List of Karen
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List of notable Karen people:
- Cynthia MaungCynthia MaungDr. Cynthia Maung is a Burmese medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. An ethnic Karen, Dr. Maung left Burma after the 8888 Uprising and has since run a clinic treating Burmese refugees, migrants and orphans at Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese...
, doctor, Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
nominee, winner of the Ramon Magsaysay AwardRamon Magsaysay AwardThe Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel... - GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Bo MyaBo MyaBo Mya was a Karen rebel leader born in Papun District, which is in present-day Karen State, Myanmar. He was a long-standing chairman of the Karen National Union , a political organisation of the Karen people, from 1976 to 2000...
, (1927-) Commander of the Karen National UnionKaren National UnionThe Karen National Union is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army that represents the Karen people of Burma. It operates in Eastern Burma, and has underground networks in other areas of Burma where Karen people live. In Karen, this Karen area is called...
and former Chairman of the National Council of the Union of BurmaNational Council of the Union of BurmaThe National Council of the Union of Burma is an opposition organisation in Burma , composed of representatives of armed groups and exiled political organizations... - Johnny and Luther HtooJohnny and Luther HtooJohnny Htoo and Luther Htoo are twin brothers who jointly led the God's Army guerrilla group – a splinter group of Karen National Union – in Myanmar during the late 1990s...
, boy soldiers - Naw Zipporrah SeinNaw Zipporrah SeinNaw Zipporah Sein is a Karen political activist and Secretary General of the Karen National Union. Zipporah Sein was born in 1955 in Kayin State, Burma, and trained as a teacher before fleeing to Thailand in 1995. In From 1998 to 2008, she was the coordinator and executive secretary of the Karen...
, Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
nominee - Tin Soe, political prisoner