69 Notable alumni of
Yangon University
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Yangon University is 1048th in the world, 219th in Asia, and 1st in Myanmar by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 69 notable alumni from Yangon University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Min Aung Hlaing
- Enrolled in Yangon University
- 1973-1974 studied legal science
- Occupations
- veteranarmy officerofficialmilitary officerarmy general
- Biography
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Min Aung Hlaing is a Burmese army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) since seizing power in the February 2021 coup d'état. He additionally appointed himself Prime Minister of Myanmar in August 2021, and assumed presidential duties in July 2024. He has led the Tatmadaw (armed forces of Myanmar), an independent branch of government, as the Commander-in-chief of Defence Services since March 2011, when he was handpicked to succeed longtime military ruler Senior General Than Shwe, who transferred leadership over the country to a civilian government upon retiring. Before assuming leadership over the Tatmadaw, Min Aung Hlaing served as Joint Chief of Staff from 2010 to 2011. Min Aung Hlaing is the first Defence Services Academy (DSA) graduate in Myanmar to lead a military coup as well as the first DSA graduate to become Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.
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Aung San
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- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Bogyoke Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. Aung San is considered to be the founder of modern-day Myanmar and the Tatmadaw (the country's armed forces), and is commonly referred to by the titles "Father of the Nation", "Father of Independence", and "Father of the Tatmadaw".
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U Thant
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- writerpoliticiandiplomat
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Thant, known honorifically as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian as well as Asian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.
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Ne Win
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officermilitary leader
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Ne Win, born Shu Maung, was a Burmese army general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's military dictator during the Socialist Burma period of 1962 to 1988.
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Htin Kyaw
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- writerpoliticianeconomist
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Htin Kyaw is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as the ninth president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the office with no ties to the military since the 1962 coup d'état. The second son of scholar Min Thu Wun, Htin Kyaw had held various positions in the education, planning and treasury ministries in prior governments.
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Win Myint
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Win Myint is a Burmese politician who served as the tenth president of Myanmar from 2018 to 2021 where he was removed from office in the 2021 coup d'état. He was the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as a member of parliament in the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw) from 2012 to 2018. Win Myint was viewed as an important ally of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. As Suu Kyi was the de facto leader of the country, Win Myint was seen as a puppet of her.
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U Nu
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Nu, commonly known as U Nu and also by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a prominent Burmese statesman and the first Prime Minister of Union of Burma. He was educated at Rangoon University, where he developed his political ideas and became actively involved in the student movement. Nu's involvement in the nationalist movement deepened during his university years, and he quickly emerged as a leading figure advocating for Burma's independence from British colonial rule.
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Ba Maw
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ba Maw was a Burmese lawyer and political leader, active during the interwar period and Second World War. He was the first Burma Premier (1937–1939) and head of State of Burma from 1942 to 1945.
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Nay Toe
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- writermodelcomedian
- Biography
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Nay Toe (Burmese: နေတိုး; pronounced [nè tó]; born Nay Lin Aung (Burmese: နေလင်းအောင်; pronounced [neɪ lɪn ɔːŋ]; on 9 September 1981) is an Arakanese film actor and comedian with the Burmese traditional anyeint troupe Htawara Hninzi. He won Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for Best Actor three times: in 2009 with Moe Nya Einmet Myu, in 2015 with Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal and in 2017 with Tar Tay Gyi. He also won the Star Award for the film Bridge of Clouds in 2018. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Myanmar.
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Khin Nyunt
- Enrolled in Yangon University
- Studied in 1967-1971
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnelmilitary leadermilitary officer
- Biography
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Khin Nyunt is a retired Burmese army general widely recognized for his influential role in shaping Myanmar's political dynamics. Serving as the Chief of Intelligence and Prime Minister of Myanmar from 25 August 2003 to 18 October 2004, he played a crucial part in the nation's history. During his tenure, Khin Nyunt oversaw significant developments in Myanmar's intelligence and apparatus and government policies. He was instrumental in implementing reforms aimed at modernizing intelligence operations and promoting national security interests. However his leadership faced challenges, and he was eventually removed from power in 2004 amid political reshuffles within the ruling military junta. Despite his removal from office, Khin Nyunt's legacy continued to be debated, with some viewing him as a reformist figure and others critiquing his approach to governance.
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Usha Narayanan
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Usha Narayanan, born Tint Tint, was the First Lady of India from 1997 to 2002. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. Usha Narayanan was India's second foreign-born first lady (also second foreign-born second lady) after Janaki Venkataraman. She played a key role in women social welfare activities initiated by the presidency.
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Henry Van Thio
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- military personnelpolitician
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Henry Van Thio is a Burmese politician who was the second vice president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 22 April 2024. He previously served as a member of Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities). In the 2015 election, he contested and won the Chin State No. 3 constituency for a seat in the country's upper house. He was sworn in as the second vice president on 30 March 2016 and resigned for health reasons on 22 April 2024.
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Mahn Win Khaing Than
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- politician
- Biography
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Mahn Win Khaing Than is a Myanmar politician and lawyer who is serving as the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government of Myanmar, a government in exile. An ethnic Karen, he served as the Speaker of the Assembly of the Union from 2016 to 2018 and the Speaker of the House of Nationalities on behalf of Kayin State from 2016 until his removal from office in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
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Saw Ba U Gyi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saw Ba U Gyi was the first President of the Karen National Union. Ba U Gyi graduated with a bachelor's degree from Cambridge University in 1925 and studied law in England, passing the English bar in 1927. From 1937 to 1939, he served as the Minister of Revenue of British Burma, and from February to April 1947, as the Minister for Transport and Communications of Burma. He was killed in an ambush by the Burmese Army on 12 August 1950.
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Min Thu Wun
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- translatorpoetwriter
- Biography
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Thiri Pyanchi Min Thu Wun was a Burmese poet, writer and scholar who helped launch a new age literary movement called Khit-San (Testing the Times) in Burma. He is the father of Htin Kyaw, president of Myanmar from 2016 to 2018.
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Win Maung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mahn Win Maung was a Burmese politician who served as the third president of Burma.
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Min Ko Naing
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Paw Oo Tun, better known by his alias Min Ko Naing (မင်းကိုနိုင် [mɪ́ɰ̃ kò nàɪɰ̃], lit. "conqueror of kings"), is a leading democracy activist and dissident from Myanmar. He has spent most of the years since 1988 imprisoned by the state for his opposition activities. The New York Times has described him as Burma's "most influential opposition figure after Daw Aung San Suu Kyi".
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Ko Ni
- Occupations
- politicianconstitutional lawyerwriterhuman rights activistadvocate
- Biography
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Ko Ni (Burmese: ကိုနီ; pronounced [kò nì], often known as U Ko Ni (Burmese: ဦးကိုနီ; pronounced [ʔú kò nì]; 11 February 1953 – 29 January 2017) was a prominent Burmese lawyer, constitutional law expert, and advocate for democratic reforms and interfaith dialogue in Myanmar. Renowned for his unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and pluralism, Ko Ni emerged as a vital figure in Myanmar’s turbulent political landscape. As a legal advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD), he played a pivotal role in crafting constitutional strategies to navigate the military-dominated political landscape, seeking to curb the military's entrenched control over governance. His dedication to human rights, minority rights, and democratic principles made him a target of hostility, culminating in his assassination on 29 January 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. His death was mourned nationally and internationally as a profound loss for Myanmar's democratic transition and interfaith harmony, underscoring the risks faced by his reformists in a nation under military rule.
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Soe Win
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Maha Chandra Kumara Soe Win is a retired Burmese diplomat, prince and senior male member of the Royal House of Konbaung as the Pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885) since 2019. He is the eldest son of Prince Taw Phaya Gyi and great-grandson of King Thibaw and Chief Queen Supayalat.
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Benjamin Peary Pal
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- botanistplant breederbiologistagronomist
- Biography
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Benjamin Peary Pal or B. P. Pal FRS was an Indian plant breeder and agronomist who served as a director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi and as the first Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He worked on wheat genetics and breeding but was also known for his interest in rose varieties.
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Mya Than Tint
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- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Mya Than Tint was a five-time Myanmar National Literature Award winning Burmese writer and translator.
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Aung Gyi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brigadier General Aung Gyi was a Burmese military officer and politician. He was a cofounder of the National League for Democracy and served as president of the party.
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Phyo Min Thein
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phyo Min Thein is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who served as Chief Minister of Yangon Region and Yangon Region Parliament from 2016 to 2021. He also served as an MP for Hlegu Township Constituency No. 2. Previously, he was the chairman of Union Democratic Party and founder of the People Democracy Party which later merged with Union Democratic Party.
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Ba Swe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ba Swe was the second Prime Minister of Burma. He was a leading Burmese politician during the decade after the country gained its independence from Britain in 1948. He held the position of prime minister from 12 June 1956 to 28 February 1957. When Ba Swe became prime minister, Time magazine reported the news in an article titled: 'The Day of the Tiger' based on his nickname 'Big Tiger' (Kyah gyi Ba Swe) since his university days in the 1930s as a student leader.
