Girma (
Ge'ez: ግርማ) is a male name of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin that may refer to:
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Girma (Tigray dynasty), 16th-century
ruler of Welayta
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Girma Ashenafi (born 1982), Ethiopian footballer
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Girma Asmerom
Girma Asmerom Tesfai (10 December 1949 – 5 October 2016) was an Eritrean politician, diplomat and football player. He was the ambassador of Eritrea to the United Nations at the time of his death. He also previously served as ambassador to South ...
. Eritrean diplomat
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Girma Bekele Gebre
Girma Bekele Gebre (; born 29 December 1992) is an Ethiopian marathon runner who finished third at the 2019 New York City Marathon as a non-elite runner. Gebre also won the 2018 Brooklyn Half Marathon, and came third in the 1,500 metres event ...
(born 1992), Ethiopian runner
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Girma Bèyènè
Girma Bèyènè, born in Addis Ababa, is an Ethiopian lyricist, composer, arranger, vocalist, and pianist, most active during the golden era of Ethiopian vinyl records (1969–78). He only recorded four songs as a vocalist, but arranged more than ...
, Ethiopian composer and musician
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Girma Berhanu
Girma Berhanu (born 19 July 1960) is a retired Ethiopian cross country runner.
Achievements
References
1960 births
Living people
Ethiopian male long-distance runners
Ethiopian male cross country runners
20th-century Ethiopian peopl ...
(born 1960), Ethiopian runner
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Girma Tolla (born 1975), Ethiopian long-distance runner
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Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Girma Wolde-Giorgis (; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democrati ...
(born 1924), President of Ethiopia (2001–2013)
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Girma Yohannis Iyasu
Prince ''(Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Abeto Lij)'' Girma Yohannes Iyasu (born 1961) is the Iyasuist claimant to the throne of Ethiopian Empire. He is also known by the name Girma Amente Ghebresillasie.
Life
He is the son of ''Dejazm ...
(born 1961), Iyasuist claimant to the throne of Ethiopia
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Adane Girma
Adane Girma ( am, አዳነ ግርማ; born 25 June 1985) is an Ethiopian footballer who plays for Wolkite City. He was a member of the Ethiopia national team from 2006 to 2015 and made 45 appearances scoring 9 goals.
Club career
Adane began ...
(born 1985), Ethiopian footballer
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Alula Girma
Alula Girma ( am, አሉላ ግርማ, born 15 July 1993) is an Ethiopian footballer. He currently plays for Saint-George SA.
Career
Alula is right back defender and is part of the Ethiopia national football team. The Saint-George player's di ...
(born 1993), Ethiopian footballer
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Berhanu Girma
Berhanu Girma Degefa (born 22 November 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events for Canada. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:09 hours and he was the 2012 winner of Grandma's Marathon.
Berhanu made h ...
(born 1986), Ethiopian marathon runner
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Chaltu Girma Meshesha
Sultan Haydar (; born May 23, 1985 in Golerogi, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish long-distance runner. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor, where she is coached by Nikola Borić.
Born Chaltu Girma Meshesha in Ethiopia, she starte ...
(born 1985), birth name of Ethiopian-born long-distance runner for Turkey Sultan Haydar
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Haben Girma
Haben Girma (born July 29, 1988) is an American disability rights advocate, and the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School.
Early life and education
Girma was born in Oakland, California in 1988 to an Eritrean immigrant family. Her fath ...
(born 1988), deafblind lawyer
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Muluemebet Girma
Muluemebet (Mulu) Girma (born c. 1984 in Ethiopia) was the third person (and second woman) charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 over the 21 July 2005 London bombings, along with her sister Yeshshiemebet Girma. She was charged with "failing to di ...
(born 1984), from Stockwell, London, was the third person charged over the 21 July 2005 London bombings
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Nahu Senay Girma
Nahu Senay Girma is an Ethiopian women's rights activist. She is the co-founder and executive director of African Women in Business, a non-governmental organisation established in April 2010 to train women for leadership roles, and has established ...
, Ethiopian women's rights campaigner
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Yeshshiemebet Girma (born 1977), the second person charged over the 21 July 2005 London bombings
See also
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Girma
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Amharic-language names