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Ali A. Abdi – 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 Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC); founding/co-founding editor of the peer reviewed online publications, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education and Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Academics)
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Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi – scholar, linguist and writer; published on Somali culture, history, language and ethnogenesis (Academics)
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Ali Jimale Ahmed – poet, essayist, scholar, and short story writer; published on Somali history and linguistics (Academics)
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Shire Jama Ahmed (b. c. 1935) – linguist who devised a unique Latin script for the Somali language (Academics)
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Abdi Mohamed Kusow – professor of sociology at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa; has written extensively on Somali sociology and anthropology (Academics)
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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 (Academics)
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Ismail Jim'ale Osoble – lawyer, once served as Minister of Information in the government of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (Academics)
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Abdi Ismail Samatar – prominent scholar and professor at the University of Minnesota (Academics)
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Ahmed Ismail Samatar – prominent professor and Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College; editor of Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies (Academics)
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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 (Academics)
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Abdirahman Hussein scholar and teacher at University of Tennessee (Academics)
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Magid Magid – Somali-British activist and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sheffield (Activists)
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Abdulkadir Yahya Ali,(1957–2005) peace activist, co-director and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue. (Activists)
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Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – peace activist in Kenya (Activists)
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Leila Abukar – political activist (Activists)
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Fartuun Adan – social activist; founder and Executive Director of the Elman Peace Centre (Activists)
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Elman Ali Ahmed – entrepreneur and social activist (Activists)
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Halima Ahmed – political activist with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu (Activists)
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Hodan Ahmed – political activist and Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute (Activists)
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Ifrah Ahmed – social activist; founder of the UYI NGO (Activists)
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Nimco Ahmed – Somali-American political activist; State Director for the DFL (Activists)
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Abdirizak Bihi – social activist; Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center (Activists)
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Ilwad Elman – social activist at the Elman Peace Centre (Activists)
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Asha Haji Elmi (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi) (b. 1962) – peace activist in Somalia (Activists)
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Leyla Hussein – psychotherapist and social activist; Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven; co-founder of Daughters of Eve (Activists)
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Ahmed Hussen – Somali-Canadian lawyer and social activist; President of the Canadian Somali Congress (Activists)
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Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim – Somali social activist (Activists)
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Hanan Ibrahim – social activist based in the UK; founder of the Somali Family Support Group (SFSG) (Activists)
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Hirsi Magan Isse (Xirsi Magan Ciise) (1935–2008) – activist, scholar and one of the leading figures of the Somali Revolution (Activists)
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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 (Activists)
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Hawa Aden Mohamed – social activist; chairperson of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development (Activists)
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Musse Olol – American social activist and Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO) (Activists)
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Hibaaq Osman – political strategist; chairperson of the ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, and El-Karama (Activists)
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Hawo Tako (d. 1948) – early 20th century female nationalist whose sacrifice became a symbol for pan-Somalism (Activists)
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Mohamud Siad Togane (b. 1943) – Somali Canadian poet, professor, and political activist (Activists)
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Shadya Yasin – Somali-Canadian social activist and member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities (Activists)
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Alexander Yusuf – Somali-British architect; founder and Director of Villa and Mansion Architects (Architects)
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Aar Maanta – singer, composer, songwriter and music producer (Artists)
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Abdi Sinimo (b. 1920s) – artist and inventor of the Balwo musical style (Artists)
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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 (Artists)
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Alisha Boe – actress, known for portraying Jessica in Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why. (Artists)
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Ali Feiruz (1931–1994) – musician; one of the first generation of Somali artists; prominent member of Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes (Artists)
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Amin Amir – Somali-Canadian cartoonist and painter (Artists)
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Barkhad Abdi – actor, best known for his portrayal of Abduwali Muse in the film, yCaptain Phillips, co-starring Tom Hanks. (Artists)
