Yangon, Rangoon

1. Nick Drake (1948)

British Singer-songwriter

English folk singer-songwriter who posthumously gained fame for songs like "Pink Moon" and "Black Eyed Dog."

2. Abraham Sofaer (1896)

Burmese-american Actor

Stage actor known for his appearances in A Matter of Life and Death, and in Quo Vadis. He is also recognized for his supporting roles in TV shows.

3. Charlie Mitten (1921)

Footballer And Manager

Outside forward who played for Manchester United from 1946–1950, also seeing time with Fulham and Mansfield Town.

4. James Wilby (1958)

Actor

Actor who was featured in films for more than three decades. His credits include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Room with a View, and Shadows on the Sun.

5. Prakash Karat (1948)

Indian Politician

This prominent Indian politician took office in 2005 as General Secretary of the Communist (Marxist) Party of India. He had previously helped to establish the Students Federation of India (SFI),...

6. Nay Chi Oo (1992)

Makeup Artist

Makeup artist and entrepreneur who is best known for her makeup tutorials on her blog Beauty By Naychi. She is the co-founder of the resort Sane Let Tin. In 2018,...

7. Moe Yu San (1991)

Actress

Moe Yu San is a film actress and advertising model in Myanmar.

8. Kyi Phyu Shin (1975)

Film Director

Kyi Phyu Shin is a Burmese film director At the 2008 National Geographic Society's All Roads Film Festival she won the Best Short Award for her documentary A Sketch of...

9. Pyay Ti Oo (1978)

Actor

Pyay Ti Oo is a Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and advertising model in Myanmar. He is the CEO of Pyay Ti Oo Education Foundation which provides scholarships to...

10. Eaindra Kyaw Zin (1977)

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11. Kyi Hla Han (1961)

Professional Golfer Golf Adminis

Kyi Hla Han is a former professional golfer from Myanmar and the current executive chairman of the Asian Tour. Kyi Hla Han turned professional in 1980. He recorded his first...

12. Fali Sam Nariman (1929)

Indian Politician

Sam Nariman is a distinguished Indian Constitutional jurist and senior advocate to the Supreme Court of India since 1971 and has remained the President of the Bar Association of India...

13. Vijaykumar Rupani (1956)

Indian Politician

Vijaykumar Rupani is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and is presently a member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha the upper house...

14. Myat Myat Ohn Khin (Unknow)

Burmese Politician

Myat Myat Ohn Khin is the incumbent Minister for Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement. She was sworn in on 7 September 2012 becoming the first Burmese woman in President Thein...

15. Maung Maung Kha (1920)

Prime Minister Of Burma

Colonel Maung Maung Kha BC 4066 was the 8th Prime Minister of Myanmar between 1977 and 1988. Maung Maung Kha was born to Khin Tint and Chit Pe in Yangon....

16. Moe Set Wine (1988)

Burmese Model

Moe Set Wine is the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 titleholder and represented Myanmar in the Miss Universe 2013 competition in Moscow on 9 November. She was the first woman to...

17. Moe Aung Yin (1987)

Actor

Moe Aung Yin is a Burmese actor. He was born in Yangon the first son of Burmese singer Aung Yin and Moe Thin Zar Myint. He has a younger sister...

18. Nanda Kyaw Swa (Unknow)

Burmese Politician

Nanda Kyaw Swa is the Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw the lower house of Burma's parliament the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. He was appointed to the post on 31 January 2011....

19. Taw Phayar Galay (1926)

Burmese Politician

Taw Phaya Galay Aung Zay was a Burmese novelist and politician. He was grandson of King Thibaw.

20. Myoma U Than Kywe (1924)

Burmese Politician

Politician Myoma U Than Kywe Burmese: မြို့မ-ဦးသန်းကြွယ် pronounced was born in Thongwa Township in Rangoon Burma in 1924. He was the leader of the Panglong conference with General Aung San...

21. Phway Phway (1988)

Actress

Phway Phway is a film actress and advertising model in Myanmar. She is a well-known actress in Burmese Entertainment Industry.

22. Maung Thit Min (1953)

Composer And Writer

Maung Thit Min born Dewa was a prominent Burmese composer and writer. His father Colonel Tin Soe was a member of Burma's Revolutionary Council. it second He began his writing...

23. Swe Zin Htaik (1953)

Burmese Actor

Swe Zin Htaik is a Myanmar Academy Award-winning actress acting in over 200 movies throughout her film career debuting in 1971. She retired from filming in 1991. She currently works...

24. Soe Myat Min (1982)

Burmese Footballer

Soe Myat Min is a retired Burmese footballer. He played for the Myanmar national team and played club football with Kanbawza. He made his debut for the NT in 1998....

