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Natural sciences and technology
- André Truong Trong ThiAndré Truong Trong ThiAndré Trương Trọng Thi was a Vietnamese-French engineer. He is considered to be the "father of the personal computer" for his company creating thanks to the french inventor of this machine François Gernelle, the Micral N based on an Intel 8008 processor, soon named in 1973 for the first time:...
, engineer - Tuan Vo-DinhTuan Vo-DinhTuan Vo-Dinh is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University. Vo-Dinh has been ranked No...
, Prof., Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B... - Nguyen Xuan VinhNguyen Xuan VinhNguyễn Xuân Vinh is a noted Vietnamese-American aerospace scientist and educator. Vinh is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he taught for nearly thirty years...
, scientist and educator - Duy-Loan LeDuy-Loan LeDuy-Loan T. Le is an engineer and the first woman and Asian to get elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow.-Early life:Born in Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1962, to a Vietnamese-Muslim family , she fled to the U.S...
- Hoang TuyHoang TuyHoàng "Jefferson" Tụy is a prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician. He is one of two founders of Vietnamese Mathematics, the other is Lê Văn Thiêm....
, mathematician - Phan Toan Thang, the first scientist to discover the technology to split, nurture and maintain stem cells from umbilical cords
- Ngô Bảo ChâuNgo Bao ChauNgô Bảo Châu is a Vietnamese and 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 Vietnamese to receive the Fields Medal.- Biography :Chau was born in 1972, the...
, the first Vietnamese mathematician to win the Fields MedalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four... - Trinh Xuan ThuanTrinh Xuan ThuanTrịnh Xuân Thuận is a Vietnamese-American astrophysicist.Thuận was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He completed his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He has taught astronomy at the University of Virginia since 1976, and is a Research Associate at the...
, astrophysicist
Architecture
- Ngo Viet ThuNgo Viet ThuNgô Viết Thụ was a Vietnamese architect; he designed the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City....
, architect and urbanist - Quasar Khanh a designer and inventor of the inflatable chair; married to renowned fashion house designer Emmanuelle Khanh
Cinema
- Steve TranSteve TranSteve Tran is a French Vietnamese film and television actor. He has appeared in numerous titles, and in 2009, he recorded the soundtrack 'We Can Make It' for the film Tricheuse.-Filmography:* Beur sur la ville...
, film & TV actor and singer - Maggie QMaggie QMargaret Denise Quigley , professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American-born actress and former fashion model. She currently stars as the titular character on the action-thriller TV series Nikita.-Early life:...
, actress, fashion model - KatsuniKatsuniKatsuni is a French pornographic actress.-Biography:Katsuni is of French/Vietnamese heritage. Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French...
, famous adult actress - Kieu ChinhKieu ChinhKieu Chinh is a Vietnamese American actress best known for her role in The Joy Luck Club...
, actress - Thuy TrangThuy TrangThuy Trang was a Vietnamese American actress. She was best known for her role as Trini Kwan, the original Yellow Ranger in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series.-Early life:...
, actress - Tra GiangTrà GiangTrà Giang is a Vietnamese actress. Her most famous film is 17th Parallel, Days and Nights , Vietnamese title : Vĩ tuyến 17, ngày và đêm.- External links :...
, actress - Ngo Thanh VanNgo Thanh VanVeronica Ngô Thanh Vân is a Vietnamese dancer, singer, actress, and model. She is also known as Veronica Ngo or her initials NTV.-Biography:She was born on 26 February 1979 in Tra Vinh, Vietnam...
, actress - Dustin NguyenDustin NguyenDustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer 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.-Early life:...
, actor - Johnny Tri NguyenJohnny Tri NguyenJohnny Tri Nguyen is a Vietnamese American film and television actor, stunt double, and martial artist. He left Vietnam at the age of 8 with his mother, father, elder brother, and elder sister and moved to Los Angeles, CA. He is half Vietnamese and half Chinese, with his mother being...
, actor - Dat PhanDat PhanDat Phan , is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian.-Early life:When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine of his siblings emigrated from South Vietnam to the United States. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood...
, comedian - Anh DoAnh DoAnh Do is a Vietnamese Australian author, actor and stand-up comedian.He has appeared on many Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing With The Stars in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney...
, comedian - Linh Dan PhamLinh Dan PhamLinh Dan Pham is a French actress.She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris...
, actress - Ringo LeRingo LeRingo Le is an Asian American filmmaker who is of Vietnamese descent. He directed the film Saigon Love Story which was nominated for the Winds of Asia-Best New Asian Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2006. The film was an official selection at the Shanghai International Film...
