Burkina Faso

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Abdoul Tapsoba

b. 2001

association football player

Boubacar Nimi

b. 1988

association football player

Sibiri Sanou

b. 1998

association football player

Adamah Plange

b. 1989

association football player

Norbert Zongo

1949 – 1998

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b. 1985

association football player

Minata Samaté Cessouma

b. 1971

diplomat

Sidiki Diarra

1952 – 2014

association football player

Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo

b. 1968

politician

Nonilobal Hien

b. 1964

judoka

Titinga Frédéric Pacéré

1943 – 2024

poet

Constantin Guirma

1920 – 2010

Catholic priest

Issa Gouo

b. 1989

association football player

Boubacar Séré

b. 1984

athletics competitor

Trova Boni

b. 1999

association football player

Mariam Sankara

b. 1953

politician

Bintou Sango

civil servant

Saïdou Simporé

b. 1992

association football player

Siméon Sawadogo

civil servant

Joffrey Bazié

b. 2003

association football player

Amadou Séré

b. 1987

association football player

Worokia Sanou

b. 1989

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Issiaka Ouédraogo

b. 1988

association football player

Issouf Paro

b. 1994

association football player

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b. 1957

politician

Malika Ouattara

b. 1993

musician

Kouamé Valentin

b. 1990

association football player

Abdoul Ayinde

b. 2005

association football player

Antoine Somdah

b. 1962

diplomat

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1963 – 2024

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Bèbè Kambou

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association football player

Salif Sanou

b. 1967

association football player

Safiatou Nana

scientist

Béatrice Kamboulé

b. 1980

athletics competitor

Seydou Boro

b. 1968

choreographer

Georgie Badiel

b. 1988

model

Souleymane Napare

b. 2003

swimmer

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b. 1954

politician

Mohamed Ouattara

b. 1993

association football player

Emile Ilboudo

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Juliette Nana

b. 2000

association football player

Jack Diarra

b. 2006

association football player

Chantal Ouoba

b. 1975

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Mohamed Koffi

b. 1986

association football player

Joséphine Drabo Kanyoulou

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Aboubacar Traoré

b. 1992

association football player

Henriette Da

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Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré

b. 1972

politician

Aminata Diallo Glez

b. 1972

actor

Ismaëlo Ganiou

b. 2005

association football player

Ezé Wendtoin

b. 1991

composer

Adama Sawadogo

b. 1990

association football player

Ali Lankoandé

1930 – 2014

politician

Moussa Yedan

b. 1989

association football player

Hermann Yaméogo

b. 1948

politician

Diébédo Francis Kéré

b. 1965

architect

Idrissa Sanou

b. 1977

athletics competitor

Josué Tiendrébéogo

b. 2002

association football player

Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara

b. 1959

politician

Dani Kouyaté

b. 1961

film director

Latif Ouedraogo

b. 2007

association football player

Antoinette Ouédraogo

b. 1957

human rights defender

Noellie Marie Béatri Damiba

b. 1951

politician

Bognessan Arsène Yé

1957 – 2024

physician

Mamadou Philippe Karambiri

b. 1947

pastor

Oubkiri Marc Yao

1943 – 2024

politician

Brahima Korbeogo

b. 1975

association football player

Faysal Sawadogo

b. 1996

taekwondo athlete

Habibou Ouedraogo

b. 2002

association football player

Valentin Nouma

b. 2000

association football player

Kouakou Hervé Koffi

b. 1996

association football player

Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana

1916 – 2005

politician

Adama Touré

trade unionist

Abdoulaye Soulama

1979 – 2017

association football player

Boureima Ouattara

b. 1984

association football player

Floby

b. 1950

musician

Mohamed Dabone

b. 2011

basketball player

Jacques Yaméogo

1943 – 2010

association football player

Hadja Fatimata Ouattara

b. 1950

politician

Aliassou Sanou

b. 1988

association football player

Julien Ouedraogo

b. 1982

fencer

Rene Jacob Yougbara

b. 1984

swimmer

Sofiano

b. 1991

musician

Moussa Nébié

b. 1959

diplomat

Clément Sawadogo

b. 1960

politician

Ousséni Yéyé

b. 1987

association football player

Philippe Ouédraogo

b. 1945

Catholic priest

Emmanuel Zoungrana

b. 1981

military personnel

Mamadou Ouédraogo

1906 – 1978

politician

Abdoulaye Diabaté

entomologist

Harouna Ilboudo

b. 1986

sport cyclist

Aline Koala Kaboré

diplomat

Nathanio Kompaoré

b. 2001

association football player

Ismaël Ouedraogo

b. 1991

association football player

François Yabré

b. 1991

association football player

Prosper Vokouma

b. 1955

diplomat

David Kabré

b. 1968

military personnel

Souleymane Koanda

b. 1992

association football player

Rachide Gnanou

b. 2004

association football player