African Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Congolese footballer who plays for AE ??úklia in Cyprus. Tutuana start playing soccer in a clu

Is a Congolese footballer who plays for AE ??úklia in Cyprus. Tutuana start playing soccer in a club called Japatra in the Congo. He played there from 1997–1999, then moved to a bigger football club called AS Vita Club, where he played from 2000-2002. Tutuana then moved to Cyprus in 2006 and played for Enosis Neon Paralimni in the Cypriot First Division for two seasons. In 2009 he moved to Ayia Napa FC in the Cypriot Second Division and later to Olympiakos Nicosia.

Is a Tunisian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and épée events at the 1960 Summ

Is a Tunisian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

A screenwriter and songwriter based in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisatio

A screenwriter and songwriter based in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Cape Town. He also holds an MA in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School. In 2004 he was nominated for a BAFTA as a writer on the short film Sea Monsters. Raphael is currently working on an as-yet-unannounced venture.

Is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in three cons

Is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). He was nicknamed Snakeboy during his career. Matumla also competed at two Commonwealth Games: 1994 and 1

Is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer. Wurie played for K. Beerschot V.A.C. in the Bel

Is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer. Wurie played for K. Beerschot V.A.C. in the Belgian First Division for the 1993–94 through 1996–97 seasons. He also had a brief spell with Eintracht Braunschweig German Fußball-Regionalliga.

Is the current coach of the Stormers rugby franchise in South Africa. Erasmus played mainly as a fla

Is the current coach of the Stormers rugby franchise in South Africa. Erasmus played mainly as a flanker for the Springboks at international level, for the Free State Cheetahs and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup, and for the Cats in the Super 12. He served as captain of the Cats, leading them to the 2000 Super 12 semifinals, and also captained the Springboks once.

Is a professional South African player on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Klaase

Is a professional South African player on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Klaasen's career-high ranking was World Number 274, which he achieved on October 10, 2009. His current single ranking is 375.

Is a former cricketer, who played four seasons of first-class matches for Natal cricket team. A righ

Is a former cricketer, who played four seasons of first-class matches for Natal cricket team. A right-hand batsman and medium pace bowler, his only first-class half century was 89 not out for Natal B against Transvaal B in December 1967. Nicholson's best

Is a South African businessman, who purchased the Pick 'n Pay supermarket group from its founder Mr

Is a South African businessman, who purchased the Pick 'n Pay supermarket group from its founder Mr Harry Goldin the founder of Clicks Group (H Goldin and company), Raymond Ackerman is still (as of 2007[update]) the chairperson. He is also well known for his philanthropic activities. He purchased four stores from Harry Goldin in the sixties.

Is an African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga. He became founding member of th

Is an African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga. He became founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970's. When the Cannibals disbanded Ray founded Stimela, with whom he conceived gold and platinum-selling albums like Fire, Passion and Ecstacy (1991), Look, Listen and Decide (1992) as well as the controversial People Don’t Talk So Let’s Talk.In 1985 Paul Simon asked Ray along with Ladysmith Black Mambazo to join his Graceland project, which was successful but also helped the South Africans to make names for themselves abroad. Ray was to collaborate with Paul Simon again on Simon’s Rhythm of the Saints album, which saw him perform on stages such as Central Park and Madison Square Garden as well as appearing on top television shows in the USA.

Is a South African Canadian journalist, editor, media executive and political strategist.A white Sou

Is a South African Canadian journalist, editor, media executive and political strategist.A white South African by birth, Heard was a political reporter for the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1960, he spent a year at Harvard on a Frank Knox Scholarship and wrote an article on the political situation in his homeland for the Harvard Crimson in which he described apartheid as "a combination of hatred, fear, and ignorance."[1] Heard subsequently worked for as an editor for the London Observer News Service.

Is a South African rugby union player. Ray grew up and started playing rugby in Zimbabwe. He returne

Is a South African rugby union player. Ray grew up and started playing rugby in Zimbabwe. He returned to South Africa and played Wing for the Springboks where he captained the team 3 times (twice as a substitute)from 1980 until 1984. As a player, he may be best known for scoring 3 tries against the All Blacks in the famous “flour bomb” Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 September 1981.

Is a Cameroonian football player, who plays for Union Douala.He played for Cameroon national footbal

Is a Cameroonian football player, who plays for Union Douala.He played for Cameroon national football team and was a participant at three consecutive World Cups, in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

Is an Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland and the 2006 U-19 Cricket World

Is an Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland and the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He has also played in List A cricket for Uganda.

Is the newly appointed acting President of International Cricket Council, following the unexpected d

Is the newly appointed acting President of International Cricket Council, following the unexpected death of Percy Sonn. He was born in Eastern Cape, South Africa. He had been the President of Cricket South Africa since 2003 (the first black person to hold

Is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire). Bwanga was voted the

Is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire). Bwanga was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000.

Is a Namibian cricketer. Van Schoor is the former captain of the Namibian team at Under-15 level, wh

Is a Namibian cricketer. Van Schoor is the former captain of the Namibian team at Under-15 level, who made his first-class debut in 2007. Van Schoor represented Namibia in Intercontinental Cup in 2007-08 season. He is one of the youngest ever players to r

Is a former South African cricketer. He was one of South Africa's leading wicket-keepers during the

Is a former South African cricketer. He was one of South Africa's leading wicket-keepers during the apartheid era. In October 2004 Jennings was appointed coach of the South African national cricket team on a short-term contract, he had previously coached

Is a Beninese football striker player. Currently playing for Al Nasr.He started his career in his na

Is a Beninese football striker player. Currently playing for Al Nasr.He started his career in his native Nigeria, but his career was nearly derailed when the Nigeria Football Association[1] slammed a five-year ban on him for allegedly assaulting a referee

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League and South A

Is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.

Is a professional tennis player from Morocco. He has a career high-ranking of 160 (achieved on June

Is a professional tennis player from Morocco. He has a career high-ranking of 160 (achieved on June 7, 2010).

Is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al Tersana . He is a member of the Libya nationa

Is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al Tersana . He is a member of the Libya national football team.

Is a Moroccan basketball player (center) currently playing for Kyoto Hannaryz in the Japanese bj lea

Is a Moroccan basketball player (center) currently playing for Kyoto Hannaryz in the Japanese bj league. He also played for PAOK Thessaloniki and Cholet Basket. Rhalimi is a member of the Morocco national basketball team. He participated in both the 2007

Is a boxer from Morocco who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African co

Is a boxer from Morocco who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Light Flyweight (48 kg) division by Colombia's Carlos José Tamara.

Is a professional South African Rugby footballer currently playing for Aviva Premiership side Northa

Is a professional South African Rugby footballer currently playing for Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints. His preferred position is at Prop. Dreyer signed for Northampton Saints along with Juandre Kruger, another fellow South African Rugby player