List of Famous people born in Thailand
Lisa
Lalisa Manoban, better known by the mononym Lisa, is a Thai rapper, singer, and dancer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink under YG Entertainment.
Tammy Duckworth
Ladda Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States Senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Jens Söring
Jens Söring, usually rendered in English as Jens Soering, is a German who, in 1990, was convicted in Virginia, United States of America of murdering the parents of his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Haysom. Derek and Nancy Haysom had disapproved of Söring's relationship with their daughter. For her role in the deaths, Elizabeth Haysom was convicted of two counts of accessory before the fact to murder.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha, is a Thai businessman, the CEO and the Chairman of King Power, and the chairman of Leicester City Football Club and OH Leuven. On Forbes' 2020 World’s Billionaires List he was one of the five youngest billionaires in Asia.
Srirasmi Suwadee
Srirasmi Suwadee, formerly Princess Srirasmi, Royal Consort to the Crown Prince of Thailand, is a former member of the royal family of Thailand. She was the third consort of then-Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn from February 2001 to December 2014.
Suthida
Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana, born Suthida Tidjai, is the Queen of Thailand as the fourth wife of King Vajiralongkorn. Before their marriage, she was a flight attendant.
Sirikit
Sirikit is the Queen mother of Thailand. She was the queen consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and is the mother of King Vajiralongkorn. She met Bhumibol in Paris, where her father was Thai ambassador. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956, when the king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of time. Sirikit has one son and three daughters with the king. Consort of the monarch who was the world's longest-reigning head of state, she was also the world's longest-serving consort. Sirikit suffered a stroke on 21 July 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.
Princess Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, formerly Princess Sirindhorn Debaratanasuda Kitivadhanadulsobhak, is the second daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and younger sister of King Vajiralongkorn.
Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand
Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Sirivibulyarajakumar is a member of the country's Chakri dynasty and heir presumptive to the throne of Thailand. He is the fifth son and seventh and youngest child of King Vajiralongkorn; his mother is Srirasmi Suwadee, the king's third legal wife. His father also has a daughter by his first wife, and five children by his second wife; all the children of the second wife were born before the then-Crown Prince married their mother but were legitimised by their marriage. After the Crown Prince divorced his second wife in 1996, he disowned their four sons. Thus, Dipangkorn is the only recognised son of the king.
Sujarinee Vivacharawongse
Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, née Yuvadhida Polpraserth, stage-named Yuvadhida Suratsawadee or nicknamed Benz, is a Thai actress who was a consort and then the second wife of Vajiralongkorn, then the Crown Prince of Thailand, from 1994 to 1996. She now lives in the United States.
Sineenart
Niramon Ounprom is an army officer, member of the Thai royal court, and a former Thai nurse. She was named concubine of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, who granted her several military ranks and positions, including the noble name of Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi. After Prince Vajiralongkorn ascended the throne as King Rama X, he appointed her as his Royal Noble Consort, giving her the noble title of Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani in July 2019. She is the first woman to hold the title of a royal concubine of the King of Thailand in almost a century as previous monarchs were monogamous.
Tao Ruspoli
Prince Tao Ruspoli is an Italian-American filmmaker, photographer, and musician.
Sirivannavari
Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya is a Princess of the Kingdom of Thailand and is the only daughter of King Vajiralongkorn and his former consort Sujarinee Vivacharawongse in the line of succession and to bear royal titles. She has produced works as a fashion designer, and competed in sports as an equestrian and former badminton player. The princess is considered as one of the royal family members who are active in social work.
Bajrakitiyabha
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the Princess Rajasarinisiribajra is a Thai diplomat and princess of Thailand, the first grandchild of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, and the only one of the seven children of King Maha Vajiralongkorn born to his first wife Princess Soamsawali.
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Wisaksil Wangek, better known as Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, is a Thai professional boxer. He has held multiple super-flyweight world championships, including the WBC title twice between 2013 and 2019, and The Ring magazine and lineal titles from 2018 to 2019. As of November 2020, he is ranked as the world's best active super-flyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, third by BoxRec and first by The Ring magazine.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon
Rodtang Jitmuangnon is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He currently competes in ONE Championship and is the reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion. As of December 2020 he is the number 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world according to The Nation.
Princess Chulabhorn, The Princess Srisavangavadhana
Princess Chulabhorn, the Princess Srisavangavadhana is a princess of Thailand, the youngest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, and the younger sister of King Vajiralongkorn. She is officially styled Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, which corresponds to her full Thai title Somdet Phrachao Nong Nang Thoe Chaofa Chulabhorn Walailak Agrarajakumari.
Ratchanok Intanon
Ratchanok Intanon is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by commentators such as Gillian Clark. She became world champion in women's singles in 2013.
Yingluck Shinawatra
Yingluck Shinawatra, nicknamed Pou, is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 election. Yingluck was Thailand's first female Prime Minister and its youngest in over 60 years. She was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision.
Elkan Baggott
Elkan William Tio Baggott is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Ipswich Town. Born in Thailand and raised in England, Baggott represents his mother's country of Indonesia, where he first learned football as a child.