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Elisa Kadigia Bove – Somali-Italian actress and activist (Artists)
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Guduuda 'Arwo – singer (Artists)
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Hassan Sheikh Mumin (1930/31–2008) – poet, reciter, playwright, broadcaster, actor and composer (Artists)
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Hasan Adan Samatar (b. 1953) – artist during the 1970s and 80s (Artists)
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Mohamed Mooge Liibaan (d. 1984) – artist from the Radio Hargeisa generation (Artists)
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Magool (1948–2004) (Halima Khaliif Omar) – considered in Somalia as one of the greatest entertainers of all time (Artists)
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Mocky (Dominic Salole) (b. 1974) – Somali-Canadian pop music performer (Artists)
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Maryam Mursal (b. 1950) – musician, composer and vocalist whose work has been produced by the record label Real World (Artists)
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Marian Joan Elliott Said (Poly Styrene) (1957–2011) – pioneering Somali-British punk rock singer with X-Ray Spex (Artists)
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Jiim Sheikh Muumin – singer and instrumentalist (Artists)
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Jonis Bashir – Somali-Italian actor and singer (Artists)
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K'naan (b. 1978) – Somali-Canadian hip hop artist (Artists)
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Khadija Qalanjo – singer and folklore dancer in the 1970s and 1980s (Artists)
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Sulekha Ali – Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter (Artists)
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Saba Anglana – Somali-Italian actress and international singer (Artists)
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Waaberi – Somalia's foremost musical group; toured throughout several countries in Africa and Asia, including Egypt, Sudan and China (Artists)
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Waayaha Cusub – music collective led by Falis Abdi (Artists)
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Xiddigaha Geeska – Somali music band based in Hargeisa (Artists)
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Liban Abdi (b. 1988) – international footballer; currently plays for Ferencvárosi TC in the Hungarian First Division, on loan from Sheffield United of England (Athletes)
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Mohamed Deq Abdulle – taekwondo practitioner (Athletes)
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Mohammed Ahamed (b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian – Canadian Olympian in 2012, Nike-sponsored athlete (Athletes)
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Amin Askar (b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian professional football player, playing for Fredrikstad FK in the Norwegian Premier League (Athletes)
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Faisal Jeylani Aweys – taekwondo practitioner (Athletes)
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Zahra Bani (b. 1979) – Somali-Italian javelin thrower (Athletes)
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Abdi Bile (b. 1962) – world champion middle distance runner in the 1500 metres, and three time Olympian (Athletes)
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Ayub Daud (b. 1990) – international footballer who plays as a forward/attacking midfielder for A.S. Gubbio 1910, on loan from Juventus (Athletes)
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Rizak Dirshe (b. 1972) – Swedish middle distance runner (Athletes)
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Mo Farah (b. 1983) – 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 (Athletes)
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Abdisalam Ibrahim (b. 1991) – Somali-Norwegian footballer who plays for Manchester City; Premier League's first Somali player and also the first East African (Athletes)
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Mohamed Jama – kickboxer (Athletes)
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Fabio Liverani (b. 1976) – Somali-Italian international footballer (Athletes)
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Abdi Mohamed Ahmed (b. 1962) – professional footballer (Athletes)
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Mustafa Mohamed (b. 1979) – Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase; won gold in the 2006 Nordic Cross Country Championships and at the first SPAR European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal in 2009; beat the 31-year-old Swedish record in 2007 (Athletes)
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Jama Musse Jama – ethnomathematician and writer (Authors)
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Ayaan Xirsi Cali or Ayaan Hirsi Magan) (b. 1969) – feminist and political writer (Authors)
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Gaariye (Mohamed Hashi Dhamac) (b. 1951) – poet and writer (Authors)
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Yasmine Allas – actress and writer (Authors)
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Farah Awl (1937–1991) – author; specialized in historical fiction (Authors)
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Cristina Ali Farah (b. 1973) – Somali-Italian writer and poet (Authors)
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Elmi Boodhari (d. 1940) – pioneer, writer and poet, known as (King of Romance) among somalis (Authors)
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Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) – considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world (Authors)
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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 (Authors)
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Hadrawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame) (b. 1943) – songwriter, philosopher, and Somali Poet Laureate; dubbed the "Somali Shakespeare" (Authors)
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Afdhere Jama (b. 1980) – Somali-American writer based in San Francisco (Authors)
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Abdukadir Osman – writer (Authors)
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Hussein M. Adam – writer, journalist and professor (Authors)
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Ladan Osman – poet and teacher (Authors)
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Sofia Samatar – Somali-American writer (Authors)
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Igiaba Scego – Somali-Italian writer (Authors)
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Warsan Shire (b. 1988) – poet (Authors)
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Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade (1920–1973) – poet known for his nationalist poems such as "Kana siib Kana Saar" (Authors)
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Abdourahman Waberi (b. 1965) – writer and teacher (Authors)
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Nadifa Mohamed – Somali-British novelist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (Authors)
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Abdisalam Aato – film director and producer; leader in Somaliwood cinematic movement (Directors)
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Fathia Absie – film director, broadcaster and writer (Directors)
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Said Salah Ahmed – playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker (Directors)
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Mo Ali – Somali-British film director (Directors)
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Ali Said Hassan – film director and producer; former Somali Film Agency representative (Directors)
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Idil Ibrahim – filmmaker; founder of Zeila Films (Directors)
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Barni Ahmed Qaasim – multimedia artist and filmmaker (Directors)
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Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (b. 1953) – film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor (Directors)
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Nasra Agil – Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur (Entrepreneurs)
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Omar A. Ali – entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance; formerly CEO of Dar al-Maal al-Islami (DMI Trust), which under his management increased its assets from US$1.6 billion to US$4.0 billion; currently chairman and founder of the multinational real estate corporation Integrated Property Investments Limited and its sister company, Quadron investments (Entrepreneurs)
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Abdirashid Duale – entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the CEO of the multinational enterprise Dahabshiil (Entrepreneurs)
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Liban Abdi Egal – founder and Chairman of First Somali Bank (Entrepreneurs)
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Nuria Sheikh Farah – entrepreneur; owner of Risala Enterprises Ltd. and Chairperson of Gargaar (Entrepreneurs)
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Faisal Hawar – engineer and entrepreneur; CEO, President, and co-founder of the International Somalia Development Foundation as well as the Maakhir Resource Company (Entrepreneurs)
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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 (Entrepreneurs)
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Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim – twin fashion designers and owners of the Mataano brand (Entrepreneurs)
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Aden Mohammed – banker and entrepreneur; managing director of Barclays Bank in East and West Africa; under his tenure BBK won the Banker Awards 2009 (Entrepreneurs)
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Hussein Mohamed – entrepreneur; Vice Chairman of the Eastleigh Business Association (Entrepreneurs)
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Hodan Nalayeh – media executive and entrepreneur; President of the Cultural Integration Agency and the Vice President of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International (Entrepreneurs)
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Hussein Shire – businessman; founder and former CEO of Gateway Bus Company (Entrepreneurs)
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Mona Kosar Abdi – Somali-American multimedia journalist (Journalists)
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Hassan Abdillahi – journalist and social activist; founder and Chairman of Ogaal Radio (Journalists)
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Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar – journalist and Islamic scholar (Journalists)
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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 (Journalists)
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Mohamed Abshir Waldo – political activist and journalist (Journalists)
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Abdirahman Yabarow – journalist; Editor-in-Chief of the VOA's Somali service (Journalists)
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Abdulqawi Yusuf (b. 1948) – international lawyer, judge and current President of the International Court of Justice in the Hague. (Judges)
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Adan Haji Ali – judge and current Chief Justice of Somaliland (Judges)
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Khadra Hussein Mohammad – lawyer and first National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland (Judges)
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Yusuf Haji Nur – former judge and President of the Supreme Court of the autonomous region of Puntland. (Judges)
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General Mohamed Abshir Muse – First General, the commender of Somalia police 1960 1968. (Military)
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General Nuh Ismail Tani – current Chief of Staff of Somaliland Armed Forces (Military)
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Abdikarim Yusuf Adam – army officer and Chief of TFG Army (Military)
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Muktar Hussein Afrah – officer in the army of the Transitional Federal Government (Military)
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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (c. 1507–1543) – 16th-century Imam and military commander; led the Conquest of Abyssinia (Military)
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Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki (b. 1944) – Islamist leader in Somalia and military leader in the Islamic Courts Union (Military)
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Mohammed Hussein Ali (b. 1956) – major general in the Kenyan Army and former Commissioner of the Kenya Police (Military)
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Botan Ise Alin (Bootaan Ciise Caalin) – former faction leader and former member of the Transitional Federal Government (Military)
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Osman Ali Atto (Cismaan Xasan Cali) (b. 1940) – faction leader affiliated with the Somali National Alliance (Military)
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Akil Dhahar – leader of the Sanaag region and some portions of the Bari region (Military)
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Hasna Doreh – early 20th-century Somali female commander of the Dervish movement that frequently joined battles against the imperial powers during the Scramble for Africa (Military)
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Abdillahi Fadal Iman (1960–2019) – former Commissioner of Somaliland Police Force (Military)
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Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade (Maxamed Ibraahim Xaabsade) – rebel soldier (Military)
