African Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Af

Is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was the youngest South African to score a first class century, at the age of 16.

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career h

Is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 9 in 1994. He likes to laugh at badgers.

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler who plays dome

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler who plays domestic cricket for Dolphins and has represented South Africa in both One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals. Miller made his Twenty20 Inte

Is a former South African cricketer who played in eight Tests from 1963 to 1967. His brother, Tony,

Is a former South African cricketer who played in eight Tests from 1963 to 1967. His brother, Tony, also played Test cricket for South Africa.

Is a former Angolan basketball power forward. He competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics

Is a former Angolan basketball power forward. He competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics with the Angola national basketball team.

Is a South African alpine skier. He is the only person ever to have represented South Africa at the

Is a South African alpine skier. He is the only person ever to have represented South Africa at the Winter Paralympic Games, and he is one of only two Africans (along with Ugandan Tofiri Kibuuka) to have competed at the Games to date. Warner lost a leg in

Is a former Australian cricketer who played two One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played two One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000.

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia during the 1997 ICC Trophy, as wel

Is a South African-born Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia during the 1997 ICC Trophy, as well as appearing for his adopted country during the MCC's Namibian visit of 2001.

Was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 19

Was the first President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September 21, 1979 to September 1, 1981. Even after being removed from power twice by coups d'état, Dacko continued to be a very active politician and presidential candidate with a loyal group of supporters. Dacko was thus an important political figure in CAR politics for a period of over half a century.

Was a South African boxer who competed in the Olympic games in 1932. He won the gold medal in the Li

Was a South African boxer who competed in the Olympic games in 1932. He won the gold medal in the Light heavyweight competition in Los Angeles, beating Gino Rossi of Italy in the final match.[2]

Popularly known as Efford Chabala was Zambia's first choice goalkeeper from 1983 until his death in

Popularly known as Efford Chabala was Zambia's first choice goalkeeper from 1983 until his death in a plane crash off the Gabonese coast in 1993 and is probably Zambia’s most capped player, an achievement which has often been attributed to Kalusha Bwalya, his former team mate at club and national level.Chabala first established himself in the club side Mufulira Wanderers before succeeding Ghost Mulenga as number one in the Zambian goal. He was instrumental in Zambia's first-ever cup success when he saved three penalties in Zambia's 3-0 penalty victory over Malawi at the 1984 East and Central Africa Challenge Cup final after a goalless draw at full-time. The following year, Chabala was named Zambia’s Sportsman of the Year.

Is a former Cameroonian soccer player who played as Striker.He played in various countries throughou

Is a former Cameroonian soccer player who played as Striker.He played in various countries throughout his career, including for Belenenses of Portugal, Larissa of Greece, Tecos UAG of Mexico, Shanghai Shenhua of China, Deportivo Municipal of Peru, Chernom

Was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests from 1953 to 1954.

Was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests from 1953 to 1954.

A South African–British chess master.Friedgood represented South Africa in Chess Olympiads at Tel

A South African–British chess master.Friedgood represented South Africa in Chess Olympiads at Tel Aviv 1964, Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970, and Nice 1974.

Is a South African photographer who was born in Randfontein, Gauteng Province.Goldblatt began photog

Is a South African photographer who was born in Randfontein, Gauteng Province.Goldblatt began photographing in 1948 and has documented developments in South Africa through the period of Apartheid to the present. He has numerous publications to his name an

Is a South African businessman and chief executive of Mondi Europe, finance director of Mondi Intern

Is a South African businessman and chief executive of Mondi Europe, finance director of Mondi International and the Anglo Forest Products Division and director of Anglo American.Hathorn served articles with Pim Goldby in Pietermaritzburg from 1985 to 1987 before becoming an audit managemer with Pim Goldby in Durban. He joined Anglo American in 1989 as a divisional finance manager in the Corporate & International Finance Department. From 1992 to 1993 he served as personal assistant to the executive chairman of Mondi Ltd.

Was a South African-born entrepreneur and an animal rights activist.Bale was an activist for environ

Was a South African-born entrepreneur and an animal rights activist.Bale was an activist for environmental and animal rights causes. He served as a board member of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the Ark Trust,[2] which in 2002 became the Hollywood branch of the Humane Society of the United States

Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, married to Annemie and author of Transforming Mission: Pa

Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, married to Annemie and author of Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (1991) — a major work on post-colonial Christian mission.Sensing a call to be a missionary, Bosch changed to the Theological school and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity and a Master of Arts in languages (Afrikaans, Dutch, German). He then went to Switzerland to study for his doctorate in the field of New Testament at the University of Basel, under Oscar Cullmann, who influenced Bosch to accommodate more ecumenism.

Is a French-Tunisian football defender who is currently play with Grenoble Foot 38. Hoping for a sel

Is a French-Tunisian football defender who is currently play with Grenoble Foot 38. Hoping for a selection to the French national team, he turned down several opportunities to represent Tunisia. However, when the 2006 World Cup was approaching, Jemmali accepted the offer and made his debut for the Eagles of Carthage on March 1, 2006 against Serbia and Montenegro. He was subsequently called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Is a South African first-class cricketer for the Warriors, having previously played for the Eagles c

Is a South African first-class cricketer for the Warriors, having previously played for the Eagles cricket team. A right-handed wicket keeper batsman, he has made over 3000 first class runs at an average above 40 and a highest score of 218. He is no relat

Is a former South African cricketer. Despite there being a distance of 8 years between his first and

Is a former South African cricketer. Despite there being a distance of 8 years between his first and last One Day International, Callaghan only played 29 times for South Africa. His first-class career lasted 19 years, with time being spent in England with

For the first seven years after South Africa returned from isolation Richardson was a permanent fixt

For the first seven years after South Africa returned from isolation Richardson was a permanent fixture as wicket-keeper, his trademark sun hat and brown gloves was very recognisable. He was also a gritty batsman scoring a maiden and only Test century (10

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler

Is a singer, songwriter, playwright and director, most notable for his musicals about the Cape Colou

Is a singer, songwriter, playwright and director, most notable for his musicals about the Cape Coloured communities, and for his early opposition to Apartheid.

(born on 11 September 1959) is a South African golfer

(born on 11 September 1959) is a South African golfer