Famous People with Name Min

Tharrawaddy Min            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Tharrawaddy Min: was the 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. He repudiated the Treaty of Yandabo and almost went to war with the British. Tharrawaddy was born Maung Khin to Crown Prince Thado Minsaw (son of King Bodawpaya) and Princess Min Kye on 14 March 1787. When his elder brother Bagyidaw ascended the throne in 1819, Tharrawaddy was appointed Heir Apparent.[1] As crown prince, he fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War. In February 1837, he raised the standard of rebellion after escaping to Shwebo, the ancestral place of the Konbaung kings. Tharrawaddy succeeded in overthrowing Bagyidaw in April and was crowned king. Princess Min Myat Shwe, a granddaughter of Hsinbyushin, whom he married in 1809, was crowned as his chief queen (Nanmadaw Mibaya Hkaungyi). In 1841 King Tharrawaddy donated a 42-ton bell called the Maha Tissada Gandha (great three-toned sweet sound) Bell and 20 kg of goldplating to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. His reign was rife with rumours of preparations for another war with the British who had added the Arakan and Tenasserim to their dominions. It was however not until 1852, after Tharrawaddy was succeeded by his son Pagan Min, that the Second Anglo-Burmese War broke out.

Wányán Mín            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wányán Mín: was Emperor of Jin from January 28, 1115 to September 19, 1123. He was the chieftain of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe, founder and first emperor of the Jin Dynasty . He was the younger brother of Wanyan Wuyashu . Aguda was given the temple name Taizu .

Dai Min            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Dai Min: is President of Whyte DaiMin Investments Limited, the Center for America-China Partnership and the America China Partnership Foundation, co-author of the Proposed US-China Grand Strategy Agreement between President Hu and President Obama, and co-host of ChinaSmartMagazine.com. Dai Min is the granddaughter of General Dai Feng Xiang who supported Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in China’s Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911. She grew up in China as a farm girl and “class enemy” during the Cultural Revolution. As China began its reforms under Deng Xiaoping, she won a national contest in the performing arts in 1978, which lead to her becoming a leading lyric soprano with China’s National Opera Company and a national celebrity. In 1988, she left China to study in Germany, England and America. John Milligan-Whyte proposed to Dai Min the day after they met in 1997, and they were married in 2005.

He Min            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

He Min: is a Chinese diver who specialises in the 1 meter springboard event. Min won a gold medal in the 1 meter springboard event at the 2010 Asian Games, and a silver of the same event in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.