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Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856–1920) – Somali nationalist and religious leader; established the Dervish movement during the Scramble for Africa (Military)
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Daud Abdulle Hirsi (1960–1965) – Somali general, considered the father of the Somali Military (Military)
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Ahmed Madobe – chairman and military commander of Raskamboni movement (Military)
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Salaad Gabeyre Kediye (d. 1972) – major general in the Somali military; a revolutionary (Military)
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Mohamed Adan Saqadhi (b. 1967) – current Commissioner of Somaliland Police Force (Military)
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Mahamoud Mohamed – former Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces (Military)
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Mohamed Afrah Qanyare (Maxamed Qanyare Afrax) (b. 1941) – former faction leader (Military)
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Abdi Qeybdid (Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid) (b. 1948) – militia leader affiliated with the Somali National Alliance (Military)
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Muhammad Ali Samatar – former Minister of Defense; first Vice President; Grand Commander of the Somali National Army (1969-1987) (Military)
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Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle (d. 2005) – general, commander of the Transitional National Government police force (Military)
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Osman Omar Wehliye – commander of the Somali Police Force from March 2011 (Military)
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Ahmed Abdi Godane – former military leader of Al-Shabaab (Military)
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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 (Models)
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Waris Dirie (b. 1965) – model, author, actress and human rights activist (Models)
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Ayan Elmi – Somali-Canadian model (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. (Models)
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Ubah Hassan – Somali-Canadian model (Models)
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Iman (Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) (b. 1955) – international fashion icon, supermodel, actress and entrepreneur (Models)
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Fatima Siad (b. 1986) – third-place finisher on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10; professional model (Models)
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Yasmin Warsame (b. 1976) – Somali-Canadian model; in 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by Fashion magazine (Models)
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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) – Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate who invaded Abyssinia and defeated several Abyssinian emperors. (Royals)
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Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din (fl. after 1344) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Haqq ad-Din I (fl. 1328) – Somali Emir of the Sultanate of Ifat (Royals)
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Jamal ad-Din I (fl. mid-14th century) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Sabr ad-Din I (fl. 1332) – Somali Emir of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Haqq ad-Din II (ruled late 14th century) – Somali Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Sa'ad ad-Din II (ruled c. 1400) – Somali Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Ibrahim Adeer – Somali Sultan; founder of the Sultanate of the Geledi (Royals)
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Osman Ahmed – last Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate (Royals)
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Ahmad ibn Ali (fl. mid-14th century) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate (Royals)
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Arawelo – Somali Queen of 300 B.C. (Royals)
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Gerad Ali Dable (d. 1503) – 12th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate (Royals)
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Gerad Dhidhin (d. 1311) – founder of the Warsangali Sultanate (Royals)
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Olol Diinle – last Sultan of the Neo-Ajuran Sultanate (Royals)
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Mahamud Ibrahim – second Sultan of the Sultanate of the Geledi (Royals)
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Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim – third Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate and victor of the Bardera wars (Royals)
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Ali Yusuf Kenadid – second Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo (Royals)
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Yusuf Ali Kenadid – Somali ruler, and the founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo in the 1880s (Royals)
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Osman Mahamuud – King of the Majeerteen Sultanate in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries (Royals)
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Mahfuz – Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate (Royals)
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Nur ibn Mujahid (d. 1567) – 16th-century Somali Emir and patron saint of Harar (Royals)
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Faduma Sarjelle – Somali princess of the House of Garen (Royals)
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Mohamoud Ali Shire (d. 1960) – 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960 (Royals)
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Ahmed Yusuf (d. 1878) – fourth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty; forced the Omani empire to pay tribute (Royals)
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Nur Ahmed Aman (d. 1908) – former Sultan of Habar Yoonis (Royals)
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Asli Hassan Abade – first Somali female pilot; prominent member of the Somali Air Force; paved the way for gender equality within the military ranks (Pilots)
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Ali Matan Hashi – first Somali pilot and prominent member of SRC (Pilots)
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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 (Pilots)
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Muse Bihi Abdi – Somali air pilot (Pilots)
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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (b. 1964) – former 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.
