African Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a business executive.In 1977 he was appointed as chief executive of the United Kingdom's ailing m

Is a business executive.In 1977 he was appointed as chief executive of the United Kingdom's ailing motor giant, British Leyland. In 1980 he attracted criticism for a speech to the CBI Conference in which he said, "If the Cabinet do not have the wit and imagination to reconcile our industrial needs with the fact of North Sea oil, they would do better to leave the bloody stuff in the ground."[1] His tenure with British Leyland lasted until 1982, when he was replaced by Harold Musgrove.

Was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1950 to 1953.

Was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1950 to 1953.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Floriana, where he pl

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Floriana, where he plays as a striker. Ghebru began his career at the youth academy of storied German team Eintracht Frankfurt when he was 13, and played with them until he was

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler. He represe

Was a Namibian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler. He represented Namibia in the Under-19 World Cups of 2000 and 2002. Greeff made his debut in January 2000, playing for a Namibian side which lost against Australia's

Is a South African-born English rugby union footballer who plays for London Irish, having previously

Is a South African-born English rugby union footballer who plays for London Irish, having previously played for Bath. He has played at international level for England including the successful 2003 World Cup Final. He also holds the honour of being the oldest ever player to play in the Rugby World Cup final (October 2007), aged 36.[citation needed]Catt joined Bath in 1992 as understudy to Stuart Barnes and made his debut as a 21-year-old against Nottingham R.F.C. later the same year. He had a testimonial year with Bath in 2004, but at the end of the 2003-04 season, Bath decided not to renew his contract and he moved to London Irish.[1] At the start of the 2007-2008 season,

Is a former South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1965.

Is a former South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1965.

Is a former South African cricketer. A fast bowler and hard hitting batsman, his chances for a long

Is a former South African cricketer. A fast bowler and hard hitting batsman, his chances for a long and productive test career were wrecked by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s.[citation needed] He proved himself a coloss

Is a former South African cricketer and played 22 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1994

Is a former South African cricketer and played 22 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He played for several teams during his career, playing for Northerns and Easterns in South Africa, in addition to minor counties cricket for Bucki

Is a former South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1961 to 1962. He was also Rugby union

Is a former South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1961 to 1962. He was also Rugby union footballer and played for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews in the 1950s.

Is a South African entrepreneur who has successfully established a number of businesses and financed

Is a South African entrepreneur who has successfully established a number of businesses and financed the production of some albums by notable musicians.

Is a Botswanan footballer who plays for Centre Chiefs in the Mascom Premier League.

Is a Botswanan footballer who plays for Centre Chiefs in the Mascom Premier League.

A South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters

A South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champio

Journalist and an Associate Editor of the Financial Times and a columnist.Skapinker began his career

Journalist and an Associate Editor of the Financial Times and a columnist.Skapinker began his career as a Foreign Correspondent in Athens for CBS Radio News and Independent radio News, moving to the London Bureau of McGraw-Hill World News, then on the International Management Magazine as senior editor before joining the Financial Times in 1986 as a management writer. He held several positions at the Financial Times, including aerospace correspondent, leisure industry correspondent and electronics writer. In July 2005 Skapinker was appointed editor of the FT’s weekend edition.

Is a football player from Uganda. He began his career by Police Jinja before transferred in August 2

Is a football player from Uganda. He began his career by Police Jinja before transferred in August 2007 to the youth side from Helsingborgs IF. He was promoted to the senior squad for the 2008 season. His debut for the Uganda national football team was on 8 June 2008 against Benin.

Is a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper, he currently plays for Municipal Liberia in the Costa

Is a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper, he currently plays for Municipal Liberia in the Costa Rican Primera División. Tommy was the first-choice goalkeeper for the Leone Stars in recent games but he has since lost that position to Christian Caulker.

Is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composit

Is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of space, flight 15P on June 21, 2004, thus becoming the first commercial astronaut and

Is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. A strong defender he competed for the Cameroon nat

Is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. A strong defender he competed for the Cameroon national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Was the first President of Burundi from November 28, 1966 to November 1, 1976.In the years after ind

Was the first President of Burundi from November 28, 1966 to November 1, 1976.In the years after independence Burundi had seen a rapid descent into anarchy. The king Mwambutsa IV rapidly changed the Prime Minister as anti-Tutsi forces threatened to unleas

Is a Democratic Republic of the Congo professional football player, who currently, plays in the Cham

Is a Democratic Republic of the Congo professional football player, who currently, plays in the Championnat de France amateur for SR Colmar. The French citizen played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Troyes AC, he played his debut on 24 September

Is a Beninese international football player who currently plays in Slovakian for FC ViOn Zlaté Mora

Is a Beninese international football player who currently plays in Slovakian for FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.Aka began his career by Soleil FC and was in July 2006 transfered to Slovak Superliga champion MŠK Žilina. He was a half year by MŠK Žilina, plays his f

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beij

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished seventh in the K-4 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event.

Is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the

Is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was a member of the women's national team that finished in tenth place.

Is a female badminton player from South Africa.Edwards played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics,

Is a female badminton player from South Africa.Edwards played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Aparna Popat of India in the round of 32 in women's singles. In women's doubles, Edwards and her partner Chantal Botts were defeated by Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the round of 32.

Is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, du Preez made her

Is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, du Preez made her debut for the South Africa national women's cricket team in January 2007, aged seventeen. After only fourteen women's One Day International appearances fo

Is an Angolan professional basketball point guard. Lutonda represented Angola at the 2000 and 2004 S

Is an Angolan professional basketball point guard. Lutonda represented Angola at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics with the Angola national basketball team. He also competed with Angola at the 2002 and 2006 FIBA World Championships.