List of famous or notable

Vietnamese people The Vietnamese people (, ) or the Kinh people (), also known as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and Dongxing, Guangxi, southern China who speak Vietnamese language, Viet ...

(''Người Việt'' or ''Người gốc Việt -'' Vietnamese or Vietnamese-descent). This list is incomplete.

Art and design

Fashion

Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh (born 1962), is a fashion designer and school director.Giving ...

, fashion designer * Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, model. She competed in

Miss Universe 2008 Miss Universe 2008 was the 57th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008. This was the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition. At the end of t ...

and made into the top 15. *

Trần Thị Hương Giang Trần Thị Hương Giang (born 14 January 1987 in Hải Dương) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Hai Duong 2006 and the 2nd Runner Up for Miss Vietnam Global 2009 in the US. Hương Giang was the offic ...

, model. She competed in

Miss World 2009 Miss World 2009 was the 59th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 12 December 2009. Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country sp ...

and made into the top 16. *

Võ Hoàng Yến Võ Hoàng Yến (born October 29, 1988) is a Vietnamese actress, public speaker, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Vietnam Supermodel 2008 contest and is the 1st runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2008. She represented Vietnam ...

, model. She competed in

Miss Universe 2009 Miss Universe 2009 was the 58th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas on August 23, 2009. At the end of the event, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela crowned Stefanía Fernández of ...

but was unplaced. * Thuy Diep, fashion designer. * Thien LE, Vietnamese-Canadian fashion designer and founder of the Thien Le label. * Chloe Dao, fashion designer, winner of

Project Runway ''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. It was created by Eli Holzman and was hosted by Heidi Klum from 2004 to 2017. It has a varied airi ...

Season 2 * Chau Bui, influential media figure in Vietnam and the region. *

H'Hen Niê H'Hen Niê ( ; born 15 May 1992) is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. After winning Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, she represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2018, and reached the Top 5 finalist, the current best p ...

, represented

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Miss Universe 2018 Miss Universe 2018 was the 67th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani, Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand, on 17 December 2018. At the conclusion of the event, Demi-Leigh Tebow, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of Sout ...

and placed in the top 5. * Nguyễn Công Trí, Vietnamese fashion designer. * Thảo Nhi Lê, Vietnamese-German model and fashion entrepreneur.

Arts & Entertainment

Cinema

* Steve Tran, actor and singer *

Maggie Q Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films '' Gen-Y Cops'' (2000) and '' Naked Weapon'' (2002), ...

, actress, fashion model *

Kieu Chinh Kieu Chinh (; born September 3, 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. Early life Dame Kieu Chinh was born on September 3, 1937, in Hanoi as Nguyễn Thị Kiều Chinh. During World War I ...

, actress *

Thuy Trang Thuy Trang (December 14, 1973 – September 3, 2001) was a Vietnamese-born actress based in the United States. She was known for her role as Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger on the original cast of the television series ''Mighty Morphin Pow ...

, actress *

Trà Giang NSND Trà Giang (born December 11, 1942) is a Vietnamese actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes w ...

, actress *

Trần Anh Hùng Trần Anh Hùng (English: Anh Hung Tran), born December 23, 1962) is a Vietnamese-French filmmaker. Early life and education Hung was born in Da Nang, South Vietnam. Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, he immig ...

, director * Ngo Thanh Van, actress *

Dustin Nguyen Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyễn Xuân Trí) (September 17, 1962) is a Vietnamese– American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on '' 21 Jump Street'' and as Johnny Loh on '' V.I.P.'' Recently, he starr ...

, actor *

Dat Phan Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975) is a Vietnamese-American stand-up comedian. He first rose to fame in 2003 after defeating runner-up Ralphie May to win Season 1 of ''Last Comic Standing''. In Fall 2004, he returned for the third season dubbed " ...

, comedian *

Linh Dan Pham Linh Dan Pham (born , June 20, 1974) is a Vietnamese-French actress. Biography She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to Paris, France, a year later, just before the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong ...

, actress *

Stéphane Ly-Cuong Stéphane is a French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. The word derives from the Greek word "''στεφάνι''" (stefáni) n (plural στεφάνια), meaning wreath, garland (of flowers), and the verb "στέφω" (stéfo), meaning "t ...

, director, screenwriter, actor *

Kim Nguyen Kim Nguyen (born 1974) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film '' War Witch (Rebelle)'' which received numerous honours including an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Bor ...

, Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker, director *

Ringo Le Ringo Le (Lê Quang Vinh) is an American filmmaker who is of Vietnamese descent. Ringo is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles. After college, he was selected as a fellow to participate in the Film Independent Project:Involve fil ...

, producer, director, screenwriter *

Ham Tran Ham Tran () is a Vietnamese American film writer, editor, and director. He is of Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese) ancestry, specifically Teochew. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film '' The ...

, producer, director, screenwriter *

Steve Nguyen Steve Nguyen (born December 30, 1985) is an American director, writer, artist and music producer. Nguyen and fellow director Choz Belen formed Studio APA, a multimedia collective that specializes in the production of animated films, children's b ...

, producer, director, screenwriter * Doan Hoang, producer, director, screenwriter * Anh Duong, actress, model,socialite *

France Nuyen France Nuyen (born France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French-American actress, model, and psychological counselor. She is known to film audiences for playing romantic leads in '' South Pacific'' (1958), '' Satan Never Sleeps'' (1962 ...

, actress *

Ke Huy Quan Ke Huy Quan ( ; ; born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is an American actor. List of awards and nominations received by Ke Huy Quan, His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Born in Vietnam, Quan immig ...

, actor *

Hong Chau Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as Ngoc Lan Tran in '' Downsizing'' (2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in '' The Whale'' (2022), including a nomination for the Academ ...

, actress * Chí Tài, Vietnamese comedian and actor *

Hoài Linh Võ Nguyễn Hoài Linh (born December 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Hoài Linh, is a Vietnamese and American comedian and actor. A frequent collaborator of Thúy Nga center, he is known for his comedy performances alongside other ar ...

, Vietnamese comedian and actor

Culinary

Hung Huynh Hung Huynh (born January 25, 1978) is a Vietnamese-born American chef, best known as the winner of the third season of ''Top Chef'', a reality cooking competition series on Bravo. He was the Executive Chef at Catch, The General, and Catch Miami. ...

