Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (haihuwa 22 ga Disamba 1949 - 15 Oktoba 1987) shugaban juyin juya hali ne na kasar Burkina Faso daga 1983 zuwa 1987. Babban dan kishin Afrika ne kuma masoyansa na kallon saatsayin wata alama ta juyin juya hali. Burkina Faso Salutes "Africa's Che" Thomas Sankara by Mathieu Bonkoungou, Reuters, 17 October 2007. Thomas Sankara Speaks: the Burkina Faso Revolution: 1983–87, by Thomas Sankara, edited by Michel Prairie; Pathfinder, 2007, pg 11 "Thomas Sankara, Africa's Che Guevara" by Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 15 October 2007. "Africa's Che Guevara" by Sarah in Burkina Faso.