Prominent Figures
- Abdilwali Hersi Abdille Indhaguran, former Minister of Electricity and Power Generation of the Somali national government (TNG), and Minister of Federal and Somali Affairs of Puntland
- Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, President of Puntland
- Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, first Prime Minister of Somalia, second President of Somalia (10 June 1967 until 16 October 1969)
- Abdirizak Haji Hussein, former Prime Minister of Somalia, 1964–1967
- Abdisalam Issa-Salwe, Ph.D., scholar, writer; associate professor at Taibah University.
- Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, former Prime Minister of Somalia.
- Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah, Sultan of the Ugaar Saleebaan of Majeerteen
- Abdullahi Ahmed Irro, Somali general, commander at the Godey Front in 1977 Somali-Ethiopia War, and later a professor of strategic studies at the National Academy.
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia, President of Puntland and leader/co-founder of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
- Abdulqawi Yusuf, lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice.
- Aden Mohammed, banker and entrepreneur.
- Ali A. Abdi, sociologist and educationist, professor of education and international development, and Co-director, Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research (CGCER) at the University of Alberta.
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the first Somali-born member of parliament of a European country, author and political activist
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, first President of Somali National Assembly; Minister of Health and Labor of Somalia (1966–67).
- Hassan Abshir Farah, former Mogadishu mayor, Somali ambassador to Japan and later to Germany, interior minister of Puntland, Prime Minister of Transitional Federal Government from Arta, and a former TFG Minister of Fishing and Marine Resources.
- Hirsi Magan Isse, scholar and revolutionary leader with the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).
- Jama Ali Jama, Colonel in the Somali military and former President of Puntland
- Maxamed Daahir Afrax, novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar
- Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed, Somali Finance Minister 2004–2006, and former mayor of Kismayo
- Mohamed Abdi Aware, Puntland judge and member of Supreme Judicial Council.
- Mohammed Awale Liban, designed the flag of Somalia
- Gen. Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia
- Gen. Mohamed Abshir Muse first commander of the Somali Police Force
- Mohamud Muse Hersi, third President of Puntland
- Omar A. Ali, entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and leading specialist on Islamic finance.
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia, and son of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
- Osman Mahamuud, King of the Majeerteen Sultanate (mid-1800s-early 1900s)
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, inventor of the Osmanya writing script
- Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid, traditional Somali linguist
- Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, leader and co-founder of the Somali Youth League
- Yusuf Ali Kenadid, founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo
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