, chef, winner of

Top Chef ''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo in March 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chefs ...

Season 3 * Christine Ha, winner of

MasterChef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with MasterChef (British TV series), the British version in July 1990. The show aims to discover the culinary talent of chefs of varying sk ...

Season 3 *

Luke Nguyen Luke Nguyen (; born 8 September 1978) is an Australian chef, restaurateur and television presenter of Vietnamese descent. Early life In 1977, Luke Nguyen's family escaped Vietnam by boat to Thailand in search of a new life. Upon arriving in Thail ...

, Vietnamese Australian chef

Dance

Poreotics Poreotics, also known as Poreotix, is an American all-male dance crew from Westminster, California. The crew was formed in 2007 by Matthew "Dumbo" Nguyen and specializes in popping, choreography and robotics, hence the name Po-reo-tics. They hav ...

**Matthew Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Can Trong Nguyen, Charles Viet Nguyen, Tim Kieu *

Jabbawockeez The Jabbawockeez is an American hip-hop dance crew that rose to prominence as the winner of the first season of '' America's Best Dance Crew'' in 2008. The group was established in 2003 in San Diego, California, by dancers Kevin "KB" Brewe ...

**Tony Tran, Jeff Nguyen * Kinjaz ** Charles Nguyen, Vinh Nguyen, Tony Tran, Kevin Nguyen

Literature

* Bao Ninh, novelist and short-story writer *

Dương Thu Hương Dương Thu Hương (born 1947) is a Vietnamese author and political dissident. Biography Early life Born in 1947 in Thái Bình a province in northern Vietnam, Dương Thu Hương came of age just as the Vietnam War was turning violent. At the ...

, novelist, short-story writer and dissident * Han Mac Tu, poet *

Hồ Xuân Hương Hồ Xuân Hương (; 1772–1822) was a Vietnamese poet born at the end of the Lê dynasty. She grew up in an era of political and social turmoil – the time of the Tây Sơn rebellion and a three-decade civil war that led to Nguyễn Á ...

, poet, dubbed as "The Queen of Nôm poetry". *

Nguyễn Chí Thiện Nguyễn Chí Thiện (27 February 19392 October 2012) was a North Vietnamese dissident, activist and poet who spent a total of twenty-seven years as a political prisoner of the communist governments of both North Vietnam and of post-1975 Viet ...

, poet *

Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (chữ Hán: 阮秉謙; 1491–1585) was a Vietnamese administrator, confucianist, poet, prophet and later a saint of the Cao Dai religion and of the new religious movement known as School of Teaching Goodness. Biog ...

, poet *

Nguyễn Du Nguyễn Du (; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), courtesy name Tố Như () and art name Thanh Hiên (), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. He is most known for having written the epic poem '' The Tale of Kiều''. Biography ...

, poet *

Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn (born 9 March 1945 in Sơn Tây in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese-Canadian writer, essayist and television personality. Ngạn was born in Sơn Tây (present-day Hanoi), but his family moved to South Vietnam when the Geneva Acc ...

, novelist, MC, teacher, poet. *

Nguyễn Trãi Nguyễn Trãi (阮廌), pen name Ức Trai (抑齋); (1380–1442) was an illustrious Vietnamese Confucian scholar, a noted poet, a skilled politician and a master strategist. He was at times attributed with being capable of almost miraculous or ...

, poet and statesman. *

Xuân Diệu Ngô Xuân Diệu (; February 2, 1916 – December 18, 1985) was a Vietnamese poet, journalist, short-story writer, and literary critic, best known as one of the prominent figures of the twentieth-century Thơ mới (New Poetry) Movement. Herald ...

, poet, journalist, short-story writer, and

literary critic A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature' ...

, best known as one of the prominent figures of the twentieth-century

Thơ mới New Poetry Movement ( Vietnamese : ''Phong-trào Thơ-mới'') was a literary movement in 1930s colonial Vietnam, abandoning the stylized forms of Chinese-influenced poetry in Hán-Nôm for free verse in Latin-alphabet Quốc ngữ. __TOC__ His ...

(New Poetry) Movement. *

Tố Hữu Tố Hữu (4 October 1920 – 9 December 2002) was a Vietnam, Vietnamese revolutionary poet and politician. Tố Hữu is considered one of the most important Vietnamese poets of the 20th century. His poems are known for their lyrical beauty, ...

, poet *

Thuận Thuận (Đoan Ánh Thuận) is a French writer and translator of Vietnamese origin. Most of her works were written in Vietnamese and translated into French. Her latest novel, ''B-52 or She Who Loved Tolstoy'' (2025), was written directly in Frenc ...

, novelist * Trần Bích San, writer *

Vương Trung Hiếu Vương Trung Hiếu (born 1959) is a Vietnamese fiction writer, journalist, translator, and interdisciplinary scholar. He is the author of more than two hundred books (including genre writing; novels; anthologies and translations). Many of his w ...

, writer * Doan Van Toai, author, former student leader * Pham Thi Hoai *

Lan Cao Lan Cao (born 1961) is a Vietnamese American professor and author. She wrote her debut novel '' Monkey Bridge'' in 1997, and her second novel, '' The Lotus and the Storm'' in 2014. She is a professor of law at the Chapman University School of L ...

, author of "Monkey Bridge" *

Monique Truong Monique T.D. Truong (born May 13, 1968) is a Vietnamese American writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Yale University and Columbia University School of Law. She has written multiple books, and her first novel, '' The Book of ...

, novelist * Nam Le author of "The Boat", editor of the ''Harvard Review'' * Bao Phi, Vietnamese-American

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artist, writer and activist. * Quang X. Pham,

Vietnamese American Vietnamese Americans () are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They constitute a major part of all overseas Vietnamese. As of 2023, over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live in the United States, making them the fourth largest Asian Ame ...

businessman, veteran, author, and community leader. Notable as the first Vietnamese American to earn

naval aviator Naval aviation / Aeronaval is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. It often involves '' navalised aircraft'', specifically designed for naval use. Seaborne aviation encompas ...

's wings in the

U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary ...

. * Andrew Lam,

author and journalist. *

Andrew X. Pham Andrew X. Pham was a Vietnamese-born American author and the founder of Spoonwiz. Pham was also an independent writer, journalist, and engineer. He received his B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 199 ...

