Update : December 29, 2020

Early names

• Some names have one word e.g. Mya, Nu, Thant, Tin
• Some have two or three words.
• It was not common to have long names.
  An exception is a cartoon character named “Khin Maung Thein Tun Win”

Same name

We need additional information to disambiguate the names.

Aung Myint

• U Aung Myint (M67, GBNF)
  Helped U Win Thein (M67) with Set Hmu Thadinzin.
  Worked for UNICEF.
• U Aung Myint (M69)
  Taught at RIT and Singapore Poly.
  Hobbies : Painting, Motivational messages
• U Aung Myint (Pet69)
  Taught at RIT
  Known for his cartoons (notably Kyant Ba Hone)
  Patron of “RIT Cartoon Box”
• U Aung Myint (Min70)
  Actor, guitarist and vocalist.
  Known as “Thamankyar Ko Myint”.
• U Aung Myint
  “Yogi Thway Say”
  Operates a recording studio (initially for his spouse : Phyu Thi).
• Dr. Aung Myint (Chemistry)
• U Aung Myint (Donald, Dhamma friend)

Han Sein

• U Han Sein (C69)
  Multiple sports athlete : Swimming, Water Polo, Basketball
  “TONE KYAW”.
  69er HCF members inadvertently put him in the GBNF list unaware that the Adhamma authorities “sneaked him away” for many years.
• U Han Sein (M72)
  Taught at RIT
  Joined the Navy.
  Retired as a Deputy Minister.
• U Han Sein (Dawei)
  Father : U Maung Lwin

Soe Win

• U Soe Win (M66)
  Close friend of Saya Lin (M66).
• U Soe Win (EP69, GBNF)
  Captain of RIT Basketball team.
• U Soe Win (EC70)
  Worked for UCC and PTC.
• Dr. Soe Win (SPHS58) stood First in Burma.
  Retired as Rector of YUFL
• U Soe Win (Met and Hydro)
• U Soe Win (NHK)

Misspelled names

• Some names are misspelled
• The most notable is Saya U Tin Swe.
  Many called him wrongly as U Tint Swe or U Tin Shwe.

Mispronounced names

• Some Myanmar names cannot be easily pronounced by foreigners.
• Thane is easier to pronounce than Thein
• Kai is easier to pronounce than Khaing or Khine.
• My name has been mispronounced as La and Hala