title: Dawit
text: # Dawit
  
  Dawit is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Dawit I, nəgusä nägäst (1382–1413), of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty
  * Dawit II, Emperor Anbasa Segad, birth name Lebna Dengel (1501–1540), nəgusä nägäst (1508–1540) of Ethiopia
  * Dawit III, Dawit the Singer, nəgusä nägäst (1716–1721), of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty
  * Dawit Amanuel (1862–1944), the main translator of the New Testament in the Tigre language, published in 1902
  * Bruck Dawit, Ethiopian-American audio engineer and music producer
  * Dawit Isaak (born 1964), Swedish-Eritrean playwright, journalist and writer
  * Dawit Kebede (born 1980), Ethiopian print media journalist, winner of the 2010 CPJ International Press Freedom Award
  * Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen (born 1982), Ethiopian prince
  * Dawit Mebratu (born 1984), Ethiopian football midfielder
  * Dawit Wolde (born 1991), Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres
  * Dawit Yifru (born 1952), Ethiopian keyboardist and music arranger
  