Thomas Sankara [1949-1987] Rank: 102 Politician, Former President of Burkina Faso
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara, born Thomas Isidore Noël Ouédraogo, was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987.