List of Cambodians

This is a list of famous and notable people from Cambodia. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.

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Armed forces

Arts

Business and industry

Literature

  • Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary
  • Dith Pran, compiled stories and poems of Cambodian genocide survivors and published The Children of the Killing Fields: Memoirs of Survivors. His life's story has been portrayed in the movie, The Killing Fields. His genocide education project has helped people in the United States to further understand the flight of the Cambodian people.
  • Keng Vannsak Literature expert
  • Kim Hak (Tek Tonle Sap)
  • King Ang Duong novelist: Kakey, Kangrey
  • Krom Ngoy the greatest Khmer poet
  • L'OKNHA Suttantaprija ind a poet and religious scholar
  • Loung Ung, author of When they first killed my father.
  • Ngoun Saom(Tum Teav)
  • Nhok Them novelist: Kolap Pailin
  • Nou Hachnovelist: Pka Sroporn, Mealea Duong Chett
  • Nuon Khoeun Political scientist- author of "Domnoeu Chpous Tov Tiss Khang Lech"- joined Khmer Rouge and was executed by Khmer Rouge.
  • Parn Poung Bopha novelist: Chan Reas Chlong Daen
  • Rim Kin (Sophat)
  • Venerable Som (Tum Teav)
  • Santhor Mok (Tum Teav)
  • Seng Theary, writer and lawyer. She is currently the director of the Center for Social Development.
  • Soth Polin
  • Tharum Bun, prominent Cambodian blogger and writer.
  • Mrs. Tran Ngia author of many books in the 1970s.
  • Vandy Kaonn
  • You Bo

Mass Media

Directors

Pre-Khmer Rouge

Present

Actors

  • Kong Som Eun, most popular actor from 1965-1975
  • Van Vanak from the 1970s
  • Haing S. Ngor, the first Cambodian to ever won an academy award for his supporting acting role in The Killing Fields, playing Dith Pran, the New York Time's reporter working with Syndney Schamberg.
  • Tep Rundaro

Actresses

Music

classics 19th century and early 20th century

classics 40's and 50's

classics 60's and 70's-1975

80's 90's

2000–present

Politics and Activism

Religion

  • Tep Vong
  • Bour Kry
  • Maha Ghosananda led the Dhammayietra Peace March during the UNTAC years through Khmer Rouge territories. He is known as the Gandhi of Cambodia. He recently died.
  • Chuon Nath Cambodian Buddhist Partriarch (1948–1969)and Khmer literature expert until his death in 1969.

Royalty

Science and technology

Social work

Sports

Others

See also