Asmara as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Ethiopian microbiologist, malaria researcher, and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Eritrean bicycle racer, Eritrean cyclist): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Biniam Girmay, Merhawi Kudus and some more.
Celebrities from Asmara