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This is a list of notable people from [[Somalia]].
This is a '''list of notable [[Somali people|Somalis]]''' from [[Somalia]], [[Somaliland]], [[Djibouti]], [[Kenya]], [[Ethiopia]] as well as the [[Somali diaspora]].
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==Academics==
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*[[Ali A. Abdi]] – [[sociology of education|sociologist and educationist]], and professor of education and [[international development]] at the [[University of British Columbia]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]; former president of the [[World Council for Comparative Education Societies|Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC)]]; founding/co-founding editor of the [[peer review]]ed online publications, ''Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education'' and ''Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry''
*[[Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi]] – scholar, linguist and writer; published on [[Culture of Somalia|Somali culture]], history, language and [[ethnogenesis]]
*[[Ali Jimale Ahmed]] – poet, essayist, scholar, and [[short story]] writer; published on Somali history and linguistics
*[[Shire Jama Ahmed]] (c. 1935–1989) – linguist who devised a unique [[Somali alphabet|Latin script]] for the [[Somali language]]
*[[Suleiman Ahmed Gulaid]] – prominent professor and the president of [[Amoud University]]
*[[Abdirahman Hussein]] – scholar and teacher at [[University of Tennessee]]
*[[Abdi Kusow]] – professor of [[sociology]] at [[Iowa State University]] in [[Ames, Iowa]]; has written extensively on Somali sociology and anthropology
*[[Mohamed Haji Mukhtar]] – professor of African and Middle Eastern History at [[Savannah State University]]; has written extensively on the [[history of Somalia]] and the Somali language
*[[Ismail Jim'ale Osoble]] – lawyer, once served as Minister of Information in the government of [[Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]]
*[[Abdi Ismail Samatar]] – prominent scholar and professor at the [[University of Minnesota]]
*[[Ahmed Ismail Samatar]] – prominent professor and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Institute for Global Citizenship at [[Macalester College]]; editor of ''Bildhaan: An International Journal of [[Somali Studies]]''
*[[Said Sheikh Samatar]] (1943–2015) – prominent scholar and writer and former professor of history at Rutgers University; main areas of interest are history and [[linguistics]]
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==Activists==
*Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal, former Prime Minister
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*[[Dekha Ibrahim Abdi]] (1964–2011) – peace activist in [[Kenya]]
*[[Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi]] – human rights activist and journalist
*[[Leila Abukar]] – political activist
*[[Fartuun Adan]] – social activist; founder and executive director of the Elman Peace Centre
*[[Elman Ali Ahmed]] – entrepreneur and social activist
*[[Halima Ahmed]] – political activist with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu
*[[Hodan Ahmed]] – political activist and Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute
*[[Ifrah Ahmed]] – social activist; founder of the UYI NGO
*[[Nimco Ahmed]] – Somali-American political activist; State Director for the DFL
* [[Abdulkadir Yahya Ali]] (1957–2005) – peace activist, co-director and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue.
*[[Abdirizak Bihi]] – social activist; Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center
*[[Ilwad Elman]] – social activist at the Elman Peace Centre
*[[Asha Haji Elmi]] (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi) (b. 1962) – peace activist in Somalia
*[[Leyla Hussein]] – psychotherapist and social activist; Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven; co-founder of Daughters of Eve
*[[Ahmed Hussen]] – Somali-Canadian lawyer and social activist; President of the Canadian Somali Congress
*[[Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim]] – Somali social activist
*[[Hanan Ibrahim]] – social activist based in the UK; founder of the Somali Family Support Group (SFSG)
*[[Fatima Jibrell]] (b. 1947) – Somali-American environmental activist; co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization ("[[Horn Relief]]"); co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking; was instrumental in the creation of the Women's Coalition for Peace
*[[Hirsi Magan]] (Xirsi Magan Ciise) (1935–2008) – activist, scholar and one of the leading figures of the [[Somali Revolution (1986–1992)|Somali Revolution]]
*[[Magid Magid]] – Somali-British activist and politician who served as the [[Lord Mayor of Sheffield]]
*[[Adam Matan]] – activist and community organiser who was the first Somali-Brit to be awarded the OBE medal by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge for services to the Somali community in the United Kingdom.
*[[Hawa Aden Mohamed]] – social activist; chairperson of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development
*[[Musse Olol]] – American social activist and Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO)
*[[Hibaaq Osman]] – political strategist; chairperson of the ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, and El-Karama
*[[Hawo Tako]] (d. 1948) – early 20th century female nationalist whose sacrifice became a symbol for pan-Somalism
*[[Mohamud Siad Togane]] (b. 1943) – [[Somali Canadians|Somali Canadian]] poet, professor, and political activist
*[[Hanad Zakaria Warsame]] (1952–2008) – doctor and [[anti-Communist]] activist
*[[Shadya Yasin]] – Somali-Canadian social activist and member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities
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==Artists==
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*[[Aar Maanta]] – singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer
*[[Abdi Sinimo]] (c. 1920s–1967) – artist and inventor of the [[Balwo]] musical style
*[[Abdullahi Qarshe]] (1924–1994) – musician, poet and [[playwright]] known for his innovative styles of music which included a wide variety of musical instruments such as the guitar, piano, and [[oud]]
*[[Alisha Boe]] – actress, known for portraying Jessica in Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why.
*[[Ali Feiruz]] (1931–1994) – musician; one of the first generation of Somali artists; prominent member of Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes
*[[Amin Amir]] – Somali-Canadian cartoonist and painter
*[[Barkhad Abdi]] – actor, best known for his portrayal of [[Abduwali Muse]] in the film, [[Captain Phillips (movie)|yCaptain Phillips]], co-starring [[Tom Hanks]]
*[[Elisa Kadigia Bove]] – Somali-Italian actress and activist
*[[Guduuda 'Arwo]] – singer
*[[Hassan Sheikh Mumin]] (1930/31–2008) – poet, reciter, playwright, broadcaster, actor and composer
*[[Hasan Adan Samatar]] (b. 1953) – artist during the 1970s and 80s
* [[Dada Masiti]], [[Ashraf]] poet, mystic and Islamic scholar.
*[[Mohamed Mooge Liibaan]] (1942–1984) – artist, teacher, instrumentalist, poetry and veteran
*[[Ahmed Mooge Liibaan]] (d. 1997) – artist from the Radio Hargeisa generation
*[[Magool]] (1948–2004) (Halima Khaliif Omar) – considered in Somalia as one of the greatest entertainers of all time
*[[Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec]] the ''King of Vocals''
*[[Mocky]] (Dominic Salole) (b. 1974) – Somali-Canadian pop music performer
*[[Maryam Mursal]] (b. 1950) – musician, composer and vocalist whose work has been produced by the record label [[Real World Records|Real World]]
*[[Poly Styrene|Marian Joan Elliott Said]] (Poly Styrene) (1957–2011) – pioneering Somali-British [[punk rock]] singer with [[X-Ray Spex]]
*[[Jiim Sheikh Muumin]] – singer and instrumentalist
*[[Jonis Bashir]] – Somali-Italian actor and singer
*[[K'naan]] (b. 1978) – Somali-Canadian hip hop artist
*[[Khadija Qalanjo]] – singer and folklore dancer in the 1970s and 1980s
*[[Sulekha Ali]] – Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[Saba Anglana]] – Somali-Italian actress and international singer
*[[Waaberi]] – Somalia's foremost musical group; toured throughout several countries in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]], including [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[China]]
