African Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as forward. Biat is currently attached to KAC Kenitra.

Is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as forward. Biat is currently attached to KAC Kenitra.

Is a South African businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist.Venter has achieved significantly in

Is a South African businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist.Venter has achieved significantly in the electronics, telecommunications and power electrical sectors, both in South Africa and abroad. He is chairman of Allied Electronics Corp Ltd (Altron), Bytes Technology Group (BTG) and the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

Also known as the riding Machine, is a South African Jockey currently riding in Mauritius. Billy Ja

Also known as the riding Machine, is a South African Jockey currently riding in Mauritius. Billy Jacobson is known as the Riding Machine in Mauritius for having a fall in his first meeting in Mauritius and coming out unhurt. Billy Jacobson has been tradi

A Zambian football defender.Billy Mwanza" was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who

A Zambian football defender.Billy Mwanza" was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Was a South African politician, a member of the National Assembly, an anti-apartheid activist and a

Was a South African politician, a member of the National Assembly, an anti-apartheid activist and a political prisoner in Robben Island.Nair is best known for being one of the famous Rivonia Trialists as well as a long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela in the 'B' Block for political prisoners. His Prison card is the copy used in the post-reconciliation prison tours to illustrate the conditions of the prisoners of the time. He was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) executive committee in 1991 and was a South African member of parliament for two terms prior to his retirement in 2004.

Is a Beninese international football player who currently plays in Benin for Panthères FC.Traoré f

Is a Beninese international football player who currently plays in Benin for Panthères FC.Traoré first called up was for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Uganda national football team on 12 October 2008

Is a South African rugby union player, who plays for South Africa and for the Natal Sharks.A native

Is a South African rugby union player, who plays for South Africa and for the Natal Sharks.A native of the town of Bethlehem in the Free State province, Bismarck du Plessis made his debut for the Sharks in the Super 14 (then the Super 12) in 2005. As he plays hooker and plays in the same team as South Africa's captain, John Smit, for much of his career he has been a backup to Smit; however, this has changed with Smit's recent move to tighthead prop. Before Smit's change of position, du Plessis nonetheless played in the Super 14 and Currie Cup whenever Smit is unavailable, and in 2007 was selected to play for South Africa in the Tri Nations Series. He made his debut for South Africa as a substitute in the same game against Australia in Sydney in which his older brother, Jannie, who was in the starting XV, also made his Springboks debut.[1] The du Plessis brothers became the 23rd set of brothers to earn caps for South Africa at rugby union.[2]

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.In 2007, Ko

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.In 2007, Kotze hit 163 not out against Canada in the ICC Trophy, beating his previous best innings in any fixture for the Namibian team by over 100 runs.

Is a football player from the Togolese Republic who plays for Étoile Filante de Lomé.The defensive

Is a football player from the Togolese Republic who plays for Étoile Filante de Lomé.The defensive midfielder presented the Togo national football team in the U-17, was the captain of the U-20 and under 23. In November 2008 played at the West African Inte

Is a Congolese football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Sudanese Premier League club Al-Hil

Is a Congolese football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Sudanese Premier League club Al-Hilal Al-Hilal Omdurman. Mbele was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Nations Cup team, who progressed to the quarter finals, where they were eliminated b

Is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played for Widzew Lódz, Córdoba CF and the Cam

Is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played for Widzew Lódz, Córdoba CF and the Cameroon national football team at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

. He was born Lawrence John Gabriel Bridges, but became known as Bles Bridges. His Irish granddad ca

. He was born Lawrence John Gabriel Bridges, but became known as Bles Bridges. His Irish granddad called him Bles, because he has very thin hair from an early age. He was a much loved South African singer.He released his first album in 1982, Onbekende Weermagman (Unknown Soldier). His professional career began in 1984, with the release of his second album, BLES which went gold in under a month (25,000 copies) and included Maggie, one of his most loved songs. It sold twice that by the time his third album was released.

