Famous People with Name Kyaw

Kyaw Thu            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Kyaw Thu: a Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and film director. One of the top leading men of Burmese cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, Kyaw Thu continues to star in films and has directed several successful films. Since the early 2000s, Kyaw Thu has devoted much time to do social work for the poor, and in the process has gradually emerged as a vocal critic of the Burmese military government.

Kyaw Swe            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Kyaw Swe: was a Burmese actor and film director. He moved to the A-One Film Company and he starred in the films of “Bogyoke”, “Ta Thwe Ta Mya”, and “Ahtauttaw” and “Chit Ye Baw” directed by Chin Sein (Shwe Nyar Maung). He also starred in “Bo Aung Din” and “Thar Bo Aung Din” directed by Shwe Don Bi Aung, “The Hsaung Hayman” directed by Thukha, “Phyay Yort Khway” directed by Chit Khin, “Min Aung Min Naung” directed by Aung Gyi and “Hpuza Nit Khine” directed by Hla Oo (Lu-Gyan Hla Maung Lay) for the British Burma Company. In 1961, he went to Japan to study film-making. He established his own film company. His first directed film was “Pale Myetyay (Pearl Tear)” and he starred in that film, with actress Khin Yu May, a war film. He also directed “Chit Myitta, “Ma chu tar the”, “The myat tar lane”, “Sane”. Between 1945 and 1982, he regularly worked as both a director and an actor. His last film is “Mwe Mwe chin Che Myin”. He died on 15 August 1982. He was survived by his wife, Nwe Nwe, and five children.

Kyaw Ko Ko            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Kyaw Ko Ko: is a footballer from Burma, and a striker for the Myanmar U-23 football team. He scored five goals in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. Four goals in group stage, 1 goal to Laos, 1 goal to Brunei, 2 goals to Phillipines and 1 goal to Vietnam in Bronze medal match which helped the Myanmar U-23 team secure a third place finish and a bronze medal. On 15th December 2011, he is awarded as the best football player of Myanmar by MFF.

Nay Rein Kyaw            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Nay Rein Kyaw: was born in Rangoon, Burma, on October 2, 1970. As a young student, he had participated in the 8888 Uprising. Later, he joined the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (HQ) and worked for the organization committee. In April 1992, he released an ABFSU statement against the so-called National Convention and in June 1992, he was arrested, as a result. Rein Kyaw was then sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He had been arrested twice before his sentencing in 1992. He was incarcerated in the notorious prisons of Insein and Myingyan. He was later released in 2000 after serving time in prison. Furthermore, he was subjected to brutal torture in the interrogation centers. Rein Kyaw had spent six years at Insein Prison and stated he still remembered his horrific ordeal in jail. An article from The Irrawaddy quoted him: "I still have nightmares after what they [the military government] did to me in prison." The same article also said that he was seeking justice for other political prisoners through the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) and quoted Rein Kyaw as saying, "This is, in a way, my revenge for what they did. To expose their crimes."