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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Mohamed Abshir Waldo, journalist, activist, and former politician
 * Abdi Warsame, politician; 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