62 Notable alumni of Thammasat University

Manas Jamveha is Director General of The Comptroller General’s Department Thailand.

Duangjai Hiransri, nicknamed Pure (Thai: เพียว), is a Thai actress.

Sunait Chutintaranond is a Thai historian and screenwriter. He is a professor of history at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. His research focuses on the pre-modern history of Thailand and mainland Southeast Asia, particularly the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Thai–Burmese relations, and multicultural societies in Thailand. He has also collaborated with film director Chatrichalerm Yukol on the screenplays of several...

Likhit Dhiravegin was a Thai political scientist and politician.

Somyot Chueathai is a Thai academic, constitutional law, and public law professor and 15th dean of the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, the oldest faculty of law in the country.

Rosana Tositrakul is a Thai politician and former Senator for Bangkok. She was first elected in 2006, only to find the polls scrapped by a military coup. She was voted into office a second time in 2008 with over 740,000 votes. In 2019, she announced her intention to contest in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election as an independent candidate.

Marut Bunnag was a Thai politician. A member of the Democrat Party, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1992 to 1995.

Euthana Mukdasanit is a Thai film director screenwriter and National Artist of the Performing Arts (film director). As a contemporary director of Chatrichalerm Yukol, Euthana was among a group of directors that during the 1970s made films that focused on social problems. Among his early efforts was the 1977 docudrama, Tongpan, which was initially banned in Thailand for its socialist...

Khamsing Srinawk is a writer from the Isan region of Thailand. He writes under the pen name Lao Khamhom (ลาว คำหอม, pronounced [lāːw kʰām.hɔ̌ːm]). He was named a National Artist in Literature in 1992 and is best known for his satirical short stories published in his 1958 collection Fa Bo Kan (ฟ้าบ่กั้น, pronounced [fáː bɔ̀ː kân]) ['The Sky is No...

Parit Chiwarak, nicknamed Penguin, is a Thai political activist, Thammasat University student at the Faculty of Political Science, and one of the leaders of the 2020 Thai protests, via the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group. He spent several periods in prison on bail, having been arrested under a variety of charges, but was released in order to complete...

Banyat Bantadtan is a Thai politician. From 2003 to 2005, he was the chairman of the Democrat Party and Leader of the Opposition against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Charupong Ruangsuwan is a Thai civil servant and politician. Since October 2012 he has been the chairman of the Pheu Thai Party. From January to October 2012, he was the Minister of Transport and Communication, from October 2012 until the military coup d'état in May 2014 the Minister of Interior of Thailand.

Chumpol Silpa-archa was a Thai politician who served in the government of Thailand as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2008 to 2013; he was also Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2013. Beginning in January 2009, he was the president of the Chartthaipattana Party. He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa.

Direk Jayanama was a Thai diplomat and politician.

Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul also known as Panasaya Sithijirawattanakul is a Thai student political activist and university student leader who is also the spokesperson of the Student Union of Thailand. She is well known for her criticism of the Thai monarchy. During the 2020 Thai protests, she was one of the leaders who pioneered revolutionary demonstrations calling for major structural reform of...

Kanok Ratwongsakul is well-known Thai journalist, now he served as the news anchor of TOP News, which he also served as one of its shareholders of TOP News Digital Media Co., Ltd. alongside his spouse Lakkana Ratwongsakul and the main owner, Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham. He previously served as Senior Vice President of the Nation Group.

Kulap Saipradit, better known by the pen name Siburapha (Thai: ศรีบูรพา; also romanized as Sriburapha or Sri Burapha), was a newspaper editor and one of the foremost Thai novelists of his time. He was a vocal activist for human rights and because of this, he ran afoul of the authorities and was jailed for more than four years. He spent...

Thongchai Winichakul, is a Thai historian and researcher of Southeast Asian studies. He is professor emeritus of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a chief senior researcher at the Japanese Institute of Developing Economies. He was the president for the Association for Asian Studies in 2013. He has had a major impact on the concept of Thai...

Trairong Suwankiri is a Thai politician. Member of United Thai Nation Party. He was deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and vice leader of the Democrats. His name, Trairong means tricolour and is the name of the Thai national flag. In parliament and public he is known for his jokes and his heavy Southern accent.

Jaruwat Cheawaram, also known as Dome (born on 29 September 1991 in Phuket, Thailand), is a Thai singer. The champion of The Star Season 8, Thailand's famous singing contest, he is known for his songs "Kham Athitthan Duai Nam Ta" (คำอธิษฐานด้วยน้ำตา) and "Rak Tae Yu Nuea Kanwela" (รักแท้อยู่เหนือกาลเวลา) and his leading role as "Tun" (ตุ่น) in the sitcom, "Gene-Den (The...

Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula is a Thai economist. He was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état he served as minister of finance and deputy prime minister in the interim civilian government led by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Following the 2014 Thai coup d'état he was appointed a deputy prime...

Seksan Prasertkul is a Thai author who was awarded the title National Artist of Thailand in 2009.

Jurin Laksanawisit is a Thai Democrat Party politician. He was former Minister of Public Health and Minister of Education during Abhisit Vejjajiva premiership along with member of the House of Representatives for eleven times.

Phakphum Romsaithong, nicknamed Mile (Thai: มาย) is a Thai actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his main roles in KinnPorsche (2022) and Man Suang (2023).

Sapol Assawamunkong, nicknamed Great (Thai: เกรท), is a Thai actor, model, MC and singer. He is known for his roles in the film Inhuman Kiss, and in the television series Song Naree (2019), Manner of Death (2020) and Wandee Goodday (2024).

Witwisit Hiranyawongkul, popularly nicknamed "Pchy" (Thai: พิช, (also written "Pitch" or "Phit"), is a Thai actor and singer. He is best known for his first leading role as Mew in the 2007 hit film Love of Siam, which won several newcomer awards and propelled him to fame in Thailand and throughout Asia.

Puey Ungphakorn, MBE, was a Thai economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand and Rector of Thammasat University. He was the author of From Womb to Tomb: The Quality of Life of a South-East Asian, which to date remains one of the most influential writings about social security in Thailand.

Somsak Jeamteerasakul is a former history lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. His academic field is contemporary political history, especially recent Thai history from 1930. He is a critic of Thailand's monarchy and its lèse majesté law. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France since the 2014 Thai coup d'état, following violent attacks and lèse majesté...

Chavarat Charnvirakul is a Thai politician who briefly served as an acting prime minister of Thailand following 2008 Thai political crisis. His family is of Thai Chinese descent with ancestry from Guangdong. He is the father of 32nd prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.

Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan was a Thai diplomat and politician of Malay descent who served as the 12th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2008 and 2012.

Thanin Kraivichien was a Thai judge, politician and law professor. He was the prime minister of Thailand between 1976 and 1977. He was then appointed to the Privy Council and became its president in 2016. With the death of Prem Tinsulanonda in May 2019, he became the oldest living former Thai Prime Minister.

Wissanu Krea-ngam is a Thai jurist, professor, and politician. He was the secretary-general of the cabinet from 1993 to 2002 and deputy prime minister under Thaksin Shinawatra from 2002 to 2006. After the 2014 Thai coup d'état, he served as an advisor to the military junta (National Council for Peace and Order, NCPO) responsible for drafting the post-coup 2014 interim...

Wongravee Nateetorn, nicknamed Sky (Thai: สกาย), is a Thai actor and model. He first gained attention for his role as Pala in Hormones (2015). and rose to fame as Chalam in My Ambulance (2019). In 2024, he starred as Saint in the television series High School Frenemy.

Chuwit Kamolvisit is a controversial Thai politician who was once the country's biggest massage parlour owner, known as the "tub tycoon". After an arrest in 2003, he publicly claimed that he paid large bribes to many Thai police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political party and unsuccessfully ran for Bangkok governor in August...

Teerapat Sajakul, nickname Tui (ตุ้ย), is a Thai actor and singer. He is also the chief executive for SEED 97.5 FM, one of the most popular radio stations run by MCOT.

Samak Sundaravej was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defence in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.

Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Thailand in 2008. He is a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by the Constitutional Court for five years.

Aniporn Chalermburanawong is a Thai actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Thailand 2015. She represented Thailand at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held in Las Vegas, where she placed in the Top 10 and won Best in National Costume.

Phiravich Attachitsataporn, nicknamed Mean (Thai: มีน) is a Thai television actor, director, and model. He is best known for his role as Tin in the 2018 Thai television drama Love by Chance. He featured with main roles in movies such as Blood Valentine (2019), and Pee Nak 2 (2020). He also had a lead role in a series My Bubble...

Kanyawee Songmuang, nicknamed Thanaerng (Thai: ต้าเหนิง; RTGS: Ta-noeng; IPA: [tâː.nɤ̌ːŋ]), is a Thai actress and model. She is best known for her lead roles in the television drama Hormones 3 (2015) and Senior Secret Love: My Lil Boy (2016).

