Sultanate of Hobyo Hassan Farah – 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Yusuf Ali Kenadid – Somali ruler, and the founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo in the 1880s Osman Mahamuud – King of the Majeerteen Sultanate in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries Mahfuz – Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate Abdillahi Deria – 5th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Abdulrahman Deria – Sultan of the Habr Awal Nur ibn Mujahid (d. 1567) – 16th-century Somali Emir and patron saint of Harar Faduma Sarjelle – Somali princess of the House of Garen Mohamoud Ali Shire (d. 1960) – 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960 Hersi Aman – legendary 3rd Sultan of the Habr Yunis Ahmed Yusuf (d. 1878) – fourth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty well versed in Islam and dominant in the Banadir Nur Ahmed Aman (d. 1908) – 4th Habr Yunis Sultan & major Dervish leader Deria Hassan – 4th Sultan of the Isaaq clan Pilots Asli Hassan Abade – first Somali female pilot; prominent member of the Somali Air Force; paved the way for gender equality within the military ranks Ali Matan Hashi – first Somali pilot and prominent member of SRC Mustafa Mohamed Moalim (Mustafa Maxamed Macalin) (1943–2009) – first Somali fighter pilot; chief of the Somali Air Force School; chief of the Somali Air Force Operations Muse Bihi Abdi – Somali air pilot Khalif Isse Mudan – Balidoogle military base pilot Politicians Presidents of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad (Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan) (b. 1941) – former President of Somalia Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1938–2021) – fourth President of Somalia Abdirashid Shermarke (1919–1969) – second President of Somalia Aden Daar (1908–2007) – Somali politician and the country's first president Siad Barre (1919–1995) – third President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934–2012) – former President of Somalia, first President of Puntland, founder of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front, the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle (b. 1940) – former acting President of Somalia and former Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia; former General in the Somali National Army Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (b. 1964) – former President of Somalia and former Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. He was also Commander in Chief of the Islamic Courts Union. Presidents of Puntland Abdullahi Yusuf