, producer, director, screenwriter - Ham TranHam TranHam Tran is a Vietnamese American film writer/editor/director, of Hoa ancestry. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film "The Anniversary", which was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film...
, producer, director, screenwriter - Doan HoangDoan HoangDoan Hoang is an award-winning Vietnamese-American film producer, screenwriter, and director who made the successful 2007 documentary "Oh, Saigon" about the life of her family after they left Vietnam, as it fell in the 1970s, how she and her family were carried out on the last helicopter on April...
, producer, director, screenwriter - Anh Duong, actress, model,socialite
- France NuyenFrance NuyenFrance Nuyen is a French actress.-Biography:Nuyen was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Her mother was French, her father Vietnamese. During World War II, her mother and grandfather were persecuted by the Nazis for being Gypsies...
, actress - Leyna NguyenLeyna NguyenLeyna Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American television anchor and reporter from Los Angeles, California.- Biography :Leyna Nguyen was born in Dong Ha, South Vietnam. She grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, and graduated from Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota in 1988...
, newsreader in movies and television shows - Othello KhanhOthello KhanhOthello Khanh is a French-Vietnamese film director, producer and screenwriter. Khanh began his career in France in the early 1980s, Khanh directing television programmes and advertisements....
, producer, director, screenwriter
Fashion
- Chloe DaoChloe DaoChloe Dao , is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear...
, fashion designer, winner of Project Runway Season 2 - Dang Thi Minh HanhDang Thi Minh HanhDang Thi Minh Hanh is a fashion designer from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Director of the Vietnam Fashion Design Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, she is leading figure in Vietnam's new fashion industry. She specialises in hybridising traditional designs with modern clothing...
, fashion designer - Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, Vietnamese model, competed in Miss Universe 2008Miss Universe 2008Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...
and made into the top 15 - Trần Thị Hương GiangTrần Thị Hương GiangTrần Thị Hương Giang is a beauty pageant contestant and fashion model. She was born 1987 in Hải Dương, Vietnam. She was the second runner-up in Miss Vietnam Global 2009. Huong Giang was the official representative of Vietnam in the Miss World 2009 pageant in South Africa where she placed in the Top...
, Vietnamese model, competed in Miss World 2009Miss World 2009Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World pageant, was held on December 12, 2009 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the pageant's history...
and made into the top 16 - Võ Hoàng YếnVõ Hoàng YếnVõ Hoàng Yến is a Vietnamese beauty pageant contestant and occasional actress. She won the Vietnam Supermodel 2008 contest and is the 1st runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2008...
, Vietnamese model, competed in Miss Universe 2009Miss Universe 2009Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. It was the first time back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana...
but was unplaced - Thuy DiepThuy Diep-Early life:Born into a family of tailors in Vietnam, Thuy Diep was destined to become a fashion designer. As a child, under the direction of her mother and father who ran a tailoring school and custom-made clothing shop in her native home, Thuy began honing her tailoring skills at an early age. ...
, fashion designer - Jean Dinh Van, leading French jewellery house and designer who worked for Cartier in the 50s and 60s
- Barbara Bùi, leading French fashion house founder and designer
Fine Art
- Bui Xuan PhaiBui Xuan PhaiBui Xuan Phai was a Vietnamese painter. He is famous for the paintings of Hanoi Old Quarter.The best known of all Vietnamese modern painters, Bui Xuan Phai is respected and admired for both his art and moral character...
, painter - Henri HuetHenri HuetHenri Huet was a French war photographer, noted for his work covering the Vietnam War for Associated Press .- Early life :Huet was born in Da Lat, Vietnam, the son of a Breton engineer and Vietnamese mother...
, famous war photographer - Van Le NgocVan Le NgocVan LE NGOC is a ballet dancer and a choreographer. Born in Hanoi, Vietnam.He moved to live and study in France in 1996. From 1996 - 1998, he followed his study to become a ballet dancer at National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Lyon...
, ballet dancer, choreographer
Literature
- Bao NinhBao NinhBảo Ninh is a Vietnamese novelist and short story writer.His real name is Hoàng Ấu Phương and he was born in Nghệ An province , Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade...
, novelist and short-story writer - Dương Thu HươngDuong Thu HuongDương Thu Hương is a Vietnamese author and political dissident. Formerly a member of Vietnam's Communist party, she was expelled from the party in 1989, and has been denied the right to travel abroad, and was temporarily imprisoned for her writings and outspoken criticism of corruption in the...