Is an Angolan politician as well as noted author. He has been the Minister of Culture since December

Is an Angolan politician as well as noted author. He has been the Minister of Culture since December 2002.

(born on May 11, 1948) is a South African born on professional golfer

(born on May 11, 1948) is a South African born on professional golfer

(20 November 1917 – 9 March 1987) was one of the first internationally successful South African go

(20 November 1917 – 9 March 1987) was one of the first internationally successful South African golfers.

(born on 21 January 1941) is a South African professional golfer

(born on 21 January 1941) is a South African professional golfer

Is a Rwandan football player whose most recent team was Landskrona BoIS. He typically plays as a str

Is a Rwandan football player whose most recent team was Landskrona BoIS. He typically plays as a striker.Bola joined Landskrona BoIS 2005, coming from APR FC. He was close to be loaned out to the Swedish side IF Limhamn Bunkeflo but the affair didn't went off, instead he was loaned out to Bodens BK.

Is a Botswanan footballer who plays for Santos in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Is a Botswanan footballer who plays for Santos in the South African Premier Soccer League.

Is a South African musician who sings in Afrikaans. He became famous in 2006 for his rendition of "D

Is a South African musician who sings in Afrikaans. He became famous in 2006 for his rendition of "De la Rey" by Sean Else and Johan Vorster.[1]In March of 2006, Bok van Blerk and the Mossies released the album Jy praat nog steeds my taal (You still speak my language). The same album was rereleased in October 2006 under the name De La Rey and solely credited to Bok van Blerk. According to Van Blerk "and the Mossies" was removed because his fellow singer, Tanya van Graan, was too busy modelling. Van Blerk is accompanied by Jaco Mans (and occasionally Manie van Niekerk) on lead guitar, Francois Coetzee on bass guitar, and Nathan Smit on the drums.[1]

Is a South African rugby union footballer.

Is a South African rugby union footballer.

Better known as Bonga, is a pop singer and songwriter from Angola.[1] Bonga was born in 1943 in the

Better known as Bonga, is a pop singer and songwriter from Angola.[1] Bonga was born in 1943 in the province of Bengo, and left Angola at age 23 to become an athlete, becoming the Portuguese record holder for the 400 metres (Angola was at the time one of Portugal's five African colonies). He had already begun his singing career at age 15.

Is a boxer from South Africa. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African cou

Is a boxer from South Africa. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Azerbaijan's Rovshan Huseynov.

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Supersport United and South Africa.Forming a good

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Supersport United and South Africa.Forming a good partnership in central defence with Ricardo Katza or Morgan Gould as well as scoring crucial goals as set-piece threat, Khumalo's exploits have not gone unnoticed and he has been drafted into the South African national team by Joel Santana.Bongani was featured in one episode of the Super Sport (TV channel) 4 program 'Love PSL' on 19 Jan 2010, where he was taught Parkour by Dane Grant and Rob Purves from Parkour South Africa.

Is a South African boxer who became the 2006 Commonwealth amateur champion at welterweight.The hard-

Is a South African boxer who became the 2006 Commonwealth amateur champion at welterweight.The hard-punching southpaw failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in third place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. He won the Commonwealth boxing championships in Glasgow 2005 and the Commonwealth Games 2006. In the final 2006 he beat Vijender Kumar who received a standing 8 count 33-26. He is South Africa's first black Commonwealth boxing champion.

Is a South African-born composer, musician and cultural activist. He was born in 1975 in Queenstown,

Is a South African-born composer, musician and cultural activist. He was born in 1975 in Queenstown, South Africa and is a member of the Xhosa clan. He is often referred to by his Xhosa paternal ancestral name or isiduko, Rhadebe. He was educated at St. Andrew's College and Rhodes University in Grahamstown and studied composition in Stellenbosch under Roelof Temmingh.In 1998 Ndodana-Breen was the first Black classical composer to be awarded the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music, by the National Arts Festival and sponsored by Standard Bank of South Africa.[1