[usaneisfiecup]

Well...not born in Thailand... but Thai... Golfer, Tiger Woods.

I remember when he came to Thailand to play for the first time (1997???) and he couldn't handle the heat and had to reschedule some of his games. My Thai sister turned to me and said, "hmm... maybe he's not really Thai. A Thai person could play in this weather."

And along the lines of Ong Bak... I think the real credit is to Tony Jaa. (Jaa Phanom) My students here in Texas idolize him!

[netamargr]

Quote from Movie Review


So you are a statue then?????

Huh? So Ong Bak is not the guy who kicks ass in that movie? I'm sorry I was so drunk and the music was so loud and I had to watch the movie without any sound. I thought the guy's name is Ong Bak!

Anyhoo, the other famous people I know from Bangkok are Nong Toom (Beautiful Boxer) and Vanessa Mae.

[LomodiorCon]

Tata Young, the singer?

And below are some names that I know from the thai-blogs.com from 2005. I have also added link to the entire blog... The introductory text is from the blog itself... not mine!!

Prince Mahidol Adulyadej - does that last name sound familiar? Although he never became king, he gave not one, but two kings to the Thai nation. Prince Mahidol is also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. You'll see why, if you read his fascinating life story.

The history of the native cats of Siam, including the Siamese and the Korat, is recorded in the "Cat-Book Poems", which contains several illustrations, and describes seventeen cats that are considered lucky – and also some unlucky ones. The original work was rescued from the Siamese city of Ayutthaya when it was destroyed by Burmese invaders in 1767. His Majesty King Rama V commissioned a high-ranking monk, who copied some of the cat paintings on to a special papyrus called khoi paper and this smud khoi book can still be seen today in Bangkok's National Museum. One illustration, a white-haired variety with black tail, feet and ears, resembles the modern Siamese. Another one is a blue cat, quite possibly the ancestor of the Korat.


Sunthorn Phu was born in the fifth year of the reign of King Rama I. His father was a native of Muang Klaeng, a township in the province of Rayong, but his married life was spent in Bangkok. Soon after young Phu was born, his parents divorced. His mother married again and later became the wet-nurse of a princess in the royal palace. Like the youth of his time, the future poet received standard education in a monastry now known as Wat Sri Sudaram, situated at Klong Bangkok Noi. Leaving school, he obtained the post of a clerk in the government service. But the only work that was congenial to him was the writing of verse. In this he was adept even as a mere boy. Before he came of age, he wrote a long poem based on the story of Khobutra which, however, was left unfinished. Nevertheless, the work showed promise of a genius that was later to attain full development

Thai Lady boys.

Thailand here has many-a glorious site to feast ones eyes on, besides just a million temples, two million taxis and three million noodle soup stalls we have the one and only 'Thai ladyboy'. I had decided to stay away from such sordid topic til our cute little regular-commenteer friend from Indonesia here put in the query of 'Can Richard or Steve write a blog on lady boys? - i just wanna know all the ins-and-outs about such a fine species'. Well, since our Webmasting friend Mr Richard is busy blogging to the likes of every Thai custom and superstition under the sun, Koh Changs's gruesome garbage piles and how to be a respected teacher in Thailand, its me instead who has had to put pen to paper and give yous all a behind the scenes adventure into the goings-on of that.... lusty Thai ladyboy.

[Caursedus]

Famous outside Thailand, like pop stars or athletes or religious figures? Or famous within Thailand?

Actually, I don't know any famous people myself of any type.

[DownloadMan]

And there is caretaker Prime Minister Taksin, some interesting stuff there.

And it seems that he is PM again from the news tonite, and will be til october elections.
I had thought he was gone, but thats what I get for doing my own thinking.
But he has helped the economy a lot, I don't know about Thailand economy so much but he has helped the farang that are bringing money in here, The Baht has been for the last few years as high as 45 to the dollar and has been in the last year not under 40, and when he was gone for 7 weeks the baht gained strength to 37 and now that he has returned, to day was back to about 38 1/2 so he is good for us who bring in dollars and sell them for Baht.

[voodoosdv]

There's another tennis player I should have mentioned along with Paradorn:

Tamarine Tamasagarn.

I guess she's not in the same league of stardom as Paradorn but Thailand should be proud of her.

[voodoosdv]

I'm doing a research project on Thailand and I was wondering if anyone knew of any well know people from Thailand and why they are famous?
Thanks

How about Paradorn Srichipan? Great tennis player, charming guy. wish some of our tennis players in Oz would take a leaf out of his book.

[JoesBro]

How about HM the King -longest ruling monarch in the world and the first monarch ever to be given a UN award for rural developement ?

http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9923

[Brareevor]

How about me, a skilled fighter named Ong Bak?

There's not really a delicate way to put this, but I will try.

When I put my name into Google, the top 4 references are of me, when I put your name in I get references to the film Ong Bak, and that's the first four pages. Now, there is no way that I can claim to be famous, so where does that puts you ???????

Perhaps you would care to elaborate!

Sorry and all that

[netamargr]

Perhaps you would care to elaborate!

Maybe when you're as famous as I am then they'll make a movie about you. That's all I'm saying ...

[netamargr]

How about me, a skilled fighter named Ong Bak?

[Brareevor]

And there is caretaker Prime Minister Taksin, some interesting stuff there.

[verybigf]

The most be loved is King Rama V (SOMDET PRA JULA JOM GAO) beside the present King Rama IX, King Rama V brought in new technologies called TA- LAP-GAP (Telegraph) many,many more and gave freedom for all the slaves.

[ticskebasse]

I'm doing a research project on Thailand and I was wondering if anyone knew of any well know people from Thailand and why they are famous?
Thanks

[Brareevor]

Maybe when you're as famous as I am then they'll make a movie about you. That's all I'm saying ...

Quote from Movie Review
"The villagers revere Ong Bak, a statue of Buddha kept in the village's temple, and believe it guarantees the safety of the village. Don, a former villager turned criminal, removes the head from the statue and takes it to Bangkok, to curry favour from the crime lord Khom Tuan. Ting follows Don to Bangkok and fights for the return of Ong Bak." So you are a statue then?????

[ticskebasse]

Hey its me who set this thread up. Thanks to all of you who responded. But besides the tennis player I was looking for people who are more well know in the United States or something of that stature. Once again, Thanks.

[LomodiorCon]

I am not sure if you are looking for famous (popular?) thai people globally or even those locally. either way I take the opportunity to post people profiled in thai-blogs by various bloggers...here is another:

King Naresuan,

One of Thailand's greatest heroes was the warrior king. When he was only nine years old, he was handed over to the Burmese as a kind of hostage when his father lost a battle. It was traditional in those days to do this in order to keep the defeated subdued. Young Naresuan spent most of his informative years in Burma where his likeable personality and excellent fighting skills made him a favourite of the Burmese king. However, Naresuan never forgot his Thai roots....




Field Marshall Plaek Pibulsongkram changed Siam or Thailand on a scale never seen before. Beyond a doubt, like it or not, he affected every Thai citizen, right down to their tastes, traditions, ways of life and even their souls.

[usaneisfiecup]

I kept wondering why a statue was so animated!