25. Aung Thein Lin (Unknow)

Member Of Parliament

Aung Thein Lin is a Burmese politician and a member of parliament at the Pyithu Hluttaw from the South Okkalapa constituency. The former brigadier general in the Myanmar Army was...

26. Thu Maung (1951)

Burmese Actor

Thu Maung was a Myanmar Academy Award-winning film actor singer as well as a distinguished writer and director. Throughout his film career Thu Maung acted in over 40 films. He...

27. Minfong Ho (1951)

Chinese American Writer

Minfong Ho is an award-winning Chinese-American writer. Her works frequently deal with the lives of people living in poverty in Southeast Asian countries. Despite being fiction her stories are always...

28. Hla Tun (1951)

Burmese Politician

Hla Tun is the incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and a former Minister for Finance and Revenue of Myanmar. He is a retired Major General in the...

29. Thein Htaik (1952)

Burmese Politician And General

Thein Htaik is the Union Auditor General of Myanmar. He has served as the Minister for Mines the Deputy Minister for Transport and was a Colonel in the Myanmar Air...

30. Tay Za (1964)

Burmese Businessman

Tay Za is a Burmese business tycoon and a close associate of the country's former head of state Than Shwe. According to one source he was born in 1964 in...

31. Aung Yin (1964)

Singer

Aung Yin is a well-known Burmese pop singer who reached the height of his career in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Born to U Han Yin and Daw Khin...

32. Soe Thein (1949)

Burmese Politician

Soe Thein is the incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar. He previously served as the Commander in Chief of the...

33. Zaw Win Htut (1964)

Burmese Singer

Zaw Win Htut is a Burmese rock country and blues singer and the lead vocalist of the band Emperor.

34. S.M. Zafar (Unknow)

Pakistani Politician

S. M. Zafar is a Pakistani human rights activist noted lawyer politician and present senator PML-Q.

35. Aung Kyi (1946)

Burmese Military And Government

Aung Kyi is the incumbent Minister of Information and previously the Minister of Labor and Minister of Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement in the Cabinet of Burma. He has been...

36. Rich Cho (1965)

American Basketball Executive

Richard Rich Cho is the general manager of the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the Bobcats Cho was the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers...

37. Sanda Min (1968)

Burmese Politician

Sanda Min is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner.

38. Diana Abgar (1859)

Armenia Ambassador

Diana Apgar was an Armenian writer diplomat and ambassador to Japan of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia in 1918-1920. She is the first Armenian woman diplomat and possibly the...

39. Aung Zaw (1968)

Footballer

Aung Zaw is a footballer from Burma and a defender for Myanmar national football team. He currently plays for Hantharwady United in Myanmar National League.

40. Htay Kywe (1951)

Burmese Democracy Activist

Htay Kywe is a repeatedly-imprisoned Burmese pro-democracy activist who was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. BBC News describes him as a key member of the 8888 Generation...

41. Kyaw Swa Khaing (1948)

Burmese Politician And General

Kyaw Swa Khaing was the Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar and a former Deputy Minister for Industry-2. Before he resigned his military post to compete in the Burmese...

42. Kyi Maung (1920)

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Colonel Kyi Maung was a Burmese Army officer and politician. Originally a member of the military-backed Union Revolutionary Council that seized power in 1962 Kyi Maung resigned from the ruling...

43. Mo Mo Myint Aung (1960)

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44. Ba Khin (1899)

Burmese Civil Servant

In this Burmese name Sayagyi U is an honorific. Saya Gyi U Ba Khin was the first Accountant General of the Union of Burma. He is principally known as a...

45. Ba Lwin (1892)

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Saya GyiU Ba Lwin was founder of the Myoma National High School. He was a leading Burmese nationalist and national Educational figure of the 20th century. He was one...

46. Ko Ko (minister) (1956)

Burmese Politician And General

Ko Ko is the incumbent Minister for Home Affairs of Myanmar. He currently serves as a Lieutenant General in the Myanmar Army.

47. Myoma Myint Kywe (1960)

Burmese Historian And Journalist

Myoma Myint Kywe is a Burmese writer and historian. He was awarded the Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards First Prize for 2003 in the Belles-Letters category. In 2007 he was awarded...

48. Zarganar (1961)

Burmese Film Director

Maung Thura Zarganar is a popular Burmese comedian film actor and a film director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese military government.

49. Tin Tut (1895)

Burmese Politician

Tin Tut was the first Foreign Minister of the Union of Burma and the Minister of Finance in Aung San's pre-independence government. Dulwich and Cambridge educated Tin Tut was the...

50. Zayar Thaw (1981)

Hip-hop Artist

Zayar Thaw ; born Kyaw Kyaw is a Burmese politician and hip-hop artist who was detained for the perceived anti-government messages of his lyrics. Amnesty International named him a prisoner...

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