Editing Mon people (section)

== Notable people ==

*[[Shin Arahan]] – [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] who spread [[Theravada Buddhism]] in [[Bagan Kingdom]] and [[mainland Southeast Asia]] 
*[[Wareru]] – founder of the [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]] and ''[[Wareru Dhammathat]]'', the oldest extant [[legal treatises]] of Myanmar
*[[Shin Sawbu]] – the only female ruler in the recorded history of Burma (now Myanmar)
*[[Binnya Dala (minister-general)|Binnya Dala]] – Chief Minister-General responsible for the expansion of [[Toungoo Empire]], the [[First Toungoo Empire|largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia]]
*[[Osoet Pegua]] – an influential businesswoman in the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] in the mid-17th century
*[[Taksin]] – founder of the [[Thonburi Kingdom|Thonburi dynasty]] of Siam 
*[[Rama I]] – founder of the reigning [[Chakri dynasty]] of [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (now [[Thailand]])
*[[Amarindra]] – Queen consort of King Rama I and mother of King [[Rama II]]
*[[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V) – the fifth monarch of Chakri dynasty who modernised Thailand
*[[Debsirindra]] – Queen consort of [[Mongkut|Rama IV]] and mother of Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
*[[Shaw Loo]] – the father of western medicine in Myanmar and the first Myanmar in [[United States|the U.S]]
*[[Joseph Augustus Maung Gyi|Sir J A Maung Gyi]] – [[List of colonial governors of Burma|Governor of British Burma]]
*[[Min Thu Wun]] – a pioneer of literary movement in the 1930s and father of President [[Htin Kyaw]] (2016– 2018)
*[[Apasra Hongsakula]] of [[Thailand]] – [[Miss Universe 1965]]
*[[Htoo Ein Thin]] – Myanmar pop singer
*[[Thongchai McIntyre]] – Thai  singer and actor. Thailand's most famous superstar.
*[[Palmy]] – Thai pop singer
*[[Nandar Hlaing]] – Myanmar film actress
*[[Chintara Sukapatana]] - Thai film actress
*[[Natapohn Tameeruks]] - Thai film actress and model
*[[Srirasmi Suwadee]] – the third [[princess consort]] of then-[[Crown Prince of Thailand|Crown Prince]] [[Maha Vajiralongkorn]] (now Rama X) of Thailand
*[[Anand Panyarachun]] – Prime Minister of Thailand<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kaowao.org/PROUD%20TO%20BE%20MON%20SAYS%20FORMER%20THAI%20PM.php#1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051023195520/http://www.kaowao.org/PROUD%20TO%20BE%20MON%20SAYS%20FORMER%20THAI%20PM.php#1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2005-10-23|title=:: Kao Wao News Group|date=2005-10-23|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> 
*[[Myint Swe (general)|Myint Swe]] – Vice-President of Myanmar
*Lily Pantila Win – Thai film actress and model