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- Bhumibol AdulyadejBhumibol AdulyadejBhumibol Adulyadej is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX...
– King of Thailand since 9 June 1946 - Pongpol AdireksarnPongpol AdireksarnPongpol Adireksarn is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai party. Using the pen name Paul Adirex he is also an author of several novels....
– politician of the Thai Rak Thai party - Piyasvasti AmranandPiyasvasti AmranandPiyasvasti Amranand was Thailand's Energy Minister between 9 October 2006 and 6 February 2008. He is former Secretary-General of the Thai National Energy Policy Office, Chairman of Kasikorn Asset Management and Chairman of Panel of Advisors for CEO of Kasikornbank...
– Energy Minister between 9 October 2006 and 6 February 2008 - Thanong BidayaThanong BidayaThanong Bidaya is a Thai politician and deposed Finance Minister. After the military overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, he remained in Singapore where he was attending the annual meeting of the World Bank/IMF....
– politician and deposed Finance Minister - Kraisak ChoonhavanKraisak ChoonhavanKraisak Choonhavan is a Thai politician. He was a member of the Senate for Nakhon Ratchasima Province from 2000 till 2006.Born as son of former prime minister General Chatichai Choonhavan and Than Phu Ying Bunruen Choonhavan, Kraisak received a Bachelor Degree in International Relations at the...
– politician and member of the Senate from 2000 till 2006 - Pridiyathorn DevakulaPridiyathorn DevakulaMom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula served as Minister of Finance in Thailand's interim civilian government. Before being named to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, Pridiyathorn had served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand since 2001...
– Member of Cabinet and had served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand - DevavongseDevavongsePrince of Devavongse Varoprakarn was the second foreign minister of Thailand 1881-1923.Born as son of King Mongkut and Princess Consort Piam with the given name Prince Devan Uthayavongse , he had the same parents as the 3 queens of King Chulalongkorn, Queen Sunandha Kumariratana, Queen Savang...
– second foreign minister of Thailand 1881–1923 - Yat HwaidiYat HwaidiYat Hwaidi was a Khmer politician, born in Surin province, Thailand. During the Second World War, he was the local education supervisor of the Thai administration in Siem Reap. He also represented the Phibun Songkran province in the parliament of Thailand. After the war, he joined the Khmer...
– Khmer politician - Chirayu IsarangkulChirayu IsarangkulChirayu Isarangkul na Ayutthaya is the current Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau and a former Deputy Minister of Industry of Thailand. As Director-General of the CPB, he manages the personal assets of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the immediate royal family.Chirayu graduated from the...
– Director-General of the Crown Property Bureau and a former Deputy Minister of Industry of Thailand - Somkid JatusripitakSomkid JatusripitakSomkid Jatusripitak , Chinese: 曾汉光, Thai politician, is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand. He was a leader and cofounder of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. His wife, Anurachanee Jatusripitak, teaches at Chulalongkorn University...
– politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce of Thailand. - Suriya JungrungreangkitSuriya JungrungreangkitSuriya Jungrungreangkit is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai party. Since 2002 he is the Minister of Transport of Thailand...
– politician, Minister of Transport - Chuwit KamolvisitChuwit KamolvisitChuwit Kamolvisit is a controversial Thai politician who was once the country's biggest massage parlor owner. After an arrest in 2003, he went public with his claims of having paid large bribes to hundreds of police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political...
– politician, one time massage parlor owner - Sudarat KeyuraphanSudarat KeyuraphanSudarat Keyuraphan is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai party. She served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand in the Thai Rak Thai government until its ousting in the September 2006 coup.Born in Bangkok, Sudarat is a graduate of Chulalongkorn...
– politician, served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives - Sunthorn KongsompongSunthorn KongsompongGeneral Sunthorn Kongsompong was the de facto head of government of Thailand from 1991 - 1992, following a military coup d'etat led by Sunthorn and General Suchinda Kraprayoon deposed the government of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan on February 23, 1991...
– military coup d'etat leader, deposed the government from 1991 – 1992 - Chuan LeekpaiChuan LeekpaiChuan Leekpai was the Prime Minister of Thailand from September 20, 1992 to May 19, 1995 and again from November 9, 1997 to February 9, 2001. A third-generation Thai Chinese, Chuan was born in Trang province in a grass-roofed house. The walls of his family's house were woven from strips of...
– Prime Minister of Thailand, 1992 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2001 - Prachai Leophai-ratanaPrachai Leophai-ratanaPrachai Leophairatana is a former Senator and a Thai businessman who founded Thai Petrochemical Industry .Prachai founded Thai Petrochemical Industry in 1978, based on companies his grandfather founded during World War II. Thai Petrochemical Industry group begun in rice milling, and had extended...
– former Senator and a businessman - Prommin LertsuridejPrommin LertsuridejPrommin Lertsuridej, M.D. was a Thai politician, former student leader, former Secretary General to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, former Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic affairs, and former Minister of Energy in the Thaksin government...
– politician, Secretary General, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic affairs, and Minister of Energy - Thammarak Isaragura na AyuthayaThammarak Isaragura na AyuthayaThammarak Isarangkura na Ayuthaya is a former Thai military officer, Member of Parliament, co-founder of the Thai Rak Thai Party, and former defence minister...
