List of Famous people born in Burkina Faso

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
First Name Thomas
Last Name Sankara
Born on December 21, 1949
Died on October 15, 1987 (aged 37)

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer and socialist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. A Marxist–Leninist and pan-Africanist, he was viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution and is sometimes referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara".

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Bertrand Traoré

Bertrand Isidore Traoré
First Name Bertrand
Last Name Traoré
Born on September 6, 1995 (age 28)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Bertrand Isidore Traoré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Burkina Faso national team.

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Blaise Compaoré

First Name Blaise
Last Name Compaoré
Born on February 3, 1951 (age 73)
Born in Burkina Faso, Centre

Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician who was president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987, he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed. Subsequently, he introduced a policy of "rectification", overturning the leftist and Third Worldist policies pursued by Sankara. He won elections in 1991, 1998, 2005, and 2010 in what were considered unfair circumstances. His attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. On 31 October 2014, Compaoré resigned, whereupon he fled to the Ivory Coast.

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Lassina Traoré

Lassina Chamste Soudine Franck Traoré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch club Ajax in the Eredivisie and for the national team of Burkina Faso.

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Alban Lafont

Alban Marc Lafont
First Name Alban
Last Name Lafont
Born on January 23, 1999 (age 25)
Born in Burkina Faso, Centre
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Alban Marc Lafont is a French professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Nantes on loan from Serie A side Fiorentina.

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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

First Name Roch
Last Name Kaboré
Born on April 25, 1957 (age 66)
Born in Burkina Faso, Centre

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is a Burkinabé politician who has served as the President of Burkina Faso since 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2002 to 2012. Kaboré also served as President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) until his departure from the party in 2014. He founded the People's Movement for Progress party that same year.

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Fulgence Ouedraogo

First Name Fulgence
Born on July 21, 1986 (age 37)
Born in Burkina Faso, Centre
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Fulgence Ouedraogo is a French rugby union player. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a flanker.

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Alain Traoré

Sibiri Alain Traoré is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a striker for RS Berkane, and the Burkina Faso national team. He started his career with local side Planète Champion, before moving to France as a 17-year-old.

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Prejuce Nakoulma

First Name Prejuce
Born on April 21, 1987 (age 36)
Born in Burkina Faso, Centre
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Niguimbe Préjuce Nakoulma is a Burkinabé professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for US Orléans and the Burkina Faso national team.

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Idrissa Ouédraogo

First Name Idrissa
Born on January 21, 1954
Died on February 18, 2018 (aged 64)

Idrissa Ouédraogo was a Burkinabé filmmaker. His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. He is best known for his feature film Tilaï, which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and Samba Traoré (1993), which was nominated for the Silver Bear award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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