, a Vietnamese-born American author , founder of Spoonwiz, and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellow, a Whiting Award, and the Kiriyama Prize. * Aimee Phan, American novelist and educator of Vietnamese descent. *

Ocean Vuong Ocean Vuong (born , ; born October 14, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, 2016 Whiting Award, an ...

, Vietnamesee-American poet, essayist, and novelist. Recipient of the 2014

Ruth Lilly Ruth Lilly (August 2, 1915 – December 30, 2009) was an American philanthropist, the last surviving great-grandchild of Eli Lilly, founder of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical firm, and heir to the Lilly family fortune. A lifelong re ...

and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the

Poetry Foundation The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from ''Poetry'' magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthrop ...

, 2016

Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...

, and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize. Known for his debut novel, '' On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous'' published in 2019.

,Media

, Vietnamese-Canadian television personality and fellow MC of ''Paris by Night''. * Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, Vietnamese-American fellow MC for

Paris by Night ''Paris by Night'' (commonly abbreviated as ''PBN'') is a direct-to-video series featuring Vietnamese-language musical variety shows produced by Thúy Nga Productions. Hosted mainly by Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, the ...

, singer, spokesperson for "Sua Ong Chua" * Phạm Xuân Ẩn, notable Vietnamese spy, journalist, and correspondent for ''

Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

'',

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and the ''

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'', stationed in

Saigon Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

. *

Tran Thanh Tran may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tran'' (novel), a novel in the ''Janissaries'' series named for a fictional planet * '' Dr. Tran'', an animated miniseries People * Trần (陳), a Vietnamese surname, including a list of people nam ...

, Vietnamese comedian, actor, and a major

presenter Presenter may refer to: People * News presenter, person who presents news during a news program * Sports commentator, an announcer who presents analysis of a sporting event * Radio personality, presenter or announcer on a radio show * Television ...

in Vietnamese television. *Tina Yong, Vietnamese-Australian beauty and lifestyle YouTuber and influencer based in Australia. *

Stephanie Trong Stephanie Trong (born 1976 in Norwich, New York) is an American editor who was the executive editor of the magazine '' Jane'', which had a circulation approaching one million until it shut down in July 2007. Biography She was born in Norwich, ...

, Executive Editor of ''

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'' and '' Nylon Guys''. Former Exec. Editor of Jane. *

Natalie Tran Natalie Tran (born 24 July 1986), also known online as communitychannel, is an Australian YouTuber, actress, comedian, television presenter, and writer. On YouTube, she became known for her comedy videos in which she discusses everyday issues. ...

, video blogger and comedian on

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

Michelle Phan Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is an American YouTube personality and entrepreneur. She is the founder and owner of EM Cosmetics, a cosmetics brand she relaunched in 2017. Early life and education Michelle Phan was born on April 11, 1987 ...

, YouTube make-up guru and spokesperson for Lancôme Paris. *

Anh Do Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese Australian, Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Good News Week'', and was runner-up on ''Danci ...

, Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. Has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''

Thank God You're Here ''Thank God You're Here'' is an Australian television improvised comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on 5 April 2006 on Network 10, where it aired for the first three and from the fifth season onwards; the fourt ...

'' and ''

Good News Week ''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...

'', and was runner-up on ''

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'' in 2007. * Mychonny, Melbourne-based Vietnamese-Chinese Australian YouTuber. * The Anh Phan, Vietnamese travel blogger, scholar, author, and lecturer whose work primarily focuses on

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cause-related marketing Cause marketing is marketing done by a for-profit business that seeks to both increase profits and to better society in accordance with corporate social responsibility, such as by including activist messages in advertising. A similar phrase, cau ...

, and

influencer marketing Influencer marketing (also known as influence marketing) is a form of social media marketing involving endorsements and product placement from influencers, individuals and organizations who have a purported expert level of knowledge or so ...

Music

* AMEE, singer best known for being the first solo female artist from St.319 Entertainment. She is the youngest Vietnamese artist to have won at the

MAMA Awards The MAMA Awards (, formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards) is a major Music award, music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ ENM. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes have been won by K-pop artists, although ...

for "Best New Asian Artist in Vietnam". * Chuckie Akenz, Canadian

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

descent. Raise to popularity with the filming of an amateur rap video called "You Got Beef?" *

Bằng Kiều Nguyễn Bằng Kiều (born 13 July 1973 in Hanoi), is a Vietnamese ballad singer. He is a former member of bands including Golden Keys, Frangipani, and Watermelon. In 2000, he became a solo artist. In 2002, he relocated to America and marri ...

, singer and former member of bands including Golden Keys, Frangipani, and Watermelon. * Dam Vinh Hung, singer * Dang Thai Son, Vietnamese and Canadian classical pianist and in 1980 won the X International Chopin Piano Competition in

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, becoming the first pianist from Asia to win. * Diễm Liên, singer and actress. *

Don Hồ Hồ Mạnh Dũng (born 1962), better known as Don Hồ is a Vietnamese American singer who is known for appearing in '' Paris by Night''. Early life Don Hồ, whose real name is Hồ Mạnh Dũng, was born on February 22, 1962, in Saigon, South ...

, Vietnamese American singer known for his appearance in ''

''. *

Dương Triệu Vũ Dương Triệu Vũ (born January 1, 1984, in Cam Ranh, Vietnam) is the stage name of Tuấn Linh, a singer on the popular Vietnamese diaspora music show ''Paris by Night''. Biography Born into a family of six children as the youngest, Tuấn Lin ...

, singer *

Hanni (singer) Hanni Pham (born 6 October 2004), known mononymously as Hanni (), is an Australian singer based in South Korea. In July 2022, she made her debut as a member of the South Korean girl group NewJeans, under the record label ADOR. Early life Han ...

, (born Phạm Ngọc Hân, 2004), singer and member of girl group

NewJeans NewJeans (), also known as NJZ (), is a South Korean girl group formed by ADOR, a sub-label of Hybe Corporation, Hybe. The group is composed of five members: Minji (singer), Minji, Hanni (singer), Hanni, Danielle Marsh, Danielle, Haerin, and H ...