*[[Waayaha Cusub]] – music collective led by Falis Abdi
*[[Xiddigaha Geeska]] – Somali music band based in [[Hargeisa]]
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==Athletes==
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*[[Liban Abdi]] (b. 1988) – international footballer; currently plays for [[Ferencvárosi TC]] in the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I|First Division]], on loan from [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] of [[England]]
*[[Mohammed Ahamed]] (b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian – Canadian Olympian in 2012, Nike-sponsored athlete
*[[Abdi Mohamed Ahmed]] (b. 1962) – professional footballer
*[[Amin Askar]] (b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian professional football player, playing for [[Fredrikstad FK]] in the [[Tippeligaen|Norwegian Premier League]]
*[[Faisal Jeylani Aweys]] – taekwondo practitioner
*[[Zahra Bani]] (b. 1979) – Somali-Italian javelin thrower
*[[Abdi Bile]] (b. 1962) – world champion [[Middle distance running|middle distance runner]] in the [[1500 metres]], and three time Olympian
*[[Ayub Daud]] (b. 1990) – international footballer who plays as a forward/attacking midfielder for [[A.S. Gubbio 1910]], on loan from [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
*[[Rizak Dirshe]] (b. 1972) – [[Sweden|Swedish]] middle distance runner
*[[Mo Farah]] (b. 1983) – [[Somalis in the United Kingdom|Somali-British]] gold medalist in international [[track and field]]; currently holds the British indoor record in the 3000 metre and won the 3000 m at the 2009 [[European Indoor Championships]] in [[Turin]]
* [[Youssouf Hersi]]
* [[Ahmed Said Ahmed]]
*[[Abdisalam Ibrahim]] (b. 1991) – Somali-[[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] footballer who plays for [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]; [[Premier League]]'s first Somali player and also the first [[East Africa]]n
*[[Fabio Liverani]] (b. 1976) – Somali-Italian international [[Association football|footballer]]
*[[Mustafa Mohamed]] (b. 1979) – Somali-[[Sweden|Swedish]] long-distance runner who mainly competes in the [[steeplechase (athletics)|3000 meter steeplechase]]; won [[Gold medal|gold]] in the 2006 [[Nordic Cross Country Championships]] and at the first SPAR [[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]] in [[Leiria]], [[Portugal]] in 2009; beat the 31-year-old Swedish record in 2007
*[[Saadiq Abdikadir Mohamed]] (b. 1996) - Somali footballer having represented Kenya and Somalia internationally
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==Authors==
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*[[Jama Musse Jama]] – ethnomathematician and writer
*[[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] (Ayaan Xirsi Cali or Ayaan Hirsi Magan) (b. 1969) – feminist and political writer
*[[Gaariye]] (Mohamed Hashi Dhamac) (b. 1951) – poet and writer
*[[Yasmine Allas]] – actress and writer
*[[Farah Awl]] (1937–1991) – author; specialized in historical fiction
*[[Cristina Ali Farah]] (b. 1973) – Somali-Italian writer and poet
*[[Elmi Boodhari]] (d. 1940) – pioneer, writer and poet, known as (King of Romance) among Somalis
*[[Nuruddin Farah]] (b. 1945) – considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world
*[[Musa Haji Ismail Galal]] (b. 1917) – writer, scholar, historian and linguist; one of the foremost historical authorities on the Somali astrological, astronomical, meteorological and calendrical systems
*[[Hadrawi]] (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame) (b. 1943) – songwriter, philosopher, and Somali [[Poet Laureate]]; dubbed the "Somali [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]"
*[[Afdhere Jama]] (b. 1980) – Somali-American writer based in San Francisco
*[[Abdukadir Osman]] – writer
*[[Aadan Carab]], poet who narrated the Dhulbahante genocide at the hands of European colonialists in the Darawiish era
*[[Salaan Carrabey]] (d. 1943) – legendary poet
*[[Hussein M. Adam]] – writer, journalist and professor
*[[Ladan Osman]] – poet and teacher
*[[Sofia Samatar]] – Somali-American writer
*[[Igiaba Scego]] – Somali-Italian writer
*[[Warsan Shire]] (b. 1988) – poet
*[[Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade]] (1920–1973) – poet known for his nationalist poems such as "Kana siib Kana Saar"
*[[Abdourahman Waberi]] (b. 1965) – writer and teacher
*[[Nadifa Mohamed]] – Somali-British novelist and [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]]
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==Directors==
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*[[Abdisalam Aato]] – film director and producer; leader in [[Somaliwood]] cinematic movement
*[[Fathia Absie]] – film director, broadcaster and writer
*[[Said Salah Ahmed]] – playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker
*[[Mo Ali]] – Somali-British film director
*[[Ali Said Hassan]] – film director and producer; former Somali Film Agency representative
*[[Idil Ibrahim]] – filmmaker; founder of Zeila Films
*[[Soraya Miré]] – writer, filmmaker and activist
*[[Barni Ahmed Qaasim]] – multimedia artist and filmmaker
*[[Abdulkadir Ahmed Said]] (b. 1953) – film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
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==Entrepreneurs==
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*[[Nasra Agil]] – Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur
*[[Omar A. Ali]] – entrepreneur, [[accountant]], philanthropist, and specialist on [[Islamic economic jurisprudence|Islamic finance]]; formerly CEO of [[DMI Trust]], currently chairman of Integrated Property Investments Ltd and Quadron investments
*[[Abdirashid Duale]] – [[entrepreneur]], [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]], and the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[Multinational corporation|multinational enterprise]] [[Dahabshiil]]
*[[Liban Abdi Egal]] – founder and Chairman of [[First Somali Bank]]
*[[Faisal Hawar]] – engineer and entrepreneur; CEO, President, and co-founder of the International Somalia Development Foundation as well as the Maakhir Resource Company
*[[Amina Moghe Hersi]] (b. 1963) – entrepreneur; has launched several multimillion-dollar projects in [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]], such as the Oasis Centre luxury mall and the Laburnam Courts; runs Kingstone Enterprises Limited, one of the largest distributors of cement and other hardware materials in Kampala
*[[Mataano|Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim]] – twin fashion designers and owners of the [[Mataano]] brand
*[[Aden Mohammed]] – banker and entrepreneur; managing director of [[Barclays Bank]] in East and [[West Africa]]; under his tenure BBK won the Banker Awards 2009
*[[Hodan Nalayeh]] – media executive and entrepreneur; President of the Cultural Integration Agency and the Vice President of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International
*[[Hussein Shire]] – businessman; founder and former CEO of Gateway Bus Company
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==Journalists==
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*[[Mona Kosar Abdi]] – Somali-American multimedia journalist
*[[Hassan Abdillahi]] – journalist and social activist; founder and Chairman of Ogaal Radio
*[[Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar]] – journalist and Islamic scholar
*[[Rageh Omaar]] (b. 1967) – Somali-British author and television news presenter; formerly a [[BBC]] news correspondent; in 2009, he moved to a new post at [[Al Jazeera English]], where he currently presents the nightly weekday documentary series ''Witness''
*[[Mohamed Abshir Waldo]] – political activist and journalist
*[[Ahmed Mohamed Kismayo]] – Somali journalist (died 2017)
*[[Abdirahman Yabarow]] – journalist; Editor-in-Chief of the VOA's Somali service
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==Judges==
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*[[Abdulqawi Yusuf]] (b. 1948) – international lawyer, judge and former president of the [[International Court of Justice]] in the Hague.
*[[Adan Haji Ali]] – judge and current [[Ministry of Justice (Somaliland)|Chief Justice of Somaliland]]
*[[Khadra Hussein Mohammad]] – lawyer and first [[Prosecutor|National Deputy Prosecutor]] in [[Somaliland]]
*[[Yusuf Haji Nur]] – former judge and President of the Supreme Court of the autonomous region of Puntland.

