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

 
Category:Somali American
Somali Americans
American
Somali