Somalia
Historical figures born in Somalia
250 notable historical figures were born in Somalia. These are the most notable:
Somalia ranks #128 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Kuwait, Guinea and Turkmenistan.
By occupation
- Politician: 26
- Head of State/President: 15
- Writer/Author: 10
- Minister/Cabinet Official: 8
- Activist: 4
- Soldier/Officer: 4
- General/Commander: 4
- Poet: 4
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Politics)
- Siad Barre (1919 to 1995, Politics)
- Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934 to 1996, Politics)
- K'naan (born 1978, Arts & Music)
- Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (born 1956, Politics)
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934 to 2012, Politics)
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939 to 2021, Politics)
- Hussein Farrah Aidid (born 1962, Politics)
- Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916 to 2006, Politics)
- Abdirashid Shermarke (1919 to 1969, Politics)
- Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan (1949 to 2025, Politics)
- Aden Adde (1908 to 2007, Politics)
- Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (born 1941, Politics)
- Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1938 to 2024, Politics)
- Nuruddin Farah (born 1945, Literature)
- Said Abdullahi Deni (born 1967, Politics)
- Ilhan Omar (born 1982, Politics)
- Abdiweli Gaas (born 1965, Politics)
- Hawa Abdi (1947 to 2020, Science)
- Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981, Literature)
- Magid Magid (born 1989, Politics)
- Omar Sharmarke (born 1960, Politics)
- Mo Farah (born 1983, Sports)
- Hadrawi (1943 to 2022, Literature)
- Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1911 to 2012, Politics)
- Abdullahi Ahmed Irro (1937 to 2022, Military)
- Abdirahman Farole (born 1945, Politics)
- Hirsi Ali Magan (1935 to 2008, Science)
- Musa Haji Ismail Galal (1917 to 1980, Science)
- Ismail Mire (1862 to 1950, Literature)
- Mohamud Muse Hersi (1937 to 2017, Politics)
- Hussein Kulmiye Afrah (1920 to 1993, Politics)
- Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden (born 1946, Politics)
- Dada Masiti (1810 to 1919, Literature)
- Amal Aden (born 1983, Literature)
- Iman (born 1955, Entertainment)
- Jama Ali Korshel (Military)
- Mohamed Abdi Mohamed (1954 to 2021, Science)
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