- male, deceased (2002)
- Bo Ne Win was a Burmese military commander and dictator of Burma from 1962 until 1988. Ne Win was appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces...
- male
- Min Ko Naing (born 18 October 1962), whose name literally means "conqueror of kings" was born Paw Oo Tun in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma. He is the...
- male, 71 years old
- Deputy Senior-General Maung Aye, born 25 December 1937 in Konbalu, in modern-day Sagaing Division, Myanmar, is the Vice-Chairman of the State Peace...
- male
- Win Aung (Burmese:, born 28 February 1944) in Dawei (formerly Tavoy), Tanintharyi Division was the foreign minister of Myanmar from November 1998...
- male, 76 years old
- in 1934. When his mother married a Shan prince, he adopted the name "Khun Sa", meaning "Prince Prosperous". In his youth he served with Kuomintang...
- male, deceased (1974)
- 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...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Saw Maung (1928 - 1997), born in Mandalay, was a political figure in Myanmar. He was a military general when he staged a coup in 1988 and became...
- male, deceased (1605)
- King Naresuan the Great (1555 - April 25 1605 also sometimes called Naret or "the Black Prince",) was king of Siam (today Thailand) from 1590 until...
- female
- Dr. Cynthia Maung is a Karen medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. She left Burma (now Myanmar) after the...
- female, 38 years old
- Su Su Nway (born 1971; also known as Su Su Nwe), a democracy activist and member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is the first Burmese...
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