List of Somalists

This is a list of Somalists. These scholars specialize in Somali Studies, the scholarly term for research concerning Somali people and Greater Somalia.

Notable Somalist scholars

 * Abdalla Omer Mansur – linguistics and anthropology
 * Abdi Ismail Samatar – geography
 * Abdi Mohamed Kusow – sociology
 * Abdisalam Abdulle Garjeh - Pop Culture and Urban History
 * Abdiweli Mohamed Ali - Economics
 * Prof. Abdisalam Issa-Salwe – information systems
 * Abdullahi Hagi Bashir Ismail – history and politics
 * Abdul Ahmed III - Political Economy and Global Strategy
 * Abdurahman Moalim Abdullahi Badiyow – history and religion
 * Ahmed Ismail Samatar – International Relations
 * Ali A. Abdi - anthropology and sociology
 * Ali Jimale Ahmed – history and linguistics
 * Annarita Puglielli – linguistics
 * Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski – linguistics
 * Cawo Mohamed Abdi – Sociology, Politics and Religion
 * Charles Geshekter – history
 * David D. Laitin – politics and history
 * Enrico Cerulli – history and linguistics
 * Harold C. Fleming – anthropology and linguistics
 * I.M. Lewis – anthropology and history
 * Lee Cassanelli – history
 * Lidwien Kapteijns – history
 * Martin Orwin – linguistics
 * Helmi Ben Meriem -literature
 * Mohamed Abdi Gandi – anthropology
 * Mohamed Haji Mukhtar – history
 * Mohamed Haji Rabi – linguistics
 * Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi – linguistics
 * Musa Haji Ismail Galal – history and linguistics
 * Mustafa Feiruz – linguistics
 * Neville Chittick – history and archaeology


 * Osman Yusuf Kenadid – history, science and philosophy
 * Said Sheikh Samatar – linguistics and sociology
 * Shire Jama Ahmed – linguistics and sociology
 * Virginia Luling – history
 * Sada Mire – archaeology and history
 * Hussein M. Adam – politics and history.
 * Prof Omar Enow- identity, minority studies and discrimination in Somalia