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Also Known As Thakin Nu
Born May 25, 1907 • Myanmar
Died February 14, 1995 (aged 87) • Yangon • Myanmar
Title / Office foreign minister (1943-1943), Myanmar
Political Affiliation Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League
Aung San
Aung San
Myanmar nationalist
U Saw
Myanmar political leader
Thakin Than Tun
Myanmar politician
Ne Win, U
U Ne Win
Myanmar general and dictator
Saya San
Myanmar leader
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar politician and opposition leader
U Thant, 1965
U Thant
Myanmar educator and secretary-general of the United Nations
Ba Maw
prime minister of Myanmar
Thibaw
king of Myanmar
Calixto García Iñiguez
Cuban revolutionary leader
Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
Si Votha
Cambodian prince
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Emilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Habib Bourguiba
president of Tunisia