– military officer, Member of Parliament, and former Defence Minister - Pallop PinmaneePallop PinmaneeGeneral Pallop Pinmanee is a retired Thai Army general who took part in several coups, ordered the massacre of insurgents at Krue Sae Mosque and allegedly played a role in the attempted car bomb assassination of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
– Army general who took part in several coups, - Sukhumbhand ParipatraSukhumbhand ParipatraSukhumbhand Paripatra is a Thai politician and MP belonging to the Democrat Party. Educated at Oxford University in England, he is a former Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand...
– politician and Member of Parliament - Noppadon PattamaNoppadon PattamaNoppadon Pattama , Thai politician, became Foreign Minister of Thailand on 6 February 2008, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. He is a member of Samak's People's Power Party...
– politician, Foreign Minister of Thailand 2008 - Ratsadanupradit Mahison PhakdiRatsadanupradit Mahison PhakdiPhraya Ratsadanupradit Mahitsaraphakdi As a member of the na Ranong family which held the governor's post in Ranong for generations, Khaw was assigned to become governour of Trang in 1890. His most significant contribution was the introduction of the rubber tree to Thailand, which at his time was...
– provincial administrator, introduced the rubber tree to Thailand - Sang PhathanothaiSang PhathanothaiSang Phathanothai was a Thai politician, union leader, and journalist. He was one of the closest advisors to Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram....
– politician, union leader, and journalist - Nit PhibunsongkhramNit PhibunsongkhramNitya "Nit" Pibulsonggram is a Thai career diplomat and politician.After receiving his B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College and his M.A. in Political Science from Brown University, he joined Thailand's Foreign Service in 1968...
– career diplomat and politician - Lek NanaLek NanaLek Nana was a Thai businessman and politician. One of the founders of Thailand's Democrat Party at the end of World War II, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister and as Minister of Science, Technology, and Energy. A Muslim of Gujarati ancestry, he was a senior member of the Central Islamic...
– businessman and politician, Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of Science, Technology, and Energy - Mongkol Na SongkhlaMongkol Na SongkhlaMongkol Na Songkhla was as of January 2007 the Minister of Health for Thailand. He was appointed by Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and sworn into office on October 9, 2006...
– politician, Minister of Health - Surin PitsuwanSurin PitsuwanSurin Pitsuwan is a longtime Thai politician. He was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, into an assimilated Thai family of Malay descent.-Early life:...
– politician - Sutham SangprathumSutham SangprathumSutham Sangprathum is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai political party, and is of Thai Chinese descent. As of 2005 he is the Deputy Interior Minister of Thailand.He received a BA in Law at Chulalongkorn University and an MBA at Kasetsart University...
– politician - Surakiart SathirathaiSurakiart SathirathaiSurakiart Sathirathai was, until September 19 2006, a Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture.-Family and early career:...
– Deputy Prime Minister overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture, ???? to 2006 - Thaworn SenniamThaworn SenniamThaworn Senneam was a Thai politician and the country's Deputy Interior Minister. He has also served as Deputy Secretary General of the Democrat Party. Thaworn previously worked as a legal advisor to Secretary General Maj. Gen. Sanan Kachornprasart...
– politician current Deputy Interior Minister - Boonsanong Punyodyana – politician
- Boonchu RojanastienBoonchu RojanastienBoonchu Rojanastien was a Thai-Chinese banker. Touted as Thailand's first "economics tsar", he served in the government of Kukrit Pramoj in 1975 and 1976...
– Thai/Chinese banker, finance minister 1975 and 1976 - Manoonkrit RoopkachornManoonkrit RoopkachornMajor General Manoonkrit Roopkachorn is a former Thai military officer, Senator and Speaker of the Senate...
– former Thai military officer, Senator and Speaker of the Senate - Karoon Sai-ngamKaroon Sai-ngamKaroon Sai-ngam , born 1 October 1952, politician, is a former Senator of the Kingdom of Thailand. He became well known for his criticism of Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his call for female supporters to pass photos of Thaksin between their legs while cursing him to exile...
– politician, former Senator of the Kingdom of Thailand - Chatumongol SonakulChatumongol SonakulMom Ratchawongse Chatumongol Sonakul is a former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Thailand and former Governor of the Bank of Thailand. Chatumongkol was the Permanent Secretary for finance from 1 October 1995 to 28 July 1997...
– former Governor of the Bank of Thailand, 1998 to 2001 - Prasong SoonsiriPrasong SoonsiriPrasong Soonsiri is a Thai politician, and former Royal Thai Air Force squadron leader, Thai Foreign Minister, and head of the Thai National Security Council. Prasong has been a long-time critic of Thaksin Shinawatra since Thaksin's entry into politics in 1994...
– pilot, politician, Foreign Minister, and head of the National Security Council - Chamlong SrimuangChamlong SrimuangMajor General Chamlong Srimuang is a controversial Thai activist and former politician. A former general, he was a leader of the "Young Turks" military clique, founded and led the Phalang Dharma party, served for six years as governor of Bangkok, led the anti-military uprising of May 1992, and...
