamal
 * Mohammed Aman
 * Netsanet Gudeta
 * Sifan Hassan – Athlete
 * Sileshi Sihine –
 * Tilahun Regassa
 * Tariku Bekele
 * Tamiru Demisse
 * Tesfaye Tola
 * Tesfaye Abera
 * Tiki Gelana
 * Tirunesh Dibaba – Athlete
 * Worku Bikila (born 1968), long distance runner
 * Yacob Jarso
 * Yomif Kejelcha –

Footballers

 * Adugna Deyas
 * Abdusalam Abas Ibrahim
 * Asrat Megersa Gobena
 * Hayder Sherefa
 * Mesud Mohammed
 * Tokmac Nguen (Oromo Mother)

Humanitarians and businesspersons

 * Abebech Gobena – humanitarian
 * Agitu Ideo Gudeta – Farmer, entrepreneur, environmentalist
 * Girma Wake – business executive
 * Juneidi Basha – businessman
 * Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi- Entrepreneur (mother with distanced Oromo ancestry)

Military personnel

 * Birhanu Jula Gelalcha
 * Gobana Dacche
 * HabteGiyorgis Dinagde Botera – Governor
 * Jagama Kello
 * Kumsa Diriba
 * Merid Negussie
 * Mulugeta Buli
 * Malik Ambar
 * G. Demise Bulto
 * MG Kassaye Chemeda
 * MG Merdassa Lelisa
 * MG Abera Abebe
 * G Tadesse Birru
 * G Teferi Banti

Politicians

 * Ababiya Abajobir
 * Abadula Gemeda
 * Abdullahi Yousuf
 * Abiy Ahmed Ali – Prime Minister of Ethiopia
 * Adanech Abebe
 * Addisu Arega Kitessa
 * Alemayehu Atomsa
 * Aster Mamo
 * Awol Allo
 * Bekele Gerba
 * Birtukan Mideksa
 * Birtukan Ayano Dadi
 * Bulcha Demeksa
 * Dawud Ibsa Ayana
 * Demitu Hambisa Bonsa
 * Diriba Kuma
 * Fisseha Adugna
 * Gebisa Ejeta
 * Getachew Jigi Demeksa
 * Girma Wolde-Giorgis – President of Ethiopia
 * Haile Fida
 * Jawar Mohammed – Activist and member of OFC
 * Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa
 * Junedin Sado
 * Kuma Demeksa
 * Ketema Yifru
 * Lemma Megersa – Ethiopian Minister of Defense
 * Lencho Letta
 * Martha Kuwee Kumsa
 * Meaza Ashenafi
 * Merera Gudina
 * Mohammed Rashad Abdulle
 * Muktar Kedir
 * Mulatu Teshome – President of Ethiopia
 * Negasso Gidada - President of Ethiopia
 * Negeri Lencho
 * Seleshi Bekele
 * Shimelis Abdisa
 * Sinknesh Ejigu
 * Solomon Areda Harvard Alumni, Judge of  United Nations  Dispute Tribunal   and Deputy chief justice  Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia
 * Tadesse Birru
 * Takele Uma Banti
 * Teferra Wolde-Semait
 * Workneh Gebeyehu
 * Yilma Deressa

Nationalists

 * Ahmad Taqi Sheikh Mohammed Rashid –
 * Aster Ganno
 * Baro Tumsa
 * Elemo Qiltu –
 * Haile Fida–
 * Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa –
 * Kelbessa Negewo
 * Tadesse Birru –
 * Waqo Gutu –

Other notable people

 * Abba Jifar II
 * Aklilu Lemma
 * Gebisa Ejeta
 * Gudina Tumsa
 * Machbuba
 * Onesimos Nesib
 * Pauline Fatme