Prominent Figures
- Mahmoud Harbi, Vice-President of the Government Council of French Somaliland.
- Hassan Gouled Aptidon 1916-2006, first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999.
- Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti as of 2012
- Abdourahman Waberi, novelist.
- Aden Robleh Awaleh, president of the National Democratic Party.
- Roble Olhaye, permanent representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Djibouti.
- Yacin Elmi Bouh, Djiboutian politician.
- Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian marathon runner.
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