Vachiravit Paisarnkulwong, nicknamed August (Thai: ออกัส), is a Thai actor and model. He is best known for his first leading role as Pete in the Thai Boy Love series Love Sick (2014), which propelled him to fame in Thailand.

Peranee Kongthai, nicknamed Matt (Thai: แมท), is a Thai actress and model.

Marion Ursula Marsha Vadhanapanich is a Thai pop singer, model and actress.

Suchata Chuangsri also known by the Thai nickname Opal (Thai: โอปอล) is a Thai model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2025. She is the first Thai woman ever to win Miss World.

Chuan Leekpai MPCh MVM ThChW is a Thai politician who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1992 to 1995, and from 1997 to 2001. He was President of the National Assembly of Thailand and speaker of the Thai House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.

Nattawin Wattanagitiphat, nicknamed Apo (Thai: อาโป) is a Thai actor. He is best known for his main roles in Sud Kaen Saen Rak (2015), KinnPorsche (2022), Man Suang (2023), and Shine (2025).

Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot (ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi (រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី; Thai: รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader...

Putthipong Assaratanakul, nicknamed Billkin (Thai: บิวกิ้น), is a Thai actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Tao in My Ambulance (2019), as Teh in I Told Sunset About You (2020) and I Promised You the Moon (2021), and as M in How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024).

Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, widely known as Win Metawin (Thai: วิน เมธวิน), is a Thai actor and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2020 with his acting debut in Thai drama 2gether and gained further recognition with his role in F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers. In addition to his work in entertainment, Metawin is a brand ambassador for luxury brands Prada and...

Ranee Campen, nicknamed Bella (Thai: เบลล่า) is a Thai-English actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the television dramas such as Porn Prom Onlaweng, Khun Chai Puttipat, Plerng Chimplee, Padiwaradda (The Loyal Wife), Plerng Boon, Love Destiny, Love Destiny 2, and Krong Kam (Cage of Karma) on Channel 3. In the 9-year period from 2013 to...

Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Rajasarini Siribajra is a Thai princess and diplomat of Thailand, the first grandchild of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, and the only one of the seven children of King Vajiralongkorn born to his first wife Princess Soamsawali.

Pita Limjaroenrat, nicknamed Tim (Thai: ทิม, RTGS: Thim), is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as Leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023, and then as the advisory chair of the party from 2023 to 2024. He was also a member of the House of...

Somkid Jatusripitak is a Thai economist, business theorist, and politician. A mentee of Philip Kotler, he has (co-)authored books on competitiveness and taught marketing at Thai universities. He was a co-founder and leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) and was mainly responsible for developing the party's progressive and reformist economic and social platform. After the party's electoral victory,...

Thaworn Senneam is a Thai politician. He was former Deputy Minister of Interior in Abhisit Vejjajiva government from 2008 to 2011 and Deputy Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2021 in Prayut Chan-o-cha government. He has also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Democrat Party.

Anne Thongprasom is a Thai actress, model and producer who was the lead actress in many Thai series during the 2000s. She had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama The Letter: Jod Mai Rak.

Naraporn Chan-o-cha is a Thai educator. She was an associate professor at Chulalongkorn Language Institute Chulalongkorn University. She is married to Prayut Chan-o-cha, the 29th prime minister of Thailand.

Edy Suandi Hamid was the rector of the Islamic University of Indonesia between 2006 and 2014 and is a professor of economics at the Faculty of Economics, Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta. He studied at the Faculty of Economics, University of Gadjah Mada, Faculty of Economics (M.Ec.) Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand and earned his doctorate degree at UGM. Edy Suandi...

Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech is a Thai politician and professor. He served as Minister of Finance under Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat from August to December 2008 and as Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra from January to October 2012. From September to November 2008, he was the chairman of the Pheu Thai Party.

Sirikan Charoensiri is a Thai human rights attorney. She works with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and is one of the legal representatives of the fourteen student activists from the New Democracy Movement (NDM). She has been the subject of harassment and threats from Thai authorities, as well as criminal charges related to her work as a human rights...

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as the leader of the Future Forward Party from 2018 to 2020. From 2002 to 2018, he was the vice president of the Thai Summit Group, Thailand's largest auto parts manufacturer.

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is a Thai socialist academic, associate professor, former politician, and Secretary-General of the Progressive Movement, a socio-political group. He served as a member of the Thai House of Representatives and was the first and only Secretary-General for the Future Forward Party, which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to his political career, Piyabutr was an associate professor at the...