Leadership

• Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) (born 1891, died 1975)

  Emperor of Ethiopia.

  • Ruled Ethiopia 1930-36; driven out by an Italian invasion; restored to throne in 1941; deposed in 1974 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) (born 1891, died 1975)

  Emperor of Ethiopia.

  • 1935 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)

Sports

• Haile Gebrselassie

  Ethiopian athlete.

  • 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)