African Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is an Ugandan football defender who currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Bundesliga

Is an Ugandan football defender who currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Bundesliga. Sekagya started his senior career with Kampala City Council in 1998, before moving to Argentina in 2001 to try and make a career in football. His first Argentine club was Atlético Rafaela in the 2nd Division. Sekagya also plays for the Ugandan national football team and is the team's captain. He made 8 appearances and scored one goal in their qualifying campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as well as 3 appearances and a goal in the ongoing qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Democratic Republic of the Congo football striker who currently plays for Dender in Belgium. Sa

Is a Democratic Republic of the Congo football striker who currently plays for Dender in Belgium. Salombo has played previously with SC Inter de Kinshasa and SC Cilu in Congo, Ajax Cape Town in South Africa, FC Brussels and K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen

Is a South African pair skater. With partner Marcelle Matthews, he represented South Africa at the 1

Is a South African pair skater. With partner Marcelle Matthews, he represented South Africa at the 1960 Winter Olympics where he placed 13th.

Is a Gabonese politician and army officer. Ngari, a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), h

Is a Gabonese politician and army officer. Ngari, a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), has been a minister in the government of Gabon since 1994 and was previously the Armed Forces Chief of Staff.

Is a Beninese football player who plays for Stade Quimpérois. Agnidé previously played several sea

Is a Beninese football player who plays for Stade Quimpérois. Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur. He played for the Benin national football team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Is a former professional tennis player and the leader of World Team Tennis.Kloss was ranked # 1 in t

Is a former professional tennis player and the leader of World Team Tennis.Kloss was ranked # 1 in the world in doubles in 1976. That year, she won doubles titles at the U.S. Open, the Italian Open, the U.S. Clay Courts, the German Open, the British Hard Courts Championship, and Hilton Head, as well as the mixed doubles title at the French Open.

A South African singer-songwriter/guitarist.She was educated in Messina, (now known as Musina), Sout

A South African singer-songwriter/guitarist.She was educated in Messina, (now known as Musina), South Africa at Eric Louw High School[Averaging over 180 live shows per year[2], she is the busiest female musician in South Africa. With 7 CDs and a DVD released[3], her music is popular across Southern Africa.Whilst performing a wide range of cover songs, she also produces her own original music with a distinct rock feel. She sings in English and Afrikaans, and performs music in the genres of rock, pop, country & western and R&B.

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. He also played for Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Tunisian football winger. He was a member of the Tunisian national team that participate

Is a former Tunisian football winger. He was a member of the Tunisian national team that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Dolphins. He has previously captaine

Is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Dolphins. He has previously captained his country at under 19 level. Khan made his international debut in the third Test of the home series against Australia in 2008/09. Khan opened the batt

Is a semi professional surfer from East London, South Africa. Cressey and his wife, Claire live in C

Is a semi professional surfer from East London, South Africa. Cressey and his wife, Claire live in Cardiff, Wales. He is currently competing on the 2008 BPSA UK Pro Surf Tour. Cressey started surfing at the age of 9. After a run of successful wins at loca

Is a South African author.Ingrid de Kok grew up in Stilfontein, a gold mining town in what was then

Is a South African author.Ingrid de Kok grew up in Stilfontein, a gold mining town in what was then the Western Transvaal. When she was 12 years old, her parents moved to Johannesburg. In 1977 she emigrated to Canada where she lived until returning to South Africa in 1984. She has one child, a son. Her partner is Tony Morphet. Ingrid is a Fellow of the University of Cape Town, an Associate Professor in Extra Mural Studies and part of a team of two that designs and administers the public non-formal educational curriculum that constitutes the Extra-Mural Programmes at the University of Cape Town. She has also designed and co-ordinated national colloquiums and cultural programmes, such as one on Technology and Reconstruction and on Equal Opportunity Policy and At the Fault Line: Cultural Inquiries into Truth and Reconciliation and runs various capacity building, civic and trade union programmes. She alternates in the role of Director.

