Famous People with Name Andre

André Joubert            Origin/Culture/Country: African

André Joubert: is a former South African rugby union player. He was capped 34 times at fullback for the Springboks in the early 1990s, and amassed a total of 115 Test Points from 10 tries, 17 penalties and 7 conversions.Joubert played a major role in the Springboks' success at the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in South Africa, most notably turning in an outstanding performance in the 15-12 win over the All Blacks in the final despite playing with a broken hand.

Andre Snyman            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andre Snyman: is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres. Snyman has earned well over thirty Test caps for the national side, making his debut in 1996 against the All Blacks in Durban. Snyman joined English club Leeds Tykes for the 2003 season. He would later move to France, signing with USA Perpignan for the 2006-07 season. However, Snyman returned to the Tykes on loan in December 2006 in order to help their National Division One campaign.He made his debut for the Tykes against Northampton, the same day England won the Rugby World Cup.He scored one of the Leeds tries in the famous Powergen Cup Final against Bath, intercepting a pass from 80m.

André Vos            Origin/Culture/Country: African

André Vos: was a back row forward who played rugby for Eastern Province (South Africa), Queensland Reds (Australia), The Cats (South Africa), The Lions (South Africa), Harlequins (England) and captained South Africa. André retired from professional rugby in the summer of 2007. He is a born-again Christian.In 1998 he played for the Australian Queensland Reds in the Super 12. He returned to South African shores to play for the The Cats in the Super 12 and for The Lions in the South African Currie Cup.

Andre Leander Arendse            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Andre Leander Arendse: is a South African football (soccer) goalkeeper.He played mostly for Oxford United, Fulham FC (both England), Cape Town Spurs, Santos, Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United. He is also a co-presenter with SuperSport, South Africa's sporting channel(s).He played for South Africa national football team. He was initially in the 1998 FIFA World Cup squad, but had to pull out due to injury. His replacement Paul Evans also withdrew through injury and was replaced by Simon Gopane, who was the first-ever goalkeeper to wear number 23 in the finals. He was later a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and retired from his international career in 2004.

André Philippus Brink            Origin/Culture/Country: African

André Philippus Brink: is a South African novelist. He writes in Afrikaans and English and is a Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.In the 1960s he and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends.

Jean-Yves André            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Jean-Yves André: is a football player who currently plays for AS de Vacoas-Phoenix in the Mauritian Premier League and for the Mauritius national football team as a midfielder. He is featured on the Mauritian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

Matilde Andre            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Matilde Andre: is a team handball player from Angola. She plays on the Angola women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.