Masai is a name of
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Given name
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Masai Ujiri
Masai Ujiri (born 7 July 1970) is a British-born, Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball executive and former player and is the president of basketball operations of the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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(born 1970), English-born Nigerian basketball executive and former basketball player
Surname
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Andrew Masai
Andrew Masai (born 13 December 1960) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who competed in road running and cross country running events. He was one of Kenya's best cross country runners in the late 1980s, taking six team gold medals at the IAAF ...
(born 1960), Kenyan long-distance runner
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Edith Masai
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and va ...
(born 1967), Kenyan long-distance runner and three-time World Cross Country champion
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Hikaru Masai
Hikaru Masai (born July 2, 1987), who has gone by the stage names Hikaru and currently Helical (stylized H-el-ical//), is a Japanese pop singer. She was one of the core members of the vocal group Kalafina, which was started by Yuki Kajiura to per ...
or Hikaru (born 1987), Japanese pop singer
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Linet Masai
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (born 5 December 1989) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She won her first world title in the 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. ...
(born 1989), Kenyan long-distance runner and 2009 world champion
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Moses Ndiema Masai
Moses Ndiema Masai (born 1 June 1986 in Kapsogom, Mount Elgon District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.
Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres from Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Chero ...
(born 1986), Kenyan long-distance runner and world medallist, brother of Linet
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Samwel Chebolei Masai (born 2001), Kenyan middle-distance runner
See also
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Barmasai, a related Kenyan name meaning "one who has killed or captured a Masai"
Kenyan Names
. Kenyan Runners. Retrieved on 2013-08-31.
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Surnames of Kenyan origin
Kenyan names