Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…burma, Free Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...
Ne Win

Ne Win

male, deceased (2002)
Burmese socialist, came to power in a coup, Tatmadaw, Shu Maung, Bo Ne Win, one party state…Burma Socialist Programme Party, Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, burma
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...
Min Ko Naing

Min Ko Naing

male
yangon, social justice, burma, rangoon, myanmar, dissident
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...
Cynthia Maung

Cynthia Maung

female
Refugee, 8888 Uprising, Dr. Cynthia Maung, Jonathan Mann Award, Paramedics, Burmese…burma
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...
Michael Aris

Michael Aris

male, deceased (1999)
From Havana, himalayan, tibet, tibetan, Buddhism, University of London…burma
Michael Vaillancourt Aris (March 27, 1946, Havana, Cuba - March 27, 1999, Oxford) was an academic and lecturer in Asian history at St John's...
John Anderson

John Anderson

male, deceased (1900)
zoologist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Scottish, zoology, Curator, buxton…burma
Professor John Anderson (4 October 1833 - 22 July 1900) was a Scottish zoologist. He was born in Edinburgh, studied medicine in 1861 and went to...
Adoniram Judson

Adoniram Judson

male, deceased (1850)
Protestant, buried at sea, minister, Lexicographer, missionary, burma
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,...
U Saw

U Saw

male, deceased (1948)
second world war, prime minister, burma, Burmese politician, politician, Burmese
U Saw aka Galon U Saw (1900-1948) was a leading Burmese politician and Prime Minister during the colonial era before the Second World War. He was...
Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose

male, deceased (1945)
Azad Hind, Shubhash Chôndro Boshu, bangla, Axis powers of World War II, Indian independence activist, axis…burma, Burma Campaign
Subhash Chandra Bose, (Bangla: <big>নেতাজী সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু</big> (सुभाष चदंर वसु) "Shubhash Chôndro Boshu") (January 23, 1897 - presumably August...
Than Tun

Than Tun

male
Northern Illinois University, military junta, Rangoon University, Burmese historian, “Royal orders of Burma”, Burma Research Society…burma
Dr. Than Tun was well-known as a historian as well as an outspoken critic of the military junta of Burma. He joined Rangoon University, Burma,...