African Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a South African-born mathematician. He has been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Prince

Is a South African-born mathematician. He has been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeded Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. Sarnak is also on the permanent faculty at the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study.[1]

Is a South African rugby union coach who is the current coach of the South Africa national rugby uni

Is a South African rugby union coach who is the current coach of the South Africa national rugby union team. After his successes with South African U19 and U21 squads, de Villiers was named as the coach of South Africa's national team, the Springboks in J

Is a former South African professional snooker player. Francisco turned professional in 1984, and re

Is a former South African professional snooker player. Francisco turned professional in 1984, and reached the final stages of the World Snooker Championship on five occasions: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1995.

Is a former South African cricketer who played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967. He later became a

Is a former South African cricketer who played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967. He later became a match referee.

Has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player, selector, and father of a

Has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player, selector, and father of a future captain. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He was primarily a fast bowler, but was also a useful late-order batsman.

Was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 1996 until December 8, 2004.Musonge was born in Mu

Was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 1996 until December 8, 2004.Musonge was born in Muea in Fako Department in the South-West Province.[1] He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at Drexel University and received a mast

Is a South African former professional footballer who played as a defender for Orlando Pirates, Moro

Is a South African former professional footballer who played as a defender for Orlando Pirates, Moroka Swallows, Tembisa Classic, Lehurutshe Stocks Birds, Kaizer Chiefs, Zulu Royals, Black Leopards and Jomo Cosmos.[1]After retiring as a player, Mathshitse became a coach with Mothupi Birds United in January 2008.[2]

Was an English scientist and former MI5 counterintelligence officer, noted for writing the controver

Was an English scientist and former MI5 counterintelligence officer, noted for writing the controversial book Spycatcher, (ISBN 0-670-82055-5), which became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, par

Was a founding member of the South African Liberal Party and succeeded Alan Paton as its national ch

Was a founding member of the South African Liberal Party and succeeded Alan Paton as its national chairman in 1958.He attended Michaelhouse and was head boy. He fought in North Africa and Italy during World War II. He later studied agriculture at the University of Cambridge and African languages and Native Law and Administration at the University of Cape Town.

Was the Vice-President of Botswana from 3 January 1983 until 1992. He resigned following a President

Was the Vice-President of Botswana from 3 January 1983 until 1992. He resigned following a Presidential Commission which identified him as taking part in illegal land dealings outside of Gaborone.

Kiraten made his Test debut at the late age of 36 due to South Africa's ban on international cricket

Kiraten made his Test debut at the late age of 36 due to South Africa's ban on international cricket during the 1970s and 80s. Despite being well past his destructive best as a number 3 batsman, he still managed to post his one and only Test century at th

Is the author of A Beast in View (André Deutsch), The Future of Treason (Ballantine), A Gardener To

Is the author of A Beast in View (André Deutsch), The Future of Treason (Ballantine), A Gardener Touched with Genius: The Life of Luther Burbank (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan; rev. ed., University of California Press; new, expanded ed., Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa), and Martyrs and Fanatics: South Africa and Human Destiny (Simon & Schuster; Secker & Warburg). He was born and brought up in South Africa, where he was involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, serving on the Cape Provincial Committee of the Liberal Party, founded and led by Alan Paton, and as secretary of the Western Province Press Association, which published the fortnightly The Citizen (which ceased publication in 1959 and should not be confused with the pro-apartheid tabloid of the same name launched in 1976). Dreyer left South Africa in 1961 and subsequently launched and edited Omphalos: A Mediterranean Review in Athens. In 1972, however, he was expelled from Greece by the military junta then in power there and moved to the United States. During the 1970s, he was book columnist for San Francisco magazine. He has lived in Virginia since 1988.

Is a South African former swimmer who set a world record in the 50 metre freestyle. He placed third

Is a South African former swimmer who set a world record in the 50 metre freestyle. He placed third in the 50 metre freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics he also competed on the South African teams in 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay and 4 x 100 metre medley relay, but without reaching the final.

Is a former South African cricketer who played in eight Tests from 1958 to 1964.

