Category

People from Ouagadougou

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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

former President of Burkina Faso ousted in a coup d'état on 23 Jan 2022

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Burkinabé military officer and president (January–September 2022)

Burkinabé diplomat

Boureima Hassane Bandé

Burkinabé football player

Burkinabe actor and musician

Burkinabe Cardinal (1917-2000)

Bernadette Sanou Dao

Burkinabé writer

Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo

Burkinabe politician

Ambroise Ouédraogo

Nigerien Roman Catholic bishop

Marie Françoise Ouedraogo

Burkinabé mathematician (1967-)

Burkinabé actor

Sika Bella Kaboré

Togolese-born Burkinabé jurist, healthcare advocate, and wife of the President of Burkina Faso

Burkinabe priest and bishop

Prosper Kontiebo

Burkinabe Catholic priest

Adejoke Tugbiyele

Nigerian-American Queer black artist and activist (born 1977)

Salimata Sawadogo

Burkinabe judge, politician and diplomat

film director and screenwriter (1978–) from France/Burkina Faso

Mamadou Djim Kola

Burkinabe filmmaker (b. 1940, d. 2004)

Jacqueline Marie Zaba Nikiema

diplomat for the Republic of Burkina Faso

Médard Léopold Ouédraogo

Burkinabé Roman Catholic bishop

Séraphin François Rouamba

Burkinabé archbishop

Burkinabé musician, rapper, music executive and political activist.

Denis Martin Tapsoba

Burkinabé Roman Catholic bishop (1916–2008)

Patrick Ilboudo

Burkinabé writer (1951-1994)

Aï Keïta Yara

Burkinabe actress

Madinatou Rouamba

Burkinabé football defender

Burkinabe filmmaker

Simon Compaoré

Burkinabé politician

Zéphirin Diabré

Burkinabé businessperson and politician

businesswoman and Burkinabé political activist (1976-2025)