, novelist, short-story writer and dissident - Han Mac TuHan Mac TuHàn Mặc Tử was a Vietnamese poet. He was born Nguyễn Trọng Trí, at Lệ Mỹ Village, Đồng Hới District, Quảng Bình Province. His pen names included: Minh Duệ, Phong Trần, Lệ Thanh, and finally Hàn Mặc Tử, by which name is known today. He grew up in a poor family, his father having died when he was...
, poet - Hồ Xuân Hương, poet
- Huong KeenleysideHuong KeenleysideHuong Keenleyside was born in 1971 in Hanoi, Vietnam as Huong Nguyen, but became Huong Keenleyside when she married the son of a landowner of Northallerton, Wilkinson Keenleyside . However, at the start, Huong Keenleyside followed her father to open her first tailor shop at the young age of just 17...
, novelist - Nguyen Binh Khiem, poet
- Nguyễn Du, poet
- Nguyễn Ngọc NgạnNguyen Ngoc NganNguyễn Ngọc Ngạn is a Vietnamese-Canadian writer and essayist.He was born in Sơn Tây, Vietnam, but his family moved to South Vietnam when the Geneva Accords divided the country in 1945...
, novelist,mc,teacher,poet - Nguyễn Trãi, poet and statesman
- Xuân Diệu, poet of love
- To HuuTo HuuTố Hữu was Vietnam’s most famous revolutionary poet. He published five collections of poems, the first of which was the 1946 collection entitled Poem, which included many of his most popular and influential works that were written during the anti-French period from 1937 to 1946.Tố Hữu was born...
, poet - Tran bich sanTran Bich SanTrần Bích San is a famous Vietnamese writer, philosopher, and intellectual.-Early life:Tran was born Trần Gia Thái in the village of Sung Van in the Nam Dinh region of Vietnam. His mother owned a bookstore, and his father was chief of the district and later became an administrator...
, writer - Doan Van ToaiDoan Van ToaiDoan Van Toai is author of The Vietnamese Gulag. It was published in 1986 by Simon and Schuster Publishing Group, New York , 351 pp....
, author, former student leader - Pham Thi HoaiPham Thi HoaiPhạm Thị Hoài is an influential contemporary Vietnamese writer, editor and translator, living in Germany.- Biography :Born in Hải Dương province, Phạm Thị Hoài grew up in North Vietnam. In 1977, she went to former East Berlin to study at Humboldt University, where she earned a degree in Archival...
- Lan CaoLan CaoLan Cao is the author of the 1997 novel Monkey Bridge and is a professor of law at the College of William and Mary.Cao was born in Vietnam and experienced the Vietnam War as a civilian. She moved to the United States when she was 13. Cao received her B.A. in political science from Mount Holyoke...
, author of "Monkey Bridge" - Monique TruongMonique TruongMonique T.D. Truong is a Vietnamese American writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Truong left Vietnam for the United States in 1975 and graduated from high school in Houston, Texas...
, novelist - Nam LeNam LeNam Thien Le is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California....
author of "The Boat", editor of the Harvard Review - Bao PhiBao PhiBao Phi, a Vietnamese American spoken word artist, writer and community activist living in Minnesota.Bao Phi was born in Sai Gon, Viet Nam, the youngest son to two mixed blood Chinese and Vietnamese parents who raised him in the Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis.A graduate of Macalester...
, poet and spoken word artist - Quang X. PhamQuang X. PhamQuang Pham, a Vietnamese American, was born in 1964, in Saigon, South Vietnam. He is a business owner, Marine Corps veteran, author and community leader who has lived in Orange County, California since 1990...
- Andrew LamAndrew LamAndrew Lam is a Vietnamese American writer. He was born in South Vietnam, where he led a privileged life as the son of General Lâm Quang Thi of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He attended Lycée Yersin in Dalat....
- Andrew X. PhamAndrew X. Phamtrained and graduated from UCLA as an aerospace engineer. He worked at United Airlines as an aircraft engineer before switching career to become a writer while pursuing dual graduate degrees, M.B.A and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, specializing in orbital debris...
- Aimee PhanAimee PhanAimee Phan is an Vietnamese-American author. She was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first novel, We Should Never Meet, was named a Notable Book by the Kiriyama Prize in fiction and a finalist...
Media
- Betty NguyenBetty NguyenBetty Nguyen is an American news anchor with CBS News. Nguyen joined CBS News on March 11, 2010. She anchors the The CBS Morning News and is a correspondent for The Early Show. -Life and career:...