– activist, former politician, former General - Wijit Srisa-arnWijit Srisa-arnWijit Srisa-arn is a former Thai politician and was appointed Minister of Education in 2006 by a military junta following a successful military coup...
– politician, appointed Minister of Education, 2006 - Samak SundaravejSamak SundaravejSamak Sundaravej was a Thai Chinese politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defense in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.-Early life and family:...
– Thai Chinese politician, served as Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, 2008 - Kantathi SuphamongkhonKantathi SuphamongkhonDr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon is the 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand. He served as Foreign Minister during the administration of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 11 March 2005 until the military coup d'état on 19 September 2006.Suphamongkhon is now the University of...
– 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister, 2005 & 2006 - Chalongphob SussangkarnChalongphob SussangkarnChalongphob Sussangkarn was the President of the Thailand Development Research Institute and later served as Minister of Finance in Surayud Chulanont's military junta. An ethnic Chinese of Hainanese origin, He replaced Pridiyathorn Devakula after Pridiyathorn abrubtly resigned...
– President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, Minister of Finance - Santi ThakralSanti ThakralSanti Thakral was a member of the Privy Council of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Prior to becoming Privy Councillor, he was President of the Supreme Court of Thailand.-Early life and education:...
– President of the Supreme Court, Privy Council - Puey UngpakornPuey UngpakornPuey Ungpakorn, MBE was an extremely successful bureaucrat who played a central role in the shaping of Thailand's economic development and in the strengthening of its system of higher education...
– Governor of the (Central) Bank of Thailand, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, rector of Thammasat University - Prateep Ungsongtham HataPrateep Ungsongtham HataPrateep Ungsongtham Hata is a Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toey district of Bangkok, Thailand. A former Senator for Bangkok, she was awarded the 1978 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. She is Secretary General of the Duang Prateep Foundation.- Life...
– actavist, former Senator - Borwornsak UwannoBorwornsak UwannoBorwornsak Uwanno is a Thai legal expert, and held the post of Cabinet secretary-general under the Thaksin-government and was a professor of Law at Chulalongkorn University; and a key drafter of the 1997 Constitution of Thailand.-Drafter of the 1997 Constitution:Borwornsak was a member of the...
– Cabinet secretary-general, professor of Law, drafter of the 1997 Constitution - Abhisit VejjajivaAbhisit VejjajivaAbhisit Vejjajiva , , ; born Mark Abhisit Vejjajiva; 3 August 1964 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a Thai politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and is the current leader of the Democrat Party...
– politician, 27th Prime Minister, 2008 to 2011 - Mechai ViravaidyaMechai ViravaidyaMechai Viravaidya is a former politician and activist in Thailand who has popularized condoms in that country.Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr...
– former politician and activist - Sanguan TularaksaSanguan TularaksaSanguan Tularaksa was a Thai politician and a leading member of the Seri Thai. Sanguan is of Chinese descent, and is of Teochew origins....
– politician and a leading member of Seri Thai - Chitchai WannasathitChitchai WannasathitChitchai Wannasathit was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took a break from his duties as prime minister following a disappointing showing in elections. Thaksin returned to his duties after more than a month...
– caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006 - Kowit WattanaKowit WattanaKowit Wattana is a Thai Police General and politician. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police. In 2008, he was Minister of the Interior, and since 2011 he has been Deputy Prime Minister under Yingluck Shinawatra...
– Police Commissioner-General 2004–2007 - Luang WichitwathakanLuang WichitwathakanMajor-General Luang Wichitwathakan was a Thai politician, playwright and historian...
– politician, playwright and historian - Tammy DuckworthTammy DuckworthLadda Tammy Duckworth was formerly Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and formerly the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran and former U.S...
– Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Ploypailin Mahidol JensenPloypailin Mahidol JensenKhun Ploypailin Jensen is a member of the Thai Royal Family and a granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. She is the eldest daughter of Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand...
– granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej - Sirikitiya Jensen – semi-member of the Thai Royal Family
- John PippyJohn PippyJohn Pippy is an American politician from the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Republican Party and currently serves in the Pennsylvania State Senate.-Personal:...
– American politician - Mechai ViravaidyaMechai ViravaidyaMechai Viravaidya is a former politician and activist in Thailand who has popularized condoms in that country.Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr...
– politician and activist - Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin ShahSultan Ismail Nasiruddin ShahIn full, Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III KCMG was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, and the fifteenth Sultan of Terengganu.-Early career:...
– Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King?) of Malaysia, and the fifteenth Sultan of Terengganu - Tunku Abdul RahmanTunku Abdul RahmanTunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, AC, CH was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955, and the country's first Prime Minister from independence in 1957. He remained as the Prime Minister after Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the...
– Malaya first Prime Minister from independence in 1957 - Thaksin ShinawatraThaksin ShinawatraThaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....
– Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006
Television, Film & Stage
- Phiyada AkkraseraneePhiyada AkkraseraneePhiyada Akkaraseranee , is a Thai actress, model, and host...