* Hanbin, Vietnamese singer based in South Korea and member of boy group Tempest. He is the first Vietnamese male to become a K-pop idol. * Hari Won (Esther Lưu), South Korean-born Vietnamese singer, actress and MC in Vietnam. * Hồ Bích Ngọc, singer and song writer *

Hồ Lệ Thu Tào Thế Lệ Thu, stage name Hồ Lệ Thu (Hanoi, October 19, 1973) is a female pop singer from northern Vietnam. Biography Hồ Lệ Thu was born in Hà Nội, Vietnam. She started to exhibit her ambition for singing at a very early age, ...

, singer * Hong Nhung, singer * Huong Thuy, singer *

Jack Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, incl ...

, singer *

keshi Keshi may refer to: * Keshi (singer) (born 1994), American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist * Keshigomu, often shortened to "keshi", a type of collectible miniature figure from Japan * Keshin, also known as Keshi, a ...

, singer *

Khánh Ly Khánh Ly (born as Nguyễn Thị Lệ Mai; 6 March 1945 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese-American singer. She performed many songs written by Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn and rose to fame in the 1960s. She married South Vietnam journalist Ng ...

, singer *

Kristine Sa Kristine Sa (June 6, 1982) is a Vietnamese-born Canadian singer and songwriter. Career Sa was born in Song Be, a small town near Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. When she was six, her family moved to Canada and she grew up in Toronto. She en ...

, songwriter and singer *

Lam Nhat Tien Lam or LAM may refer to: Organizations * Laguna Art Museum, California, US * Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M), Chicago, US * Lam Eng Rubber, a Malaysian manufacturer * Lam Research, American semiconductor equipment company * LAM Mozambique Airlin ...

, singer *

Lam Phương Lam Phương, real name Lâm Đình Phùng (March 20, 1937 – December 22, 2020), was a Vietnamese popular music songwriter.David Lan Pham ''Two Hamlets in Nam Bo: Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese ... '' Page 98 2008 "Phạm Duy, La ...

, composer * Le Tuan Hung, composer, performer, and musicologist *

Leslie (singer) Leslie Bourgouin, better known by her mononym Leslie, is a French pop- R&B singer. Her father is Vietnamese and Polynesian while her mother is French. She is married to French music producer Djamel Ferazi, known as Kore, with whom she has a ...

, French singer * Loan Chau, singer *

Lưu Hữu Phước Lưu Hữu Phước (12 September 1921 – 8 June 1989) was a Vietnamese composer, a member of the National Assembly, and Chairman of the Committee of Culture and Education of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Lưu Hữu ...

, composer * Minh Tuyet, singer * My Linh, singer * My Tam, composer, songwriter, singer,

MYTIME MyTime is an American software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, providing scheduling, marketing, and point of sale solution for local and international service businesses. Description MyTime has an online appointment book ...

perfume owner *

Niels Lan Doky Niels Lan Doky (born 3 October 1963) is a Danish jazz pianist, composer and producer. He is the older brother of jazz bassist Chris Minh Doky. Biography Doky was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as ...

, pianist * Như Quỳnh, singer * Ngoc Son, singer *

Nguyên Lê Nguyên Lê (Vietnamese: ''Lê Thành Nguyên''; born 14 January 1959) is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry. His main instrument is guitar, and he also plays bass guitar and guitar synthesizer. He has released albums ...

, musician, composer *

Nguyen Thanh Hien Nguyễn Thanh Hiền or simply Hien (born 6 March 1994) is a Hungarian pop singer of Vietnamese descent who competed in the Hungarian Megasztár sixth season and was the fifth runner up. Biography Hien attended school between 2000 and 2006 at ...

, singer, dancer, and model, contestant of the Hungarian Pop Idol * Nhat Son, singer * Nhu Loan, singer *

Phạm Duy Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one ...

, composer and songwriter *

Phi Nhung Phạm Phi Nhung (10 April 1970 – 28 September 2021) was a Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian. She specialised in Dan Ca and Tru Tinh music. She sang for Paris By Night and :vi:Trung tâm Vân Sơn, Vân Sơn and also ac ...

, vocalist, singer *

Phuong Thanh Phuong, or High Katu, is a Katuic language (Mon-Khmer The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the ...

, singer *

Quan Yeomans Quan Yeomans (born 12 December 1972) is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of the band Regurgitator. Early life Yeomans was born in Sydney to a fifth-generation Australian father, Neville, and his mother Lien, a well-known Vi ...

, vocalist and guitarist of

Regurgitator Regurgitator are an Australian alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in late 1993 by Quan Yeomans on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Ben Ely on bass guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Martin Lee on drums. Their debut stud ...

Quang Lê Quang Lê (born 24 January 1979) is one of the top selling Vietnamese-American recording artists, renowned for his unique covers of many traditional Vietnamese songs created and written before, during and about the Vietnam War. Quang Lê has becom ...

, singer *

Roni Tran Binh Trong Roni Trần Bình Trong is a Finnish singer of Vietnamese ancestry who rose to popularity after placing sixth in '' Idols Finland 2'', the Finnish version of ''Pop Idol''. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, but went to Finland at the age ...

, singer, ''Finnish Idol'' finalist * Steve Tran, singer, film & TV actor *

Stevie Hoang Stevie Hoang (born 9 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer signed to Mercury Records and Avex. Career Stevie Hoang (pronounced ''Hwong'') learned piano at the age of eleven and showed talent with it. He started his mu ...

, singer *

Tâm Đoan Tâm Đoan is a Vietnamese-Canadian singer. She and her sister Kristine Sa, Kristine changed their family name to "Sa" when they started their singing careers. Life and career Tam Doan's stage name is a purple flower in the Central Highlands (V ...

, singer *

Thanh Lam Đoàn Thanh Lam (born 19 June 1969) is a Vietnamese singer. She is one of ''the four divas of Vietnam''. Biography Đoàn Thanh Lam was born in Hanoi to music composer Thuận Yến and traditional music artist Thanh Hương. She has one you ...

, singer *

Thanh Bui North was an Australian boy band established in 2004. Popular primarily in Asia, the group had top ten singles in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and India. Their debut single was a cover of Peter Cetera's " Glory of Love" which ...

