Burmese Theravada Buddhists

former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971

former President and Prime Minister of Myanmar

11th President of Myanmar

Burmese nationalist and political figure (1907-1995)

Burmese politician and scholar serving as the 9th President of Myanmar

Burmese teacher of vipassanā meditation

Burmese prime minister (1947-2007)

Burmese activist

Burmese army major general, senior government spokesperson, Deputy Minister of Information, NDSC Information Team Leader, Director of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare

Burmese civil servant and Vipassana meditation master

Alaungsithu or Sithu I ( ; also Caññsū I; 1090–1167) was king of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1112/13 to 1167. Sithu's reign was a prosperous one in which Pagan was an integral part of inland and maritime trading networks. Sithu engaged in a massive building campaign throughout the kingdom, which included colonies, forts and outposts at strategic locations to strengthen the frontiers, ordination halls and pagodas for the support of religion, as well as reservoirs, dams and other land improvements to assist the farmers. He also introduced standardized weights and measures throughou

Burmese democracy activist

Burmese politician

Burmese musician and actor

king of Arakan

king of Arakan,

actor

Burmese actor

archaeologist (1864–1930)