– actress, model, and host - Akara AmarttayakulAkara AmarttayakulAkara Amarttayakul is a Thai film and television actor. His films include Jom kha mung wej and Muay Thai Chaiya. His nickname is "Gof" or "Golf".-Biography:...
– film and television actor - Joni AnwarJoni AnwarJoni Anwar, also known as Joni Raptor is a Thai pop singer and actor. He was born in Bangkok. Thailand and has Indonesian-Scottish ancestry...
– aka Joni Raptor, pop singer and actor - Chermarn BoonyasakChermarn BoonyasakChermarn Boonyasak is a Thai film and television actress and model. Her film roles have included the title ghost character in director Yuthlert Sippapak's horror-comedies Buppah Rahtree and Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns...
– film and television actress and model - Cindy BurbridgeCindy BurbridgeCindy Burbridge is a Thai model and actress...
– model and actress - Mitr ChaibanchaMitr ChaibanchaMitr Chaibancha was a Thai film actor who made 266 films from 1956 to 1970....
– film actor - Kesarin ChaichalermpolKesarin ChaichalermpolKesarin Chaichalermpol is a Thai actress who has acted under a number of stage names, particularly Nong Natt and Natt Chanapa.- Arrest :...
– pornographic actress - Pachrapa ChaichuaPachrapa ChaichuaPatchrapa Chaichua , or nicknamed Aum , , is a Thai actress. She entered the entertainment industry in 1997 after she won a beauty and talent contest called HACKS....
– actress - Supaksorn ChaimongkolSupaksorn ChaimongkolSupaksorn Chaimongkol on December 2, 1982, in Bangkok, Thailand is a Thai model and actress. Her nickname is Kratae .Her film roles include Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord, Art of the Devil and Andaman Girl, all under director Thanit Jitnukul.In 2007, she starred in the spy-action comedy, Chai Lai,...
– model and actress. - Savika ChaiyadejSavika ChaiyadejSavika Chaiyadej , who goes by the nickname "Pinky", is a Thai soap actress who was born on June 19, 1986. She stars in Dao Pra Sook and Nong Miew Kearl Petch ....
– soap actress - Petchara ChaowaratPetchara ChaowaratPetchara Chaowarat is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborate hairstyles.Her first film and starring role was in Banthuk Rak Pimchawee , in 1961...
– film actress from 1961 to 1979 - Mai CharoenpuraMai CharoenpuraSiriwimol "Mai" Charoenpura, , is a Thai singer and actress.-Early life:Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she is one of four daughters of Thai actor Surin Charoenpura and Winee Sontikool. She has three sisters, Venic White, Ploy Charoenpura and Vipavee Maguire, and a half sister, actress Intira Jaroenpura...
– singer and actress. - Sorapong ChatreeSorapong ChatreeSorapong Chatree is a Thai film actor. He has frequently starred in the films of Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol, as well as in Cherd Songsri's classic romance, Plae Kao....
– film actor - Katreeya EnglishKatreeya EnglishKatreeya "Kat" English is a British-Thai Singer, actress, model. She is a Eurasian or Luk kreung, with British father and Thai mother, and is also fluent in both Thai and English.-Interesting facts:...
– British/Thai Singer, actress, model - Sonia CoulingSonia CoulingSonia Couling is well known in Asia as a fashion model, TV personality and Cover girl. She has acted in many Thai TV shows, been a VJ for MTV Asia, and has produced and hosted 'Thailand's Next Top Model" in 2005. She is Eurasian or Luk kreung, with an English father and a Thai mother...
– Model, TV personality & Actor, VJ for MTV Asia, producer - Ananda EveringhamAnanda EveringhamAnanda Everingham is a Laotian-Australian film actor who was born in Thailand. Working primarily in Thai films, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004 horror film, Shutter.-Biography:...
– Laotian/Australian film actor - Toon HiranyasapToon HiranyasapToon Hiranyasub is a Thai film actor. He was educated in Australia and was a major leading man in Thai films during the 1980s.-First performance:...
– film actor - Intira JaroenpuraIntira JaroenpuraIntira Jaroenpura is a Thai actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Mae Nak in the 1999 Thai horror film, Nang Nak. In 2007, she was featured in a prominent role as the warrior Princess Lurkin in part two of King Naresuan.-Early career:...
– actress and singer - Kessarin EktawatkulKessarin EktawatkulKessarin Ektawatkul , nicknamed "Nui", is a Thai film actress. A former national champion in taekwondo, she has been featured in three martial arts films, Born to Fight, Dangerous Flowers and Somtum.-External links:...
– film actress and former national champion in taekwondo - Sririta JensenSririta JensenSririta "Rita" Jensen, , born 27 October 1981 in Thailand, is a Danish-Thai model and actress.-Biography:Sririta Jensen's career began with guest roles on Thai television series. She became more well known in Thailand as a model in various national advertising campaigns and was featured on numerous...
– Danish/Thai model and actress. - Tanit JitnukulTanit JitnukulTanit Jitnukul is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, Bang Rajan. His nickname is "Pued".-Biography:...
