List of Burmese Chinese

The following is a list of Burmese Chinese (Burmese of Chinese descent) having a Wikipedia page and are grouped by their area of notability.

Taw Sein Ko was Burma's first recorded archaeologist and served as Superintedent of the Archaeological Survey Department in British Burma.
Aw Boon Haw, Founder of Tiger Balm

Arts and Literature
  • Aung Twin 苏天发 (born 1936) (Hokkien), Artist
  • Xiaolan Bao (1949-2006), Chinese American Historian, Educator, and Researcher
  • Chen Yi-sein Yi Sein 陈孺性 (1924–2005) (Cantonese), Historian and one of the first members of the Burma Historical Commission
  • Hoke Sein (1890-1984), Linguist and Lexicographer, best known for compiling the influential Universal Burmese-English-Pali Dictionary
  • Kyaw Thet Dr. (1921–2008), Historian
  • Maung Htin Htin Fatt (1909–2006), Writer and Journalist
  • Minfong Ho (born 1951), Chinese American Writer
  • Ngwe Gaing, Alinga Kyawzwa Award-Winning Painter
  • Thaw Kaung 苏?? (born 1937) (Hokkien), Historian
  • Zhou Changji 周长楫 (born 1938) (Hokkien), Chinese Professor in Chinese History

Businesspeople
  • Aik Htun 李松枝 (born 1948), Businessman and Banker
  • Anthony Gaw 吴仲灿 (1941-1999), Hong Kong Property Investor, Chairman and Managing Director of Pioneer Global Group
  • Aung Thet Man (born 1977), Son of Former General Shwe Man, CEO of Ayer Shwe Wah, a major Burmese Company
  • Aw Boon Haw 胡文虎 (1882–1954) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Entrepreneur and Philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm
  • Aw Boon Par 胡文豹 (1888–1944) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
  • Aw Cheng Chye 胡清才 (1924-1971) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Businessman, Former Chairman of Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited and Haw Par Brothers International Limited
  • Aw Chu Kin 胡子钦 (?–1908) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Herbalist and Inventor of Tiger Balm
  • Aw Sian 胡仙 (born 1932) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Businesswoman and Entrepreneur
  • Chan Chor Khine 曾祖慨 (1886-1934), Burmese Chinese Businessman, Investor and Philanthropist
  • Chan Mah Phee 曾广庇 (Hokkien), Businessman, Investor and Philanthropist
  • Henry Ho, Jeweler in Thailand and President of the Bangkok Diamond & Precious Stones Exchange
  • Htay Myint, Businessman, Chairman of the Yuzana Company, a major conglomerate in Myanmar (Burma)
  • Htun Myint Naing[1] 罗秉忠 (born 1958) (Kokang), Business Tycoon
  • Kyaw Myint, Founder of Myanmar May Flower Bank and one of the Richest Men in Myanmar
  • Kyaw Win, Chairman of Sky Net and Shwe Than Lwin Company
  • Lo Hsing Han 罗星汉 (1935–2013) (Kokang), Drug Lord and Business Tycoon
  • Lim Chin Tsong 林振宗 (1867–1923) (Hokkien), First Overseas Chinese Tycoon in Myanmar
  • Maung Weik (born 1973), Businessman, Chairman of the Mandalay Business Capital City Development (MBCCD) and Say Pine Company (also spelt Sai Paing)
  • Peggy Tsiang 蒋佩琪 (born 1947), Self-made Billionaire Businesswoman and Co-founder of Panda Express
  • Peter Chou Win Than 周永明 (Yunnanese) (born 1956), Former CEO, President and Co-founder of HTC[2]
  • Serge Pun Theim Wai 潘继泽 (born 1953), Businessman and Chairman of the Serge Pun & Associates Group (SPA Group)
  • Wu Xiangchuan 吴祥川 (1916-1983) (Hokkien), Burmese Chinese Entrepreneur, Former Chairman of Evergrande Co Ltd, Chairman of Hengmao Co Ltd, Chairman of Tailong Co Ltd, Chairman of Sanlian Industrial Co Ltd, and Chairman of Overseas Shipping Co Ltd
  • Xu Simin Tsui Sze-man 徐四民 (Hokkien) (1914-2007), Magazine Publisher and Businessman
  • Zhang Xin 张欣 (born 1965), Chinese Billionaire, Co-founder and CEO of SOHO China

Entertainment
  • Alice Ong 翁如意 (born 1994), Actress
  • Bruce Le 黄建龙 (born 1950), Martial Artist, Actor and Director
  • Han Thi (born 1997), Actress, Singer, Model and Beauty Pageant Title Holder
  • Loletta Chu 朱玲玲 (born 1958) (Cantonese), 1977 Miss Hong Kong Pageant
  • Marc Saw Nelson, Australian Chinese Host and Model
  • Midi Z Chao Te-yin 赵德胤 (born 1982), Film director
  • Moe Set Wine (Chinese: 杨鑫荣) (born 1988) (Yunnanese), Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
  • Tiara Jacquelina Jacqueline Eu (born 1967), Malaysian Chinese Actress, Film producer and Musical Theater Producer
  • Wang Hsing Hong 王兴洪 / Wang Fu Ang 王福安, Burmese Chinese Film Producer and Actor

Journalism
  • Edward Michael Law-Yone (1911–1980), Journalist and Founder of The Nation, Burma's most influential English language newspaper during the time
  • Maung Htin (1909-2006), Writer and Journalist