==Military==
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*[[Haji Yusuf Barre]] – commander of the biggest battle in Darawiish history, i.e. Jidbali; was the sole defender of Taleh [[Dhulbahante garesa]]
*[[Sheikh Hassan Barsane]] – religious and nationalist leader who fought for freedom in the Somalia and fought many wars with Italy
*[[Yusuf Agararan]] – led most successful Darawiish raid since Dul Madoba
*[[Ibraahin Xoorane]] – Darawiish commander who killed [[Richard Corfield]]
*[[Axmed Aarey]] – Darawiish artillery commander who abetted [[Richard Corfield]]'s death
*[[Afqarshe Ismail]] – former Darawiish spokesman-poet; first person to die in an airstrike in Africa
*[[Nur Hedik]] – commander of the [[Dooxato]] (Darawiish cavalry); a [[Shiikhyaale]] regiment is named after him
*[[General]] [[Mohamed Abshir Muse]] – First General, the commander of Somalia police 1960 1968
*[[General]] [[Nuh Ismail Tani]] – current chief of staff of [[Somaliland Armed Forces]]
*[[Abdikarim Yusuf Adam]] – army officer and Chief of TFG Army
*[[Muktar Hussein Afrah]] – officer in the army of the [[Transitional Federal Government]]
*[[Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki]] (b. 1944) – Islamist leader in Somalia and military leader in the [[Islamic Courts Union]]
*[[Mohammed Hussein Ali]] (b. 1956) – major general in the [[Kenya Defence Forces|Kenyan Army]] and former commissioner of the [[Kenya Police]]
*[[Botan Ise Alin]] (Bootaan Ciise Caalin) – former faction leader and former member of the Transitional Federal Government
*[[Osman Ali Atto]] (Cismaan Xasan Cali) (b. 1940) – faction leader affiliated with the [[Somali National Alliance]]
*[[Akil Dhahar]] – leader of the [[Sanaag]] region and some portions of the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] region
*[[Matan ibn Uthman Al Somali]] (c. 1500–1531) – 16th century general of the [[Adal Sultanate]]
*[[Hasna Doreh]] – early 20th-century Somali female commander of [[Las Anod#Diiriye Guure|Diiriye Guure]]
*[[Abdillahi Fadal Iman]] (1960–2019) – former commissioner of [[Somaliland Police|Somaliland Police Force]]
*[[Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade]] (Maxamed Ibraahim Xaabsade) – rebel soldier
*[[Hussein Hasan]] – famous warrior and poet
*[[Farah Nur]] – warrior and poet
*[[Guled Haji]] – wise sage and commander
*[[Mohammed Abdullah Hassan]] (1856–1920) – [[Dervish movement (Nugaal)|Dervish movement]] during the [[Scramble for Africa]]
*[[Ibrahim Boghol]] – commander of the [[Dervish movement (Nugaal)|Dervish movement]]
*[[Daud Abdulle Hirsi]] (1960–1965) – Somali general, considered the father of the [[Military of Somalia|Somali Military]]
*[[Ahmed Madobe]] – chairman and military commander of [[Raskamboni movement]]
*[[Salaad Gabeyre Kediye]] (d. 1972) – major general in the Somali military; a revolutionary
*[[Mohamed Adan Saqadhi]] (b. 1967) – current [[Somaliland Police|Commissioner of Somaliland Police Force]]
*[[Mahamoud Mohamed]] – former Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces
*[[Mohamed Afrah Qanyare]] (Maxamed Qanyare Afrax) (b. 1941) – former faction leader
*[[Abdi Qeybdid]] (Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid) (b. 1948) – militia leader affiliated with the Somali National Alliance
*[[Muhammad Ali Samatar]] – former Minister of Defense; first vice president; Grand Commander of the Somali National Army (1969-1987)
*[[Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle]] (d. 2005) – general, commander of the Transitional National Government police force
*[[Osman Omar Wehliye]] – commander of the [[Somali Police Force]] from March 2011
*[[Ahmed Abdi Godane]] – former military leader of [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]]
*[[Kite Fiqi]] – warrior and poet
*General [[Yusuf Tallan]] – former Somali military commander
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==Models==
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*[[Halima Aden]] (b. September 19, 1997) – American fashion model. She is noted for being the first Somali-American to compete and become a semi-finalist in the [[Miss Minnesota USA]] pageant.<ref name=StarTribune>{{Cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/somali-american-teen-to-be-first-fully-covered-muslim-contestant-in-miss-minnesota-usa/403051346/|title=Somali-American teen to be first fully covered Muslim contestant in Miss Minnesota USA|work=Star Tribune|access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref>
*[[Jawahir Ahmed]] (b. 1991) – Somali-American model; as Miss Somalia, won 2013 Miss Africa Utah and was 2nd runner up in the 2013 Miss United Nations USA pageant
*[[Waris Dirie]] (b. 1965) – model, author, actress and [[Human rights defender|human rights activist]]
*[[Ubah Hassan]] – Somali-Canadian model
*[[Iman (model)|Iman]] (Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) (b. 1955) – international fashion icon, [[supermodel]], actress and entrepreneur
*[[Fatima Siad]] (b. 1986) – third-place finisher on ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', Cycle 10; professional model
*[[Mona Tougaard]] – Danish-born model
*[[Yasmin Warsame]] (b. 1976) – Somali-Canadian model; in 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by ''[[Fashion (magazine)|Fashion]]'' magazine
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==Royals==
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*[[Las Anod#Diiriye Guure|Diiriye Guure]] – head of the Dhulbahante during Dervish era<ref name="eveningexpress,walterspearce">{{cite book |last1=Spearce |first1=Walter |title=Somali Campaign |date=August 1903 |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4136185/4136187/47/john%2520powell |quote=The third leader is '''Deeria Goori''', of the Dolbahanta tribe, who was badly wounded at the Battle of Gunrburru ... These men are the '''heads of their respective tribes''', and are all wealthy and powerful. }}</ref>
*[[Ibrahim Adeer]] – Somali Sultan; founder of the [[Sultanate of the Geledi]]
*[[Osman Ahmed]] – last Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate
*[[Ahmad ibn Ali]] (fl. mid-14th century) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate
*[[Arrawelo]] – Somali Queen of 300 B.C.
*[[Gerad Ali Dable]] (d. 1503) – 12th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate
*[[Guled Abdi (Sultan)|Guled Abdi]] – first Grand sultan of the Isaaq
*[[Farah Guled]] – second Grand Sultan of the [[Isaaq]]
*[[Gerad Dhidhin]] (d. 1311) – founder of the Warsangali Sultanate
*[[Olol Diinle]] – last Sultan of the [[Ajuran Sultanate|Neo-Ajuran Sultanate]]
*[[Deria Sugulleh Ainashe]] – second Sultan of the [[Garhajis#Habr Yunis|Habr Yunis]]
*[[Awad Deria]] – fifth Sultan of the [[Garhajis#Habr Yunis|Habr Yunis]]
*[[Mahamud Ibrahim]] – second Sultan of the Sultanate of the Geledi
*[[Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim]] – third Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate and victor of the [[Bardera|Bardera wars]]
*[[Ali Yusuf Kenadid]] – second Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
*[[Yusuf Ali Kenadid]] – Somali ruler, and the founder of the [[Sultanate of Hobyo]] in the 1880s
*[[Osman Mahamuud]] – King of the [[Majeerteen Sultanate]] in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries
*[[Mahfuz]] – Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate
*[[Abdillahi Deria]] – fifth Grand Sultan of the isaaq Garhejis [Eidagale]
*[[Abdulrahman Deria]] – Sultan of the [[Habr Awal]]
*[[Nur ibn Mujahid]] (d. 1567) – 16th-century Somali Emir and [[patron saint]] of [[Harar]]
*[[Faduma Sarjelle]] – Somali princess of the [[Ajuran Sultanate|House of Garen]]
*[[Mohamoud Ali Shire]] (d. 1960) – 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960
*[[Hersi Aman]] – legendary 3rd Sultan of the [[Garhajis#Habr Yunis|Habr Yonis]]
*[[Ahmed Yusuf (Gobroon)|Ahmed Yusuf]] (d. 1878) – fourth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty well versed in Islam and dominant in the Banadir
*[[Nur Ahmed Aman]] (d. 1908) – fourth [[Garhajis#Habr Yunis|Habr Yunis]] Sultan & major Dervish leader
*[[Deria Hassan]] – fourth Sultan of the [[Isaaq]] clan
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==Pilots==
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*[[Asli Hassan Abade]] – first Somali female pilot; prominent member of the [[Somali Air Corps|Somali Air Force]]; paved the way for gender equality within the military ranks
*[[Ali Matan Hashi]] – first Somali pilot and prominent member of [[Supreme Revolutionary Council (Somalia)|SRC]]
*[[Mustafa Mohamed Moalim]] (Mustafa Maxamed Macalin) (1943–2009) – first Somali fighter pilot; chief of the Somali Air Force School; chief of the Somali Air Force Operations
*[[Muse Bihi Abdi]] – Somali air pilot
*[[Khalif Isse Mudan]] – Balidoogle military base pilot