, CNN news anchor - Leyna NguyenLeyna NguyenLeyna Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American television anchor and reporter from Los Angeles, California.- Biography :Leyna Nguyen was born in Dong Ha, South Vietnam. She grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, and graduated from Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota in 1988...
, LA newsreader - Stephanie TrongStephanie TrongStephanie Trong was the executive editor of the magazine Jane, which had a circulation approaching one million until it shut down in July 2007....
, Executive Editor of Nylon Magazine and Nylon Guys Magazine. Former Exec. Editor of Jane Magazine - Natalie Tran, video blogger, comedienne on YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Pham Xuan An, journalist, spy for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
- Tila Tequila, TV personality
- Ken HoangKen HoangKen "Kenny" Hoang is a Vietnamese American professional electronic sports player who plays Super Smash Bros. Melee and has earned $50,000+ USD doing so....
, The "King" of the Super Smash Bros.Super Smash Bros.Super Smash Bros., known in Japan as , is a fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan on January 21, 1999, in North America on April 26, 1999, and in Europe on November 19, 1999. Super Smash Bros. is the first game in the Super...
video game - Michelle PhanMichelle PhanMichelle Phan is a Vietnamese-American make-up artist who posts make-up and beauty tutorials on YouTube, sometimes under the online alias ricebunny. Phan attended Ringling College of Art and Design and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, but did not graduate.-Early life:Michelle Ann Phan was...
, YouTube make-up guru and spokesperson for Lancome Paris
Music
- Chuckie AkenzChuckie AkenzC-A aka Phong Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian rapper. He was born on January 21, 1986. He grew up in the notorious Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Chuckie rose to notoriety with the filming of an amateur rap video called "You Got Beef?" The music video was widely viewed on the...
, rapper singer - Dam Vinh HungDam Vinh HungĐàm Vĩnh Hưng is a Vietnamese pop star. He has become very popular in Vietnam beginning with his first career solo, “Bình Minh Sẽ Mang Em Đi” and “Tình Ơi Xin Ngủ Yên”. Hung is involved in combating the escalating traffic crisis. He is a goodwill ambassador to Asia Injury Prevention Foundation.In...
,singer - Dang Thai SonDang Thai SonĐặng Thái Sơn is a Vietnamese pianist, winner at the Tenth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.-Musical career:...
, pianist - Diem LienDiem LienĐinh Diễm Liên, born 1971, is a Vietnamese singer and actress born and raised in Đà Lạt.-Childhood:Diễm Liên was born in Việt Nam into a family of five sisters where all the girls, including her mother, are named Liên. The only difference is their middle name.As a child, Diễm Liên was dedicated to...
, singer - Don HồDon HoDonald Tai Loy "Don" Ho was a Hawaiian and traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer.-Life and career:Ho, of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, but he grew up in Kāneohe on the windward side of the island of Oahu...
, singer - Duong Trieu VuDuong Trieu VuDương Triệu Vũ is the stage name of Tuấn Linh, a singer on the popular Vietnamese diaspora music show Paris By Night....
,singer - Ho Le ThuHo Le ThuHồ Lệ Thu is a famous singer from northern Việt Nam.- Biography :Hồ Lệ Thu was born in Hà Nội, Việt Nam. She started to exhibit her ambition for singing at a very early age, and when she was 10 years old, she attended the Labor Theatre House, a Vietnamese children's singing club...
, singer - Hong Nhung, singer
- Huong ThuyHuong ThuyHương Thủy is a County-level town of Thua Thien-Hue Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2010 the town had a population of 93,680...
, singer - Khanh LyKhanh LyKhanh Ly is a Vietnamese singer and columnist. At age 11, Khanh Ly and her mother fled communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam in 1956. Khanh Ly rose to fame singing the songs of musician, songwriter and composer Trinh Cong Son...
, singer - Kristine SaKristine SaKristine Sa is a Vietnamese American singer/songwriter as well as a television producer and host. Her career began with music in 2000, and has gone on to include a wide range of mediums.-Career:...
, songwriter and singer - Lam Nhat TienLam Nhat TienLâm Nhật Tiến is a Vietnamese American singer.- Profile :*Name: Kevin Lam Nhat Tien*Date of Birth: Sept 3rd 1971*Place of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam*Current Residence: Garden Grove, California...
