The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Ethiopia
This page contains a list of the greatest Ethiopian Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 1 of which were born in Ethiopia. This makes Ethiopia the birth place of the 95th most number of Military Personnels behind Philippines, and Uganda.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ethiopian Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Ethiopian Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Abraha (600 - 600)
With an HPI of 67.78, Abraha is the most famous Ethiopian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Abraha (Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died presumably in 570 CE), also known as Abraha al-Ashram (Arabic: أَبْرَهَة ٱلْأَشْرَم), was a viceroy for the Kingdom of Aksum who ruled the Himyarite Kingdom of Yemen and much of the Arabian Peninsula in the 6th century. He is famous for the tradition of his attempt to destroy the Kaaba, a revered religious site in Mecca, using an army that included war elephants, an event known as Year of the Elephant. During his reign, Christianity was the most populous of all.
2. Malik Ambar (1548 - 1626)
With an HPI of 47.01, Malik Ambar is the 2nd most famous Ethiopian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Malik Ambar (1548 – 13 May 1626) was a military leader who served as the Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India. Born in the Adal Sultanate, which comprised parts of present-day Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti, Malik was sold by a slave merchant and brought to India as a slave. There he created a mercenary force numbering greater than 50,000 men. It was based in the Deccan region and was hired by local kings. Malik became a popular Prime Minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, showing administrative acumen. He is also regarded as a pioneer in guerrilla warfare in the region. He is credited with carrying out a revenue settlement of much of the Deccan, which formed the basis for subsequent settlements. He is a figure of veneration to the Siddis of Gujarat. He challenged the might of the Mughals and Adil Shahs of Bijapur and raised the low status of the Nizam Shah.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Ethiopian military personnels born between 600 and 1548. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Ethiopian military personnels include Abraha, and Malik Ambar.
