Famous People Born in Southeast Asia

Name the 28 people born in Southeast Asia with over 70 Wikipedia languages as of 2020.

for this quiz, Southeast Asia consists of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

some of these, especially the first and last few, are fabricated outliers and not as famous as the others

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Born in	Lifespan	Hint	Person
Indonesia	1972–	French-Indonesian singer (ESC 2012) & TV personality	Anggun
Indonesia	1986–	singer and actress who won 190 prizes	Agnez Mo
Philippines	1917–1989	authoritarian President of the Philippines 1965–86	Ferdinand Marcos
Vietnam	1890–1969	communist revolutionary, President of Vietnam 1945–69	Ho Chi Minh
Myanmar	1945–	politician, Nobel 1991, leader of Myanmar 2016–21	Aung San Suu Kyi
Cambodia	1925–1998	Khmer Rouge leader & communist dictator 1975–79	Pol Pot
Philippines	1933–2009	Philippine "Mother of Democracy", President 1986–92	Corazon Aquino
Philippines	1929–	extravagant, corrupt Philippine First Lady 1965–86	Imelda Marcos
Singapore	1923–2015	founding father of Singapore, Prime Minister 1959–90	Lee Kuan Yew
Indonesia	1921–2008	wealthy military dictator of Indonesia 1967–98	Suharto
Bangladesh	1940–	economist, pioneered microfinance, Nobel Peace 2006	Muhammad Yunus
Indonesia	1901–1970	Indonesian independence leader, President 1945–67	Sukarno
Thailand	1952–	wealthy King of Thailand since 2016	Vajiralongkorn
Indonesia	1961–	conservative-left President of Indonesia since 2014	Joko Widodo
Philippines	1945–	nationalist President of the Philippines 2016–22	Rodrigo Duterte
Malaysia	1925–	PM of Malaysia 1981–2003 & '18–20, 75+ yr in politics	Mahathir Mohamad
Bangladesh	1947–	female PM of Bangladesh 1996–2001 & since 2009	Sheikh Hasina
Myanmar	1909–1974	General-Secretary of the United Nations 1961–71	U Thant
Philippines	1947–	female President of the Philippines 2001–09	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Cambodia	1953–	humble King of Cambodia since 2004	Norodom Sihamoni
Indonesia	1949–	general and President of Indonesia 2004–14	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia	1947–	first female President of Indonesia 2001–04	Megawati Sukarnoputri
Cambodia	1922–2012	leader of Cambodia between 1941 & 2004, twice king	Norodom Sihanouk
Vietnam	1911–2013	general, communist politician, brilliant military strategist	Võ Nguyên Giáp
Brunei	1946–	wealthy absolutist Sultan of Brunei since 1967, also PM	Hassanal Bolkiah
Thailand	1969–	prolific Thai singer and actress, released 50 albums	Jintara Poonlarp
Thailand	1967–	fugitive first female PM of Thailand 2011–14	Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand	1961–	singer & actress who pioneered electronic Luk Thung	Pumpuang Duangjan

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