, singer, ''Australian Idol'' finalist * Tran Thu Ha, singer * Trinh Cong Son, composer and songwriter, painter, and essayist *

Trish Thuy Trang Trish Thuy Trang (born December 15, 1980) is a Vietnamese American singer and songwriter. Biography Early life and career Trish Thuy Trang (born Nguyễn Thùy Trang) was born in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, on December 15, 1980. Growing up, Tr ...

, singer * Truc Ho, composer, musician turned producer *

Tyga Micheal Ray StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson

, rapper *

Văn Cao Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, ; 15 November 192310 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include ''Tiến Quân Ca'', which became the national anthem of Vietnam. He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely cons ...

, composer, songwriter, poet, and painter, author of Vietnam's

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European ...

* Son Tung MTP, singer-songwriter, actor

Painting

Bùi Xuân Phái Bùi Xuân Phái (September 1, 1920 – June 24, 1988) was a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese Painting, painter. He is famous for the painting of Hanoi Old Quarters. He also painted the actors and musicians of Hát tuồng, Vietnamese opera. Biogra ...

* Dinh Q. Lê *

Dương Bích Liên Dương Bích Liên (17 July 1924 – 12 December 1988) was a Vietnamese painter. He is reported to have drunk himself to death.Art of Vietnam: Catherine Noppe, Jean-François Hubert - 2003 -"... Tran Dinh Tho, V6 Lang and Duong Bich Lien, artists ...

Lê Hiền Minh Lê Hiền Minh (born 1979) is a Vietnamese artist known for employing a Vietnamese traditional handmade paper called Dó to construct large-scale installations. Growing up in war-torn Vietnam during the political and economic shifts of the 1980s ...

* Lê Phổ *

Lê Văn Đệ Celso-Léon Lê Văn Đệ (24 August 1906 – 16 March 1966) was a South Vietnamese painter who designed the South Vietnamese flag. Early life and education A Roman Catholic, he was born in Mỏ Cày, Bến Tre, and was in charge of Asian Arts ...

Nguyễn Gia Trí Nguyen Gia Tri or Nguyễn Gia Trí (Chương Mỹ, Hà Tây 1908 - 1993) was a Vietnamese painter best known for his lacquer paintings.''Insight Guides - Vietnam'' 2002 Page 110 "While Nguyen Gia Tri's works continue to generate acclaim for tra ...

* Nguyễn Khang *

Nguyễn Sáng Nguyễn Sáng (1923, in Tien Giang Province – 1988, in Ho Chi Minh City) was a Vietnamese painter. He was a graduate of the 1940–1945 class of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine. His favorite medias were pumice Pumice (), called pu ...

Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm (1919 – 15 June 2016) was a Vietnamese lacquer painter. He was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for fine art in 1996. References 1919 births 2016 deaths People from Nghệ An province 20th-century Vietnamese painter ...

Tô Ngọc Vân Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲, 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. He taught a resistance art cla ...

* Trần Đông Lương *

Trần Trọng Vũ Trần Trọng Vũ (born 1964 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese painter. He is the youngest son of the poet Trần Dần Trần Dần (1926–1997) was a Vietnamese poet and novelist noted for his radical works. He is the father of the painter Tr ...

* Trần Văn Cẩn

Business

Phạm Nhật Vượng Phạm Nhật Vượng (, born 5 August 1968) is a Vietnamese property developer and Vietnam's first USD billionaire. He is the founder and chairman of Vingroup, the largest conglomerate in Vietnam. As of November 2024, Vượng has a net wor ...

, Vietnam's first billionaire. * Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, Vietnam's first female billionaire,

Vietjet Air Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (), operating as VietJet Air or Vietjet, is a Vietnamese low-cost airline based in Hanoi. It was the first privately owned airline to be established in Vietnam, being granted its initial approval to operate ...

. *Ung Thi, built and operated the

Rex Hotel The Rex Hotel or Rex Hotel Saigon (, ) is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the daily U.S. briefings at the hotel became known as " The Five O'Clock Follies". The 286-room (as of 2024), six ...

, in

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

. * Trung Dung, Vietnamese American businessman and programmer. * Pham Duc Trung Kien, Vietnamese-American businessman. * Bill Nguyen, Vietnamese-American technology entrepreneur. * Hoang Kieu, Vietnamese-born American businessman. * Thuan Pham, engineer, former CTO of

Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. is an American multinational transportation company that provides Ridesharing company, ride-hailing services, courier services, food delivery, and freight transport. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, a ...

and

Coupang Coupang, Inc. () is a US-based technology company headquartered in Seattle, Seattle, Washington and incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Founded in 2010 by Bom Kim, the company operates a retail business, food delivery se ...

History and politics (non-exhaustive)

Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:

Emperors

* Hùng Vương *

Đinh Tiên Hoàng Dinh (丁) is a Vietnamese surname. In Vietnam, the surname is spelled Đinh or Đình, but the latter is very rare in Vietnamese. Notable people * Andy Dinh, Team SoloMid owner, player * Dan Dinh, ''League of Legends '' player, brother of Andy Di ...

, first Emperor *

Ngô Quyền Ngô Quyền ( vi-hantu, 吳權) (April 17, 898 – February 14, 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned fro ...

Quang Trung Emperor Quang Trung (; vi-hantu, 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ ( vi-hantu, 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình ( vi-hantu, 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dy ...

Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng (), also known as Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu), was the second emperor of the Nguyễ ...

Dục Đức Dục Đức (, ; born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Ái, 23 February 1852 – 6 October 1883), was Emperor of Vietnam for three days, from 20 to 23 July 1883. He was the fifth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and father of Emperor Thành Thái, who rule ...

* Hiệp Hòa *

Kiến Phúc Kiến Phúc (, 12 February 1869 – 31 July 1884) was a child emperor of Vietnam, who reigned for less than 8 months, 1883–1884, as the 7th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. Biography Born in 1869, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Đăng, he ...

Hàm Nghi Emperor Hàm Nghi (, vi-hantu, lit. "entirely right", 3 August 1871 – 14 January 1944), personal name Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch (), also Nguyễn Phúc Minh, was the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty. He reigned for only one ...

Duy Tân Emperor Duy Tân (, vi-hantu, 維新, lit. "renovation"; 19 September 1900 – 26 December 1945), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was the 11th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, who reigned for nine years between 1907 and 1916. Early c ...

Khải Định Khải Định (; chữ Hán: 啓定; born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo; 8 October 1885 – 6 November 1925) was the 12th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, reigning from 1916 to 1925. His name at birth was Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đ ...