Law and Judiciary
  • Qiu Hanping 丘汉平 (1904-1990), Taiwanese Jurist

Politicians and Government
  • Alexis Tam Chon Weng 谭俊荣 (born 1962) (Cantonese), Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau, the Fifth Most Senior Government Official in Macau
  • Aung Gyi 陈天旺 (1919–2012) (Hokkien), Brigadier General, Vice-Chief of General Staff of Burmese Army, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Former Chairman of the National League for Democracy Party
  • Bai Xuoqian 白所成 (Kokang), Politician from Shan State, Myanmar
  • Hu Ming 胡明 (1912-2001) (Hokkien), Chinese Politician and Former Mayor of Luda City 旅大市市政府市長
  • Khin Nyunt (born 1939) (Hakka),[3] Former Prime Minister and Chief of Intelligence of Myanmar
  • Khun Sa 张奇夫 (1934–2007)(Kokang), Famous Drug Lord, and Commander-in-Chief of the Mong Tai Army and the Shan United Revolutionary Army
  • Kyaw Myint, Former Minister of Health
  • Kyaing Kyaing (Hokkien), Former First Lady of Myanmar
  • Kyi Maung (1920–2004) (Teochew) , Colonel, Former Commander of Yangon Command, Commander of Southwestern Military Command of Burmese Army and Former Vice-chairman of the National League for Democracy Party
  • Nang Yin 彭新春, First Lady of Shan State Special Region 4 and Wife of Sai Leun
  • Ne Win (1910/1911–2002) (Hakka) ,[4] Former President, Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of Burmese Army and De Facto Leader from 1960s to 1980s
  • Ohn Myint Thakin (1918–2010), Journalist and Anti-colonialist
  • Pheung Kya-shin 彭家声 (born 1931) (Yunnanese), Leader of Kokang Special Region and Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
  • Sai Leun 吴再林 (born 1945), Chairman of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) and the leader of the Shan State Special region 4
  • San Yu (1918–1996) (Hakka), Former President, Brigadier General, Commander of Northern, Eastern and North West Regional Military Command, Vice-Chief of General Staff, and Commander-in-Chief of Burmese Army
  • Soe Moe Thu (born 1984), Politician, Medical Doctor and Former head of Youth-wing of the National League for Democracy Party
  • Tan Yu Sai 陈裕才, Colonel, Former Vice-Commissioner of General of People's Police, and Minister of Trade of Myanmar
  • Thakin Ba Thein Tin (1914-1995), Burmese Communist and Chairman of Communist Party of Burma (CPB) from 1975 to 1989
  • Yang Mao-liang 楊茂良 (Kokang), High-Ranking Member of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Businessman
  • Yang Xiancai 杨献才 Yang Shien Tsai (1685-1758) (Kokang), Tusi 兴达户酋长, 果敢土司 of Kokang from 1739-1758
  • Yang Weixing 杨维兴 Yang Wei Shin (?-1795) (Kokang), Tusi 兴达户酋长, 果敢土司 of Kokang from 1758-1795
  • Yang Yougen 杨有根 Yang Yon Gen (1770-1840) (Kokang), Tusi 果敢土目 of Kokang from 1795-1840
  • Yang Guohua 杨国华 Yang Guo Hwa (1828-1875) (Kokang) , Tusi 果敢土司 of Kokang from 1840-1875
  • Yang Guozheng 杨国正 Hkun Lu Kwan (1840-1920) (Kokang) , Tusi 果敢土司 of Kokang from 1875-1916
  • Yang Chunrong 杨春荣 Yang Shwin Yong Tzu Ye (1878-1927) (Kokang) , Tusi 果敢茅扎 of Kokang from 1916-1927
  • Yang Wenbing 杨文炳 Sao Yang Wen Pi (1897-1949) (Kokang) , Tusi 果敢茅扎 and Traditional Ruler (Saopha) of Kokang from 1927-1949
  • Yang Zhencai 杨振材 Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai (1918-1971) (Kokang) , Tusi 果敢土司 and Traditional Ruler (Saopha) of Kokang from 1949-1958
  • Yang Wencan 杨文灿 (Kokang), Former Commander of the Kokang Self-Defense Detachment by the Chinese Expeditionary Force
  • Yang Zhensheng 杨振声 Jimmy Yang Kyein Sein (1920-1985) (Kokang) , Former Kokang Revolutionary Army Leader
  • Yang Zhengji 杨振纪 (1937-1979) (Kokang) , Former Kokang Revolutionary Army Leader

Religion
  • Hsin Tao 心道, 楊進生 (born 1948) (Yunnanese), Taiwanese Buddhist Monk who set up the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Foundation in 1989
  • Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Meditation Teacher at the Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Center in Yangon, Myanmar

Science and Academia
  • Min Sein (1989-1978), Physician, Educator and Administrator
  • Qiu Zhaorong 丘昭蓉 (1958-2009), Taiwanese Physician
  • Taw Sein Ko 杜成诰 (1864–1930) (Hokkien),[5] First Recorded Archaeologist in Myanmar and Assistant Secretary to the Government of British Burma
  • Yang Nanshan 杨南生 (1921-2013) (Hokkien), Chinese Rocket Scientist, Aerospace Engineer and Mechanical Engineer

Sports
  • Khine Khine Maw 林青玉 (born 1979) (Cantonese), Wushu Athlete
  • Phone Myint Kyaw 杨绍杰, Pool Player
  • Rich Cho 邱瑞克 (born 1965), Chinese American Vice President of Basketball Strategy of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association and First Asian American General Manager in NBA history

References
  1. Wai Moe (22 July 2011). "Steven Law's Rising Empire". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. Yan Paing (16 May 2012). "Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corp, Reveals He Was Born in Burma". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. Kuppuswamy, C.S. (2004-09-11). "MYANMAR: The shake- up and the fall out". South Asia Analysis Group. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2006.
  4. Leong, S.T. (1997). Migration and Ethnicity in Chinese History. Stanford University Press.
  5. Strachan, Paul (1989). Pagan - Art and Architecture of Old Burma. Kiscadale.
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