Gurage Zone
Gurage Zone ranks 26,988th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wolin (town), Pretzsch, Wittenberg, and Alexandreia, Greece. Memorable people born in Gurage Zone include Selemon Barega, Telahun Haile Bekele, and Andamlak Belihu. Gurage Zone has been the birth place of many athletes. Gurage Zone is located in Ethiopia.
Gurage is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. The region is home to the Gurage people. Gurage is bordered on the southeast by Hadiya and Yem Zone, on the northwest by Kebena Special Woreda, north and east by the Oromia Region, and on the southeast by Siltʼe. Its highest point is Mount Gurage. Wolkite is the largest city and administrative centre of the zone. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1998 and 2000, Gurage Zone was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Selemon Barega, Telahun Haile Bekele, and Andamlak Belihu.
People Born in Gurage Zone
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Selemon Barega
ATHLETE
2000 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 3
Telahun Haile Bekele
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 20.79
Rank: 1
Andamlak Belihu
ATHLETE
1998 - Present
HPI: 13.88
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gurage Zone were athletes (3), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gurage Zone, including Selemon Barega, Telahun Haile Bekele, and Andamlak Belihu. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gurage Zone, including Selemon Barega, Telahun Haile Bekele, and Andamlak Belihu.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Gurage Zone since 1700.
