The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Burkina Faso
This page contains a list of the greatest Burkinabe Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 2 of which were born in Burkina Faso. This makes Burkina Faso the birth place of the 78th most number of Military Personnels behind Colombia, and Afghanistan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Burkinabe Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Burkinabe Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Ibrahim Traoré (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 65.80, Ibrahim Traoré is the most famous Burkinabe Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 48 different languages on wikipedia.
Ibrahim Traoré (French pronunciation: [ibʁaim tʁaɔʁe]; born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has served as the interim President of Burkina Faso since 2022. Traoré took control of Burkina Faso in September 2022, ousting interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d'état. Aged 37, he is currently the second-youngest head of state in the world. During his tenure, Traoré has sought to distance the country from its former colonial power, France, and played an instrumental role in founding the Alliance of Sahel States.
2. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 54.48, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is the 2nd most famous Burkinabe Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 34 different languages.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (French: [pɔl ɑ̃ʁi sɑ̃daɔɡɔ damiba]; born January 1981) is a Burkinabé military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a coup d'état by his own military colleague Ibrahim Traoré. Damiba had come to power just eight months earlier, on 24 January 2022, when he removed president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in a coup.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Burkinabe military personnels born between 1981 and 1988. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Burkinabe military personnels include Ibrahim Traoré, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. As of April 2024, 2 new Burkinabe military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Ibrahim Traoré, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