, singer - Le Tuan HungLe Tuan HungLe Tuan Hung is a Vietnamese composer, performer, and musicologist based in Australia. He is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong background in Vietnamese traditional music and Western classical music. Known as a skilled performer of the đàn tranh, a Vietnamese zither, he plays traditional...
, composer, performer and musicologist - Leslie (singer)Leslie (singer)Leslie is a French pop-R&B singer born on February 4, 1985 in Le Mans, France. Her father is Vietnamese and Polynesian while her mother is FrenchIn 2007, she recorded a duet single with the R&B singer Bobby Valentino, "Accorde-moi"....
, popular French singer - Loan ChauLoan ChauLoan Châu is a Vietnamese American singer. She was first discovered in 1996 by musical director Truc Ho at Asia Production. Her real name is Ninh The Loan Châu, however she combined her parents' first names to come up with the stage name Ninh Cát Loan Châu...
, singer - Minh TuyetMinh TuyetMinh Tuyết is a Vietnamese-American pop singer, currently performing on Thuy Nga's Paris by Night. Her sisters is Cam Ly, a singer in Vietnam, and Ha Phuong who performs with her as part of the cast of Paris By Night. She is known in the Vietnamese American culture for being the Vietnamese pop...
, singer - My Linh, singer
- My TamMy TamPhan Thị Mỹ Tâm , who uses the stage name Mỹ Tâm, is a Vietnamese pop singer who achieved fame through well known songs such as "Nightingale", "Sing With the River", "A dream of love", "We Seemed To Be...", "Wish", "Brown Hair Dark Lips", "Bleeding Love", "Old Road", "Foolish Love" and so on.-...
, composer and songwriter, singer, MYTIME perfume owner - Niels Lan DokyNiels Lan DokyNiels Lan Doky is a Danish jazz pianist and record producer.-Biography:He was born in Copenhagen of a Danish mother and Vietnamese father. His father worked as a doctor, but was also a classically trained guitarist so guitar was Niels's first instrument...
, pianist - Như Quỳnh. singer
- Ngoc SonNgoc SonNgoc Son is a Vietnamese singer, popularly known for his musical talent.- Early life and career :Ngoc Son was born in Do Son, Hai Phong, Vietnam. With Ngoc Hai and Ngoc Ha, two of his brothers, Ngoc Son has conducted many music programs. With a high, warm, healthy, and sound male voice, Ngoc Son...
, singer - Nguyen Cao Ky DuyenNguyen Cao Ky DuyenNguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên is a Vietnamese-American personality and co-host of Thuy Nga's Paris By Night shows, and is also a law school graduate.-Biography:...
, mc, singer,spoke person for "Sua Ong Chua" - Nguyên LêNguyên LêNguyên Lê is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry. His main instrument is guitar, and he also plays electric bass guitar and guitar synthesizer....
,musician,composer - Nguyen Thanh HienNguyen Thanh HienNguyễn Thanh Hiển or simply Hien is a Vietnamese-born Hungarian singer, was a contestant in the Hungarian Megasztár sixth season and was the fifth runner up.-Biography:...
, singer, dancer and model, contestant of the Hungarian Pop IdolMegasztárMegasztár - Voice of the Year is a Hungarian voice talent television series that started in 2003 and is currently in its fifth season, on TV2... - Nhat SonNhat SonVietnamese singer Nhat Son was born on August 29, 1981 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam under the name Vũ Minh Sơn.By age six he had started performing, singing traditional Vietnamese music under the stage name Cảnh Sơn....
, singer - Nhu LoanNhu LoanNhư Loan is a Vietnamese singer who is currently signed under the music label Thúy Nga; one of the largest overseas Vietnamese music productions that is responsible for Paris By Night, a hit musical variety show. Như Loan was introduced to Thúy Nga Paris by Night through designer Calvin Hiep, whom...
, singer - Pham DuyPham DuyPham Duy is a prolific Vietnamese songwriter. He, along with Van Cao and Trinh Cong Son, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern Vietnamese music. Pham Duy's musical career spans fifty years...
, composer and songwriter - Phi NhungPhi NhungPhi Nhung is a Vietnamese language singer who specialises in cai luong and vong co music. She sings for Paris By Night and Van Son and also acts in their plays and Tinh production. She also has recorded music for Lang Van....
, vocalist, singer - Phuong ThanhPhuong ThanhPhương Thanh , is a Vietnamese contemporary singer. She is one of the most renowned singers from Vietnam. Thanh is known for her very diverse styles, especially while performing on stage. She also possesses a unique, unusual singing voice, gaining her recognition throughout the Vietnamese community...
