African Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Tunisian football player. He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participa

Is a Tunisian football player. He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal from the penalty kick in match against Romania.

Is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96. Chahed made his nat

Is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96. Chahed made his national debut for Tunisia on 11 October 2009.

Is a Tunisian football midfielder who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Gaziantepspor. Melliti sc

Is a Tunisian football midfielder who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Gaziantepspor. Melliti scored his first goal for the Tunisian national team in January 2006, and played one match at the upcoming 2006 African Cup of Nations. In May he was called up to the 2006 World Cup. In January of 2009, Al Hilal of Libya, having made several negotiations to sign him previously, are still deliberating a deal for him.

Is an Angolan professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Avir

Is an Angolan professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Aviron Bayonnais FC. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Stade Brestois 29.

Is an Ethiopian football defender currently playing for Al Sha'ab Ibb. He is a member of the Ethiopi

Is an Ethiopian football defender currently playing for Al Sha'ab Ibb. He is a member of the Ethiopia national football team. He also was a member of the Ethiopia squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Cup.In the that tournament in Argentina he had scored the

Was a South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became

Was a South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became the pop hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to a style of isicathamiya a cappella popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.[1]In 1931 Linda joined the stream of young African men who left their homesteads to find menial work in Johannesburg, by then a sprawling gold-mining town hungry for cheap labour. He worked in the furniture store of his uncle's while singing in their choir, the Evening Birds, which disbanded in 1933. Linda started a new group that retained the Evening Birds name, and found employment at Johannesburg's Carlton Hotel.[1]

Was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer.As an act

Was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer.As an activist and politician he spent much of his life in the struggle for the enfranchisement and liberation of African people. He was a founder member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which would later become the African National Congress (ANC). As a member of an SANNC deputation he would travel to England to protest the 1913 Native Land Act, and later to Canada and the United States where he met Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois.

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer, who plays for East End Lions in Sierra Leone National Premier League

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer, who plays for East End Lions in Sierra Leone National Premier League. He was a member of the Sierra Leone national team and is commonly known in Sierra Leone by his nickname Politics

Is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is flanker. He currently plays for the

Is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is flanker. He currently plays for the Lions in the international Super 14 competition. He was educated at the Loyiso High School.He played for Springbok 'A' in 2004. In November of that year he made his debut for the Springboks in a match against Scotland at Murrayfield playing at flank. South Africa won the match 45-10. He played in a subsequent test against Argentina in Buenos Aires, which the Springboks won 39-7.

Is an Afrikaner singer-songwriter and actress.She later obtained a diploma cum laude in Teaching aft

Is an Afrikaner singer-songwriter and actress.She later obtained a diploma cum laude in Teaching after three years at the Johannesburg (Goudstad) College of Education. She gave up teaching to pursue music after meeting her future husband, FC Hamman[2] . The couple married in 1976 and started a family, their youngest son later developed an extreme hearing impairment in 1993. Herholdt subsequently decided to start a school for hearing and linguistically impaired Afrikaans children, this was housed in the pre-primary section of Bryanston Primary School. This resulted in Herjholdt returning to teach for a period of time.

Was one of the major leaders who fought for the independence of Mauritius. After passing his Teacher

Was one of the major leaders who fought for the independence of Mauritius. After passing his Teacher’s Examination, he worked as Primary School Teacher from 1923 to 1945. In 1946, he became active in the political field and on 10 August 1948 Sookdeo Bisso

Is a Moroccan-French basketball player currently playing for Juvisy in the French Basketball League.

Is a Moroccan-French basketball player currently playing for Juvisy in the French Basketball League. Rafai is a member of the Morocco national basketball team and competed for the team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009.

Was one of the first Burkinabé actors. He was the father of film director Dani Kouyaté and was a m

Was one of the first Burkinabé actors. He was the father of film director Dani Kouyaté and was a member of the Mandinka ethnic group. In 2009, Kouyaté won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale Filmfestival for his acting. He played the male main character in Rachid Bouchareb's drama London River, about the 2005 London bombings.

Is a Moroccan football striker. On September 2007, Alloudi has transferred by Raja Casablanca to Al-

Is a Moroccan football striker. On September 2007, Alloudi has transferred by Raja Casablanca to Al-Ain FC on a 3 year contract, his loan fee was reported to be 450.000 $.

Is a Togolese footballer who plays for K.R.C. Mechelen in the Belgian Third Division A. He plays as

Is a Togolese footballer who plays for K.R.C. Mechelen in the Belgian Third Division A. He plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger.

Is a Cameroonian football goalkeeper who, as of 2006 was playing for Denizlispor.He was a member of

Is a Cameroonian football goalkeeper who, as of 2006 was playing for Denizlispor.He was a member of the Cameroonian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals.

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou. Tassembedo

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou. Tassembedo played for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou between 2004 joined than to Sheriff Tiraspol, here played between June 2008 than left Moldova after three and a half year. In January 2009 was on trial at Alemannia Aachen, but the transfer failed and he signed for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou. Tassembedo was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He also featured at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings. He played

Is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings. He played for the Boland Cavaliers in youth competitions and was part of the 2009 Vodacom Cup squad. He then moved to the Platinum Leopards for the 2010 season, wher

Was an South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1907.

Was an South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1907.

Was a South African first class cricketer. Born in Port Elizabeth, he played 22 matches for Western

Was a South African first class cricketer. Born in Port Elizabeth, he played 22 matches for Western Province cricket team, scoring 484 runs at 14.23.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1927 to 1928.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1927 to 1928.

Is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as midfielder for Orlando Pirates in the Premi

Is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as midfielder for Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.Fredericks previously had a loan spell at Supersport United.[1] He also spent three seasons with FC Moscow, appearing in 13 Russian Premier League matches.[2]

Is a swimmer and electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He represented his c

Is a swimmer and electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to a misprint in his personal best time, he was rumoured by the international media to be a potential su

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success whil

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 39 in 1991.

Is a Namibian musician, actor and former cricketer from Windhoek City. He was the first contestant t

Is a Namibian musician, actor and former cricketer from Windhoek City. He was the first contestant to represent Namibia in the reality television program Big Brother Africa. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for t