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Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle (b. 1940) – former acting President of Somalia and former Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia; former General in the Somali National Army
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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (b. 1934) – former President of Somalia, first President of Puntland, founder of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front, the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government
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Muse Bihi Abdi (b. 1948) – fifth and current President of Somaliland
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Hussein Farrah Aidid (b. 1962) – interim president and leader of the Somali National Alliance
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Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916–2006) – first President of Djibouti, 1977-1999
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Siad Barre (1919–1995) – third President of Somalia
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Aden Daar (1908–2007) – Somali politician and the country's first president
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Abdirahman Farole (b. 1945) – former President of Puntland
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Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah – third Vice President of Somaliland
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (b. 1947) – second and current President of Djibouti
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Mohamed Hashi (Maxamad Cabdi Xashi) – interim President of Puntland
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Abdiqasim Salad (Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan) (b. 1941) – former President of Somalia
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Mohamud Muse Hersi (Maxamuud Muuse Xirsi) – former President of Puntland
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Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi (b. 1968) – Somali politician, Sufi, author, educator and poet; the governor of Gedo region, 2006–2009
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Jama Ali Jama – former President of Puntland
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Mohamed Jawari – acting President of Somalia and incumbent Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia
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Dahir Riyale Kahin (b. 1952) – third President of Somaliland
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Aden Madobe – former acting President of Somalia
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Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (b. 1936) – fourth President of Somaliland
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Ali Mahdi Muhammad (b. 1938) – fourth President of Somalia
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Yusuf Haji Nur (Yuusuf Xaaji Nuur) – acting former President of Puntland
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Abdirashid Shermarke (1919–1969) – second President of Somalia
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Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931–2003) – first President of Somaliland
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Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed – former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Abdiweli Gaas – former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Osman Jama Ali (Cismaan Jaamac Cali) (b. 1941) – Prime Minister under the Transitional National Government
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Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal) (1993–2002) – President of Somaliland and former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Hassan Abshir Farah (Xasan Abshir Faarax) (b. 1945) – former Prime Minister of Somalia, former Mayor of Mogadishu, and MP
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Ali Khalif Galaydh (Cali Khalif Galaydh) (b. 1941) – former Prime Minister of Somalia under the Transitional National Government
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Umar Arteh Ghalib (Cumar Carte Qaalib) (b. 1922) – former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Ali Ghedi (Cali Maxamed Geedi) (b. 1951) – former Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
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Abdiwahid Gonjeh – former Acting Prime Minister of Somalia
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Abdirizak Haji Hussein (Cabdirasaaq Xaaji Xuseen) (b. 1924) – Prime Minister of Somalia early in the 1960s
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Nur Hassan Hussein (Nuur Xasan Xuseen "Nuur Cade") (b. 1938) – former Prime Minister of the TFG
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Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988) (Cabdullahi Ciise Maxamuud) – first Prime Minister of Somalia
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Hassan Ali Khayre (b. 1968) – current Prime Minister of Somalia
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Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ("Farmajo") (b. 1962) – former Prime Minister of Somalia and current President
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Omar Sharmarke (b. 1960) – former Prime Minister of Somalia
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Asha Ahmed Abdalla – Somali parliamentarian and activist
(Other politicians) (Politicians) -
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi – former speaker of House of Representatives of Somaliland and founder of Waddani Party
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Muse Bihi Abdi – politician and former military officer; Chairman of the Peace, Unity, and Development Party
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Yusuf Hassan Abdi (b. 1958) – senior Somali diplomat; Member of Kenya Parliament
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Zahra Abdulla (b. 1966) – Somali politician in Finland; a member of the Helsinki City Council, representing the Green League
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Fowziya Yusuf Haji Adan – former Foreign Minister of Somalia
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Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (Cabdilaahi Axmed Caddoow) (b. 1936) – senior Somali politician and diplomat
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Ali Mohamed Ahmed – Head of Somali Business union and former Somali Customs Manager ; Former Adviser of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
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Mohamed Kahin Ahmed – current Minister of Interior of Somaliland
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Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid – current Mayor of Hargesia
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Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Maxamed Faarax Caydiid) (1934–1996) – chairman of the United Somali Congress and later the Somali National Alliance
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Fatuma Ibrahim Ali – Somali legislator; MP in National Assembly of Kenya
