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Thomas Sankara

Burkinabé revolutionary leader and President

1949 - 1987

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His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2024). Thomas Sankara is the 1,742nd most popular politician (down from 1,210th in 2024), the most popular biography from Burkina Faso and the most popular Burkinabe Politician.

Thomas Sankara was the president of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. He is most famous for his socialist reforms, including changing the country's name to Burkina Faso, which translates to "the land of upright people."

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Thomas Sankara is the highest-ranked of the 62 individuals in Pantheon born in Burkina Faso.

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Thomas Sankara's biography appears in 82 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 97% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Thomas Sankara ranks 1,741 out of 20,022. Before him are Frederick I of Denmark, Theuderic I, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Fidel Ramos, and Frederick I of Sweden. After him are Jungjong of Joseon, Herod Archelaus, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Constantius III, and Arif Alvi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Thomas Sankara ranks 37. Before him are Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Jeff Bridges, Thaksin Shinawatra, Ken Follett, Han Duck-soo, and Alla Pugacheva. After him are Arif Alvi, George Foreman, Bobby Farrell, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Carlos the Jackal, and Michael Houghton. Among people deceased in 1987, Thomas Sankara ranks 17. Before him are Fred Astaire, Walter Houser Brattain, Gunnar Myrdal, Marguerite Yourcenar, William Stuart-Houston, and William P. Murphy. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Pola Negri, Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, Georg Wittig, and Lino Ventura.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara ranks 1 out of 62. After him are Blaise Compaoré (1951), Ibrahim Traoré (1988), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925).

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Among Politicians In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara ranks 1. After him are Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), and Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958).

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