List of Somali Americans

This is a list of Somali Americans.

Fashion

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

Media

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

Society and politics

• Ahmed M. Hassan, entrepreneur and politician; member of the Clarkston City Council
• Ilhan Omar, legislator with the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
• Ismail Ali Ismail, writer and former diplomat
• Asha Ahmed Abdalla, politician; member of the Transitional Federal Parliament
• Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla, sociologist and politician; President of the Somali Family Care Network
• Nimco Ahmed, political activist
• Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia
• Abdirizak Bihi, social activist
• Anisa Hajimumin, politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland
• Mohamed Abshir Waldo, journalist, activist, and former politician
• Abdi Warsame, politician; member of the Minneapolis City Council
• Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
• Hassan Ali Mire, politician; former Minister of Education of Somalia
• Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed, educator and politician; former Minister of Education of Somalia
• Fatima Jibrell, environmental activist; co-founder of Adeso
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator
• Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, diplomat, professor and politician; current President of Somalia

Science

• Mohamud Noor, computer scientist, activist and politician
• 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
• Warsame Ali, scientist and assistant professor
• Ali Said Faqi, scientist
• Anisa Ibrahim, medical doctor

Sport

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

Finance

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

Creative

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

Military

• Asli Hassan Abade, military pilot

See also

• List of Somalis