Lê Lợi Lê Lợi (, chữ Hán: 黎利; 10 September 1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese peopl ...

Presidents

Hồ Chí Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic ...

Tôn Đức Thắng Tôn Đức Thắng (; 20 August 1888 – 30 March 1980) was the second President of Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Tôn was never a major policymaker or even a member of ...

Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (; 10 July 1910 – 24 December 1996) was a South Vietnamese politician, revolutionary and Chairman of Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman ...

Nguyễn Minh Triết Nguyễn Minh Triết (; born 8 October 1942) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the seventh President of Vietnam from 2006 to 2011. He was elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam with 464 votes (94%) in June 2006. Nguyễn Minh ...

Trần Đức Lương Trần Đức Lương (; 5 May 1937 – 20 May 2025) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006. Early life Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province and ...

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (, meaning "Long March"), born Đặng Xuân Khu (9 February 1907 – 30 September 1988) was a Vietnamese communism, communist political leader, revolutionary and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics f ...

Võ Chí Công Võ Chí Công (; born Võ Toàn ; 7 August 1912 – 8 September 2011) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, and the Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (Alternatively: President of Vietnam) between 1987 and 1992. He was the Standin ...

Lê Đức Anh Lê Đức Anh (; 1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was a Vietnamese politician and general who served as the fifth President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regar ...

Trương Tấn Sang Trương Tấn Sang (; born 21 January 1949) is a Vietnamese politician, who served as the eighth President of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He was one of Vietnam's top leaders, alongside prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and Party general secr ...

Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (; born 20 July 1954) is a Vietnamese former politician who served as the 11th president of Vietnam from 2021 until his resignation in 2023 amidst a series of corruption scandals. He also was the seventh prime minister from ...

Võ Văn Thưởng Võ Văn Thưởng (; born 13 December 1970) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the 12th president of Vietnam from March 2023 to March 2024, being the youngest person to serve in this position since the country's Reunification Day, reunifi ...

Tô Lâm Tô Lâm (; born 10 July 1957) is a Vietnamese politician and former police officer who has served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) since August 2024 and the 13th p ...

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh (; 16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. ...

, last President *

Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( , or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of ...

, first President *

Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Khánh (}; 8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military dictator and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head o ...

, (Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, 1964) *

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnam, South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the Leaders of South Vietnam, president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Repub ...

Phan Khắc Sửu Phan Khắc Sửu (; vi-hantu, 9 January 1893 – 24 May 1970) was a South Vietnamese engineer and politician who served as a minister in Bảo Đại's government of the State of Vietnam and as a civilian Chief of State of the Republic of Vie ...

Trần Văn Hương Trần Văn Hương (; 1 December 1902 – 27 January 1982) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the penultimate president of South Vietnam for a week in April 1975 before its surrender to the communist forces of North Vietnam. Before asc ...

* Hoàng Gia Hợp, Deputy Minister of Health

Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam

Đỗ Mười Đỗ Mười (; 2 February 1917 – 1 October 2018) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1940s, became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1988 and was elected General Secretary of the Central ...

Lê Duẩn Lê Duẩn (; 7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) at the 3rd Natio ...

Lê Khả Phiêu Lê Khả Phiêu (; 27 December 1932 – 7 August 2020) was a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001.Gainsborough 2010, p. 143 Lê Khả Phiêu served in the Viet ...

Nguyễn Văn Linh Nguyễn Văn Linh (; 1 July 1915 – 27 April 1998) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. Nguyễn Văn Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during ...

Nông Đức Mạnh Nông Đức Mạnh (; born 11 September 1940) is a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from 22 April 2001 to 19 January 2011 ...

Nguyễn Phú Trọng Nguyễn Phú Trọng ( ; 14 April 194419 July 2024) was a Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretaria ...

Prime ministers

Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Viet ...

Phạm Hùng Phạm Hùng (; June 11, 1912 – March 10, 1988) was a South Vietnamese politician and the 2nd Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1987 to 1988. Life Phạm Hùng was born on June 11, 1912, in Vĩnh Lon ...

Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt (; 23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008"E ...

Phan Văn Khải Phan Văn Khải (; 25 December 1933 – 17 March 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam from 25 September 1997 until his resignation on 27 June 2006. He was considered to be a technocratic, innovat ...

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (; born 17 November 1949) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2006 to 2016. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on 27 June 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan ...

* Phạm Minh Chính

Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of Sout ...

* Tran Thien Khiem *

Tran Van Huong Tran may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tran'' (novel), a novel in the ''Janissaries'' series named for a fictional planet * '' Dr. Tran'', an animated miniseries People * Trần (陳), a Vietnamese surname, including a list of people nam ...

* Nguyen Xuan Oanh

Generals

Trần Hưng Đạo Trần Hưng Đạo (; 1228–1300), real name Trần Quốc Tuấn (陳國峻), also known as Grand Prince Hưng Đạo (''Hưng Đạo Đại Vương'' – 興道大王), was a Vietnamese royal prince, statesman and military commander of Đại ...

Phạm Ngũ Lão Phạm Ngũ Lão (范五老, 1255–1320) was a general of the Trần dynasty during the reigns of three successive emperors Trần Nhân Tông, Nhân Tông, Trần Anh Tông, Anh Tông, and Trần Minh Tông, Minh Tông. His talent was noticed ...

Cao Văn Viên Cao Văn Viên (; December 21, 1921 – January 22, 2008) was a four-star army general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He rose to the position of Chairman of the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff. Butterfie ...

, 4-star general of the

Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with it ...

Lê Minh Đảo Lê Minh Đảo (5 March 1933 – 19 March 2020) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He commanded the 18th Division nicknamed "The Super Men", at Xuân Lộc, the last major battle of the Vie ...

* Lê Nguyên Vỹ, Republic of Vietnam brigadier general. He defeated Viet Cong forces in the

Battle of An Lộc The Battle of An Lộc was a major battle of the Vietnam War that lasted for 66 days and culminated in a victory for South Vietnam. The struggle for An Lộc, Bình Phước, An Lộc in 1972 was an important battle of the war, as South Vietname ...

