List of Famous people born in Thailand
Patapol Ngernsrisuk
Patapol Ngernsrisuk is a male badminton player from Thailand. He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Sudket Prapakamol. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson of the United Kingdom. In 2007, he won the gold medals at the Summer Universiade in the men's doubles and mixed team event.
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn is an inactive Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. Lertcheewakarn has career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles.
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Dechapol Puavaranukroh is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren. Puavaranukroh claimed doubles titles at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai. Together with Taerattanachai, he won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian Leg titles in Thailand, and climbed to world number 2 in BWF ranking. Puavaranukroh and Taerattanachai made a history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments.
Jakrapan Thanathiratham
Jakrapan Thanathiratham is a former Thai badminton player from Chiang Mai Province. Thanathiratham was the boys' singles bronze medalist at the 2000 Asian Junior Championships in Kyoto, Japan. He trained at the RBAC badminton club.
Salakjit Ponsana
Salakjit Ponsana (Thai: สลักจิต พลสนะ; RTGS: Salakchit Phonsana, born 14 February 1984 is a badminton player from Thailand. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her brother, Boonsak Ponsana is also a Thai olympian.
Natthapat Trinkajee
Natthapat Trinkajee is a Thai badminton player.
Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Kantaphon Wangcharoen is a Thai badminton player. At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury. Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event, also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016.
Panuga Riou
Panuga Riou is a badminton player from England. She started playing badminton at age 10, and in 2012 she became the finalist of the Polish International tournament. She earned a Sport and Social Science degree at the University of Bath.
Prasong Soonsiri
Prasong Soonsiri is a Thai politician, and former Royal Thai Air Force squadron leader, Thai Foreign Minister, and Secretary-General of the National Security Council.
Sathinee Chankrachangwong
Sathinee Chankrachangwong is a badminton player from Thailand.