Asfaw (
Amharic
Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...
: አስፋው) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to:
*Asfaw Wossen Taffari, birth name of
Amha Selassie
Amha Selassie (; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 191617 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed monarch three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccess ...
(1916–1997), the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia
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Berhane Asfaw
Berhane Asfaw (Amharic: ብርሃነ አስፋው; born 22 August 1954) is an Ethiopian paleontologist of Rift Valley Research Service, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri, Ethiopia later classified as ''Homo sapiens idaltu' ...
(born 1954), Ethiopian paleontologist
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Beruk Asfaw
Beruk Asfaw (born 5 June 1960) is a retired male boxer from Ethiopia. He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union in the light flyweight division. There he lost to Antti Juntumaa
Antti Eino Juntumaa (bor ...
(born 1960), Ethiopian Olympic boxer
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Gashaw Asfaw
Gashaw Asfaw Melese (Amharic: ጋሻው አስፋው; born 26 September 1978) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Ashaw won the silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and finished fourteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championsh ...
(born 1978), Ethiopian marathon runner
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Menen Asfaw
Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962) was Empress of Ethiopia as the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Family
Menen Asfaw was born in Ambassel, located in Wollo Province of Ethiopian Empire on 25 Ma ...
(1891–1962), wife and consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I
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Amharic-language names