Kan Thonglaw

Kan Thonglaw (, , ; December 17, 1910 – May 14, 1988) was a Thai Nang Talung performer and was awarded as the National Artist in 1986.

Early life Kan Thonglaw was born on December 17, 1910, in Ban Nam Krajai, , Mueang Songkhla District, Songkhla Province. He is the second out of six children of Khong Thonglaw and his wife, Chum Thonglaw who was from Falami, Pak Phayun district, Phatthalung Province.

His name Kan came from when his dad was working with a French architect to build a railway for Chulalongkorn. He asks the French architect to go back home to visit his wife which is about to give birth. When he arrived home, his wife didn't give birth yet, so he decided to return, but there was a storm that rain down three times in a row, blocking his way to go to work. After the rain stopped. His wife already gave birth, so he named his child กั้น meaning block.

Death Thonglaw passed away by old age on May 14, 1988, at the age of 77.