Somchai (, ) is a
Thai given name used by males. It is the most common male given name in Thailand, with 240,000 persons using the name in 2012.
Persons with the given name Somchai include:
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Somchai Chantarasamrit
Somchai Chantarasamrit (born 1 November 1944) is a former Thai cyclist. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially br ...
, cyclist
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Somchai Chanthavanij, sports shooter
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Somchai Chimlum
Somchai Chimlum (, , born 22 February 1976) is a Thai boxer. He initially fought Muay Thai matches under the stage name Namna Prasathinphanomrung (), and is a former Lumpinee champion. He later shifted to international boxing, making the Nation ...
, boxer
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Somchai Chuayboonchum, football manager, and former footballer
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Somchai Khunpluem
Somchai Khunpluem, alternatively spelled Kunplome (; 30 September 1937 – 17 June 2019), was a Thai politician, businessman and organized crime boss. He was also known by the nickname "''Kamnan Poh''"(, " subdistrict headman Poh"). Highly influent ...
, politician and mob boss
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Somchai Limpichat, swimmer
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, football manager
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Somchai Putapibarn
Somchai Putapibarn (born 19 March 1955) is a Thai boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Mon ...
, boxer
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Somlek Sakdikul
Somlek Sakdikul () (born, 10 November 1953) is a Thai film actor and musician. He is sometimes credited as Somchai Sakdikul. He portrayed "Suwat" or "Daddy", the lecherous music producer in Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's 2001 comedy, ''Monrak Transistor''. ...
, also known as Somchai, Thai film actor
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Somchai Singmanee
Somchai Singmanee (; born January 20, 1986) is a Thai professional footballer.
External linksProfile at Thaipremierleague.co.th
1986 births
Living people
Somchai Singmanee
Somchai Singmanee
Men's association football forwards
Somchai Sin ...
, footballer
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Somchai Subpherm
Somchai Subpherm (; born March 8, 1962) is a Thai football coach and former footballer.
Somchai lead Bangkok University to the league championship in 2006 and then took them on their first adventure of Asian Football in the AFC Champions League ...
, football coach
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Somchai Thingpakdee
Somchai (, ) is a Thai given name used by males. It is the most common male given name in Thailand, with 240,000 persons using the name in 2012.
Persons with the given name Somchai include:
* Somchai Chantarasamrit, cyclist
* Somchai Chanthavan ...
, sports shooter
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Somchai Neelapaijit
Somchai Neelapaijit (Thai - สมชาย นีละไพจิตร; 13 May 1951 – last seen on 12 March 2004), a Thai Muslim lawyer and human rights activist who "disappeared" 12 March 2004 during Thaksin Shinawatra's regime. On that ...
, human rights activist
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Somchai Wongsawat
Somchai Wongsawat (, ; born 31 August 1947) is a Thai politician who briefly served as the prime minister of Thailand in 2008. He is a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by ...
, former Prime Minister of Thailand
In addition to สมชาย, a few other similar-sounding Thai names are also transcribed as ''Somchai''. These include สมชัย, สมไชย, สมไชย์, etc., which are pronounced , with a short second syllable.
Persons with the name Somchai (สมชัย) include:
*Somchai Katanyutanon, cartoonist writing under the pen name
Chai Rachawat
Chai Rachawat () is the pen name of Thai cartoonist Somchai Katanyutanant (, born 2 June 1941). One of the most popular and influential cartoonists in Thailand, his best known work is the political cartoon ''Phuyai Ma kap Thung Ma Moen'' (), which ...
*Somchai Lyowarin, the birth name of
Win Lyovarin
Win Lyovarin (, RTGS: ''Win Liaowarin'', birth name: Somchai Lyowarin, Thai: สมชัย เลี้ยววาริณ, born 23 March 1956) is a Thai writer. He is a two-time winner of the S.E.A. Write Award.
His novels and short stories ...
, Thai novelist/writer
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Thai masculine given names
Masculine given names