African Famous Names Starting with Letter D

A rugby union player for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He plays as a prop.

A rugby union player for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He plays as a prop.

Is a footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de

Is a footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for AFC Compiègne. He was fired from Paris FC in February 2009.

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Supersport United and South Africa.A product of

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Supersport United and South Africa.A product of Supersport United's youth academy, left-footed Klate is fast, tricky and has a powerful shot as well. He is probably one of the best free-kick takers in South Africa.Like fellow South African international Elrio Van Heerden, Klate played for Port Elizabeth based amateur football club Glenville Celtic as a kid. At age 15, he moved to Gauteng to play for the Transnet School of Excellence, an institution that has produced a host of Bafana Bafana stars including Steven Pienaar and Dillon Sheppard. In 2002, he joined the Supersport United Feyenoord youth academy.

Is a Cameroonian politician and the President of the Movement for the Defense of the Republic (MDR)

Is a Cameroonian politician and the President of the Movement for the Defense of the Republic (MDR) political party.Daïssala is a Kirdi[4] and was born in Goundye (Kaélé) in the Far North Province of Cameroon.[1][2] In 1967, he became first deputy prefect

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who plays for G

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who plays for Gauteng. Deeb began his first-class career in January 2008, playing four games in the SAA Provincial Three-Day Challenge. Deeb hit five wickets in the two i

(born on 1 July 1952) is a South African golfer.

(born on 1 July 1952) is a South African golfer.

Is a South African cricketer and all-rounder. Benkenstein had represented his country many times as

Is a South African cricketer and all-rounder. Benkenstein had represented his country many times as a junior, including a stint as captain of the South African Schools side, and in the under-19 development team. Benkenstein's senior ODI debut for South Af

Is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.

Is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Premier Soccer League club Thanda Royal Zulu[1].

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Premier Soccer League club Thanda Royal Zulu[1].

Is an emerging contemporary South African artist. Working primarily in the medium of photography, he

Is an emerging contemporary South African artist. Working primarily in the medium of photography, he graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2006 and his graduate exhibition, Surface Tension, was received well with one review from ARTTHROB stating that his "harshly discordant photographs were especially convincing. His exercise in dark-room collage highlighted an incongruent relationship between the architecture of hallowed spaces and the sexual body. The result was a brilliant confrontation that conveyed the complexity of our interaction with the sacred." The work was singled out as an outstanding photographic contribution.[1]

Is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. S

Is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Nashua Titans. He is a right-arm fast bowler. Steyn holds the record for the fastest South African to reach

Was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fo

Was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fourteen other languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic.A descendant of Sir Walter Scott, she was born Dalene Sco

A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Conyngham took 40 wickets in six matches for the successful Natal si

A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Conyngham took 40 wickets in six matches for the successful Natal side in 1921-22, but then played only spasmodically over the next few seasons, dropping out of the side after 1924-25. He played a few matches from 1926 for

Is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire from 1982 to 1995, and is th

Is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire from 1982 to 1995, and is the current Academy director of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

Is a Beninese international football player who, as of July2008, turns out for FC Metz, in the Frenc

Is a Beninese international football player who, as of July2008, turns out for FC Metz, in the French Ligue 2.In 2004 he appeared in all three of country’s matches in the 2004 African Nations Cup. Benin lost all three of their games in the first round of

Is a South African cricketer. She was born in Pretoria, educated at Centurion High School and, after

Is a South African cricketer. She was born in Pretoria, educated at Centurion High School and, after playing for Highveld Women and Northerns Women, was selected as part of the South Africa national women's cricket team for the 2009 Women's Cricket World

Is a former South African rugby union player, who played for South Africa between 1980 and 1992. Pla

Is a former South African rugby union player, who played for South Africa between 1980 and 1992. Playing mainly at centre, he made only 24 caps for South Africa despite playing internationally for 12 years because of South Africa's sporting isolation caused by apartheid.[1] He did however play 115 games for Eastern Province, 40 for Western Province and 24 for Free State in South African domestic rugby. In 2007 he was induced into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.[2]

Is a former Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia between 1994, when he first appeared for the t

Is a former Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia between 1994, when he first appeared for the team in the ICC Trophy, against Canada which his team lost by eight wickets, having put a mere 51 runs on the board, and 2005.

Is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward. He plays for the Bulls in th

Is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward. He plays for the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition. Rossouw made his provincinal debut during 1999 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the North Western Province in the Currie Cup competition. In 2001 he made his Super 12 (now Super 14) debut for the Bulls against the Cats.Rossouw made his first international appearance in the Springboks' opening pool game against Uruguay at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He scored a try in the game as well. He did not play in the subsequent match against England, but returned for the game against Georgia, scoring two tries. He played in all the remaining matches until South Africa were knocked out by All Blacks in the quarterfinals.

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Australian Open and 1 US Open). Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol. In 1990 he won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the US Open, partnering his fellow South African player Pieter Aldrich.

Is a retired South African professional wrestler who is a former 2-time South African Heavyweight Ch

Is a retired South African professional wrestler who is a former 2-time South African Heavyweight Champion. Danie Voges was a multi-time Springbok amateur wrestling champion before debuting in 1978 for Bronco Universal Promotions. In 1994, Danie Voges and

Was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby ga

Was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby game, during the period when mixed-race activities were forbidden by apartheid legislation.As a 21-year old, Watson played for the Eastern Province team which lost by one point to the visiting All Blacks in 1976. Mona Badela, black journalist and president of the KwaZakhele Rugby Union (Kwaru), invited him to practise his Christian convictions by coaching a black side in the townships. When Watson took the black rugby team to practise at the Saint George's sports ground in Port Elizabeth, they met with strong opposition.

Is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for CD Tenerife in the Spanish second division, as a

Is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for CD Tenerife in the Spanish second division, as a midfielder.Kome moved to Spain in 1999, aged 19, and played there for over a decade. His first club was Atlético Madrid B, and he joined Levante UD (then

Is a Cameroonian footballer (striker) who plays for Dukla Prague. He previously played for several c

Is a Cameroonian footballer (striker) who plays for Dukla Prague. He previously played for several clubs in the Italian Serie B, Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Is a Gabonese international footballer who plays for Hull City as a striker.Cousin made his debut fo

Is a Gabonese international footballer who plays for Hull City as a striker.Cousin made his debut for Gabon on 23 January 2000 in a 3–1 defeat to South Africa. He participated in all three of the 2000 African Cup of Nations group matches for Gabon. On 2 S