Haile Selassie I
1892 CE–1975 CE · Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie I, born Tafari Makonnen, was crowned emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 and was the last to hold the throne. He introduced a written constitution and modernizing reforms, and after the Italian occupation of 1936-1941 he returned to lead an independent Ethiopia. A prominent advocate of African unity, he helped found the Organization of African Unity, headquartered in Addis Ababa. Deposed in 1974, he died the following year; he is revered as a messianic figure in the Rastafari movement.
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- Francisco Franco· 1892 CE–1975 CE
- Edward VIII· 1894 CE–1972 CE
- Mao Zedong· 1893 CE–1976 CE
- Nikita Khrushchev· 1894 CE–1971 CE
- Sukarno· 1901 CE–1970 CE
- Chiang Kai-shek· 1887 CE–1975 CE
- Jomo Kenyatta· 1894 CE–1978 CE
- Aung San· 1915 CE–1947 CE
- Puyi (Xuantong Emperor)· 1906 CE–1967 CE
- Charles de Gaulle· 1890 CE–1970 CE
- Zhou Enlai· 1898 CE–1976 CE
- David Ben-Gurion· 1886 CE–1973 CE
- Dwight D. Eisenhower· 1890 CE–1969 CE
- Ho Chi Minh· 1890 CE–1969 CE
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