– film director, screenwriter and producer - Sudarat KeyuraphanSudarat KeyuraphanSudarat Keyuraphan is a Thai politician and the deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai party. She served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand in the Thai Rak Thai government until its ousting in the September 2006 coup.Born in Bangkok, Sudarat is a graduate of Chulalongkorn...
– politician, served as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives - Suvanant KongyingSuvanant KongyingSuvanant Kongying is a Thai actress. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. She has appeared in several lakorns , including Dao pra sook with Sornram Teppitak, in which she played Dao, the main character. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many...
– She's considered Thailand's most famous actress 1990–2000 - Bongkoj KhongmalaiBongkoj KhongmalaiBongkoj Khongmalai , nickname "Tak" , is a Thai film actress. Films she has appeared in include Tom-Yum-Goong. She portrayed a young Thai woman forced into prostitution in Australia who comes to the aid of the film's hero, Tony Jaa. Alternate spellings of her name include Bongkot Kongmalai and...
– film actress - Supakorn KitsuwonSupakorn KitsuwonSupakorn Kitsuwon is a Thai film and stage actor. Among his starring roles are as Pan in Monrak Transistor and Khun Krabi in SARS Wars...
– film and stage actor - Winai KraibutrWinai KraibutrWinai Kraibutr is a Thai actor. He has appeared in a number of films that have achieved significant success at the Thai box office. He is considered a bankable star in Thailand and has achieved minor international exposure through the international release of Bang Rajan...
– film actor - Amphol LampoonAmphol LampoonAmphol Lumpoon is a Thai actor. He is also the lead singer in the Thai rock band, Micro, but then split up for his solo career. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Amphol was married to singer-actress Marsha Wattanapanich. They divorced in 1997...
– actor and singer - Suwinit PanjamawatSuwinit PanjamawatSuwinit Panjamawat is a Thai actor. His roles include the teenaged title character in Jan Dara by director Nonzee Nimibutr and as the youthful Dum in Tears of the Black Tiger by Wisit Sasanatieng. He also appears in Nonzee's segment in the Asian cinema horror film collaboration, "The Wheel"....
– actor - Chattapong Pantana-AngkulChattapong Pantana-AngkulChattaphong Pantana-Angkul is a Thai actor and martial artist. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Born to Fight.- Filmography :* 999-9999 * Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior * Club zaa: Pit tamraa saep...
– actor and martial artist - Lalita PanyopasLalita PanyopasLalita Panyopas is a Thai film and television actress. She is best known in Thailand for her roles in lakorn . She made a string of feature films in the late 1980s and also was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the late 1980s to early 2000s...
– film and television actress - Porntip PapanaiPorntip PapanaiPorntip Papanai is a Thai actress and model. Among her film roles are supporting parts in Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Monrak Transistor , in which she played the country singer Dao, and Ploy , in which she portrayed Tum, the hotel maid....
– actress and model - Ray MacDonaldRay MacDonaldRay MacDonald is a Thai actor of Scottish descent. He won Best Actor awards at the Thailand National Film Association Awards in 1997 and 1998 for his roles in Fun Bar Karaoke, the debut feature by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, and O-Negative, which co-starred Tata Young...
– actor - Stella MalucchiStella MalucchiStella Malucchi is an Italian-Colombian model and actress. Fluent in the Thai language, she has primarily worked in Thailand, and has acted in two films, Tears of the Black Tiger and Angulimala....
– Italian/Colombian model and actress - Bird McIntyreBird McIntyreThongchai "Bird" McIntyre is a Thai pop singer who released his debut album in 1986. He is also sometimes known as Bird Thongchai, Pe Bird or simply Bird....
– pop singer - Kathaleeya McIntoshKathaleeya McIntoshKathaleeya McIntosh , is a Thai actress and a television host in a popular talkshow, Samakhom Chomdao...
– actress and television host - Sombat MetaneeSombat MetaneeSombat Metanee is a Thai actor and film director. At one time he held the Guinness World Record for most film appearances . By his own count, he's made more than 2,000 films and television shows, including lakorns...
– actor and film director - Chartchai NgamsanChartchai NgamsanChartchai Ngamsan is a Thai actor. His most notable role is as Sua Dum in Tears of the Black Tiger, a 2000 Thai western film. Before that, he had a supporting role in Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters, also playing a character named Dum, who was a sidekick to Puu Bottlebomb, portrayed by...
– actor - Apasiri NitibhonApasiri NitibhonApasiri Nitibhon is a Thai actress. Among her starring roles is as Angsumalin in Sunset at Chaophraya in 1996. She has also been featured in Bullet Wives and The Victim....
– actress - Napakpapha NakprasitteNapakpapha NakprasitteNapakpapha Nakprasitte is a Thai film actress. She is sometimes credited as Napakapa Nakprasit....
– film actress - Aranya NamwongAranya NamwongAnchali Sirachaya , née Anchali Choppradit , stage-named Aranya Namwong is a Thai actress. She was the runner-up of 1964 Miss Thailand . She was the lead actress in many Thai films in the 1970s, often co-starring with Sombat Metanee...
– actress - Patiparn PataweekarnPatiparn PataweekarnPatiparn Pataweekarn , is a Thai film and television actor and pop singer from GMM Grammy.-Profile:*Real Name: Patiparn Pataweekarn — changed from Tangsopon at 15 years old*Nickname: Mos*Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand...
