This is a list of notable athletes and well-known Lethwei practitioners who competed, sorted by area of place of birth.

• Tun Tun Min
• Saw Nga Man
• Lone Chaw
• Shwe Sai
• Too Too
• Tun Lwin Moe
• Soe Lin Oo
• Mite Yine
• Saw Ba Oo
• Kyar Ba Nyein
• Wan Chai
• Tway Ma Shaung

• Dave Leduc

• Cyrus Washington

• Artur Saladiak
• Sasha Moisa
• Julija Stoliarenko

• Naimjon Tuhtaboyev
• Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất
• Akitoshi Tamura

Athletes from different countries who competed in Lethwei at least once:

• Saiyok Pumpanmuang
• Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym
• Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym
• Diesellek TopkingBoxing
• Iquezang Kor.Rungthanakeat
• Singmanee Kaewsamrit
• Detrit Sathian Gym
• Berneung TopkingBoxing
• Chanajon P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym
• Pongsiri P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym
• Sorgraw Petchyindee Academy
• Kompetch Fairtex
• Avatar Tor.Morsri
• Umar Semata
• Corentin Jallon
• Seth Baczynski
• Doug Evans
• Shannon Ritch
• Shunichi Shimizu
• Yuichiro Nagashima
• Hartley Jackson

• Maung Gyi, Burmese bando boxing, Ed. R.Maxwell, Baltimore, 1978
• Zoran Rebac, Traditional Burmese boxing, Ed. Paladin Press, Boulder, 2003

• Lethwei
• Bando
• Naban