List of Famous people born in Burkina Faso

Kouakou Hervé Koffi is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Charleroi and the Burkina Faso national team.

Abdoulaye Soulama was a Burkinabé international footballer.

Victor Démé was a Burkinabé musician and singer-songwriter originating from a Mandinka family. His death was caused by a bout of malaria.

Adama Guira is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE.

Yaya Banhoro, known simply as Yaya in Brazil, is a Burkinabé footballer who plays for the Burkina Faso national football team as a forward.

Youssouf Ouédraogo was a Burkinabé politician. In 1992 he became the first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 1983, serving from 16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994. Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1999 to June 2007.

Paul Kaba Thieba is a Burkinabé economist and politician who was appointed and served as Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 6 January 2016 to 19 January 2019. Thieba was appointed by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on 6 January 2016, shortly after Kaboré took office. Previously he worked at the Central Bank of West African States and the West African Monetary Union.

Zéphirin Diabré is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the Government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.

Mamadou Philippe Karambiri is a Burkinabè evangelical charismatic Pastor, born March 7, 1947 in Tougan. He is the president of the International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission which he founded in 1987. He was knighted by the National Order of Burkina Faso in 2005 and in 2007 he received a honoris causa doctorate in Divinity from the Logos Christian University of Florida in the United States.

Yacouba Isaac Zida is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's acting head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré. A few weeks later, a civilian, Michel Kafando, was chosen to replace Zida as transitional head of state; Kafando then appointed Zida as Prime Minister on 19 November 2014.