. * Ngo Lý Tin, Vietnamese general and scholar *

Ngô Quang Trưởng Ngô Quang Trưởng (13 December 1929 — 22 January 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Trưởng gained his commission in the Vietnamese National Army in 1954 and moved up the ranks over the next decade, most ...

, Republic of Vietnam lieutenant general. He recaptured

Huế Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng ...

from Northern communist forces in 1968

Tet Offensive The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of ...

. *

Nguyễn Ngọc Loan Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (; 11 December 193014 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed a handcuffed prisoner of war named Nguyễn ...

, Republic of Vietnam general. He defended

against Viet Cong forces in the Tet Offensive. *

Nguyễn Thị Định Madame Nguyễn Thị Định (; 15 March 1920 – 26 August 1992) was the first female general of the Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War and the first female Vice President of Vietnam. Her role in the war was as National Liberation ...

Nguyễn Văn Hiếu Major General Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (23 June 1929, Tianjin, China – 8 April 1975, Biên Hòa, Vietnam) was a general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). As a child he lived in Shanghai. He later emigrated with h ...

Phạm Văn Đồng (ARVN general) Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following Fall of Saigon, reunification of North ...

Trần Văn Hai Brigadier General Trần Văn Hai (1927 – April 30, 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was born in Cần Thơ. Military service In 1951, Hai graduated from the Dalat Military Academy, Class 7. In May 1968, he was ...

Trần Văn Trà Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (15 September 1919 – 20 April 1996) was a colonel-general in the People's Army of Vietnam. He was Commander of B2 Front during 1963 – 1967, Deputy Commander of Liberation Army of South Vietnam dur ...

* Trình Minh Thế *

Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng (; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002) was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–1974); PAVN commander in chief (1975–1980); member of the Central Military–Party Committee ...

Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp ( vi-hantu, , ; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars agains ...

, general. He defeated France in the

Battle of Dien Bien Phu The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the forces of the French Union and Viet Minh. The French began an operation to in ...

Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)

Trưng Sisters The Trưng sisters ( (), 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies

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Trưng", 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after Trung sisters' rebellion, commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in ...

Phan Bội Châu Phan Bội Châu (; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy name Hải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of 20th century Vietnamese nationalism. In 1904, he formed a revolutionary organization called ...

Joseph Cao Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao ( ; ; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese-American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party (United ...

(Cao Quang Ánh), former Louisiana representative in the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

* Charles Tran Van Lam *

Đinh Xuân Lưu Dinh Xuan Luu is a Vietnamese ambassador who served as the country's ambassador to Poland in the early 2000s. From 2009 he has been Vietnam's ambassador to Israel. He is married to Truong Phuong Hong. Ambassador to Israel Luu served as the Amba ...

, Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland and Israel * Hoang Van Chi, South Vietnamese politician who publicized the

Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair The ''Nhân Văn-Giai Phẩm'' affair () was a cultural-political movement in North Vietnam in the late 1950s. Two periodicals were established during that time, Nhân Văn (, ''Humanities'') and Giai Phẩm (, ''Masterpieces''), many issues of whi ...

in the North under Ho Chi Minh *

Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ (; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary general, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly wit ...

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(declined), 1973 *

Hieu Van Le Hieu Van Le, (; born 1 January 1954) was the 35th governor of South Australia, in office from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2021. He served as the state's lieutenant-governor from 2007 to 2014. He also served as chair of the South Australian Mu ...

, Lieutenant Governor of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

Lý Long Tường Lý Long Tường (1174 – ?) was a Vietnamese prince of the Lý dynasty of Đại Việt (in modern-day Vietnam) who went to Korea and became a general. In Korea he went by the name Yi Yong-sang (). He is the progenitor of a still-extant Korean ...

Kaysone Phomvihane Kaysone Phomvihane (''Kraisorn Brahmavihara;'' , ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his de ...

, past Laotian Prime Minister (born Nguyen Cai Song) *

Philipp Rösler Philipp Rösler (; born 24 February 1973) is a German former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009 to 2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013. Rösl ...

, German vice-chancellor in

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office. She was Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and Leade ...

's administration *

Trần Trọng Kim Trần Trọng Kim (; chữ Hán: 陳仲金, Kanji pronunciation: ''Chin Jūkin''; ; 1883 – December 2, 1953; courtesy name Lệ Thần (, chữ Hán: 隸臣) was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the sho ...

Wayne Cao Wayne Cao (born Nguyễn Cảo; December 7, 1946) is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, where he represented the district of Calgary-Fort as a Progressive Conservative. He was first elected in the ...

, Alberta provincial deputy speaker and MLA of the

Alberta Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...

Lawyers

Jacques Vergès Jacques Vergès (; 5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forc ...

, lawyer who represented well-known war criminals

Religion

Vietnam's major

religions Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, t ...

besides

Vietnamese folk religion Vietnamese folk religion () or Đạo Lương (道良) is a group of spiritual beliefs and practices adhered to by the Vietnamese people. About 86% of the population in Vietnam are reported irreligion, irreligious, but are associated with this t ...

have been

Mahayana Buddhism Mahāyāna ( ; , , ; ) is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India ( onwards). It is considered one of the three main existing branches of Buddhism, the others being Thera ...

(

East Asian Buddhism East Asian Buddhism or East Asian Mahayana is a collective term for the schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism which developed across East Asia and which rely on the Chinese Buddhist canon. These include the various forms of Chinese, Japanese, Kore ...

) and

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

Confucianism Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, Religious Confucianism, religion, theory of government, or way of li ...

and

Taoism Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...

were also legacies inherited from ancient China, but may be regarded as philosophical rather than strictly religious.

Buddhism (Mahayana)

Thích Thanh Từ Thích Thanh Từ (right) with Pratibha Patil. Thích Thanh Từ (born 24 July 1924) is a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk. He has been influential with increasing traditional Vietnamese Buddhism practices within the country. Biography Thích ...

Thich Nhat Hanh Thích is a name that Vietnamese monks and nuns take as their Buddhist surname to show affinity with the Buddha. Notable Vietnamese monks with the name include: * Thích Huyền Quang (1919–2008), dissident and activist * Thích Quảng Độ (1 ...

Thích Nhật Từ Ven. Thich Nhat Tu or Thích Nhật Từ (釋日慈) in Vietnamese (Saigon, 1969) is a Vietnamese Buddhist reformer, an author, a poet, a psychological consultant, and an active social activist in Vietnam. He is committed to propagate Buddha's tea ...