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Ba Win
- Years
- 1901-1947 (aged 46)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ba Win (Burmese: ဘဝင်း; pronounced [bɑː wɪn]; born San Tin (Burmese: စံတင်; pronounced [sæn tɪn]; 10 June 1901 – 19 July 1947), best known as U Ba Win (Burmese: ဦးဘဝင်း; pronounced [uː bɑː wɪn]), was a Burmese politician, and Minister of Trade in the Interim Government of Burma. He was the eldest brother of General Aung San, and was assassinated together with his youngest brother during an Executive Council meeting on 19 July 1947. 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar (Burma).
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Kyaw Thu
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- actorfilm director
- Biography
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Kyaw Thu is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and film director. One of the top leading men of Burmese cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, Kyaw Thu has starred in over 200 films and has directed several successful films. Since the early 2000s, Kyaw Thu has devoted much time to do social work for the poor, and in the process has gradually emerged as a vocal critic of the Burmese military government.
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Ludu Daw Amar
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- journalist
- Biography
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Ludu Daw Amar was a well known and respected leading dissident writer and journalist in Mandalay, Burma. She was married to fellow writer and journalist Ludu U Hla and was the mother of popular writer Nyi Pu Lay. She is best known for her outspoken anti-government views and radical left wing journalism besides her outstanding work on traditional Burmese arts, theatre, dance and music, and several works of translation from English, both fiction and non-fiction.
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May Myint Mo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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May Myint Mo is a Burmese actress nurtured by MRTV-4. She gained widespread popularity after starring in the MRTV-4 series Pan Nu Thway (2013) and A Yake (2018). She has received Myanmar Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actress in 2012 for her performance in Mone Khwint.
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Thein Pe Myint
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Thein Pe Myint was a Burmese politician, writer, and journalist. He wrote several politically and socially prominent books and founded the influential newspaper, The Botataung. Thein Pe Myint was a leading Marxist intellectual and an important player in the Burmese independence movement and postwar politics.
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Win Tin
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistautobiographer
- Biography
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Win Tin was a Burmese journalist, politician and political prisoner. He co-founded the National League for Democracy (NLD). He was imprisoned by the military government for 19 years (1989–2008) for his writings and his leadership position in the NLD.
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Su Su Lwin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Su Su Lwin is a Burmese politician and former First Lady of Myanmar. She has been the MP for Thongwa Township in the House of Representatives since 2012. She is the wife of Htin Kyaw, the ninth President of Myanmar.
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Taw Phaya Gyi
- Biography
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Prince George Taw Phaya Gyi was a Burmese prince and heir to the defunct throne of Burma (abolished in 1885). He was the eldest son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay and the grandson of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat. During the Japanese occupation, the Japanese government sought to set up Burma as a puppet kingdom within its empire with him as its puppet ruler.
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Thakin Mya
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- 1897-1947 (aged 50)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thakin Mya was a Burmese lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Home Affairs and in June 1947 transferred as Minister of Finance in Myanmar's pre-independence government. Mya and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon. He was unofficially considered as Deputy Prime Minister in Aung San 's Cabinet. 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.
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Hso Khan Pha
- Years
- 1938-2016 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Prince Hso Khan Pha of Yawnghwe was a prince of Yawnghwe. He was a son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the Saopha of Yawnghwe and Sao Nang Hearn Kham, the Mahadevi (consort). He was a consulting geologist based in Canada.
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Pe Maung Tin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Pe Maung Tin was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism and educator in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Born to an Anglican family at Pauktaw, Insein Township, Rangoon, he was the fifth child of U Pe and Daw Myaing. His grandfather was the first Burmese pastor of Henzada. He learnt the basic Buddhist texts at a local private school before he went to Rangoon Government High School where he won a scholarship at age 14.
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Ko Ko Gyi
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- Biography
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Ko Ko Gyi is a Burmese politician and leading democracy activist. For his protests against the military government, he spent over 17 years in prison on multiple occasions between 1989 and 2012. He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. BBC News describes him as a key member of the 8888 Generation movement. He is one of the country's most prominent activists, second only to Min Ko Naing.
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Than E
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Ma Than E Fend was a prominent Burmese singer in the early 20th century, known by her stage name Bilat Pyan Than (ဘိလပ်ပြန်သန်း). Also, she was also an international civil servant, who spent a long career in the United Nations.
