List of Cambodians

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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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[edit] Armed forces

[edit] Arts

[edit] Business and industry

[edit] Literature

[edit] Mass Media

[edit] Directors

Pre-Khmer Rouge

Present

[edit] 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

[edit] Actresses

[edit] 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

[edit] Politics and Activism

[edit] 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.

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Social work

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

[edit] See also

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