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Ananda Mahidol, posthumous reigning title Phra Athamaramathibodin, was the eighth monarch of Siam from the Chakri dynasty as Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in December 1945, but six months later, in June 1946, he was found shot dead in his bed. Although at first thought to have been an accident, his death was ruled a murder by medical examiners, and three royal pages were later executed following very irregular trials. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of much controversy.

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Boonsanong Punyodyana was a Thai politician and General secretary of the Socialist Party of Thailand. He was assassinated on February 28, 1976.

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Chamlong Daoruang is former deputy minister of finance under Thawan Thamrongnawasawat. He is Four Tigers of Isaan such as Chamlong Daoruang, Thong-in Phuripat, Tiang Sirikhanth and Thawin Udol.

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Chit Phumisak was a Thai author, philologist, historian, poet, songwriter, and communist revolutionary. His most influential book was The Face of Thai Feudalism, written in 1957 under the pseudonym Somsamai Srisootarapan. Other pen names used by Chit include Kawi Kanmuang and Kawi Srisayam. He has been described as the "Che Guevara of Thailand".

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Phraya Si Sitthisongkhram or birth name Din Tharap was a Siamese career army officer. He became chief of staff of the First Army under the absolute monarchy, and was chief of operations of the army briefly during the post-1932 constitutional monarchy. He served as deputy commander of the royalist troops during the failed Boworadet Rebellion of 1933.

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Suraphol Sombatcharoen was a Thai luk thung singer. Dubbed the "King of Luk Thung", he was one of the first and most important stars of the genre. He was fatally shot while seated in his own car after a live performance in Nakhon Pathom.

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Wisut Tangwittayaporn, also known as Ae Inside, was a journalist, editor for Phuket E-News and publisher of Inside Phuket in Phuket, Thailand. He was most notable for being a journalist who reported on controversial land claims, as well as being a political activist. He was assassinated by professional gunmen in rush hour traffic on 12 January 2012.

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Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit, née Princess Vibhavadi Rajani was a Thai writer and a member of the Thai royal family well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.