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Khin Myo Chit
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Khin Myo Chit was a Burmese author and journalist, whose career spanned over four decades. She began her career writing short stories in Burmese for Dagon Magazine in 1934. She worked on the editorial staff of The Burma Journal during anti-colonial movements. After the war, Khin Myo Chit wrote for The Oway, a Burmese newspaper.
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Ezra Solomon
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Ezra Solomon was an influential US economist and professor of economics at Stanford University. As a member of the Council of Economic Advisors (1971–1973) during the Nixon administration, he was seen as having contributed significantly to the change in US monetary policy which resulted in the end of the gold standard for US currency and of the Bretton Woods system of exchange rates.
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Htay Oo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Htay Oo is a Burmese former politician and military officer, and previously served as Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Hinthada constituency from 2011 to 2016. He also served as Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar from 18 September 2004 to 30 March 2011, and Minister for Cooperatives in 2003. He was formerly a retired major general in the Myanmar Army. Htay Oo was elected Deputy chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, and served from October 2012 to August 2015. He was succeeded to Myat Hein in that role, and was then elected as the chairman of Party Central Leading Committee of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in August 2015.
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Ohn Maung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ohn Maung was a Burmese politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Transport in Myanmar's pre-independence government. He, along with seven other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San), was assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon. 19 July is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar.
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Aung Tun Thet
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Aung Tun Thet is a Burmese economist, author, educator, and public speaker. He had worked in academia, government service, private sector and in the civil society. He has published over 30 books and writes regularly in the local press.
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Kawleikgyin Ne Win
- Occupations
- association football playerfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Collegian Ne Win was a two-time Burmese Academy Award winning Burmese film actor and director.
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Graham
- Born in
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Myanmar - Occupations
- singersongwriter
- Biography
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Graham is a Burmese singer best known for his pop songs, as well as duets with female artists, TV commercial songs and original soundtracks. He was the first male artist to have won the "Best Male Recording Artist of the Year Award" given by Yangon City FM.
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Taw Sein Ko
- Years
- 1864-1930 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- anthropologistarchaeologist
- Biography
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Taw Sein Ko CIE ISO was Burma's first recorded archaeologist. He spent over 32 years in various government services, and ended his career in 1919 as the Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey of Burma.
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Muhammad Siddiq Khan
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Muhammad Siddiq Khan was the librarian of the Central Library of the University of Dhaka and the founder of the university's Department of Library Science (now Information Science and Library Management). In March 2004, the Government of Bangladesh posthumously awarded him the Independence Day Award, the country's highest civil honor.
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Lim Chin Tsong
- Years
- 1867-1923 (aged 56)
- Occupations
- merchant
- Biography
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Lim Chin Tsong was a Burmese Chinese tycoon and merchant, with business interests ranging from rice to oil. Throughout his career, he served as the sole partner of Lim Soo Hean & Company, originally established by his father, a Chinese emigre to Burma.
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Yin Yin Nwe
- Occupations
- geologist
- Biography
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Yin Yin Nwe is a Burmese geologist. She has held important positions with UNICEF since 1991, and was appointed UNICEF Representative to China on 1 December 2006.
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Myo Thein Gyi
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Myo Thein Gyi is the former Minister for Education of Myanmar. He previously served as Professor of Mathematics Department, Dagon University, Director General of Department of Myanmar Education Research and Rector of West Yangon University. He became Minister of Education after Aung San Suu Kyi on 6 April 2016. During the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, Myo Thein Gyi was placed under house arrest by the Myanmar Armed Forces.
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Aung Thu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aung Thu is a Burmese politician who was Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar (Burma) from 2018 to 2021.
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Kyaw Tint Swe
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- 1945-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Kyaw Tint Swe is a Burmese politician and former Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar.
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Khin San Win
- Occupations
- actormake-up artist
- Biography
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Khin San Win is a Burmese make-up artist, fashion designer, hair specialist turned actress after three decades-long experience in the Myanmar makeup industry. For decades she was known by the nickname Ma Gyi San while working as a make-up artist in Myanmar, before her acting debut. Khin San Win featured on The Myanmar Times "Top 10 Make-up artists" list in 2018.
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Mi Mi Khaing
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Mi Mi Khaing was a Burmese scholar and writer who authored numerous books and articles on life in Burma during the 20th century. She is notable as one of the first women to write in English about Burmese culture and traditions.
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Khin Ohmar
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights activistactivist
- Biography
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Khin Ohmar is a Burmese democracy activist noted for her leadership in the 8888 Uprising and her work with the Women's League of Burma and the Burma Partnership.
