The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Thailand
This page contains a list of the greatest Thai Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 1 of which were born in Thailand. This makes Thailand the birth place of the 111th most number of Military Personnels behind New Zealand, and Guinea.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Thai Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Thai Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Khattiya Sawasdipol (1951 - 2010)
With an HPI of 48.34, Khattiya Sawasdipol is the most famous Thai Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Khattiya Sawasdipol (Thai: ขัตติยะ สวัสดิผล; RTGS: Khattiya Sawatdiphon; 2 June 1951 – 17 May 2010), alias Se Daeng (Thai: เสธ.แดง, 'red commander'), was a general in the Royal Thai Army, assigned to the Internal Security Operations Command, a political activist, and a book author. Khattiya became known for his role in the 1970s campaign against communist insurgents in northeastern Thailand. After the 2006 coup d'état that toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, he joined the Red Shirt movement and led its most intransigent and militant wing. He was killed, apparently by a sniper, while giving an interview during the May 2010 unrest in Bangkok.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Thai military personnels born between 1951 and 1951. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Thai military personnels include Khattiya Sawasdipol. As of April 2024, 1 new Thai military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Khattiya Sawasdipol.