==Politicians==

=== Presidents of Somalia ===
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* [[Abdiqasim Salad]] (Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan) (b. 1941) – former [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]]
* [[Ali Mahdi Muhammad]] (1938–2021) – fourth [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]]
* [[Abdirashid Shermarke]] (1919–1969) – second [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]]
* [[Aden Daar]] (1908–2007) – Somali politician and the [[List of Presidents of Somalia|country's first president]]
* [[Siad Barre]] (1919–1995) – third [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]]
*[[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]] (1934–2012) – former [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]], first [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]], founder of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]], the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government
* [[Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle]] (b. 1940) – former acting [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] and former speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia; former General in the Somali National Army
* [[Sharif Sheikh Ahmed]] (b. 1964) – former [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] and former chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [[Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia]]. He was also Commander in Chief of the [[Islamic Courts Union]].

=== Presidents of Puntland ===
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* [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]] (1934–2012) – former [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]], first [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]], founder of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]], the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government
* [[Yusuf Haji Nur]] (Yuusuf Xaaji Nuur) – former acting [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]]
* [[Jama Ali Jama]] – former [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]]
* [[Mohamed Abdi Hashi]] (d. July 12, 2020) – First [[List of presidents of Puntland|Vice President of Puntland]] (1998-2004) and Second [[List of presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] ~[[Acting president|interim]] (2004-2005)
* [[Mohamud Muse Hersi|Mohamud Muse Hersi Cadde]] (d. August 1, 2020) – Third [[List of presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] (2005-2009)
* [[Abdirahman Farole]] (b. 1945) – Fourth [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] (2009-2014)
* [[Abdiweli Gaas|Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas]] (b. 1963) – Fifth [[List of presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] (2014-2019)
* [[Said Abdullahi Dani|Said Abdullahi Deni]] (b. 1965) – Sixth and current [[List of presidents of Puntland|President of Puntland]] (<math>\thicksim</math>2019)
* [[Hassan Dahir Afqurac]] (d. 2013) – Third Vice President of Puntland (2005 –2009)
* [[Abdisamad Ali Shire]] (d. 2021) – Fourth Vice President of Puntland (2009-2014)
* [[Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar|Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar Amey]] – Fifth Vice President of Puntland (2014-2019)
* [[Ahmed Elmi Osman|Ahmed Elmi Osman Karaash]] – Sixth and current Vice President of Puntland (<math>\thicksim</math>2019)

=== Presidents of Somaliland ===
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* [[Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur]] (1931–2003) – first [[List of Presidents of Somaliland|President of Somaliland]] 1991-1993
* [[Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah]] – third Vice President of Somaliland 1995-1997
* [[Dahir Riyale Kahin]] (b. 1952) – third [[List of Presidents of Somaliland|President of Somaliland]] 2002-2010
* [[Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud]] (b. 1936) – fourth [[List of Presidents of Somaliland|President of Somaliland]] 2010-2017
* [[Muse Bihi Abdi]] (b. 1948) – fifth and current [[List of Presidents of Somaliland|President of Somaliland]] 2017-?

=== Presidents of Djibouti ===
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* [[Hassan Gouled Aptidon]] (1916–2006) – first [[List of heads of state of Djibouti|President of Djibouti]], 1977-1999
* [[Ismaïl Omar Guelleh]] (b. 1947) – second and current [[List of Presidents of Puntland|President of Djibouti]]

=== Acting Presidents ===
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*[[Mohamed Jawari]] – acting [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] and incumbent speaker of the [[Federal Parliament of Somalia]]
*[[Aden Madobe]] – former acting [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]]
*[[Michael Mariano]] (d. 1987) – [[Somali Youth League]] member, Ambassador, and notable advocate for occupied Somalis in Ethiopia