, singer - Quan YeomansQuan YeomansQuan Yeomans is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of the multi-ARIA Music Award winning band Regurgitator, which formed in Brisbane in December 1993.-Early years:...
, vocalist and guitarist of RegurgitatorRegurgitatorRegurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee... - Quang LeQuang LeQuang Lê , a Vietnamese American singer with Thúy Nga Productions, known for his covers of traditional Vietnamese songs created and written before, during and about the Vietnam War...
, singer - Roni Tran Binh TrongRoni Tran Binh TrongRoni Trần Bình Trọng is a Finnish singer of Vietnamese ancestry who rose to popularity after placing sixth in Idols Finland 2, the Finnish version of Pop Idol...
, singer, Finnish Idol' finalist - Steve TranSteve TranSteve Tran is a French Vietnamese film and television actor. He has appeared in numerous titles, and in 2009, he recorded the soundtrack 'We Can Make It' for the film Tricheuse.-Filmography:* Beur sur la ville...
, singer, film & TV actor - Stevie HoangStevie HoangStevie Hoang is a Chinese-British RnB singer / producer signed toMercury Records and AVEX Stevie started his musical career as a producer, working from his parents house...
, singer - Tam Doan, singer
- Thanh LamThanh LamThanh Lam is a Vietnamese singer and song-writer who has been a long-standing Diva in Vietnamese contemporary music.-Early life and education:...
, singer - Thanh Bui, singer, Australian Idol finalist
- Tran Thu HaTran Thu HaTrần Thu Hà, is a Vietnamese pop singer, recording artist and entrepreneur. Raised in a music family, Hà Trần is famous as the most creative and intelligent singer who pioneered in combined Vietnamese folk music with western modern style.-Childhood:Ha Tran is the daughter of Tran Hieu and Vu Thuy...
, singer - Trinh Cong SonTrinh Cong SonTrịnh Công Sơn was a Vietnamese composer, musician, painter and songwriter. He, along with Pham Duy and Van Cao, is widely considered one of the three salient figures of modern Vietnamese music. Many of Trinh's songs are long songs...
, composer and songwriter, painter, and essayist - Trish Thuy TrangTrish Thuy TrangTrish Thuy Trang, a Vietnamese American singer and songwriter, was born in Saigon. Her music is an eclectic sound of Asian pop music mixed with western style music. She writes and produces a majority of her own music and lyrics...
, singer - Truc HoTruc HoTrúc Hồ, born April 2, 1964, is a successful Vietnamese American musician turned producer, most famous for his series of musical variety shows entitled "Asia" and his 24-hour Vietnamese channel Saigon Broadcasting Television Network....
, composer, musician turned producer - TygaTygaMichael Stevenson , better known by his stage name Tyga , is an American rapper signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records. He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent...
, rapper - Van CaoVan CaoVăn Cao was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He, along with Pham Duy and Trinh Cong Son, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern Vietnamese music...
, composer and songwriter, poet and painter, author of Vietnam's national anthemNational anthemA national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
Sports
- Amy TranAmy TranAmy Trần is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her national team debut against Mexico at the Pan American Cup, where she shared the 5-0 shutout. Tran attended the University of North Carolina...
- hockey player. - Carol HuynhCarol HuynhCarol Huynh is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Her parents are ethnic Chinese in Vietnam . Born in British Columbia, her parents were refugees from Vietnam who settled in the town of New Hazelton, British Columbia, after being sponsored by the local United Church...
- Olympic wrestler won a gold medal for CanadaCanada at the 2008 Summer OlympicsCanada, which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee , competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics which they boycotted...
. - Catherine Mai Lan Fox - Olympic swimmer with two gold medals.
- Chau GiangChau GiangChau Tu Giang is an American professional poker player of Chinese descent, who is a three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three time final tablist of the World Poker Tour with over $3 million in live tournament winnings alone.- Biography :Giang fled Vietnam in a small boat in the...
- professional poker - Cung LeCung LeCung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from Saigon, Vietnam currently competing in the UFC. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts...
- mma/kickboxing champion and coach - Thuy-Dung Nguyen - WTAWomen's Tennis AssociationThe Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
Tennis player - Danny GravesDanny GravesDaniel Peter Graves is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born to an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother, he is the only Vietnam-born player in the history of the major leagues, and one of the few Vietnamese-American players...
