This is a list of burial of prominent people in Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Name | Occupation | Burial date | Ref. |
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Alemayehu Eshete | Singer | 7 September 2021 | [1] [2] |
Meles Zenawi | Politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to 2012 | 2 September 2012 | [3] |
Tilahun Gessesse | Singer | 23 April 2009 | [4] |
Sylvia Pankhurst | Scholar of Ethiopian studies | 1960 | [5] [6] |
Richard Pankhurst | Scholar of Ethiopian studies | 21 February 2017 | [7] |
Haile Selassie | Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 | 5 November 2000 | [8] [9] |
Menen Asfaw | Empress consort of Ethiopia | 1962 | [10] [11] |
Abuna Takla Haymanot | Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | May 1988 | [12] |
Abune Paulos | Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | 23 August 2012 | [13] [14] |
Afewerk Tekle | Painter | 15 April 2012 | [15] [16] [17] |
Girma Wolde-Giorgis | President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013 | 19 December 2018 | [18] |
Mesfin Woldemariam | Academic and human rights activist | 6 October 2020 | [19] |
Abebech Gobena | Humanitarian | 6 July 2021 | [20] |
Tamrat Desta | Singer-songwriter | 19 April 2018 | [21] |
Tesfaye Sahlu | Actor, comedian, singer and author | 2 August 2017 | [22] |
Madingo Afework | Singer | 29 September 2022 | [23] |
Asfaw Meshesha | Journalist and television host | 22 January 2024 | [24] |
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