Contents

• Fashion
• Media
• Society and politics
• Science
• Sport
• Finance
• Creative
• See also
• References

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Fashion

• Halima Aden, fashion model
• Jawahir Ahmed, fashion model and beauty pageant winner
• Iman, supermodel, actress and entrepreneur
• Muna Khalif, fashion designer and legislator; MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia
• Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim, fashion designers; founders of Mataano
• Fatima Siad, fashion model

Media

• Mona Kosar Abdi, multimedia journalist
• Barkhad Abdi, actor, film director and producer
• Fathia Absie, broadcaster, writer and filmmaker
• Faysal Ahmed, actor
• Said Salah Ahmed, playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker
• Alisha Boe, actress
• Idil Ibrahim, film director, producer and entrepreneur; founder of Zeila Films
• Barni Ahmed Qaasim, multimedia artist and filmmaker
• Abdirahman Yabarow, journalist

Society and politics

• Asha Ahmed Abdalla, politician; member of the Transitional Federal Parliament
• Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla, sociologist and politician; President of the Somali Family Care Network
• Mana Abdi, member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia
• Munira Abdullahi , member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Nimco Ahmed, political activist
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator ^[1]
• Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
• Abdirizak Bihi, social activist
• Deqa Dhalac, member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Omar Fateh, member of the Minnesota Senate
• Anisa Hajimumin, politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland
• Ahmed M. Hassan, entrepreneur and politician; member of the Clarkston City Council
• Hodan Hassan, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Samakab Hussein, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Ismail Ali Ismail, writer and former diplomat
• Kayse Jama, Majority Leader of the Oregon State Senate
• Fatima Jibrell, environmental activist; co-founder of Adeso
• Hassan Ali Mire, politician; former Minister of Education of Somalia
• Anquam Mahamoud, member-elect of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed, educator and politician; former Minister of Education of Somalia
• Ismail Mohamed (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, diplomat, professor and politician; former President of Somalia
• Nadia Mohamed, Minnesota municipal politician; mayor of St. Louis Park
• Zaynab Mohamed, member of the Minnesota Senate
• Mohamud Noor, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Ilhan Omar, U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district
• Jamal Osman, member of the Minneapolis City Council
• Mohamed Abshir Waldo, journalist, activist, and former politician
• Abdi Warsame, politician; former member of the Minneapolis City Council
• Yusuf Yusuf, politician; member of the Maine House of Representatives

Science

• Ali Said Faqi, scientist
• Anisa Ibrahim, medical doctor
• Sahra Noor, social activist and entrepreneur; Chief Executive Officer of People's Center Health Services
• Musse Olol, engineer and social activist; Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon

Sport

• Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, basketball player
• Hassan Mead, cross country and track and field athlete
• Omar Mohamed, professional footballer for FC Cincinnati in the USL

Finance

• Yussur A.F. Abrar, economist and entrepreneur; former Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
• Abdirahman Beyle, economist; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
• Abdiweli Gaas, economist and politician; President of Puntland
• Abdusalam H. Omer, economist; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
• Hussein Samatar, banker and community organizer
• Said Sheikh Samatar, scholar, historian and writer

Creative

• Ali Jimale Ahmed, scholar, poet and writer
• Nuruddin Farah, writer
• Ladan Osman, poet and teacher
• Ahmed Ismail Samatar, professor, politician and writer
• Sofia Samatar, professor, editor and writer
• Saado Ali Warsame, singer-songwriter and politician

See also

• List of Somalis

References