1916 - 2005
Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (31 January 1916 – 26 May 2005) was an Upper Voltese military officer who served as the President of Upper Volta (since 1984 renamed Burkina Faso), in power from 3 January 1966, to 25 November 1980. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sangoulé Lamizana has received more than 142,102 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sangoulé Lamizana is the 9,254th most popular politician (up from 10,521st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (up from 7th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Burkinabe Politician.
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Among politicians, Sangoulé Lamizana ranks 9,254 out of 15,577. Before him are Hans Delbrück, Nicolae Văcăroiu, Mwai Kibaki, Anthony Mamo, Henri Konan Bédié, and Sarduri I. After him are Lakshmi Sahgal, Missak Manouchian, Hu Hanmin, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Tufuga Efi, and Erik Scavenius.
1848 - 1929
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9,248
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9,249
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9,250
1909 - 2008
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9,251
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9,252
900 BC - 828 BC
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,253
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,254
1914 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,255
1906 - 1944
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,256
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,257
1887 - 1980
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,258
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,259
1877 - 1962
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 9,260
Among people born in 1916, Sangoulé Lamizana ranks 117. Before him are Edmundo Suárez, Julian Rotter, Arno Peters, Zail Singh, Walter Cronkite, and Harold Robbins. After him are Ruth Handler, Ramón José Velásquez, Morris West, Halil İnalcık, Jackie Gleason, and Iosif Shklovsky. Among people deceased in 2005, Sangoulé Lamizana ranks 108. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan, John Mills, Andre Gunder Frank, George P. Cosmatos, Ghena Dimitrova, and Maurice Hilleman. After him are Polina Astakhova, Eddie Albert, Jimmy Smith, Lazar Berman, James Doohan, and Vizma Belševica.
1916 - 1978
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 111
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 112
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 113
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 114
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 115
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 116
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 117
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1916 - 2014
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 119
1916 - 1999
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 120
1916 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 121
1916 - 1987
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 122
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 123
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 102
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 103
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 104
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 105
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 106
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 107
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 108
1936 - 2005
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 109
1906 - 2005
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 110
1925 - 2005
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 111
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 112
1920 - 2005
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 113
1931 - 2005
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 114
Among people born in Burkina Faso, Sangoulé Lamizana ranks 6 out of 38. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), and Maurice Yaméogo (1921). After him are Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), and Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965).
1949 - 1987
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 4
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 5
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 9
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Sangoulé Lamizana ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), and Maurice Yaméogo (1921). After him are Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), and Paul Kaba Thieba (1959).
1949 - 1987
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 4
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 5
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 8
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 10
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 12