- MLB baseball player - Dat NguyenDat NguyenDat Tan Nguyen is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League . He was the first Vietnamese American to play in the NFL. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1999 to 2005. He played college football at Texas A&M. He was the Cowboys' assistant linebackers coach and...
- NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
football player, Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach - David PhamDavid PhamDavid Pham , is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Bell Gardens, California with two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour.- Early life :...
- professional poker player - François Trinh-DucFrançois Trinh-DucFrançois Trinh-Duc is a French rugby union player for Montpellier Hérault RC in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. Trinh-Duc's regular position is at fly-half or outside centre.-Biography:...
- top French professional rugby player - Howard BachHoward BachHoward Bach is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.-Early life:He was born in South Vietnam on 22 February 1979, Howard Bach came to the U.S...
- badminton player - former world champion (2005) - Jim ParqueJim ParqueJames Vo Parque is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from to .-High school:...
- In 1996 he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta. - Lee NguyenLee NguyenLee Nguyen is an American soccer midfielder who currently is a free agent. He had previously played for V-League club Becamex Bình Dương.- Early career :...
- professional soccer player - Men NguyenMen NguyenMen "The Master" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.-Early years:In 1967, he dropped out of school at age 13 and became a bus driver to help support his family. In early 1978, a staunch anti-Communist, he escaped from the Communist regime of Vietnam by boat and sailed with...
- professional poker player - Mimi TranMimi TranThithi "Mimi" Tran is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player.- Biography :Tran was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. After moving to the United States in 1982, Tran found work in the electronics industry in Silicon Valley. She began playing poker in 1989, after an auto accident left her...
- professional poker player - Nam Phan Nam PhanNam Phan is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck...
- professional MMA Fighter in the UFC - Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonNguyen Ngoc Truong SonNguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn is a leading Vietnamese chess player. After learning chess at the age of 3, he won the gold medal at the world under 10 championship in 2000. He is Vietnam's youngest Grandmaster ever, and one of the youngest grandmasters in the history of the game...
, chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player - Paul TruongPaul TruongPaul Truong is an American chess player, trainer, promoter, and organizer.-Biography:Truong was born Hoainhan Truong in Saigon, South Vietnam....
- chess coach - Rob NguyenRob NguyenRob Nguyen is an Australian racing car driver of Vietnamese descent who competed in the 2002 and part of the 2003 International Formula 3000 seasons before running out of money...
, Formula 3000Formula 3000The Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the Formula One championship...
driver - Scotty NguyenScotty NguyenThuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship...
- professional poker player - Tran Hieu NganTran Hieu NganHieu Ngan Tran is a Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Women's 49-57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and she won the silver medal....
, taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, first Vietnamese winning an Olympic medal (silver) - Yohan CabayeYohan CabayeYohan Cabaye is a French international footballer player who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League and the French national team. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder and is described as a player who possesses "excellent vision, great ball control", and "provides technical...
- professional soccer player
Emperors
- Bảo ĐạiBảo ĐàiBảo Đài is a commune and village in Lục Nam District, Bac Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.-References:...
, last Emperor, - Dinh Tien Hoang, first Emperor
- Hùng VươngHung VuongHùng Vương is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the Hồng Bàng) period. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Vietnam...
- Dục Đức
- Duy TânDuy TanEmperor Duy Tân , was a boy emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and reigned in 9 years between 1907 and 1916. His name was Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San and was son of the Thành Thái emperor...
- Gia LongGia LongEmperor Gia Long , born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh , was an emperor of Vietnam...
( Vu Tien Long ) - Hàm NghiHam NghiEmperor Hàm Nghi ; , was the eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty. He reigned for only one year ....
- Hiep HoaHiep HoaEmperor Hiệp Hòa was the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty and reigned for four months...
- Khải Định
- Kien PhucKien PhucKiến Phúc was an 7th emperor of Vietnam in the 19th century. Born in 1869, he was the nephew-turned-adopted son of Emperor Tự Đức...
- Ngô QuyềnNgo QuyenNgô Quyền was a Vietnamese prefect and general during the Southern Han Dynasty occupation of Giao Châu in the Red River Valley in what is now northern Vietnam...
- Quang Trung
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Ho Chi MinhHo Chi MinhHồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
- Nguyen Huu Tho (acting)
- Nguyen Minh Triet(president)
- Tran Duc Luong
- Truong ChinhTruong ChinhTrường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...
- Vo Chi CongVo Chi CongVõ Chí Công was a Vietnamese Communist political figure and one-time President of Vietnam.-Early life and political activities:Võ Chí Công was born Võ Toàn in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam, in 1912...
