# 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
* 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

* Abdisalam Aato, film director, producer, entrepreneur and media consultant; founder of Olol Films
* 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
* Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, politician and judge; former Minister of Defence of Somalia
* Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer, political activist, former legislator
* Abukar Arman, political analyst, writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the U.S.
* Abdirizak Bihi, social activist
* Nimco Ahmed, political activist
* Anisa Hajimumin, politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland
* Kayse Jama, member of the Oregon State Senate
* Ismail Mohamed (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
* Munira Abdullahi , member of the Ohio House of Representatives
* Fatima Jibrell, environmental activist; co-founder of Adeso
* Omar Fateh, Minnesota State Senator
* Ahmed M. Hassan, entrepreneur and politician; member of the Clarkston City Council
* Hodan Hassan, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
* Ismail Ali Ismail, writer and former diplomat
* 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
* Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, diplomat, professor and politician; current President of Somalia
* Nadia Mohamed, Minnesota municipal politician; mayor of St. Louis Park
* 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
* Zaynab Mohamed, politician, Minnesota State Senator

## 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
* 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
* Ahmed Ismail Samatar, professor, politician and writer
* Sofia Samatar, professor, editor and writer
* Saado Ali Warsame, singer-songwriter and politician