List of Famous people born in Thailand
Treechada Petcharat
Treechada Petcharat, better known by the names Poyd, Nong Poy, or Treechada Malayaporn, is a Thai actress and model. Petcharat underwent gender affirming surgery at age 17.
Samartlek Kokietgym
Wittawas Basapean, also better known as Samartlek Kokietgym, is a Thai professional boxer and a ranked Minimumweight boxer. He is a former WBC Asian Boxing Council Minimumweight Champion and current PABA Minimumweight Champion, also Basapean is a former world title challenger who fought Naoya Inoue for the WBC World Light Flyweight Title and Akira Yaegashi for the IBF World Light Flyweight Title. Basapean has also fought a number of notable lower weight division boxers such as Tanawat Phonnaku, Muhammad Rachman, Denver Cuello and Randy Petalcorin.
Bui Simon
Bui Simon is a Thai-Born American personality, philanthropist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1988. Simon is president and founder of the Angels Wings Foundation. She is on the Board of Regents of Pepperdine University, the Board of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a Distinguished Advisor and also is on the Board of Governors for the Dream Foundation.
Vanatsaya Viseskul
Somchai Wongsawat
Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who was the Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008 and a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for five years.
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun is a Thai actor and host. He is known for his main roles as Apo in GMMTV's Water Boyy: The Series (2017), and Kao in Kiss: The Series (2016), Kiss Me Again (2018), Our Skyy (2018), and Dark Blue Kiss (2019).
Chaovarat Chanweerakul
Chavarat Charnvirakul is a Thai politician. He had served as an Acting Prime Minister of Thailand as a result of the 2008 Thai political crisis.
Kiatisuk Senamuang
Police Lieutenant Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang, is a Thai football manager and a former footballer who played between 1989 and October 2007. During his eighteen-year career Kiatisuk played as a striker and scored 251 goals in 339 appearances. The former striker played for clubs in Malaysia, Singapore, England and Vietnam as well as in his homeland. Kiatisuk also earned 131 caps and scored 70 goals for Thailand between 1992 and 2007. In 1996, while playing for Raj Pracha FC Kiatisuk scored 127 goals in 71 games, achieving an (unrecognised) record as top scorer.
Krit Ratanarak
Krit Ratanarak is a Thai billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Bangkok Broadcasting & Television Company and head of one of Thailand's leading family business groups. The Ratanarak family have substantial holdings in a number of Thai-based companies including Krungsri Bank, Siam City Cement, Allianz Ayudhya, Sri Ayudhya Capital, Matching Studio, Media of Medias and Eastern Star Real Estate as well as holding a majority stake in BBTV.
Thongchai McIntyre
Thongchai McIntyre is a Thai singer and actor. He is also sometimes known as Bird Thongchai, Phi Bird or simply Bird. He finished high diploma management major from Thonburi Commercial College.