Famous People with Name Chaim

Chaim Potok            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chaim Potok: was an American Jewish author and rabbi.In 1950, Potok graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature. After receiving a master's degree in Hebrew literature, and his later rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Potok joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain. He served in South Korea from 1955 to 1957. He described his time in South Korea as being a transformative experience. Brought up to believe that the Jewish people were central to history and God's plans, he experienced a region where there were almost no Jews and no anti-semitism, yet whose religious believers prayed with the same fervor that he saw in the Orthodox synagogues at home. [1

Chaim Gross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chaim Gross: was an Austrian born American sculptor. He was born in the then Austro-Hungarian village of Kolomyia (since 1991, in the Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States in 1921. His art studies began at the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Vienna shortly before he moved to the United States, where it continued at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design where he studied with Elie Nadelman and at the Art Students League of New York, with Robert Laurent.Gross began exhibiting both his sculpture and graphic art in 1935, and was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the 3rd Sculpture International held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the summer of 1949.

Therdsak Chaiman            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Therdsak Chaiman: a midfielder who plays for Thailand national football team and Singapore Armed Forces Football Club. Therdsak is a free kick specialist and can shoot with both feet.Therdsak is regarded as one of Southeast Asia's finest footballers.In 2002, he was loaned out to SAFFC in 2002 and proceeded to win the S.League player of the year.n 2003, Therdsak led BEC Tero Sasana to the final of the AFC Champions League against Al Ain FC in 2003. He scored against Taejon Citizen and Shanghai Shenhua in the process and was named the 2003 AFC Champions League most valuable player.

Supaksorn Chaimongkol            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Supaksorn Chaimongkol: a Thai model and actress. Her nickname is Kratae (Thai: ?????).Her film roles include Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord, Art of the Devil and Andaman Girl, all under director Thanit Jitnukul.In 2007, she starred in the spy-action comedy, Chai Lai, directed by Poj Arnon, and the martial arts drama Brave, featuring Thai stunt actor Pairote Boongerd (Mike B.) and Malaysian comedian Afdlin Shauki.In 2008, she starred in Handle Me With Care, a romantic drama written and directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee.