1949–1987
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
37years old at death
13,812days lived
5%of the people on this site died younger
Thomas Sankara was born on 21 December 1949 and died on 15 October 1987, aged 37 years and 298 days. That is 13,812 days in all.
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