– film and television actor, pop singer - Jesdaporn PholdeeJesdaporn PholdeeJesadaporn Pholdee , is a Thai actor, model, and presenter....
– Thai actor, model, and presenter - Pisut PraesangeamPisut PraesangeamPisut Praesangeam is a Thai actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Bangkok Haunted and Thai Thief.-As director:*Bangkok Haunted *Thai Thief -As screenwriter:...
– actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. - Siriyakorn PukkaveshSiriyakorn PukkaveshSiriyakorn Pukkavesa is a Thai actress, model, presenter, designer and magazine publisher. She is best known by her nickname, Oom ....
– actress, model, presenter, designer and magazine publisher - Chatchai PlengpanichChatchai PlengpanichChatchai Plengpanich is a Thai film and television actor. He has appeared in many lakorns and feature films.-Biography:Chatchai was born in Kanchanaburi Province. Having a police officer as a father meant that the family relocated around Thailand constantly throughout his childhood...
– film and television actor - Sinjai PlengpanichSinjai PlengpanichSinjai Plengpanich , née Sinjai Hongtai , , is a Thai actress. She has acted in numerous lakorn as well as films and theatrical productions...
– actress - Suthep Po-ngamSuthep Po-ngamSuthep Po-ngam , also known by his stage name Thep Po-ngam, is a Thai comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter. He played the leader of a gang of inept hitmen in Killer Tattoo...
– comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter - Pongsak PongsuwanPongsak PongsuwanPongsak Pongsuwan is a Thai comedian and actor. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Theng Therdtherng .A popular comedian in Thai nightclubs and on television, Theng made his feature-film debut in Killer Tattoo, a 2001 action-comedy that was the directorial debut for Yuthlert Sippapak...
– comedian and actor - Jintara PoonlarpJintara PoonlarpJintara Poonlarp is a Thai mor lam, luk thung and pop music singer. She is one of the most popular and prolific of the artists in the mor lam and luk thung genres, having released 40 original albums as well as many compilations...
– traditional & pop music singer - Pitchanart SakakornPitchanart SakakornPitchanart Sakakorn is a Thai actress. Her starring film roles include Pattaya Maniac, Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns and The Victim.She has a Bachelor's degree from Assumption University.-Filmography:* Butterfly in Grey...
– actress - Somlek SakdikulSomlek SakdikulSomlek Sakdikul is a Thai film actor and musician. He is sometimes credited as Somchai Sakdikul. He portrayed "Suwat" or "Daddy", the lecherous music producer in Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's 2001 comedy, Monrak Transistor...
– film actor and musician - Chintara SukapatanaChintara SukapatanaChintara Sukapatana is a Thai film actress. Her best known role was as Trinh in the 1987 Hollywood film, Good Morning, Vietnam, in which she co-starred opposite Robin Williams...
– film actress - Ann ThongprasomAnn ThongprasomAnn Thongprasom is a Thai film and television actress, hostess and a producer. She was the lead actress in many Thai series in the 2000s, and had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama, The Letter: Jod Mai Rak....
– film and television actress, hostess, producer - Janie TienphosuwanJanie TienphosuwanJanie Tienphosuwan is a Thai actress and model.It was told that she badly injured her sister from an accident, . Due to her parent's divorce, she moved to Thailand with her sibling and mother. She then started her acting career in a music video...
– actress and model - Patharawarin TimkulPatharawarin TimkulPatharawarin Timkul is a Thai actress and model. Her films include Bangkok Dangerous and Jan Dara. She is the daughter of leading Thai dance and theater figure Patravadi Mejudhon. Her nickname is May.-Biography:...
– actress and model - Lor TokLor TokLor Tok was a Thai comedian and actor. He was named a Thailand National Artist for performing arts in 1995. With an acting career that stretched from the 1930s into the 1980s, Lor Tok had roles in more than 1,000 films, among them Ngern, Ngern, Ngern , for which he received an award for best actor...
– comedian and actor - Paula TaylorPaula Taylor-Personal life:Paula was born in Chulalankorn hospital, Bangkok Thailand. Two weeks after she was born, the family returned to Australia. Her father is of English descent and her mother is of Thai descent...
– English/Thai actress, model and presenter - Sornram TeppitakSornram TeppitakSornram Teppitak is a Thai actor and Thai pop singer. He has appeared in several notable lakorns, including: Dao pra sook with Suvanant Kongying which he played the role of Phak. He began acting at an adolescent age. His films include Garuda and First Flight. He is the highest paid Thai actor...
– actor and Thai pop singer - Krissada TerrenceKrissada TerrenceKrissada Terrence. is a Thai-American pop singer and actor. He is member of the Thai pop band Pru...
– Thai/American pop singer and actor - Michael ShaowanasaiMichael ShaowanasaiMichael Shaowanasai, , is a Thai-American artist and actor who lives in Bangkok. His works includes performance art, photography, video, film and installations....