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Abdihakim Amey – Vice President of Puntland
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Abukar Arman – Somali writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the United States
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Hassan Dahir Aweys (Xasan Daahir Aweys) (b. 1935) – head of the 90-member Shura council of the Islamic Courts Union
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Abdirahman Jama Barre – former Foreign Minister of Somalia and close relative of Siad Barre; longest-serving Somali diplomat
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Haji Bashir – first President of the Somali National Assembly; former Minister of Health and Labour of Somalia
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Fatimo Isaak Bihi – ambassador to Geneva and former Director of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Ali Dhere – cleric; head of the first Islamic Courts Union in Mogadishu in 1996; spokesman for Al-Shabaab
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Hussein Ali Duale (Xuseen Cali Ducaale) – former Finance Minister of Somaliland, and former ambassador of Somalia to Kenya and Uganda
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Hussein Abdi Dualeh – former Minister of Energy & Minerals of Somaliland
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Adan Ahmed Elmi – former Minister of Agriculture of Somaliland
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Bashe Mohamed Farah – speaker of the House of Representatives of Somaliland
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Adde Gabow (Mohamed Ali Hassan or Maxamed Cali Xasan) – former governor of the Banaadir region and mayor of Mogadishu
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Suleiman Haglotosiye – former Minister of Health of Somaliland
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Anisa Hajimumin – Somali-American politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland
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Bur’i Mohamed Hamza – State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
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Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi – politician; MP and former Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland
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Abdishakur Mohamoud Hassan – current Mayor of Berbera
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Ahmed M. Hassan – Somali American member-elect of the Clarkston City Council
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Hassan Abdallah Hassan – current Mayor of Bosaso
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Mohamed Moallim Hassan, politician who served as minister of fishery and marine resources of Somalia, 2010-2011
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Mark Hendrick (b. 1958) – Somali-British politician and Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament
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Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig (Cabdirashiid Maxamed Xidig) – Member of Parliament in the Transitional Federal Parliament
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Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen) (b. 1912) – speaker of parliament and interim president
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Zakia Hussein – politician; Secretary General of the Hanoolaato Party
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Halima Ismail Ibrahim – Chair of Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission
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Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim (b. 1946/47) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
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Jaylaani Nur Ikar – first Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia
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Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade (Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad "Indhacadde") – member of the Islamic Courts Union
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Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil) – deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the TFG
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Edna Adan Ismail (Edna Aadan Ismaaciil) (b. 1937) – former Foreign Minister of Somaliland
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Ismail Ali Ismail – writer and former diplomat
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Bashir Isse – Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
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Ali Ibrahim Jama – current Governor of the Central Bank of Somaliland
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Ahmed Sheikh Jama – academician, writer, poet and politician; former Minister of Information of Puntland
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Farah Ali Jama – politician; former Minister of Finance of Puntland
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Hibaq Jama – Somali-British politician; Ward Councillor for Lawrence Hill
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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)
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Maryam Kassim – Minister of Social Development of Somalia
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Mohamed Kiimiko – politician and diplomat
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Farah Maalim – current deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament
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Mahboub Maalim – diplomat; Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
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Hassan Ali Mire – politician; first Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic
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Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed – Somali-American educator and politician; former Minister of Education, Higher Education and Culture of Somalia
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Ali Omar Mohamed – former Manager of Berbera Port
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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
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Hussein Maalim Mohamed – former Kenyan Minister of State in the office of the president
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Hassan Haji Mohamoud – former Minister of Education of Somaliland
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Yasin Haji Mohamoud – current Foreign Minister of Somaliland
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Mohamed Hassan Maidane – current Mayor of Borama
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Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan (Maxamed Siciid Xirsi Moorgan) – son-in-law of Siad Barre and Minister of Defense of Somalia
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Ismail Qasim Naji (Ismaaciil Qaasim Naaji) – chief of staff of the Transitional Federal Government