Was a South African poet. Although she wrote in Afrikaans, her poems have been widely translated int

Was a South African poet. Although she wrote in Afrikaans, her poems have been widely translated into other languages. Jonker has reached iconic status in South Africa and is often called the South African Sylvia Plath, owing to the intensity of her work and the tragic course of her turbulent life. Her work has also been compared to that of Anne Sexton.

Is a professional Cameroonian footballer who last plays for Cotonsport Garoua.He holds 22 games for

Is a professional Cameroonian footballer who last plays for Cotonsport Garoua.He holds 22 games for Cameroon and 2 goals. He was member at 2000 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria. He played four games at 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Is a South African professional footballer who plays at left-back for Mamelodi Sundowns[1] in the Pr

Is a South African professional footballer who plays at left-back for Mamelodi Sundowns[1] in the Premier Soccer League and for the South Africa national football team. On September 26, 2007, Mdledle was added to the South Africa squad competing in the 2007 COSAFA Cup,[2] even though he was just returning from a calf injury.[3][4]

Is a South African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.Ntsume began his professional c

Is a South African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.Ntsume began his professional career in 1999 with Jomo Cosmos, before moving to FC AK in August 2008.[2] Ntsume was released from his two-year contract with FC AK in January 2009, due to financial reasons.[3]

Was a South African housing rights activist who was best known for her victory before the Constituti

Was a South African housing rights activist who was best known for her victory before the Constitutional Court of South Africa in 2000. The Court found that the Government of South Africa had not met its obligation to provide adequate housing for residents of Cape Town's Wallacedene informal settlement. This ruling provided clear legal support for housing rights campaigns in South Africa and elsewhere. At the time of her death in August 2008, Irene Grootboom was still living in a shack. [1][2]

She formerly captained the South African national netball team, representing them a total of 72 time

She formerly captained the South African national netball team, representing them a total of 72 times, but moved to New Zealand in 2000 where she plays for the national team, the Silver Ferns. She became a citizen of New Zealand in 2005. She won the Halbe

Was a major South African artist who achieved national and international recognition in her lifetime

Was a major South African artist who achieved national and international recognition in her lifetime. She was born in Schweitzer-Renecke, a small town in the Transvaal, of German-Jewish parents. Her father was interned in a concentration camp by the British during the South African War because of his pro-Boer leanings.[1] Irma and her younger brother, Rudi, were thus taken to Cape Town by their mother. After the war, the family returned to Germany and constant travel. This travel would influence Irma's work.

Was a military officer and politician in Benin (known as Dahomey until 1975). He was born to Somba p

Was a military officer and politician in Benin (known as Dahomey until 1975). He was born to Somba parents in the Gaba District of Dahomey. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his late teens. Over the years, he became popular among junior soldiers in the no

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates.

Is a South African football (soccer) striker for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates.

A Zambian football (soccer) midfielder for Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF and Zambia.He was part o

A Zambian football (soccer) midfielder for Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF and Zambia.He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.From 2004 to 2007, "Zife" played for South African giants Orlando Pirates. He joined Swedish team Helsingborgs IF for the 2007/2008 season to team up with former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter.

Is a professional boxer from South Africa. He resides in Soweto, Gauteng. His nickname is "The Angel

Is a professional boxer from South Africa. He resides in Soweto, Gauteng. His nickname is "The Angel". His professional record includes 32 fights: 29 wins (10 knockouts), 1 loss, 1 draw and 1 no-contest. He won the vacant IBF welterweight title against De

Was a former Bishop of Mauritius and Dover. Born in 1836 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, he

Was a former Bishop of Mauritius and Dover. Born in 1836 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Horsell and was successively Vicar of St Matthew Newington, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and

Is a Cameroonian architect and skier who was the first person to represent his country at the Winter

Is a Cameroonian architect and skier who was the first person to represent his country at the Winter Olympic Games when he took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He competed in the men's classical 15 km race in cross-country skiing, fini