– Thai/American artist and actor - Khemupsorn SirisukhaKhemupsorn SirisukhaKhemupsorn "Cherry" Sirisukha is a popular Thai actress. She has acted in a number of dramas, including Kaew Tah Pee and Thur Kue Duang Jai...
– actress model and host - Pongpat WachirabunjongPongpat WachirabunjongPongpat Wachirabunjong is a Thai singer, actor and film director.He is well-known in Thailand for his role in the action films Heaven's Seven and Seven Street Fighters, as the red-shorts-clad Sergeant Dab Jampoh....
– singer, actor and film director. - Marsha WattanapanichMarsha WattanapanichMarion Ursula Marsha Vadhanapanich born 24 August 1970, is a Thai pop singer and actress. Her mother is German and her father is Thai. She is a Buddhist, and has one son with her first husband, Thai singer Amphol Lumpoon.-External links:* * *...
– pop singer and actress - Petchtai WongkamlaoPetchtai WongkamlaoPetchtai Wongkamlao, , is a Thai comedian, actor and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok ; and is a popular Thai television personality...
– comedian, actor and film director. - Teeradeth WongpuapunTeeradeth WongpuapunTheeradej Wongpuapan , is a Thai actor, model and presenter. His father is one of the top actors in Thailand who persuaded him to start his career in acting....
– actor, model and presenter - Woranut WongsawanWoranut WongsawanWoranut Bhirombhakdi , née Woranut Wongsawan , or usually known by her nickname Noon , , is a Thai actress in Thai soap operas and films. Her First lakorn role is Pob Pee Fa which is the scariest role of all her lakorn. She made her feature-film debut in the 2005 Thai film Choem , or Midnight My...
– actress in soap operas and films - Chakrit YamnamChakrit YamnamChakrit Yamnam is a Thai film and television actor.His films include O-Negative with Tata Young, directed by Yuthlert Sippapak. His latest film is Bangkok Dangerous with Nicolas Cage....
– film and television actor. - Pumwaree YodkamolPumwaree YodkamolPumwaree Yodkamol is a Thai film and television actress. She co-starred in Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, portraying Muay Lek alongside Tony Jaa...
– film and television actress - Tata YoungTata YoungAmita Marie Young , better known under her stage name Tata Young, is a Thai singer, model actress and dancer....
– singer, model actress and dancer. - Michael Chaturantabut – Thai/American actor
- Areeya ChumsaiAreeya Chumsai-Early life and education:Areeya Chumsai was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the United States, the daughter of Thai immigrants. She spent her childhood and adolescent years in the state of Michigan and received a degree in journalism from Michigan State University in 1993.Her original surname was...
– Thai/American model, teacher and filmmaker. - Brenda SongBrenda SongBrenda Song is an American actress, film producer, and model. Song started in show business as a child fashion model. Her early television work included roles in the shows Fudge and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd...
– actress, film producer, and model - Nichkhun HorvejkulNichkhun HorvejkulNichkhun Horvejkul ; is a Thai Chinese American singer in 2PM, a 6-member boy band that is active in South Korea and managed by JYP Entertainment.-Background:...
– singer - Utt PanichkulUtt PanichkulUtt , born Greg Uttsada Panichkul , on September 3, 1973, in California, is a Thai-American Actor/Host and Model.Utt was born and raised in California. His father is a professor in social science. He speaks both Thai and English...
– Thai/American Actor/Host and Model. - Tera PatrickTera PatrickLinda Ann Hopkins, better known as Tera Patrick is a former American pornographic actress.-Early life:Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins in Great Falls, Montana. While at Boise State, Patrick earned an AAS degree in nursing and a BS in Biology.-Career:Patrick moved to New York City and her...
– pornographic actress - Roxy JezelRoxy Jezel__notoc__Roxy Jezel is a British pornographic actress.-Biography:Jezel, whose father is Thai and mother is English, lived in East London. In an interview, she described where she lived as a "kind of ghetto". She has a BA in Philosophy with a specialization in ethics.In 2005 she won the XRCO Award...
– British pornographic actress. - Jennifer Anne LeeJennifer Anne LeeJennifer Anne Lee is an Canadian actor appearing in film and television.Lee is of mixed Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai ancestry, and was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....
– film and television actor
Other
- Lada EngchawadechasilpLada EngchawadechasilpLada Engchawadechasilp is a Thai American who won the Miss Thailand World pageant in 2001. She represented Thailand in the Miss World 2001 pageant, where she was named Miss Photogenic...
– Thai/American, won the Miss Thailand World pageant in 2001 - Tony JaaTony JaaTatchakorn Yeerum , formerly Panom Yeerum , better known in the West as Tony Jaa, in Thailand as Jaa Panom, is a Thai martial artist, actor, choreographer, stuntman, director, and monk...
– martial artist, actor, choreographer, stuntman, director, and monk - Somluck KamsingSomluck KamsingSomluck Kamsing is a Thai boxer. His name is sometimes spelled as Somrak Khamsing.During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen...
– boxer - Noppawan LertcheewakarnNoppawan LertcheewakarnNoppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:...
