U Thant

U Thant

male, deceased (1974)
Burmese politician, myanmar, Pantanaw, Lung cancer death, honorific, Pantanaw U Thant…Burmeselanguage, Burmese, Burmese Buddhist
U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his...
Adoniram Judson

Adoniram Judson

male, deceased (1850)
Protestant, buried at sea, minister, Lexicographer, missionary, burma…Burmese, Burmeselanguage
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,...
Win Aung

Win Aung

male
Burmese politician, myanmar, Foreign minister, Burmese, Burmeselanguage, Insein
Win Aung (Burmese:, born 28 February 1944) in Dawei (formerly Tavoy), Tanintharyi Division was the foreign minister of Myanmar from November 1998...
Ludu U Hla

Ludu U Hla

male
journalist, The Caged Ones, ethnic minorities, Burmese writer, Burmese literature, Irrawaddy…Burmeselanguage, Burmese
Ludu U Hla (Burmese: ; ; 19 January 1910- 7 August 1982) was a Burmese journalist, publisher, chronicler, folklorist and social reformer whose...
Ann Hasseltine Judson

Ann Hasseltine Judson

female, deceased (1826)
Baptist, Protestant, Baptist from the United States, missionary, burma, Thai…thai language, Burmese, Burmeselanguage, First Burmese War
Ann Hasseltine Judson (December 22 1789 - October 24 1826) was one of the first female American foreign missionaries. She attended the Bradford...

Sarah Hall Boardman

female, deceased (1845)
Baptist, Baptist from the United States, karen, missionary, burma, myanmar…Burmese, Burmeselanguage
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)...
Jin Yong

Jin Yong

male, 85 years old
Burmeselanguage, Burmese, martial arts, Editor-in-Chief, Wuxia writer, novelist…Japanese language, Vietnamese language, korean language, thai language, Chinese language
Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the...
Theippan Maung Wa

Theippan Maung Wa

male, deceased (1942)
Oxford University, second world war, burma, myanmar, Burmese, Yangon University…Burmeselanguage, Burmese literature, Burmese writer
Theippan Maung Wa (Burmese: ;) (1899 - 1942), born in Mawlamyaing (Moulmein) and real name U Sein Tin, was a Burmese writer who pioneered the...
Morris Swadesh

Morris Swadesh

male, deceased (1967)
linguistics, American, yiddish, linguist, Anthropologist, communist…spanish language, Chinese language, Burmese, Burmeselanguage
Morris Swadesh (January 22, 1909 - July 20, 1967) was an American linguist. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Russian Jewish parents from...
Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi

Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi

male, deceased (1947)
Harvard University, Buddhist, Russian, ussr, burma, bombay…Burmeselanguage
Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi was a prominent Buddhist scholar and a Pāli language expert. He was the father of prominent Marxist historian, D...