Thein is a name found in several cultures. Notable people with this name include:

Burmese name

* Aung Min Thein (1961–2007), film director and artist *

Thein Han (basketball) Thein Han (born 20 March 1998) is a basketball player from Myanmar. He represented Myanmar's national basketball team at the 2017 SEABA Championship in Quezon City, Philippines. There, at only 19 years of age, he was the tournament’s domin ...

(born 1998), basketball player * Hla Thein (born 1944), athlete *

Hmawbi Saya Thein Hmawbi Saya Thein ( my, မော်ပီဆရာသိန်း, ; 1862–1942) was a Burmese writer, known for his articles on Burmese culture and history. In his travels around the country Thein collected many historical artifacts, manuscr ...

(1862–1942), writer, known for his articles on Burmese culture and history. *

Khin Maung Thein Khin Maung Thein ( my, ခင်မောင်သိန်း) is a Burmese politician and political prisoner who currently serves as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Sagaing Township. In the 1990 Burmese general election, he was elected as an Pyithu Hl ...

(born 1940), politician and political prisoner who currently serves as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Sagaing Township *

Kyaw Thein Kyaw Thein ( my, ကျော်သိန်း , born 11 March 1954) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Rakhine State No. 7 Constituency. He is a member of Union Solidarity and Development Party. Early ...

(born 1954), politician who currently serves as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Rakhine State No. 7 Constituency *

Nilar Thein Nilar Thein ( my, နီလာသိန်း, ) (born 4 March 1972) is a Burmese democracy activist and political prisoner imprisoned from 2008 to 2012 at Thayet prison in Burma's Magway Region. Amnesty International considered her a prisone ...

(born 1972), democracy activist and political prisoner *

Phyo Min Thein Phyo Min Thein ( my, ဖြိုးမင်းသိန်း; born 13 April 1969) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who is currently serving as Chief Minister of Yangon Region and Yangon Region Parliament MP for Hlegu Tow ...

(born 1969), politician and former inmate who is currently serving as Chief Minister of Yangon Region and Yangon Region Parliament MP for Hlegu Township Constituency No. 2 * Soe Thein (born 1949), incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) and a former Minister for Industry-2 * Thein Aung, politician, Chief Minister of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar from 2011 to 2016 * Thein Han (1910–1986), painter *

Thein Htaik Thein Htaik ( my, သိန်းထိုက်) is the Union Auditor General of Myanmar, appointed to the post on 7 September 2012. He has served as the Minister for Mines, the Deputy Minister for Transport and was a Colonel in the Myanmar Air ...

(born 1952), politician, Union Auditor General of Myanmar, appointed to the post on 7 September 2012 *

Thein Htay Thein Htay ( my, သိန်းဌေး) was the former Minister for Border Affairs and Minister for Industrial Development of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require in ...

(born 1955), politician, former Minister for Border Affairs and Minister for Industrial Development of Myanmar (Burma) * Thein Kyu (born 1944), dental professor *

Thein Lwin Thein Lwin ( my, သိန်းလွင်; born 8 February 1957) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as a House of Nationalities member of parliament for Kachin State № 10 Constituency. He is a member of the National League for Dem ...

(born 1957), politician who currently serves as a House of Nationalities member of parliament for Kachin State № 10 Constituency * Thein Myint (born 1937), boxer * Thein Nyunt (born 1948), politician, currently one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the Cabinet of Burma (Myanmar), as well as the Mayor and the Chairman of the Naypyidaw Council *

Thein Oo Thein Oo ( my, သိန်းဦး; born 10 May 1948) is a pioneer of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some B ...

(born 1948), a pioneer of Myanmar's computer industry * Thein Pe Myint (1914–1978), politician, writer and journalist * Thein Than Win (born 1991), footballer * Thein Tun (born 1940), retired Major-general and politician, serving as the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications of Myanmar * Thein Tun (businessman) (born 1937), businessman and founder of Myanmar Golden Star *

Thein Tun Oo Thein Tun Oo ( my, သိန်းထွန်းဦး, also spelt Thein Htun Oo; born 16 August 1966) is a Burmese politician who served as member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for Amarapura Township from 2011 to 2016. In the 2010 Myan ...

(born 1966), politician who served as member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for Amarapura Township from 2011 to 2016 *

Thein Tut Thein Tut ( my, သိန်းထွတ်; also spelt Thein Htut, born 13 November 1955) is a Burmese former dental professor at the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. He was also the president of the Myanmar Dental Association (MDA) from ...

(born 1955), professor of dental medicine *

Win Thein Myo Swe Win (ဦးမျိုးဆွေဝင်း; b. ) is a Deputy Chief of Police and the chief minister of Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Divisio ...

, engineer, is the chief minister of Bago Region, appointed by president Htin Kyaw in 2016 * Yaza Win Thein (born 1986), footballer

German-language name

Alexandra Thein Alexandra Thein (born 5 October 1963 in Bochum) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. Early life and career She grew up in Saarland, studied law in Saa ...

(born 1963), German politician * Joe Thein (born 1991), Luxembourgish politician *

Mechthildis Thein Mechthildis Thein (1888 in Braunschweig – 1959 in Singen) was a German stage and film actress of the silent period. Selected filmography * '' Fear'' (1917) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * '' The Salamander Ruby'' (1918) * ''Henriette Jacoby'' (1918) ...

(1888–1959), German stage and film actress of the silent period * Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), German actor, film director and screenwriter {{given name, type=both German-language surnames