List of Burmese Chinese

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

Politicians and Government

San Yu (Hakka) (1918-1996), President of Burma, and Commander in Chief of the Tatmadaw
Aung Gyi 陈旺枝 (Hokkien) (1919–2012), 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
Khin Nyunt (Hakka) (born 1939),^[1] Prime Minister and Chief of Intelligence of Myanmar
Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health and Rector of University of Medicine 1
Kyi Maung (Teochew) (1920–2004), Colonel, Former Commander of Southwest Military Command of Burmese Army and Former Vice-chairman of the National League for Democracy Party
Ohn Myint Thakin (1918–2010), Journalist and Anti-colonialist
Pheung Kya-shin 彭家声 (Yunnanese) (born 1931), Leader of Kokang Special Region and Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
Bao Youxiang 鲍有祥 (Wa ethnicity) (born 1949), Leader of Wa State and Commander-in-Chief of the United Wa State Army
Tan Yu Sai 陈裕才, Colonel, Former Vice-Commissioner of General of People's Police, and Minister of Trade of Myanmar
Olive Yang, opium warlord and sister of the saopha (chief) of Kokang

Aik Htun 李松枝 (born 1948), Businessman and Banker
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 Chu Kin 胡子钦 (?–1908) (Hakka), Burmese Chinese Herbalist and Inventor of Tiger Balm
Chan Mah Phee 曾广庇 (Hokkien), Businessman, Investor and Philanthropist
Htun Myint Naing^[2] 罗平忠 (born 1958) (Kokang), Business Tycoon
Kyaw Win, Chairman of Sky Net and Shwe Than Lwin Company
Lim Chin Tsong 林振宗 (1867–1923) (Hokkien), First Overseas Chinese Tycoon in Myanmar
Peter Chou Win Than 周永明 (Yunnanese) (born 1956), Former CEO, President and Co-founder of HTC^[3]
Serge Pun Theim Wai 潘继泽 (born 1953), Businessman and Chairman of the Serge Pun & Associates Group (SPA Group)
Zhang Xin 张欣 (born 1965), Chinese billionaire, co-founder and CEO of SOHO China

Bruce Le 黄建龙 (born 1950), Martial Artist, Actor and Director
Chen Yi-sein Yi Sein 陈孺性 (1924–2005), Historian and one of the first members of the Burma Historical Commission
Edward Michael Law-Yone (1911–1980), Burmese Journalist and Founder of The Nation, Burma's most influential English language newspaper during the time
Khin Yu May (1937– 2014), a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning actress and singer
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
Lo Hsing Han 罗星汉 (1935–2013) (Kokang), Drug Lord and Business Tycoon
Loletta Chu 朱玲玲 (born 1958) (Cantonese), 1977 Miss Hong Kong Pageant
Maung Htin Htin Fatt (1909–2006), Writer and Journalist
Minfong Ho (born 1951), Chinese-American Writer
Moe Set Wine (Chinese: 杨鑫荣) (born 1988) (Yunnanese), Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
Alice Ong (born 1994), actress
Ngwe Gaing, Alinga Kyawzwa Award-Winning painter
Sayadaw U Tejaniya (born 1962), Theravadin Buddhist monk and meditation teacher at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Center
Taw Sein Ko 杜成诰 (1864–1930) (Hokkien),^[4] First Recorded Archaeologist in Myanmar and Assistant Secretary to the Government of British Burma
Thaw Kaung (born 1937) (Hokkien), Historian

↑ 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.
↑ Wai Moe (22 July 2011). "Steven Law's Rising Empire". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
↑ Yan Paing (16 May 2012). "Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corp, Reveals He Was Born in Burma". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ Strachan, Paul (1989). Pagan - Art and Architecture of Old Burma. Kiscadale.