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Burmese name Burmese names () lack the serial structure of most Western names. Like other Mainland Southeast Asia, Mainland Southeast Asian people (except Vietnamese name, Vietnamese), the people of Myanmar have no customary matronymic or patronymic naming s ...

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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

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Daw Ohn Ohn (, ; 6 July 1913 – 28 November 2003), known honorifically as M.A. Daw Ohn (), was a 20th-century Burmese activist, scholar and professor who specialized in the Pali language and the oriental studies and served as the head of the Departme ...

(1913–2003), Burmese professor in

Pali Pāli (, IAST: pāl̤i) is a Classical languages of India, classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Middle Indo-Aryan language of the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pali Canon, Pāli Can ...

Ohn Gyaw Ohn Gyaw (, ; born 3 March 1932) is a Burmese politician who served as 16th Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ohn Gyaw joined the diplomatic service in 1951, serving in Yugoslavia, Australia, and the USSR until 1985, when he was appointed Director of ...

(born 1932), Burmese Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1998 *

Ohn Kyaing Ohn Kyaing (, also known by his pen names Maung Chit Phwe, Aung Wint, and Aung Tint) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner, previously served as a Pyithu Hluttaw member of parliament for Mahaaungmye Township. He serves as a memb ...

(born 1944), Burmese politician and former political prisoner *

Ohn Kyaw Myint Captain Ohn Kyaw Myint (; died July 27, 1977) was a Burmese army officer who was well known for his unsuccessful coup attempt against the Myanmar government led by General Ne Win. Military career Ohn Kyaw Myint graduated from Rangoon University ...

(born 1977), Burmese army officer *

Ohn Maung Ohn Maung ( ; 2 February 1913 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese civil servant who served as the Permanent secretary of Transport in Burma's pre-independence government. He, along with seven other cabinet ministers (including Prime Ministe ...

(1913–1947), Burmese Deputy Minister of Transport from 1946 to 1947 *

Ohn Myint Thakin Ohn Myint () was a notable Burmese journalist, best known for his political involvement in British Burma. In 1933, he joined the Dobama Asiayone, an indigenous anti-colonial organization where he earned the honorific "Thakin," (lit. " ...

(1918–2010), Burmese journalist *

Ohn Myint (politician) Ohn Myint () was the Burmese Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development from 2011 to 2016. From March 2011 to August 2012, he concurrently served as the Minister of Cooperatives, until he vacated the post in September after a reshu ...

( 2010–2016), Burmese Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development from 2011 to 2016 *

Ohn Pe Pakokku U Ohn Pe (; c. 1917 – 13 April 2008) was a Burmese businessman and writer who founded the prestigious Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award. Early years U Ohn Pe was born around 1917 in Shardaw village near the town of Pakokku. He was the ...

(c. 1917–2008), Burmese businessman *

Ohn Than Ohn Than (, ; commonly written U Ohn Than, following Burmese honorific conventions; born 1946) is a Burmese democracy activist who received international attention for his "stoic one-man protests". He spent the majority of the years from 1988 t ...

(born 1946), Burmese democracy activist * Maung Maung Ohn ( 2014–2016), Burmese Chief Minister of Rakhine State, Myanmar from 2014 to 2016 * Shwe Ohn (1923–2010), Burmese politician

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