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That's a difficult question to answer.
Quite a few Thai dishes have their origins from Chinese dishes, particularly those with flat noodles and around 14-20% of Thai's have some Chinese ancestry; the Chinese diaspora was large in Thailand particularly in the 19th century to the point at one stage it was believed that there were more Chinese in Bangkok than Thai's (source: A History Of Thailand, a good read) whereas today they've all blended in (mostly through inter-marriages) and the Chinese community were forced to take Thai names by Government policy if they wanted citizenship under the rule of King Rama VI.
Thai food, like Indian food and indeed Chinese food has regional dishes.
From a Western perspective many would consider Pad Thai something close to a national dish, along with your base curry dishes (yellow, green and red) but that's both stereotypical and it's Central Thai food.
In the North (Lanna) the most famous dish is Khao Soi, which is very much a spicy and sour experience.
North East food (Isan) tends to have more Laos influences and is spicy. South food has more of a Malay influence.
This answer could become way too long so I'll stop here but if you want more try Wikipedia, and as another commenter noted: Papaya Salad is a common dish, is one of my favorites and well regarded by Thai's as well (my Thai girlfriend eats it several times a week).
Edit: typo