African Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championship

Is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.

Is an African-American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often re

Is an African-American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement." Her musical repertoire consists largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and '60s, she was a formative influence on dozens of artists, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Janis Joplin.

Is a Rwandan physician and senator. She served as Minister of State for Social Affairs in the govern

Is a Rwandan physician and senator. She served as Minister of State for Social Affairs in the government of Paul Kagame from March 2000 to October 2003.

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played once for the Botswana nationa

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played once for the Botswana national football team in 2000.

Is a rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super 14 competition. He plays on the wing. He has rec

Is a rugby union player for the Sharks in the Super 14 competition. He plays on the wing. He has recently been handed his South African debut ahead of, amongst others, his twin brother Akona Ndungane.

Is an Angolan professional basketball player with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto. A 6'4" guard,

Is an Angolan professional basketball player with Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto. A 6'4" guard,[2] he has competed in various international competitions for the Angola national basketball team, including the 2004 Summer Olympics and the FIBA Africa Championship 2005.

Was a South African author, pacifist and political activist. She is best known for her novel The Sto

Was a South African author, pacifist and political activist. She is best known for her novel The Story of an African Farm, which has been acclaimed for the manner it tackled the issues of its day, ranging from agnosticism to the treatment of women.When Olive was six, Gottlob transferred to Healdtown in the Eastern Cape to run the Wesleyan training institute there. As with so many of his other projects, he simply was not up to the task and was expelled in disgrace for trading against missionary regulations. He was forced to make his own living for the first time in his life, and tried a business venture. Again, he failed and was insolvent within a year. The family lived in abject poverty as a result.

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Botswana national footba

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Botswana national football team between 1994 and 2002.

A schoolboy from Crich, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom who was appointed president of the Amber Va

A schoolboy from Crich, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom who was appointed president of the Amber Valley branch of the Liberal Democrats for the year 2006. He was elected unopposed as the president at the November 2005 Annual General Meeting of the branch, of which he has been a member since he was eight, and took up the one-year post on 1 January 2006 when he was just 12 years, 9 months and 13 days old, making him the youngest branch party president in British political history.[1] His mother, Kate Smith, was the unsuccessful candidate for Amber Valley in the 2005 general election. Smith succeeded 55-year-old Keith Falconbridge, who became chairman.[2]

Is an international cricketer who has made 5 One Day International and 2 Twenty20 International appe

Is an international cricketer who has made 5 One Day International and 2 Twenty20 International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team in 2008. In the English 2010 season she played for Shepperton, both for the ladies team, and the men

Is a Cameroonian football player. As of February 2009, he plays for SV 1910 Neuhof.

Is a Cameroonian football player. As of February 2009, he plays for SV 1910 Neuhof.

Is a Rwandan footballer, currently playing for Hamarkameratene in the Norwegian Premier Division. He

Is a Rwandan footballer, currently playing for Hamarkameratene in the Norwegian Premier Division. He is an attacking midfielder or forward. He signed for Helsingborgs IF in 2005, leaving his native club APR FC, and scored five goals in 18 matches during the 2005 season. In 2006, he scored 11 goals for Helsingborg and thereby, he became their top scorer in Allsvenskan. In January 2008 he transferred to Hamarkameratene.

Is an undefeated Cameroon born Canada based professional boxer who fights in the super bantamweight

Is an undefeated Cameroon born Canada based professional boxer who fights in the super bantamweight division. Lontchi is the current NABA super bantamweight champion and like fellow Cameroon born fighter Herman Ngoudjo he is trained by Howard Grant and ba

Is a Congolese football player. He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who fini

Is a Congolese football player. He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Was a South African civil servant in the Orange Free State, miner, Landdrost and Acting Government S

Was a South African civil servant in the Orange Free State, miner, Landdrost and Acting Government Secretary.[1]About Truter's younger years very little is known. In his early twenties he emigrated to the goldfields of Victoria in Australia. Seven years later, in 1859, Truter returned to South Africa where he entered public service. In 1861 the government of the Orange Free State made him Acting Landdrost of Kroonstad, an appointment that became definite a year later. Truter quickly made a political name for himself. In 1863, when State President Pretorius resigned his post, Truter was asked to stand in the elections. Eventually he resigned his candidature in favour of J.H. Brand, the candidate of the Volksraad.[2]

Is a Beninese writer and journalist.

Is a Beninese writer and journalist.

Is a Gambian footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a striker. Koroma trained with English side Watf

Is a Gambian footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a striker. Koroma trained with English side Watford in October 2007. He impressed, but was unable to secure a contract due to work permit issues. He also trained with Southampton[3] but again, could no

Is a Moroccan football player who, as of 2004[update] was playing for Mouloudia Club d'Oujda.He was

Is a Moroccan football player who, as of 2004[update] was playing for Mouloudia Club d'Oujda.He was part of the Moroccan 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group D, behind group winners Iraq and runners-up Costa Rica.

Is a Libyan football defender who is currently playing for USM Annaba in the Algerian Championnat Na

Is a Libyan football defender who is currently playing for USM Annaba in the Algerian Championnat National.He was a member of the Libyan 2006 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Is a former cricketer who played in three Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa. H

Is a former cricketer who played in three Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa. He is notable for being the first non-white player of the modern era, (after Charles Llewellyn in 1912) to play cricket for South Africa [1].

Is a Gambian footballer who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Jasseh

Is a Gambian footballer who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Jasseh began playing in academies at the age of 12 in his native Gambia, playing with Maccassa and Samger, before speding three years in England with youth academ

Is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Gefle IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. awo began his c

Is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Gefle IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. awo began his career on youthside for Assyriska Södertalje and earned 2002 here his first two professional caps, before signed in January 2003 for IK Frej. After one se

Was a Somali basketball player and coach. He was coach of the Somali national team from 2007 until h

Was a Somali basketball player and coach. He was coach of the Somali national team from 2007 until his death.[1] A member and coach of the Somalia national basketball team, Omar died in a car crash in England on 25 December 2008.

Was from the tribe of Mnifa, born in a small village called Janzour located in the eastern part of B

Was from the tribe of Mnifa, born in a small village called Janzour located in the eastern part of Barqa He was the leader of the resistance movement against the Italian colonization of Libya for more than twenty years. In 1912, following the Italian capture of Libya from the Turks the previous year, Omar Mukhtar organized and devised strategies for the Libyan resistance against the Italian colonization.

Is the pseudonym of a Moroccan spy who infiltrated al-Qaeda, attending training camps in Afghanistan

Is the pseudonym of a Moroccan spy who infiltrated al-Qaeda, attending training camps in Afghanistan and passing information to the UK and French intelligence services. He claims in an exclusive interview presented on the BBC's Newsnight programme on November 16, 2006 that the UK intelligence services were warned in the mid-1990s about the threat posed by al-Qaeda, but failed to act quickly enough.