===Prime ministers===
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*[[Cabbaas Xuseen]] – first prime minister of the Darawiish (1895–1900)
*[[Abdirashid Shermarke]] – first [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]] after independence ~1960
*[[Xaashi Suni Fooyaan]] – peace-time prime minister of the Darawiish (1905–1906)
*[[Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed]] – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Abdiweli Gaas]] – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Osman Jama Ali]] (Cismaan Jaamac Cali) (b. 1941) – prime minister under the Transitional National Government
*[[Muse Bihi Abdi]] (b. 1948) – former military officer; chairman of the [[Peace, Unity, and Development Party]] and current [[president of Somaliland]]
*[[Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal]] (Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal) (1993–2002) – President of [[Somaliland]] and former [[Prime Minister of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Hassan Abshir Farah]] (Xasan Abshir Faarax) (b. 1945) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]], former mayor of [[Mogadishu]], and MP
*[[Ali Khalif Galaydh]] (Cali Khalif Galaydh) (1941–2020) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]] under the Transitional National Government
*[[Umar Arteh Ghalib]] (Cumar Carte Qaalib) (1922–2020) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Ali Ghedi]] (Cali Maxamed Geedi) (b. 1951) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister]] of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
*[[Abdiwahid Gonjeh]] – former acting [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Abdi Farah Shirdon]] – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Abdirizak Haji Hussein]] (Cabdirasaaq Xaaji Xuseen) (1924–2014) – [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister of Somalia]] early in the 1960s
*[[Nur Hassan Hussein]] (Nuur Xasan Xuseen "Nuur Cade") (1938–2020) – former prime minister of the TFG
*[[Abdullahi Issa]] (Cabdullahi Ciise Maxamuud) (1922–1988) – first [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Muhammad Abdi Yusuf]] – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Hassan Ali Khaire]] (b. 1968) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed]] ("Farmajo") (b. 1962) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]] and current president
*[[Omar Sharmarke]] (b. 1960) – former [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
*[[Mohamed Hussein Roble]] – former prime minister of Somalia
*[[Hamza Abdi Barre]] – current [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|prime minister of Somalia]]
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===Other politicians===
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*[[Asha Ahmed Abdalla]] – Somali parliamentarian and activist
*[[Yusuf Hassan Abdi]] (b. 1958) – senior Somali diplomat; Member of Kenya Parliament
*[[Zahra Abdulla]] (b. 1966) – Somali politician in [[Finland]]; a member of the [[Politics of Helsinki#City Council|Helsinki City Council]], representing the [[Green League]]
*[[Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi]] – former speaker of [[House of Representatives of Somaliland]] and founder of [[Waddani|Waddani Party]]
*[[Fowziya Yusuf Haji Adan]] – former foreign minister of Somalia
*[[Abdullahi Ahmed Addow]] (Cabdilaahi Axmed Caddoow) (b. 1936) – senior Somali politician and diplomat
*[[Ali Mohamed Ahmed]] – Head of Somali Business union and former Somali Customs Manager; former adviser of Somali president [[Sharif Sheikh Ahmed]]
*[[Mohamed Kahin Ahmed]] – current [[Ministry of Interior (Somaliland)|Minister of Interior of Somaliland]]
*[[Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid]] – current [[Hargeisa|Mayor of Hargesia]]
*[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid]] (Maxamed Faarax Caydiid) (1934–1996) – chairman of the [[United Somali Congress]] and later the Somali National Alliance
*[[Fatuma Ibrahim Ali]] – Somali legislator; MP in National Assembly of Kenya
*[[Abdihakim Amey]] – Vice President of Puntland
*[[Abukar Arman]] – Somali writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the United States
*[[Hassan Dahir Aweys]] (Xasan Daahir Aweys) (b. 1935) – head of the 90-member [[Shura]] council of the Islamic Courts Union
*[[Abdirahman Jama Barre]] – former foreign minister of Somalia and close relative of Siad Barre; longest-serving Somali diplomat
*[[Haji Bashir]] – first president of the Somali National Assembly; former Minister of Health and Labour of Somalia
*[[Fatimo Isaak Bihi]] – ambassador to [[Geneva]] and former director of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*[[Ali Dhere]] – cleric; head of the first Islamic Courts Union in Mogadishu in 1996; spokesman for [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]]
*[[Hussein Ali Duale]] (Xuseen Cali Ducaale) – former [[Ministry of Finance (Somaliland)|Finance Minister of Somaliland]], and former ambassador of Somalia to Kenya and Uganda
*[[Hussein Abdi Dualeh]] – former [[Ministry of Energy & Minerals (Somaliland)|Minister of Energy & Minerals]] of Somaliland
*[[Adan Ahmed Elmi]] – former [[Ministry of Agriculture (Somaliland)|Minister of Agriculture of Somaliland]]
*[[Bashe Mohamed Farah]] – speaker of the [[House of Representatives of Somaliland]]
*[[Adde Gabow]] (Mohamed Ali Hassan or Maxamed Cali Xasan) – former governor of the [[Banaadir]] region and mayor of Mogadishu
*[[Suleiman Haglotosiye]] – former [[Ministry of Health (Somaliland)|Minister of Health of Somaliland]]
*[[Anisa Hajimumin]] – Somali-American politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland
*[[Bur'i Mohamed Hamza]] – State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
