Ethnic Somali people

Ahmed Ismail Hussein Hudeidi (), known as Hudeidi or Xudeydi, was a Somali musician who played the oud and composed songs.

Somali linguist (1936–1999)

Somali singer, composer, songwriter, instrumentalist and music producer

Somali social activist, poet, teacher

Somali political activist

Somali political activist

Vice President of Puntland from 2014 to 2019

Somali scholar

Somali economist and politician

Somali airforce pilot

founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo & temporary loyalist of Sultan Diiriye Guure

Somali General and military professor

Somali journalist and politician

Somali journalist

English photographer, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter; daughter of David Bowie

Somali political activist

Originator of the Darod clan

Somali poet and teacher

First Lady of Somalia

Minister of Women Development and Family Affairs of Puntland

scholar, writer, and translator

community organizer

Somali multimedia artist and filmmaker

Somali polymath (1917–1980)

Muslim scholar