List of Comorians

This is a list of notable people from, or connected to, the Comoros.

Academics and scientists

Damir Ben Ali, first president of the University of the Comoros

Athletes and people in sports

Jimmy Abdou, professional footballer currently playing for Millwall F.C & the Comoros national football team
Kassim Ahamada, professional footballer

Youssouf M'Changama, professional footballer currently playing for En Avant Guingamp
El Fardou Ben, professional football player
Toifilou Maoulida, professional footballer

Waleed Al-Hammadi, professional footballer

Nasser Mahmoud Noor, professional footballer
Feta Ahamada, professional track and field sprint athlete
Amed Elna, Olympic field athlete
Fadane Hamadi, Olympic field athlete
Denika Kassim, Olympic track and sprint athlete
Hassanati Halifa, captain of the Comoros women's national football team in 2014
Zaharouna Haoudadji, professional footballer
Assimina Maoulida, professional footballer
Ayouba Ali Sihame, Olympic swimmer
Kanizat Ibrahim, business manager and football administrator

Authors and writers

Hayatte Abdou, investigative journalist and founder of the National Magazine
Coralie Frei, nurse and first published woman writer from the Comoros
Touhfat Mouhtare, second published woman writer from the Comoros
Faïza Soulé Youssouf, journalist, novelist, and union president
Ali Zamir, novelist and winner of the Prix Senghor in 2016

Politicians and people in government

Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of Comoros
Azali Assoumani, former President of Comoros
Djoumbé Fatima, sultan of Mwali from 1842 to 1865 and 1874 to 1878
Salima Machamba, sultan of Mwali from 1888 to 1909
Djoueria Abdallah, politician and midwife from Mitsamiouli village
Hadjira Oumouri, politician and midwife
Rashid Mohamed Mbaraka Fatma, politician and doctor
Sittou Raghadat Mohamed, politician and first women minister in the Comoros
Roubani Kaambi, ambassador
Mohamed Toihiri, ambassador and first published novelist from the Comoros

Visual and performance artists

Hachimiya Ahamada, film director
Zaïnaba Ahmed, traditional Comorian singer and women's rights advocate
Lubaina Himid, painter and academic
Nawal, singer-songwriter, musician
Rohff, French rapper born In the Union of the Comoros, who lives in Vitry-sur-Seine
Chamsia Sagaf, singer in Swahili

Naïma, singer in the Zouk music genre

Other notable people

Hayatte Abdou, investigative journalist
Ayouba Iliassa, professional seaman deck officer (2nd Off)
Ibrahim Ali, teenaged murder victim in France
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comorian-Kenyan member of al-Qaeda

See also