The Most Famous

EXTREMISTS from Ethiopia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ethiopian Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 283 Extremists, NaN of which were born in Ethiopia. This makes Ethiopia the birth place of the 0th most number of Extremists.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ethiopian Extremists of all time. This list of famous Ethiopian Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Ahmed Abdi Godane (1977 - 2014)

With an HPI of 39.93, Ahmed Abdi Godane is the most famous Ethiopian Extremist.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Ahmed Abdi Godane (10 July 1977 – 1 September 2014), also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a terrorist. The exact date of Godane's rise to al-Shabaab's Emir is debated, although it seems he ascended to this position in December 2007. During his leadership of Al-Shabaab, the group pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. He was killed in a U.S. drone strike on 1 September 2014 in southern Somalia.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Ethiopian extremists born between 1977 and 1977. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Ethiopian extremists include Ahmed Abdi Godane. As of April 2024, 1 new Ethiopian extremists have been added to Pantheon including Ahmed Abdi Godane.

Deceased Ethiopian Extremists

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Newly Added Ethiopian Extremists (2025)

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