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Notable persons
- Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Sayyid; religious and nationalist leader of the Dervish movement; called the Mad Mullah by the British
- Sheikh Abdulkani Sheikh Ahmed (Buraale) Aw Adam, Minister of Justice and Religion[11], Somalia from 1970 to 1972
- Mahamoud Mohamed Former Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces from 1980 to 1998.
- Admiral Mohammed Omar Osman, current ONLF chairman
- Bashir Bililiqo, leader of the anti-Barre Somali Patriotic Movement
- Asli Hassan Abade, first Somali female pilot
- Farah Maalim, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
- Aden Duale, the majority leader of the Kenyan parliament
- Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, Islamist leader i