# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/onesimos-nesib
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:15:56.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/onesimos-nesib"
name: "Onesimos Nesib"
slug: "onesimos-nesib"
description: "Onesimos Nesib was a native Oromo scholar who converted to Lutheran Christianity and translated the Christian Bible into Oromo. His parents named him Hika as a baby, meaning \"Translator\"; he took the name \"Onesimus\", after the Biblical character, upon converting to Christianity."
tagline: "Ethiopian evangelist, Bible translator, author, and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Onesimus_Nesib.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1856"
deathDate: "1931-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.76
  momentum:             23.73278236914601
  historical:           7.491146666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Onesimo Nesib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A6%E1%8A%90%E1%88%B2%E1%88%9E%E1%88%B5_%E1%8A%90%E1%88%B2%E1%89%A5"
    title: "ኦነሲሞስ ነሲብ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimos_Nesib"
    title: "Onesimos Nesib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimos_Nesib"
    title: "Onesimos Nesib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimos_Nesib"
    title: "Onesimos Nesib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Օնեսիմոս Նեսիբ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesmoos_Nasib"
    title: "Onesmoos Nasib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1"
    title: "Онесимос Несиб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesimos_Nesib"
    title: "Onesimos Nesib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump