# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osman-yusuf-kenadid
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:17.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osman-yusuf-kenadid"
name: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
slug: "osman-yusuf-kenadid"
description: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid was a Somali poet, writer, teacher and ruler. Born in Ceel Huur in 1889, he went on to create the Osmanya alphabet for writing Somali. He died on 31 August 1972 in Mogadishu."
tagline: "Somali poet, scholar, writer; inventor of Osmanya script"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osman_Yuusuf_Keenadiid.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889"
deathDate: "1972-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.026532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A7%E6%96%AF%E6%9B%BC%C2%B7%E5%B0%A4%E7%91%9F%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E8%82%AF%E7%B4%8D%E8%BF%AA"
    title: "奧斯曼·尤瑟夫·肯納迪"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B6"
    title: "عثمان يوسف كينايديض"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Yusuf_Kenadid"
    title: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Yusuf_Kenadid"
    title: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Yusuf_Kenadid"
    title: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Yusuf_Kenadid"
    title: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cismaan_Keenadiid"
    title: "Cismaan Keenadiid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Yusuf_Kenadid"
    title: "Osman Yusuf Kenadid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054273"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump