Somchai ( th, สมชาย, ) is a
Thai given name used by males. It is the most common male given name in Thailand, with 240,000 persons using the name in 2012.
Persons with the given name Somchai include:
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Somchai Chantarasamrit, cyclist
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Somchai Chanthavanij, sports shooter
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Somchai Chimlum, boxer
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Somchai Chuayboonchum, football manager, and former footballer
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Somchai Khunpluem
Somchai Khunpluem, alternatively spelled Kunplome ( th, สมชาย คุณปลื้ม; 30 September 1937 – 17 June 2019), was a Thai politician, businessman and organized crime boss. He was also known by the nickname ''"Kamnan Poh"'' ( ...
, politician and mob boss
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Somchai Limpichat, swimmer
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Somchai Maiwilai, football manager
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Somchai Putapibarn, boxer
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Somlek Sakdikul
Somlek Sakdikul ( th, สมเล็ก ศักดิกุล) (born, 10 November 1953) is a Thai film actor and musician. He is sometimes credited as Somchai Sakdikul. He portrayed "Suwat" or "Daddy", the lecherous music producer in Pen-Ek R ...
, also known as Somchai, Thai film actor
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Somchai Singmanee, footballer
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Somchai Subpherm
Somchai Subpherm ( th, สมชาย ทรัพย์เพิ่ม; born March 8, 1962) is a Thai football coach and former footballer.
Somchai lead Bangkok University F.C., Bangkok University to the league championship in 2006 and then to ...
, football coach
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Somchai Thingpakdee, sports shooter
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Somchai Neelapaijit
Somchai Neelapaijit (Thai - สมชาย นีละไพจิตร; 13 May 1951 – last seen on 12 March 2004), a Thai Muslim lawyer and human rights activist who "disappeared" 12 March 2004 during Thaksin Shinawatra's regime. On that da ...
, human rights activist
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Somchai Wongsawat
Somchai Wongsawat ( th, สมชาย วงศ์สวัสดิ์, ; born 31 August 1947) is a Thai politician who was the prime minister of Thailand in 2008 and a former executive member of the People's Power Party (Thailand), People ...
, former Prime Minister of Thailand
In addition to สมชาย, a few other similar-sounding Thai names are also transcribed as ''Somchai''. These include สมชัย, สมไชย, สมไชย์, etc., which are pronounced , with a short second syllable.
Persons with the name Somchai (สมชัย) include:
*Somchai Katanyutanon, cartoonist writing under the pen name
Chai Rachawat
*Somchai Lyowarin, the birth name of
Win Lyovarin
Win Lyovarin ( th, วินทร์ เลียววาริณ, RTGS: ''Win Liaowarin'', birth name: Somchai Lyowarin, Thai: สมชัย เลี้ยววาริณ, born 23 March 1956) is a Thai writer. He is a two-time winner of ...
, Thai novelist/writer
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Thai masculine given names