Somsak (, ) is a Thai masculine given name. It is the second-most popular male name in Thailand, with about 230,000 people using the name in 2012.
Notable people with the name include:
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Somsak Boontud
Somsakdi Boontud (Thai: สมศักดิ์ บุญทัต, born 24 November 1952) is a retired Thai sprinter who specialized in the 4 × 100 m relay. In this event he won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1974 and 1978, and four silver ...
(born 1952), sprinter
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Somsak Chaiyarate
Maj. Samak Chainares (born 22 January 1923) is a Thai former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officia ...
(born 1923), sports shooter
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Somsak Jeamteerasakul
Somsak Jeamteerasakul (; ) is a former history lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. His academic field is contemporary political history, especially recent Thai history from 1930. He is a critic of Thailand's monarchy an ...
, historian
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Somsak Kiatsuranont
Somsak Kiatsuranont (, , ; born 27 June 1954 in Khon Kaen) is a Thai politician of the Pheu Thai Party. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand, also the President of the National Assembly of Thailand ''ex officio'' ...
(born 1954), politician
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Somsak Kosaisuuk
Somsak Kosaisuuk (Thai script: สมศักดิ์ โกศัยสุข; born 2 March 1945) is a Thai union official and politician.
He was the Secretary-General of the ''State Enterprise Labour Relations Confederation'' (SELRC), a unio ...
, union official and politician
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Somsak Prissanananthakul
Somsak Prissanananthakul () (born April 27, 1951) is a Thai politician. He served as Minister of Education, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and chief advisor of Chartthaipattana Party. In 2007 he criticized NRC members for focusing the ...
, politician
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Somsak Sithchatchawal
Somsak Sithchatchawal (; born July 17, 1977) is a Thai former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He held the WBA super-bantamweight title in 2006.
In March 2006, Sithchatchawal took part in what later won Ring Magazine fight of ...
(born 1977), boxer
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Thai masculine given names
Masculine given names