Is a former South African cricketer who played in eight Tests from 1958 to 1964.

Was a South African cricketer who played in fourteen Tests from 1955 to 1962.

Was a South African cricketer who played in fourteen Tests from 1955 to 1962.

Is a South African professional footballer who plays as a left back for Mpumalanga Black Aces. He wa

Is a South African professional footballer who plays as a left back for Mpumalanga Black Aces. He was born in Polokwane.

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Ligat Toto club Maccabi Haifa and South Africa.Tse

Is a South African football (soccer) defender for Ligat Toto club Maccabi Haifa and South Africa.Tsepo Masilela was discovered by former Bafana Bafana coach Ted Dumitru. Such was his meteoric rise he made his full international debut before he had even signed a professional contract, a first in South African football. In the same vein, after only one season in top-flight football in his homeland, he made the move to Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.

Was a South African rugby union footballer. He made his international debut on the 8th of June 1974

Was a South African rugby union footballer. He made his international debut on the 8th of June 1974 against the British Lions on his home ground of Newlands in Cape Town. He scored his only international try against France on the 21st of June 1975 in Bloemfontein. His career was brought to a premature end in 1980 when he suffered a severe injury.

Is a Gabonese bantamweight boxer. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He lost

Is a Gabonese bantamweight boxer. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He lost in the round of 32 to Nigerian Nestor Bolum.

A South African concert pianist.Grammy-nominated South African pianist Malan is an exclusive recordi

A South African concert pianist.Grammy-nominated South African pianist Malan is an exclusive recording artist for the internationally recognized label Hänssler Classic based in Holzgerlingen near Stuttgart in Germany. Her debut disc Transfigured Bach: The Complete Bach Transcriptions of Bartok, Lipatti and Friedman, was nominated for three Grammy awards, including "Best Instrumental Solo Album 2004." The album was on the Top-10 list for Classic FM (Southern Africa) for over 30 weeks and was met with critical and audience appeal alike. Her second recording in the series "Transfigured Mozart," was released in 2006 during a 14-concert tour of South Africa, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. "Transfigured Beethoven" is slated for a 2008 release. As a "Blüthner Artist" she uses their pianos exclusively for her recordings.

Was a South African professional boxer.Crous turned pro in 1977 and won the WBA cruiserweight title

Was a South African professional boxer.Crous turned pro in 1977 and won the WBA cruiserweight title with a decision win over Ossie Ocasio in 1984. He defended the belt once before losing it to Dwight Muhammad Qawi via TKO the following year. Crous was down twice in the 11th round. He retired in 1987.

Was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.The esteem in which his shrew

Was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.The esteem in which his shrewdness in both farming and legal affairs was held led to his election to the Volksraad as member for Wakkerstroom early in the sixties, Marthinus Pretorius

Was a cricketer who played 18 Tests and 83 One Day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fa

Was a cricketer who played 18 Tests and 83 One Day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman between 1992 and 1998.

Was a South African poet and novelist. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where

Was a South African poet and novelist. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a lecturer in African literature. His debut novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow, was published in 2001.Mpe was born in the northern city of Polokwane, and moved to Johannesburg at the age of 19 to attend university. Due to his lack of money he ended up living in the deprived inner city area of Hillbrow, a place where he later set his first novel. Welcome to Our Hillbrow was an important work as it was the first novel to deal with the changes of inner-city life in South Africa in the ten years since Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk engineered apartheid's demise. Far from enjoying the freedoms allowed by democracy, the book depicts the native black South Africans facing the new challenges of poverty, unemployment, and HIV/AIDS. The only black people who benefited from apartheid, according to Mpe, were the better educated immigrants from other parts of Africa. Xenophobia towards these black immigrants is another core theme of the novel; it was widely felt in the inner-cities that it was these people who were responsible for the explosion of HIV in South Africa.

He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a lecturer in African literatur

He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a lecturer in African literature. His debut novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow, was published in 2001.Mpe was born in the northern city of Polokwane, and moved to Johannesburg at the age of