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U Thant
male, deceased - U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-Gener
al of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his...
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Adoniram Judson
male, deceased - Adoniram Judson, Sr. was an American Baptist missionary who labored for almost forty years in Burma (now known as Myanmar). At the age of 25,...
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Win Aung
male - Win Aung (Burmese:, born 28 February 1944) in Dawei (formerly Tavoy), Tanintharyi Division was the foreign minister of Myanmar from November 1998...
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Ludu U Hla
male - Ludu U Hla (Burmese: ; ; 19 January 1910- 7 August 1982) was a Burmese journalist, publisher, chronicler, folklorist and social reformer whose...
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Ann Hasseltine Judson
female, deceased - Ann Hasseltine Judson (December 22 1789 - October 24 1826) was one of the first female American foreign missionaries. She attended the Bradford...
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Sarah Hall Boardman
female, deceased - Sarah Hall Boardman (4 November 1803 - 3 September 1845) born in Alstead, New Hampshire, spent 20 years of her life in Burma (now known as Myanmar)...
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Jin Yong
male - Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-languag
e novelists. Co-founder of the...
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Theippan Maung Wa
male, deceased - Theippan Maung Wa (Burmese: ;) (1899 - 1942), born in Mawlamyaing (Moulmein) and real name U Sein Tin, was a Burmese writer who pioneered the...
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Morris Swadesh
male, deceased - Morris Swadesh (January 22, 1909 - July 20, 1967) was an American linguist. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Russian Jewish parents from...
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Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi
male, deceased - Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi was a prominent Buddhist scholar and a Pāli language expert. He was the father of prominent Marxist historian, D...
