title: Bekele
text: # Bekele
  
  Bekele (Amharic: በቀለ, Bek’ele) is an Ethiopian paternal name which may refer to:
  
  ## Runners
  
  * Abebech Afework Bekele (born 1990), Ethiopian female half marathon runner
  * Alemitu Bekele Aga (born 1976), Ethiopian female long-distance runner competing for Belgium
  * Alemitu Bekele Degfa (born 1977), 5000 metres runner competing for Turkey
  * Alemu Bekele (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner competing for Bahrain
  * Azmeraw Bekele (born 1986), Ethiopian marathon runner
  * Bekele Debele (born 1963), Ethiopian cross country runner and 1983 world champion
  * Bezunesh Bekele (born 1983), Ethiopian female marathon and cross-country runner
  * Helen Bekele Tola (born 1994), Ethiopian female long distance runner
  * Kenenisa Bekele (born 1982), distance runner who holds world and Olympic records
  * Mekdes Bekele (born 1987), 3000 metres steeplechase competitor
  * Tariku Bekele (born 1987), Ethiopian long-distance runner and brother of Kenenisa
  * Girma Bekele Gebre (born 1992), Ethiopian marathon runner
  
  ## Others
  
  * Bekele Geleta (born 1944), secretary general of the International Red Cross
  * Bekele Gerba (born 1961), Oromo politician promoting political change by non-violence
  * Gelila Bekele (born 1984), model and social activist
  * Georges Bertrand Bekele, member of the Gabonese Democratic Party
  * Mulugeta Bekele (born 1947), Ethiopian physics professor
  * Sophia Bekele, business and corporate executive and writer
  * Shimelis Bekele, Ethiopian footballer
  * Tewodros Bekele (died 1977), Ethiopian trade unionist
  