Isaaq

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, former prime minister of Somalia July 1960, July 1967– November 1969; former president of Somaliland from May 1993 to May 2002.
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, former president of Somaliland from June 2010 to December 2017, fourth and longest-serving chairman of the Somali National Movement, and former chairman of the Kulmiye Party
Muse Bihi Abdi, current president of Somaliland
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, last Somali National Movement chairman and first president of Somaliland
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Somaliland and the chairman of Wadani political party
Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, was the vice-president of Somaliland from 2002 until 2010. and the second chairman of UDUB party.
Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid, former mayor of Hargeisa, the capital of the Somaliland
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge, former mayor of Hargeisa
Ali Abdi Farah, former minister of communication and culture in Djibouti
Ali Ismail Yacqub - first minister of defence for the Somali Republic
Abdirahim Abbey Farah, former United Nations under-secretary general

Salaan Carrabey – legendary poet
Mohamed Nur Fadal - famous poet, WWI veteran and entrepreneur
Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade, known as 'Timacade', a famous poet during the pre- and post-colonial periods
Mohamed Hashi Dhamac (Gaarriye), legendary Somali poet and political activist
Hadrawi, poet and philosopher; author of Halkaraan; also known as the "Somali Shakespeare"
Hurre Walanwal — renowned Somali poet and songwriter[88]
Elmi Boodhari, legendary and beloved poet and pioneer for many Somali poetry/music genres, specifically romance and is dubbed the "King of Romance
Hussein Hasan - legendary warrior and poet and was the grandson of the 1st Isaaq Sultan Guled Abdi
Farah Nur, a famous warrior, poet and sultan of the Arap subclan[89]
Kite Fiqi – legendary Habr Je'lo warrior and poet

Mohamed Dalmar Yusuf Ali, more commonly known as "Mohamed Ali", high-ranking commander of the WSLF and SNM
Ahmed Hurre Haariye - Commander of the Somaliland Coast Guard[94][95]
Nimcaan Yusuf Osman, current chief of staff of the Somaliland Armed Forces
Deria Hassan, fourth Grand Sultan of Isaaq, recognised for being a wise and astute leader.
Mohamed Kahin Ahmed, high-ranking SNM commander and current Minister of Interior of Somaliland
Guled Haji, wise sage and commander of the Habr Yunis
Mohamed Hasan Abdullahi, former chief of staff of the Somaliland Armed Forces
Ibrahim Boghol, high-ranking commander of the Dervish movement
Nuh Ismail Tani, former chief of staff of the Somaliland Armed Forces
Mohamed Hashi Lihle - colonel of the SNA and later the commander of the military wing of the Somali National Movement
Mohamed Bullaleh - prominent 20th-century tribal chief and commander of the Hagoogane raid that destroyed Dervish movement

Musa Haji Ismail Galal, a Somali writer, scholar, linguist, historian and polymath
Abdillahi Diiriye Guled - Literary scholar and discoverer of the Somali prosodic system
Jama Musse Jama, prominent Somali ethnomathematician and author
Hussein Mohammed Adam (Tanzania) - foremost Somali intellectual and scholar who founded the Somali Studies International Association (SSIA)

Abdullahi Qarshe, Somali musician, poet and playwright; known as the "Father of Somali music"
Ali Feiruz, popular musician in Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia
Mohamed Mooge Liibaan, highly renowned Somali instrumentalist and vocalist.
Ahmed Mooge Liibaan, prominent Somali instrumentalist and vocalist
Nadifa Mohamed – Somali novelist. Winner of the 2010 Betty Trask Prize
Chunkz – English YouTuber, musician, host and entertainer
Ahmed Gacayte – famous Somali singer, songwriter and composer
Sahra Halgan, Somali singer and cultural activist
Shamis Abokor Ismail (Guduudo Carwo), Somali singer

Sheikh Bashir, wadaadka hoogaamiyay 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion
Imam Axmed Gurey, xoogroonaha Xabashada
Sheikh Ali Warsame – qadi iyo khaddib weyn ee diinta Islaamka, aasaasaha AIAI (1939–2022)
Sheikh Mustafe Haji Ismail, Somali-Norwegian khaddib, murtimaale iyo aqoonyahan diimeed
Sheikh Madar – madaxda taqiirada Qadiriyya tariqa oo dadabsi ku lahaa balaarinta Hargeisa
Abdallah Shihiri, wasiirka dibadeed ee Garad Diiriye Guure
Deria Arale, gacanyaraha Garad Diiriye Guure
Haji Sudi, kaaliyaha Garaad Diiriye Guure
Sheikh Mohamed Sheikh Omar Dirir - aqoonyahan iyo ganacsade dadabsi leh
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman, gacanyaraha garaad Diiriye Guure
Ridwan Hirsi Mohamed – ra'iisul wasaaraha-ku-xigeenka Soomaaliya; wasiirka arrimaha diimeed ee Soomaaliya
Yasin Handule Wais, aqoonyahan diimeed iyo aasaasaha xisbiga ugu horeeyey ee diin ee Soomaaliland

Deria Hassan, 4th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Abdillahi Deria, 5th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Guled Abdi, 1st Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Imam Axmed Gurey, Conqueror of Abyssinia
Awad Deria, 5th Sultan of the Habr Yunis
Deria Sugulleh Ainashe, 2nd Sultan of the Habr Yunis
Hersi Aman, 3rd Sultan of the Habr Yunis
Sharmarke Ali Saleh, major trader and governor of Berbera, Zeila and Tadjoura
Farah Guled, 2nd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Sultan Mohamed Sultan Farah - Sultan of the Arap clan and commander of the SNM's 10th *division
Sultan Abdulrahman Deria, Sultan of the Habr Awal clan
Sultan Abdillahi Deria, prominent anti-colonial figure and 5th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Mahamed Abdiqadir – 8th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Madar Hersi, 7th Sultan of the Habr Yunis Sultanate
Daud Mahamed, 9th and current Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
Sultan Osman Sultan Ali Koshin, the current Grand sultan of the Issa Musse clans

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