Aung (name)

Aung ( ) is a Burmese name. The meaning of "Aung" is Success (According to Burmese). Notable people with the name include: * Aung Aung Oo (born 1982), footballer *

Aung Khin Aung Khin ( my, အောင်ခင် , 13 February 1921 – 14 May 1996) was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. He is well known as one of the foremost and earliest of modernistic painters in Burma. Training ...

(1921-1996), painter *

Aung Myint Aung Myint ( my, အောင်မြင့်, ; born 27 October 1946) is a Burmese painter and performance artist. He is considered a pioneer in experimental art, rejecting traditional romanticism and confronting social and critical issues thr ...

(born 1946), painter and performance artist *

Aung Pwint Aung Pwint ( my, အောင်ပွင့်, ; born ; also known by his pen name of Maung Aung Pwint) is a Burma, Burmese journalist and documentary maker notable for his 1999 imprisonment by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), B ...

(born 1950), journalist *Bogyoke

Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his go ...

(1915-1947), revolutionary *

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...

(born 1945), daughter of Aung San, politician * Aung Thu (disambiguation), multiple people *

Htin Aung Htin Aung ( my, ထင်အောင် ; also Maung Htin Aung; 18 May 1909 – 10 May 1978) was a writer and scholar of Burmese culture and history. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, Htin Aung wrote several books on Burmese history and culture ...

(1909-1978), author and scholar * MiMi Aung (born 1968), engineer and project manager at

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Min Ran Aung Min Ran Aung ( my, မင်းရန်အောင်, ; Arakanese pronunciation: ; also known as Noori Shah; 1485–1494) was king of Arakan for six months in 1494. The eldest son of King Dawlya was only 8 when he was put on the throne by th ...

(1485-1494), king of Arakan *

Zeya Aung Zeya Aung ( my, ဇေယျာအောင်; also spelt Zeyar Aung) is the incumbent Minister of Construction. He was appointed by President Thein Sein in August 2013, following the transfer of his predecessor, Than Htay Than Htay ( my, သ� ...

(active from 2012), Minister of Energy {{Given name, type=both Surnames of Burmese origin Burmese-language surnames Burmese-language given names