*[[Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi]] – politician; MP and former Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland
*[[Abdishakur Iddin|Abdishakur Mohamoud Hassan]] – current [[Mayor of Berbera]]
*[[Ahmed M. Hassan]] – Somali American member-elect of the Clarkston City Council
*[[Hassan Abdallah Hassan]] – current mayor of [[Bosaso]]
*[[Mohamed Moallim Hassan]] – politician who served as minister of fishery and marine resources of Somalia, 2010-2011
*[[Sadak Omar Hassan]] – politician and Brigadier General<ref>{{Cite news |title=Waa kuma Saadaq Joon? |url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-56716810 |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=BBC News Somali |language=so}}</ref>
*[[Mark Hendrick]] (b. 1958) – Somali-British politician and [[Labour Co-operative]] Member of Parliament
*[[Mohamud Siraji]] – Member of Somali Parliament
*[[Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig]] (Cabdirashiid Maxamed Xidig) – Member of Parliament in the Transitional Federal Parliament
*[[Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein]] (Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen) (b. 1912) – speaker of parliament and interim president
*[[Zakia Hussein]] – politician; Secretary General of the Hanoolaato Party
*[[Halima Ismail Ibrahim]] – Chair of Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission
*[[Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim]] (b. 1946/47) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
*[[Jaylaani Nur Ikar]] – first deputy speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia
*[[Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade]] (Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad "Indhacadde") – member of the Islamic Courts Union
*[[Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail]] (Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil) – deputy prime minister and foreign minister in the TFG
*[[Edna Adan Ismail]] (Edna Aadan Ismaaciil) (b. 1937) – former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)|Foreign Minister of Somaliland]]
*[[Ismail Ali Ismail]] – writer and former diplomat
*[[Bashir Isse]] – Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
*[[Ali Ibrahim Jama]] – current governor of the [[Bank of Somaliland|Central Bank of Somaliland]]
*[[Ahmed Sheikh Jama]] – academician, writer, poet and politician; former Minister of Information of Puntland
*[[Farah Ali Jama]] – politician; former minister of finance of Puntland
*[[Abdirizak Jurile]] – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989-1991); Minister of Planning and International cooperation (2005-2008); Minister of telecommunications (2009-2011); Member of the Upper House of the Federal Government of Somalia; Senator (2016)
*[[Maryam Kassim]] – Minister of Social Development of Somalia
*[[Mohamed Kiimiko]] – politician and diplomat
*[[Farah Maalim]] – current deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament
*[[Mahboub Maalim]] – diplomat; Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
*[[Hassan Ali Mire]] – politician; first Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic
*[[Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed]] – Somali-American educator and politician; former Minister of Education, Higher Education and Culture of Somalia
*[[Ali Omar Mohamed]] – former manager of [[Berbera Port]]
*[[Amina Mohamed]] – former chairman of the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organisation's General Council, and current Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya
*[[Hussein Maalim Mohamed]] – former Kenyan Minister of State in the office of the president
*[[Hassan Haji Mohamoud]] – former [[Ministry of Education (Somaliland)|Minister of Education of Somaliland]]
*[[Yasin Haji Mohamoud]] – current [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)|Foreign Minister of Somaliland]]
*[[Mohamed Hassan Maidane]] – current [[mayor of Borama]]
*[[Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan]] (Maxamed Siciid Xirsi Moorgan) – son-in-law of Siad Barre and Minister of Defense of Somalia
*[[Gobsan Muhumed]] – member of the [[Federal Parliament of Somalia]] and the [[Pan-African Parliament]]
*[[Ismail Qasim Naji]] (Ismaaciil Qaasim Naaji) – chief of staff of the Transitional Federal Government
*[[Ahmed Abdi Ogle]] (1937–2006) – first Somali to serve in the Kenyan Parliament in the 60s; three times elected and served as Assistant Minister and later Deputy Mayor of Nairobi
*[[Daud Mohamed Omar]] – Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia
*[[Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar]] – former [[Foreign relations of Somalia|Foreign Minister of Somalia]]
*[[Mohammad Abdullahi Omar]] – politician; former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)|Foreign Minister of Somaliland]]
*[[Daud Mohamed Omar]] – Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia
*[[Ilhan Omar]] – [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Minnesota's 5th congressional district]]
*[[Mohamed Amin Osman]] – member of the Transitional Federal Parliament
*[[Sheikhnor Abikar Qassim]] – founder of one of the Southern Somali Union
*[[Saynab Qayad]] – member of the [[Transitional federal parliament of Somalia]]
*[[Ali Said Raygal]] – former [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Somaliland)|Minister of Youth and Sports of Somaliland]]
*[[Yusuf Warsame Saeed]] – former [[Hargeisa|Mayor of Hargeisa]]
*[[Abdirahman Saylici]] – current [[Vice President of Somaliland|vice president of Somaliland]]
*[[Mohamed Aden Sheikh]] (c. 1925–2010) – intellectual, former head of Somali Technological Development, former Minister of Education, and former Minister of Health
*[[Dr. Saad Ali Shire]] – current [[Ministry of Finance (Somaliland)|Finance Minister of Somaliland]]
*[[Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji]] (1985-2017) – Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction
*[[Faysal Ali Warabe]] – engineer and politician; founder and Chairman of [[For Justice and Development|(UCID]] political party
*[[Abdi Warsame]] – Somali American member-elect of the Minneapolis City Council
*[[Saado Ali Warsame]] – singer-songwriter and politician; former MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia
*[[Adan Keynan Wehliye]] – Kenyan politician and long time member of parliament from Wajir
*[[Ahmed Yusuf Yasin]] (b. 1957) – former [[Vice President of Somaliland|vice president of Somaliland]]
*[[Mohamed Yonis|Mohamed Bihi Yonis]] (b. 1947) – Deputy Joint United Nations African Union Special Representative for Darfur and former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)|Foreign Minister of Somaliland]]
*[[Maryan Abdullahi Yusuf]] – banker; deputy governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
*[[Ahmed Abdallah Wayel]] – former Minister of Education (2012)
*[[Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi]] (b. 1968) – Somali politician, Sufi, author, educator and poet; the governor of [[Gedo]] region, 2006–2009
*[[Hamse Mohamed Abdi]] - Somaliland politician; Governor of Togdheer 2018-present
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==Scientists==
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*[[Abdusalam Abubakar]] (b. 1989/90) – one of the youngest winners of the BT [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition|Young Scientist of the Year Award]]; later went on to win the [[European Union Contest for Young Scientists]] for his project, ''An Extension of Wiener's Attack on [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]]''
*[[Hassan al-Jabarti]] (d. 1774) – [[mathematician]], [[Theology|theologian]], [[astronomer]] and [[Philosophy|philosopher]], considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century
*[[Ali Said Faqi]] – scientist and the leading researcher on the design and interpretation of [[toxicology]] studies at the MPI research center in [[Mattawan, Michigan]]
*[[Jama Musse Jama]] (b. 1967) – [[ethnomathematics|ethnomathematician]] and author; known for his research on traditional Somali board games such as [[Shax (board game)|Shax]] and the history of mathematics in the [[Horn of Africa]] and the founder of [[Hargeisa Cultural Center]]
*[[Ahmed Mumin Warfa]] – scientist, specialised in [[botany]] and jointly discovered the [[Cyclamen]] somalense, the first [[genus]] from [[tropical Africa]] with his colleague Mats Thulin; the "world's pre-eminent authority on [[frankincense]]"; professor at [[Salt Lake Community College]]
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==Muslim Theologians==
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*[[Ishaaq bin Ahmed]] – 12th century cleric and forefather of the large [[Isaaq]] clan-family
*[[Abd al Aziz al-Amawi]] (1832–1896) – 19th-century [[diplomat]], [[historian]], poet, jurist and scholar living in the [[List of Sultans of Zanzibar|Sultanate of Zanzibar]]
*[[Abdulkadir Nur Farah|Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah]] – Somali Cleric assassinated by Al-Shabab 2013
*[[Uways al-Barawi]] (1847–1909) – scholar credited with reviving [[Islam]] in 19th-century East Africa and with followers in [[Yemen]] and [[Indonesia]]
*[[Sheikh Madar]] (1825–1918) – Qadiriyya leader who was influential in the expansion of [[Hargeisa]]
*[[Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti]] (1753–1825) – scholar living in [[Cairo]]; recorded the [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Napoleonic invasion of Egypt]]
*[[Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti]] (fl. 10th-11th centuries) – early Muslim leader and forefather of the [[Darod]] clan
*[[Ali al-Jabarti]] (d. 1492) – 15th-century scholar and politician in the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Empire]]
*[[Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn]] – 13th-century scholar and saint; associated with the development of [[Wadaad's writing]]
*[[Abdallah al-Qutbi]] (1879–1952) – [[polemic]]ist theologian and philosopher; best known for his Al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka ("The Blessed Collection"), a five-part compilation of polemics
*[[Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i]] (1820–1882) – scholar; played a crucial role in the spread of the [[Qadiriyya]] movement in Somalia and East Africa
*[[Abadir Umar Ar-Rida]] – 13th-century cleric and saint of [[Harar]]; forefather of the [[Sheekhaal]] Somali clan
*[[Sa'id of Mogadishu]] – 14th-century scholar and traveler; his reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the [[Emir]]s of [[Mecca]] and Medina; travelled across the [[Muslim world]] and visited [[Bengal]] and China
*[[Shaykh Sufi]] – born Abdul-Rahman bin Abdallah al Shashi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله شاشي) (1829–1904), 19th-century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist
*[[Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i]] (d. 1342) – 14th-century theologian and [[Ulama|jurist]] who wrote the single most authoritative text on the [[Hanafi]] [[Madh'hab|school of Islam]], four volumes known as the ''Tabayin al-Haqa'iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa'iq''
*[[Hussain Bisad]] – tallest Somali man alive; has the largest hand span in the world
*[[Haji Ali Majeerteen]] – popularly known as al-Majeerteen; was a Somali Sheikh and poet
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==See also==
{{Portal|Somalia}}
*[[Somali people]]
*[[Music of Somalia]]
*[[Music of Djibouti]]
*[[Culture of Somalia|Somali Culture]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ethnic Somali people|*]]
[[Category:Lists of Somalian people|*]]
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 10 December 2024

