African Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender for Moroka Swallows in t

Is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender for Moroka Swallows in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.

Is a professional triathlete, the African U23 vice champion of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010

Is a professional triathlete, the African U23 vice champion of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 and the best female elite triathlete of the French club Lagardère Paris Racing. Since 2006 St Louis has continuously achieved medal positions in ITU events

Is a Gabonese striker currently playing for Stade Lavallois after signing from Angers SCO in the sum

Is a Gabonese striker currently playing for Stade Lavallois after signing from Angers SCO in the summer of 2009.Do Marcolino has made several appearances for the Gabon national football team.

Is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.

Is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.

Is a football defender from Congo DR. He currently plays for FCV Dender EH in Belgium. Mvemba began

Is a football defender from Congo DR. He currently plays for FCV Dender EH in Belgium. Mvemba began his career 1999 by AFC Tubize, before signed a contract by FCV Dender EH in July 2007.

Is a football player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight SC in the Mauritian Premier League a

Is a football player who currently plays for Curepipe Starlight SC 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.

Is a French born Tunisian midfielder currently playing for FC Valenciennes.

Is a French born Tunisian midfielder currently playing for FC Valenciennes.

Is a former South African first class cricketer. A big hitting lower to middle order batsman, he pla

Is a former South African first class cricketer. A big hitting lower to middle order batsman, he played with Western Province and Boland during the 1990's, after earlier appearing in the Howa Bowl.

Is a Tunisian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a striker for Stade Tunisien. He has o

Is a Tunisian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a striker for Stade Tunisien. He has one cap for Tunisia and five youth games.

Professional Dutch-Moroccan Welterweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Brummen, Neth

Professional Dutch-Moroccan Welterweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Brummen, Netherlands. He is ISKA European and WKN World Muay Thai champion currently competing in K-1 MAX.

While on a plane from Ontario to New Jersey, 17-year-old Bowman was skimming through a Tom Clancy no

While on a plane from Ontario to New Jersey, 17-year-old Bowman was skimming through a Tom Clancy novel when she came upon the term amphibious assault. Bowman thought this would be a great name for an industrial band.Soon after, Bowman went on to record several tracks with Pigface for the band's 2003 album, Easy Listening. Her enjoyment of the recording experience led her to begin writing music again. She purchased a sequencer and began exploring the industrial music genre that she admired but had never actively pursued. In the months that followed, Bowman's basement became filled with drum machines and synthesizers. From her basement, she wrote the songs that made up Amphibious Assault's debut album

Is a retired South African association football player who played in South Africa for Kaizer Chiefs

Is a retired South African association football player who played in South Africa for Kaizer Chiefs and Hellenic and in Turkey for Besiktas, Antalyaspor and Bursaspor.

Is a South African football (soccer) winger and striker for Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg Un

Is a South African football (soccer) winger and striker for Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United.

Is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as midfielder. Abdelghni is currently attached to Wydad C

Is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as midfielder. Abdelghni is currently attached to Wydad Casablanca.

Is a Tunisian former footballer, and currently manager of the Tunisia national football team after r

Is a Tunisian former footballer, and currently manager of the Tunisia national football team after recently leaving Libya. He is the brother of manager Lotfi Benzarti. After his involvement with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 2006, he transferred to Espéranc

Is a former Tunisian football striker.

Is a former Tunisian football striker.

Is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to aparth

Is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue.Farid Esack was born into a poor Muslim family in the Wynberg suburb of Cape Town. While still a child, he and his mother were forcibly relocated as "non-Whites" under provisions of the Group Areas Act. At age nine, Esack joined the revivalist Tablighi Jamaat movement, and by age 10 he was teaching at a madrassah (religious school). At the age of 15 he received a scholarship to pursue Islamic studies in Pakistan. By the time he left for Pakistan in 1974 he had also become the local chairman of an anti-apartheid group, National Youth Action, and had been detained several times by security police.[1]

Is a successful Moroccan novelist.Diouri was born in Larache (Morocco), the daughter of the Spanish-

Is a successful Moroccan novelist.Diouri was born in Larache (Morocco), the daughter of the Spanish-Moroccan writer Driss Diouri. She has two children. She now lives in Paris. Studied at the Institut espagnol and at the Institut francais. She graduated at the lycée Descartes of Rabat and studied economics at the faculty of law of Rabat.

Is a Tunisian footballer who is a goalkeeper. He plays for Club Athlétique Bizertin and was called

Is a Tunisian footballer who is a goalkeeper. He plays for Club Athlétique Bizertin and was called up to play for Tunisia national football team for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but did not play a match in the tournament.

Is a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.She received her primary education in a school establi

Is a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.She received her primary education in a school established by the nationalist movement, and secondary level education in an all-girls school funded by the French protectorate. In 1957, she studied political science at the Sorbonne and at Brandeis University, where she earned her doctorate.

Is the Finance and Economy minister of Morocco since 1998. He is a member of the Socialist Union of

Is the Finance and Economy minister of Morocco since 1998. He is a member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP) and its president at the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco where the USFP counts 50 seats out of 325.

Was the daughter of Mohammed al-Fihri, with whom she migrated to Fes, Morocco from Qairawan, located

Was the daughter of Mohammed al-Fihri, with whom she migrated to Fes, Morocco from Qairawan, located in present-day Tunisia. In 859, Fatima founded the oldest academic degree-granting university existing today, the University of Qarawiyyin, with money inherited from her father, a wealthy businessman. She is said to have fasted in order to become closer to Allah during the building of the university.

Is a former female middle distance runner from Morocco.Aouam set her personal best (4:05.49) in the

Is a former female middle distance runner from Morocco.Aouam set her personal best (4:05.49) in the 1,500 m in 1986.

Is a South African writer and academic, a screenwriter, and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist.

Is a South African writer and academic, a screenwriter, and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist.In 1946, Meer joined many other South African Indians in a passive resistance campaign against apartheid, during which she started the Student Passive Resistance Committee. She also helped to establish the Durban Districts Women’s League, an organisation started in order to build alliances between Africans and Indians as a result of the race riots between the two groups in 1949.

Born in Afagnan of the Kabye tribe in Lacs Prefecture,[1] Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé received his s

Born in Afagnan of the Kabye tribe in Lacs Prefecture,[1] Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé received his secondary education in Lomé before studying in Paris at the Sorbonne, where he received a degree in financial business management;[2] he subsequently obtaine