Burkina Faso

This page lists 569 biographies of burkina fasos, covering lives from 1836 to 2011. Featuring Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Lassina Zerbo and Youssouf Ouédraogo. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People of this nationality

Roukiatou Maiga

humanitarian

Robert Sankara

b. 1985

association football player

Bienvenu Sawadogo

b. 1995

hurdler

Safiatou Lopez

1976 – 2025

political activist

Alimata Salembéré

b. 1942

film director

Madinatou Rouamba

b. 2001

association football player

Martin Zongo

b. 1957

teacher

Ilias Tiendrébéogo

b. 1992

association football player

Dicko Fils

b. 1975

musician

Diongolo Traoré

1914 – 1971

politician

Abou Ouattara

b. 1999

association football player

Frédéric Guirma

1931 – 2024

politician

Mariam Lamizana

b. 1951

politician

Odile Sankara

b. 1963

actor

Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré

b. 1948

politician

Abderrahmane Diarra

b. 1988

association football player

Joseph Conombo

1917 – 2008

politician

Delphine Ouattara

b. 1967

actor

Thomas Sanon

b. 1947

politician

Siaka Coulibaly

b. 1972

association football player

Sékou Traoré

b. 1962

film director

Valentin Zoungrana

b. 1992

association football player

Pargui Emile Paré

b. 1965

politician

Viviane Compaore

politician

Toussaint Natama

1982 – 2024

association football player

Amina Mousso Ouedraogo

b. 1948

jurist

Marie-Ange Somdah

b. 1959

poet

Patrick Ilboudo

1951 – 1994

writer

Wilfried Sanou

b. 1984

association football player

Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo

b. 1972

Catholic priest

Irène Tassembédo

b. 1956

choreographer

Sogne Yacouba

b. 1992

association football player

Gabin Dabiré

b. 1953

singer

Diambendi Madiega

community leader

Alidou Badini

film director

Paul Koulibaly

b. 1986

association football player

Ousséni Tamboura

b. 1968

minister

Adama Ouedraogo

b. 1987

swimmer

Yobie Bassoule

b. 1988

association football player

Gaston Kaboré

b. 1951

film director

Olivier Sanou

b. 1975

athletics competitor

Cyrille Bayala

b. 1996

association football player

Bassirou Ouédraogo

b. 1992

association football player

Narcisse Yaméogo

b. 1980

association football player

Bil Aka Kora

b. 1971

singer-songwriter

Gustavo Sangaré

b. 1996

association football player

Salimata Sawadogo

b. 1958

diplomat

Toubé Clément Dakio

b. 1939

politician

Simon Compaoré

b. 1952

politician

Issoufou Dayo

b. 1991

association football player

Pierre Claver Damiba

1937 – 2024

economist

Lucas Diallo

b. 1996

judoka

Hamadou Derra

b. 1985

association football player

Ferdinand Ouedraogo

civil servant

Christophe Kalenzaga

1910 – 1994

politician

Tanguy Barro

b. 1982

association football player

Ibrahim Bancé

b. 2001

association football player

Mamadou Zongo

b. 1980

association football player

Mohammed Bailou

b. 1991

association football player

Maurice Yaméogo

1921 – 1993

politician

Alain Bédouma Yoda

b. 1951

politician

Médard Léopold Ouédraogo

b. 1953

Catholic priest

Modeste Dah

b. 1953

association football player

Adolphe Belem

b. 1998

association football player

Hama Arba Diallo

1939 – 2014

diplomat

Dieudonné Yarga

b. 1986

association football player

Isaka Sawadogo

b. 1966

actor

Sacha Banse

b. 2001

association football player

Marlène Zebango

politician

Soumane Touré

1948 – 2021

trade unionist

Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo

b. 1980

politician

Adama Barro

b. 1996

association football player

Hanatou Ouelogo

b. 1978

judoka

Gloria Guissou

b. 1995

karateka

Issoumaila Lingane

b. 1990

association football player

Idrissa Traoré

1943 – 2023

association football player

Moustapha Kaboré

b. 1996

association football player

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

b. 1942

politician

Aboubacar Nacanabo

b. 1979

civil servant

Zakaria Sanogo

b. 1996

association football player

Moussa Savadogo

writer

Abdoul Bandaogo

b. 1998

association football player

Luc Marius Ibriga

1956 – 2022

university teacher

Laurent Sedego

b. 1956

politician

Dez Altino

b. 1978

singer

Albert Ouédraogo

b. 1969

politician

Aï Keïta Yara

b. 1957

actor

Salif Diallo

1957 – 2017

diplomat

Brahima Cissé

b. 1976

association football player

Ousmane Bougouma

b. 1981

university teacher

Laurent Banady

association football player

Clément Pitroipa

b. 1998

association football player

Salif Nogo

b. 1986

association football player

Ernest Yélémou

b. 1988

association football player

Abdoul Abass Guiro

b. 1994

association football player

Saïdou Panandétiguiri

b. 1984

association football player

Lassina Touré

b. 1994

association football player

Alice Ouédraogo

b. 1955

lawyer

Blaise Compaoré

b. 1951

politician

Christine Kafando

b. 1972

activist