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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
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Daud Mohamed Omar – Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia
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Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar – former Foreign Minister of Somalia
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Mohammad Abdullahi Omar – politician; former Foreign Minister of Somaliland
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Daud Mohamed Omar – Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia
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Ilhan Omar - U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district
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Mohamed Amin Osman – member of the Transitional Federal Parliament
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Sheikhnor Abikar Qassim – founder of one of the Southern Somali Union
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Ali Said Raygal – former Minister of Youth and Sports of Somaliland
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Yusuf Warsame Saeed – former Mayor of Hargeisa
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Abdirahman Saylici – current Vice President of Somaliland
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Mohamed Aden Sheikh (c. 1925–2010) – intellectual, former head of Somali Technological Development, former Minister of Education, and former Minister of Health
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Dr. Saad Ali Shire – current Finance Minister of Somaliland
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Faysal Ali Warabe – engineer and politician; founder and Chairman of (UCID political party
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Abdi Warsame – Somali American member-elect of the Minneapolis City Council
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Saado Ali Warsame – singer-songwriter and politician; former MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia
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Adan Keynan Wehliye – Kenyan politician and a long time member of parliament from Wajir
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Ahmed Yusuf Yasin (b. 1957) – former Vice President of Somaliland
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Mohamed Bihi Yonis (b. 1947) – Deputy Joint United Nations African Union Special Representative for Darfur and former Foreign Minister of Somaliland
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Maryan Abdullahi Yusuf – banker; Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
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Osman Aden Abdulle – geneticist; has studied the Somali blood type and its ethnogenesis; in 1987 he jointly discovered with his colleagues a new Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population (Scientists)
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Abdusalam Abubakar (b. 1989/90) – one of the youngest winners of the BT 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 (Scientists)
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Hassan al-Jabarti (d. 1774) – mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher, considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century (Scientists)
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Amina Said Ali – author, poet, and medical scientist based in Stockholm, Sweden (Scientists)
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Warsame Ali (b. 1955) – scientist and assistant professor at Prairie View A&M University, specialized in aerospace technology; previously worked for NASA (Scientists)
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Ali Said Faqi – scientist and the leading researcher on the design and interpretation of toxicology studies at the MPI research center in Mattawan, Michigan (Scientists)
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Jama Musse Jama (b. 1967) – ethnomathematician and author; known for his research on traditional Somali board games such as Shax and the history of mathematics in the Horn of Africa and the founder of Hargeisa Cultural Center (Scientists)
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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 (Scientists)
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Abd al Aziz al-Amawi (1832–1896) – 19th-century diplomat, historian, poet, jurist and scholar living in the Sultanate of Zanzibar (Muslim Theologians)
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Uways al-Barawi (1847–1909) – scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th-century East Africa and with followers in Yemen and Indonesia (Muslim Theologians)
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Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825) – scholar living in Cairo; recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt (Muslim Theologians)
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Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (fl. 10th-11th centuries) – early Muslim leader and forefather of the Darod clan (Muslim Theologians)
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Ali al-Jabarti (d. 1492) – 15th-century scholar and politician in the Mamluk Empire (Muslim Theologians)
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Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn – 13th-century scholar and saint; associated with the development of Wadaad's writing (Muslim Theologians)
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Abdallah al-Qutbi (1879–1952) – polemicist theologian and philosopher; best known for his Al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka ("The Blessed Collection"), a five-part compilation of polemics (Muslim Theologians)
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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 (Muslim Theologians)
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Abadir Umar Ar-Rida – 13th-century cleric and saint of Harar; forefather of the Sheekhaal Somali clan (Muslim Theologians)
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Sa'id of Mogadishu – 14th-century scholar and traveler; his reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the Emirs of Mecca and Medina; travelled across the Muslim world and visited Bengal and China (Muslim Theologians)
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Shaykh Sufi – born Abdul-Rahman bin Abdallah al Shashi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله شاشي) (b. 1829–1904), 19th-century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist (Muslim Theologians)
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Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342) – 14th-century theologian and jurist who wrote the single most authoritative text on the Hanafi school of Islam, four volumes known as the Tabayin al-Haqa'iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa'iq (Muslim Theologians)
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Hussain Bisad – tallest Somali man alive; has the largest hand span in the world (Muslim Theologians)
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