– professional tennis player - Payao PoontaratPayao PoontaratPayao Poontarat was a Thai boxer who, at the age of 18, won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
– boxer - Nong ThoomNong ThoomParinya Kiatbusaba or Parinya Jaroenphon , more popularly known as Nong Thoom, Nong Toom or Nong Tum , is arguably the best-known kathoey in Thailand. She is a former Muay Thai champion and has also worked as a model and actress.- Early Life :As a child, she was already aware of her female...
– kathoey, former Muay Thai (Thai boxing) champion, model and actor - Chang and Eng BunkerChang and Eng BunkerChang and Eng Bunker were the conjoined twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term "Siamese twins".-Life:...
– conjoined twin brothers - Johnny DamonJohnny DamonJohnny David Damon is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. From 2000–2008, he was third among active players in runs and seventh in hits and stolen bases . He is currently second among active leaders in triples , five behind Carl Crawford...
– Thai/American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter - Kevin KaesviharnKevin KaesviharnKevin Robert Kaesviharn is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Iowa Barnstormers as a street free agent in 1998...
– American football safety - Pop MhanPop Mhan-Biography:Pop Mhan was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and immigrated to the United States at the age of three. He joined Wildstorm Productions in San Diego and studied sequential art under Jim Lee...
– comic book penciller and inker. - Kathreya Kasisopa – List of Big Brother 2008 housemates
- Porntip NakhirunkanokPorntip NakhirunkanokPorntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...
– Miss Universe 1988 - Stacy PrammanasudhStacy PrammanasudhStacy Prammanasudh is a Thai American golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stacy was born in Enid, Oklahoma to an American mother and a native Thai father who immigrated to the United States from Thailand...
– professional golfer - Sakchai MakaoSakchai MakaoSakchai Makao is a Thailand native who moved in 1993 to the islands of Shetland in Scotland. Sakchai was 10 years old at the time. In 2004 Sakchai was involved in crime which led to him being charged and convicted of “wilful fire-raising”...
– convicted of “wilful fire-raising”. - Tom RamasutTom RamasutMahan William Thomas 'Tom' Ramasut is a Welsh footballer of Thai descent who currently plays for Haverfordwest County in the Welsh Premier League.-Career:...
– Welsh footballer - Vanessa-MaeVanessa-MaeVanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson , known professionally as Vanessa-Mae , is an internationally known British violinist. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style...
– violinist - James WaiteJames WaiteJamie Waite is a Thai professional football goalkeeper. He has represented Thailand at full international level.-Career:...
– professional football goalkeeper. - Adam AitkenAdam AitkenAdam Aitken is an Australian poet. Born in London in 1960, to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother. He spent some of his childhood with relatives in Thailand, and was educated at a convent in Malaysia, before coming to Australia in 1968.-Career:...
– Anglo-Australian/Thai poet - Sudjai Cook – Australian rules footballer
- Geoff HuegillGeoff HuegillGeoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...
– Olympic, World, Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games medallist, held a world record in the 50m Butterfly - Tamarine TanasugarnTamarine TanasugarnTamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....
– professional tennis player - Ponchai WilkersonPonchai WilkersonPonchai Wilkerson was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted for the November 28, 1990 murder of jeweler Chung Myong Yi...
– convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas - Saner WonggounSaner WonggounTechnical Sergeant Saner Wonggoun is a Thai American who was the United States Air Force's top fugitive from 1994 to 2006 as the principal suspect in his wife's murder...
– Thai/American United States Air Force's top fugitive from 1994 to 2006 - Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
– professional golfer - Ji UngpakornJi UngpakornGiles Ji Ungpakorn Giles Ji Ungpakorn Giles Ji Ungpakorn (Thai: ใจ อึ๊งภากรณ์, pronounced (born 1953) is a Thai-British academic and political activist. He formerly worked as an associate professor at Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom...
– Thai/British academic and political activist - David UsherDavid UsherDavid Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...
– Canadian singer-songwriter - Hama ThaiHama ThaiAntonio Hama Thai is an official in the Mozambican military. He has held various positions in the Mozambican government, including chief of the air force and minister for Veteran's Affairs. He speaks Ndau,Shona,Russian, Portuguese, and English.-External links:...
– official in the Mozambican military
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- Apirak KosayothinApirak KosayothinApirak Kosayodhin is a former Thai business executive and former governor of Bangkok. In the gubernatorial elections on August 29, 2004 he won 40% of the votes...
– former business executive and former governor of Bangkok. - Jon UngpakornJon UngpakornJon Ungpakorn is a London-born Thai non-governmental organization executive and member of the Senate of Thailand. He is an older brother of Peter Ungpakorn and Ji Ungpakorn, and is of Chinese-Thai and British parentage...
– Thai non-governmental organization (NGO) executive, member of the Senate - Lady MeriamLady MeriamLady Meriam Chong Abdullah, also known as Chong Ah Mei or Mariam Abdullah, was the first wife of Tunku Abdul Rahman, who later became the founding father and the first Prime Minister of Malaysia....
– first wife of Tunku Abdul Rahman
See also
- List of Thai actresses
- List of Thai actors
- List of Thai film directors
- List of Prime Ministers of Thailand
:Category:Thai royalty
- Lists of people by nationality