This is a list of notable Somalis from Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia as well as the Somali diaspora.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academics

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Activists

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  • Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – peace activist in Kenya
  • Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi – human rights activist and journalist
  • Leila Abukar – political activist
  • Fartuun Adan – social activist; founder and executive director of the Elman Peace Centre
  • Elman Ali Ahmed – entrepreneur and social activist
  • Halima Ahmed – political activist with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu
  • Hodan Ahmed – political activist and Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute
  • Ifrah Ahmed – social activist; founder of the UYI NGO
  • Nimco Ahmed – Somali-American political activist; State Director for the DFL
  • Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (1957–2005) – peace activist, co-director and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue.
  • Abdirizak Bihi – social activist; Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center
  • Ilwad Elman – social activist at the Elman Peace Centre
  • Asha Haji Elmi (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi) (b. 1962) – peace activist in Somalia
  • Leyla Hussein – psychotherapist and social activist; Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven; co-founder of Daughters of Eve
  • Ahmed Hussen – Somali-Canadian lawyer and social activist; President of the Canadian Somali Congress
  • Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim – Somali social activist
  • Hanan Ibrahim – social activist based in the UK; founder of the Somali Family Support Group (SFSG)
  • Fatima Jibrell (b. 1947) – Somali-American environmental activist; co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization ("Horn Relief"); co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking; was instrumental in the creation of the Women's Coalition for Peace
  • Hirsi Magan (Xirsi Magan Ciise) (1935–2008) – activist, scholar and one of the leading figures of the Somali Revolution
  • Magid Magid – Somali-British activist and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sheffield
  • Adam Matan – activist and community organiser who was the first Somali-Brit to be awarded the OBE medal by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge for services to the Somali community in the United Kingdom.
  • Hawa Aden Mohamed – social activist; chairperson of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development
  • Musse Olol – American social activist and Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO)
  • Hibaaq Osman – political strategist; chairperson of the ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, and El-Karama
  • Hawo Tako (d. 1948) – early 20th century female nationalist whose sacrifice became a symbol for pan-Somalism
  • Mohamud Siad Togane (b. 1943) – Somali Canadian poet, professor, and political activist
  • Hanad Zakaria Warsame (1952–2008) – doctor and anti-Communist activist
  • Shadya Yasin – Somali-Canadian social activist and member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities

Artists

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Directors

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Entrepreneurs

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Journalists

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Military

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Models

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Royals

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Pilots

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Politicians

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Presidents of Somalia

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Presidents of Puntland

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Presidents of Somaliland

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Presidents of Djibouti

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Acting Presidents

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Prime ministers

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Other politicians

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Scientists

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Muslim Theologians

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Somali-American teen to be first fully covered Muslim contestant in Miss Minnesota USA". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  2. ^ Spearce, Walter (August 1903). Somali Campaign. The third leader is Deeria Goori, of the Dolbahanta tribe, who was badly wounded at the Battle of Gunrburru ... These men are the heads of their respective tribes, and are all wealthy and powerful.
  3. ^ "Waa kuma Saadaq Joon?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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