Thích Quảng Độ Thích Quảng Độ ( vi-hantu, 釋廣度) (; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar who was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death. Since the execu ...

Thích Quảng Đức Thích Quảng Đức ( vi-hantu, , ; born Lâm Văn Túc; – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecut ...

, Buddhist who self-immolated. * Thích Minh Tuệ

Christianity

Roman Catholicism

Nguyễn Văn Thuận Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (; 17 April 1928 – 16 September 2002), was a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was a nephew of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô � ...

, Cardinal * Philippe Trần Văn Hoài, Monsignor

Protestantism

* Nguyễn Thị Thuấn, Christian missionary and Women's General Commissioner of the Protestant Church of Vietnam *

Nguyễn Văn Đài Nguyễn Văn Đài (born 1970 in Khoái Châu District in Hưng Yên Province) is a Vietnamese human rights lawyer, democracy activist and blogger. He was arrested on December 16, 2015, by the Vietnamese authorities and charged under Article ...

, human rights lawyer, democracy activist, and member of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North)

Sciences

Natural sciences and technology

André Truong Trong Thi André Trương Trọng Thi (1936–2005) was a Vietnamese-France, French Computer engineering, computer engineer. He is considered to be the "father of the personal computer" for his 1973 creation along with French inventor François Gernelle o ...

, engineer *

Tuan Vo-Dinh Tuan Vo-Dinh (Vietnamese: Võ Đình Tuấn) (Nha Trang, 11 April 1948) is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and professor of Chemistry and director of the Fitz ...

, Prof., Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

Nguyen Xuan Vinh Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

, scientist and educator * Duy-Loan Le *

Tan Le Tan Le (Vietnamese: ''Lê Thị Thái Tần'', born 20 May 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian telecommunications entrepreneur and a co-founder of Emotiv. She was named the 1998 Young Australian of the Year. Career As president of the Vietna ...

telecommunications entrepreneur, co-founder of Emotiv, Young Australian of the Year 1998 *

Hoàng Tụy Hoàng Tụy (7 December 1927 – 14 July 2019) was a prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician. He was considered one of two founders of the mathematical institutions of Vietnam; the other was Lê Văn Thiêm. Career Hoàng Tụy's early car ...

, mathematician *

Ngô Bảo Châu Ngô Bảo Châu (, born June 28, 1972) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms (proposed by Robert Langlands and Diana Shelstad). He is the first Vie ...

, first Vietnamese mathematician to win the

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians, International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place e ...

* Trinh Xuan Thuan, astrophysicist * Van H. Vu, mathematician * Lê Văn Thiêm, mathematician * Bui Tuong Phong, computer scientist * Minh Quang Tran, physicist * Jane Luu, astrophysicist * Xuong Nguyen-Huu, biochemist * Minh Le, computer game developer * Jordan Nguyen, inventor (mind-controlled wheelchair, etc.) * Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England

Space travel

*Eugene H. Trinh, astronaut *Phạm Tuân, Pham Tuân, cosmonaut

Social sciences

*Lê Quý Đôn, historian, encyclopedist, and philosopher *Lương Kim Định, Luong Kim Dinh, Catholic priest, scholar and philosopher *Ngô Văn Doanh, archaeologist, social scientist and cultural researcher *Nguyễn Hồng Giáp, economist

Sports

*Amy Swensen, Amy Tran, retired hockey player *Brandon Nakashima, professional tennis player. *Carol Huynh, Olympic wrestler. *Catherine Fox, Catherine Mai Lan Fox, Olympic swimmer with two gold medals *Chau Giang, professional poker *Cung Le, Mixed martial arts, MMA/kickboxing champion and coach *Đặng Văn Lâm, Dang Van Lam, professional soccer player. *Danny Graves, Major League Baseball, MLB baseball player *Dat Nguyen, National Football League, NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach *David Pham, professional poker player *François Trinh-Duc, French professional rugby player *Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Hoang Xuan Vinh, Vietnam's first Olympic Gold Medalist. *Howard Bach, badminton player, former world champion (2005) *Jaylin Williams (basketball, born 2002), Jaylin Williams, National Basketball Association, NBA basketball player. *Jim Parque, In 1996 was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympic baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta. *Johnny Juzang, National Basketball Association, NBA basketball player. *Lê Quang Liêm, Le Quang Liem, Vietnamese chess player. *Lê Văn Công, Le Van Cong, Vietnamese sports powerlifter and the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal in the history of the Summer Paralympics. *Lee Nguyen, professional soccer player *Lý Hoàng Nam, Ly Hoang Nam, first Vietnamese tennis player to win a Grand Slam trophy. *Marcel Nguyen, German Vietnamese gymnast. *Men Nguyen, professional poker player *Mimi Tran, professional poker player *Nam Phan, professional MMA Fighter in the UFC *Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, chess player *Nguyễn Quang Hải (footballer, born 1997), Nguyen Quang Hai, professional soccer player *Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnamese swimmer. *Nguyễn Tiến Minh, Nguyen Tien Minh, badminton player, World Badminton Championship bronze medalist (2013) *Paul Truong, chess coach *Rob Nguyen, Formula 3000 driver *Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player *Trần Hiếu Ngân, Tran Hieu Ngan, taekwondo, first Vietnamese winning an Olympic medal (silver) *Yohan Cabaye, professional soccer player

Video Games and Esports

* TenZ (Tyson Văn Ngô) former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, CSGO player, professional Valorant player, Vietnamese Canadian. * Ana (gamer), ana (Anathan Phạm), Dota 2, Dota2 International 2-time champion and 2-time Major winner, Vietnamese Chinese Australian. * Lê "SofM" Quang Duy (pronounced "zuy"), professional League of Legends player. * Ken Hoang, Super Smash Bros. professional player, Vietnamese American * :vi:MisThy, MisThy, popular YouTuber, video game streamer. * :vi:ViruSs, ViruSs, video game streamer, producer. * Minh Le, (Gooseman), Vietnamese Canadian video game programmer who co-created the ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'' Mod (computer gaming), mod ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' in 1999, starting the Counter-Strike, ''Counter-Strike'' series. * .Gears, Dong Nguyen, Flappy Bird mobile game.

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