African Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a South African / American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Founda

Is a South African / American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities.Kriek was born in Pongola, South Africa but moved to Naples, Florida after turning pro in 1978. His biggest victories came at the Australian Open where he won the title twice (in 1981 and 1982). In his career he has won fourteen singles titles and eight in doubles.

Is a football player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight SC in the Mauritian Premier League a

Is a football player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight SC in the Mauritian Premier League and for the Mauritius national football team as a midfielder. He is featured on the Mauritian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

Is a rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super 14 competition.He is currently playing for the H

Is a rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super 14 competition.He is currently playing for the Hawkes bay magpies He plays as a lock.

Was a South African cricketer who played 16 Tests for South Africa between 1910 and 1921.

Was a South African cricketer who played 16 Tests for South Africa between 1910 and 1921.

Is a former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge from South Africa. [1]He drafted the constit

Is a former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge from South Africa. [1]He drafted the constitution of the Christian Institute, became National President of Verligte Aksie and founding Chairman of Lawyers for Human Rights. For some years he served on the Transvaal Board of the Urban Foundation and from 1978 to 1988 was a founding trustee of the Legal Resources Centre.Between 1976 and 1983 Judge Kriegler served intermittently as an acting judge and in 1984 was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court. Between 1990 and 1993 he acted in the Appellate Division and was permanently appointed to the bench there in 1993. In December 1993 he was appointed Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission whose task it was to deliver South Africa's first elections based on universal adult suffrage.

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has represented Griqualand We

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has represented Griqualand West, Eastern Province, Northamptonshire, Dolphins, Eagles and Middlesex. Louw is a bowling all-rounder and is a noted one-day cricketer with the ability to

Is the eldest son of the late Afrikaner South African business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Hube

Is the eldest son of the late Afrikaner South African business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte Rupert. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont as well as of the South Africa-based companies VenFin and Remgro.

Is a South African K-1 kickboxer, professional mixed martial artist, and undefeated pro boxer[2] who

Is a South African K-1 kickboxer, professional mixed martial artist, and undefeated pro boxer[2] who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, PRIDE Fighting Championship, and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Jan has fought the likes of Mirko Cro Cop, Jérôme Le Ban

Is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-ha

Is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket. Albie has a brother, Morne Morkel, who also plays international cricket for South Afr

Was a South African politician, a member of the National Party, Senator (1955-1975), Minister of Wor

Was a South African politician, a member of the National Party, Senator (1955-1975), Minister of Work and Public Works (1954-1958), Work and Mines (1958-1961), Home Affairs, Work and Immigration (1961), Home Affairs, Education and Arts and Sciences (1961-1966), Education, Arts and Sciences and Information (1966-1967) and National Education (1968-1969). He was also President of the Senate from 1969 to 1976.

Was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. He was an uncompromising

Was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. He was an uncompromising Afrikaner nationalist and was vigorous in extending the apartheid program of racial segregation initiated by his immediate predecessor, Daniel Malan.[1]On

Is a South African first class cricketer for South Western Districts. A left-handed batsman, Strydom

Is a South African first class cricketer for South Western Districts. A left-handed batsman, Strydom made his first class debut in 2000/01.

Was an South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1902 to 1907.

Was an South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1902 to 1907.

Is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union te

Is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1997.

Is a South African cricketer. Johan is a very attacking and aggressive Right Handed Batsman who usu

Is a South African cricketer. Johan is a very attacking and aggressive Right Handed Batsman who usually bats in the lower middle order coming in and increasing the strike rate. He is also a very aggressive Right Arm Medium-Fast Bowler who regularly takes

Was an Afrikaner singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright from South Africa.In 1989, they releas

Was an Afrikaner singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright from South Africa.In 1989, they released the album Eet Kreef ("Eat Crayfish") on the now-defunct Shifty Records label, which was a commercial success despite its tracks being banned from radio airplay by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, which was the government mouthpiece. The subsequent regional tour of college campuses and art festivals was called "Voëlvry" (literally free as a bird but here meaning outlawed), and Rabie's controversial reinvention of Afrikaans popular music became known as the "Voëlvry movement".

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for the Namibia

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for the Namibian Under-19s team in two consecutive Under-19 World Cups in 2000 and 2002. Nel spent most of his career around the bottom of the middle-order, switching bet

Was a South African rugby player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He play

Was a South African rugby player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He played as a scrum-half (1,80 m and 80 kg).

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Born in Win

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Born in Windhoek, the young batsman played in several youth one-day internationals during the Under-19 World Cups of 1997/98 and 1999/2000, his first match coming aga

A former South African cricketer who played three Tests and 26 ODIs before she quit the sport in 200

A former South African cricketer who played three Tests and 26 ODIs before she quit the sport in 2008.Logtenberg made her Test debut for South Africa during their tour of England in 2003, aged 14 years and 166 days, becoming the second youngest Test player of all time.[1] She scored 74 off 235 balls in South Africa's first innings and took one wicket in England's.[2] She made her ODI debut a week later against the same opposition.During England's tour of South Africa in early 2004, Logtenberg further enhanced her reputation by finishing the five match ODI series as South Africa's leading runscorer.[3] Scoring fifties in the first and fifth match of the series. She was selected in the South Africa squad for the 2005 World Cup and played in all six of the sides match, scoring 98 runs.

Was a rugby union player who represented South Africa 4 times, once as captain. At 19 years 260 days

Was a rugby union player who represented South Africa 4 times, once as captain. At 19 years 260 days, he is one of the youngest ever players to have represented South Africa. He also played first-class cricket for Griqualand West.

He started his professional career with South African giant Kaizer Chiefs where he played between 19

He started his professional career with South African giant Kaizer Chiefs where he played between 1988-93 years. Then he transferred to Turkish team Gençlerbirli?i. He also played for Kocaelispor, Fenerbahçe SK and Bursaspor.He back to his first professio

Was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic

Was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance, but coached by British-born coach Malcolm Arnold, he was introduced to the 400 m hurdles [1]. After finishing 4th in the 1970 Commonwealth Games and running the fastest season time in 1971,

Was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1931.

Was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1931.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1935 to 1936.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1935 to 1936.