Famous People with Name Idrissa

Idrissa Keita            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Idrissa Keita: is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Marino de Luanco of the Spanish fourth division, mainly as a midfielder.After four years in Asturias (not including a loan in Portugal), Keita continued his career in Spain, in its second and third levels, in a stint in the country which spanned over a decade.

Idrissa Seck            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Idrissa Seck: is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to April 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulaye Wade, but he subsequently went into opposit

Idrissa Coulibaly            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Idrissa Coulibaly: is a Malian football player who is currently playing as a defender for JS Kabylie in the Algerian league.

Idrissa Sanou            Origin/Culture/Country: Burkinabé

Idrissa Sanou: is a Burkinabé athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Sanou holds the national records in both 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. Sanou won a bronze medal at the 2002 African Championships in Radès, and a silver medal two years later in Brazzaville. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round. He finished seventh at the 2006 African Championships and fourth at the 2008 African Championships. Sanou represented Burkina Faso at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.63 seconds.

Idrissa Ouedraogo            Origin/Culture/Country: Burkinabé

Idrissa Ouedraogo: is a film director from Burkina Faso. He is best known for his films Yaaba and Tilaï. Idrissa Ouedraogo is a graduate of the African Institute for Cinema Studies (Institut Africain d’Etudes Cinématographiques) in Ouagadougou. In 1981 he began to work for the Burkina Faso Directorate of Cinema Production (Direction de la Production Cinématographique du Burkina Faso), where he directed several short films. The short film Poko won the short film prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in 1981. After studying in Kiev in the USSR he moved to Paris, where he graduated from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques IDHEC in 1985.