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Maung Htin
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Maung Htin was a prolific Burmese writer and journalist, best known for his classic 1947 novel Nga Ba (ငဘ), which portrayed the lives of downtrodden farmers. In 2003, the Government of Myanmar awarded him with a national lifetime achievement award in literature. In 1933, he graduated from Rangoon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Burmese.
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U Myint
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 87)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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U Myint is a Burmese economist and served as the Chief Presidential Adviser to Thein Sein, the former President of Burma, and led his Economic Advisory Unit.
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Sao Saimong
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Sao Sāimöng was a member of the princely family of Kengtung State. He was a government minister in Burma (now Myanmar) soon after independence; he was also a scholar, historian and linguist. His wife, Mi Mi Khaing, was also a scholar and writer.
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Ye Htoon
- Years
- 1937-2011 (aged 74)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ye Htoon, also known as Roland Chan Htoon [tɕʰáɴ tʰʊ́ɴ], (1937 – 7 May 2010) was a prominent Burmese lawyer, sometime-jailed political dissident, and a successful entrepreneur, and one of the notables of the now-extinct Scouting movement in Burma.
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Khin Maung Nyunt
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Khin Maung Nyunt is a Burmese writer and historian.
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Maran Brang Seng
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- 1931-1995 (aged 64)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maran Brang Seng was a Kachin politician and Chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).
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Pyone Cho
- Occupations
- politicianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Pyone Cho; born Htay Win Aung; born 2 April 1966), whose name means "sweet smile" in Burmese, is an activist and former political prisoner, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Representatives for Dawbon Township in Yangon, from 2015 to 2021. He was elected as a Regional Parliamentary Member for Dawbon Township for Yangon Division in the 2020 elections, but was unable to serve due to the military coup of 2021. He is an internationally recognized human rights activist, as well as a former student organizer and leader of the 8888 Uprising in Myanmar.
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Ba Shin
- Years
- 1914-1971 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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U Ba Shin is a colonel and noted historian and was a member of The Myanmar History Commission and Islamic Religious Affairs Council.
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Nyo Mya
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Nyo Mya was a famous Burmese writer. He came into prominence by his nationalist article "Hell Hound at Large," which criticised British rulers and mayors in Burma. He was also a friend of Aung San and a member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw.
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Chan Htoon
- Years
- 1906-1988 (aged 82)
- Biography
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Justice Chan Htoon was Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, and the architect of the first constitution of Burma in 1947. He was educated at Ananda College in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), where he passed matriculation in 1928. Afterward, he studied at the University College, Rangoon and became a lawyer in 1931, after he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. Chan Htoon served as the President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists from 1958 to 1963. He was imprisoned from 1963 to 1967 by the Burmese military government. After his release he devoted the rest of his life to Buddhism including supporting the task of translating Pali texts into English.
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Myo Min
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Myo Min was a Burmese academic, journalist and writer, who wrote under the pen names of Nwe Soe (နွယ်စိုး, [nwɛ̀ só]), U Myo Min and Myint Win. He was one of the founders of the Khit-San Sarpay movement, the first modern literary movement in the history of Burmese literature. He was the longtime Professor of English at Rangoon University and later at Yangon Institute of Education. He also served in several academic and research organizations, including the Burma Historical Commission, the Burma Research Society, and the Burma Translation Society. For his services to the country, he was awarded the honorary titles of Wunna Kyawhtin in 1954 and Thiri Pyanchi in 1961 by the government.
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U Nyun
- Occupations
- diplomateconomist
- Biography
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Sithu U Nyun was a Burmese development economist, diplomat and intellectual who served as the 3rd Executive Secretary as the head of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
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Ba Than
- Born in
- Myanmar
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Ba Than was a Burmese school teacher, writer, and historian in the early 20th century British Burma. He is best known for his seminal Burmese history textbook Myanmar Yazawin, used in Burmese high schools from the 1930s to the 1950s. He is also known for his 1919 novel B.A. Maung Ba Lwin and the short-lived Myo-Chit newspaper, which he co-founded in 1924.
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Ba Lwin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saya Gyi U Ba Lwin was born in Rangoon, Burma on 20 September 1892. He was the headmaster of Myoma National School from 1924 to 1953 after Ngwe Zin and Pho Latt.
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Nyo Nyo Thin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nyo Nyo Thin is a Burmese lawyer and politician who previously served as a member of parliament in the Yangon Region Hluttaw for the Bahan Township No. 2 constituency. She is also a director of the organisation Yangon Watch, an independent organisation for government regulation.