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
- Duong Van MinhDuong Van MinhMinh was born on 16 February 1916 in Mỹ Tho Province in the Mekong Delta, the son of a wealthy landowner who served in a prominent position in the Finance Ministry of the French colonial administration...
, last President - Ngo Dinh DiemNgo Dinh DiemNgô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam . In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. Accruing considerable U.S. support due to his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a...
, first President - Nguyen KhanhNguyen KhanhNguyễn Khánh is a former general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who variously served as Head of State and Prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful,...
, (Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, 1964) - Nguyễn Văn ThiệuNguyen Van ThieuNguyễn Văn Thiệu was president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam , became head of a military junta, and then president after winning a fraudulent election...
- Phan Khac SuuPhan Khac SuuPhan Khắc Sửu was President of South Vietnam from 1964–1965.-Biography:He was an octogenarian, a trained agricultural engineer and was a member of the Cao Đài religion.He was a member of Emperor Bảo Đại’s political cabinet....
- Tran Van HuongTran Van HuongTrần Văn Hương was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the penultimate president of South Vietnam prior to its surrender to the communist forces of North Vietnam.-Biography:...
Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam
- Do Muoi
- Le Duan
- Le Kha Phieu
- Nguyen Van LinhNguyen Van LinhNguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War...
- Nong Duc Manh
- Truong ChinhTruong ChinhTrường Chinh Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (pseudonym meaning “Long March”, born Đặng Xuân Khu (b. February 9, 1907 in Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province, d. September 30, 1988 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked...
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
- Nguyễn Cao KỳNguyen Cao KyNguyễn Cao Kỳ served as the chief of the Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967...
- Tran Thien KhiemTran Thien KhiemGeneral Trần Thiện Khiêm was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During the 1960s he was involved in several coups. He helped President Ngo Dinh Diem put down a November 1960 coup attempt and was rewarded with promotion...
- Tran Van HuongTran Van HuongTrần Văn Hương was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the penultimate president of South Vietnam prior to its surrender to the communist forces of North Vietnam.-Biography:...
- Nguyen Xuan OanhNguyen Xuan OanhNguyễn Xuân Oánh was Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965.Professor Nguyễn Xuân Oánh was trained as an economist, receiving his doctorate from Harvard University. He subsequently worked for the International Monetary Fund before returning to Vietnam as an economic adviser...
Generals
- Nguyen Thi DinhNguyen Thi DinhNguyễn Thị Định was a Vietnamese communist during the Vietnam War.She was born from a peasant family in Ben Tre , and fought with the Viet Minh forces against the French...
- Tran Hung Dao, general, twice defeated the Mongolian armies
- Tran Van TraTran Van TraTrần Văn Trà was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1982; a lieutenant general in the army of the North Vietnam; chairman of Military Affairs Committee of the Central Office of South Vietnam .The son of a bricklayer, Tra was born in...
- Trinh Minh TheTrinh Minh TheTrình Minh Thế was a Vietnamese nationalist and military leader during the end of the First Indochina War and the beginning of the Vietnam War.-Biography:...
- Van Tien Dung
- Vo Nguyen GiapVo Nguyen GiapVõ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...
, general, defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien PhuBattle of Dien Bien PhuThe Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that...
Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)
- Joseph CaoJoseph CaoAnh "Joseph" Quang Cao is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, he announced he will be a candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2011, however in September 2011 he pulled out of the race.He was the first...
- US Republican, high profile lawyer - Le Duc ThoLe Duc ThoLê Đức Thọ , born Phan Đình Khải in Ha Nam province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, although he declined it....
, Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
(declined), 1973 - Charles Tran Van LamCharles Tran Van LamCharles Trần Văn Lắm, also known as simply Trần Văn Lắm, was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War....
- Le Van Hieu, Lieutenant Governor of New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- Lý Long Tường
- Kaysone PhomvihaneKaysone PhomvihaneKaysone Phomvihane was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role...
, past Laotian Prime Minister (born Nguyen Cai Song) - Trần Trọng KimTran Trong KimTrần Trọng Kim was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a puppet state created by Imperial Japan in 1945...
Religion
- Thich Thanh TuThich Thanh TuThích Thanh Từ is a Buddhist monk who was born and raised in Vietnam whom in recent time has been most influential of increasing traditional Vietnamese Buddhism practices in Vietnam. His efforts are brought forth from the principles of 3 patriarchs whom he believes have very minimal amounts of...
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Thich Nhat Tu
- Thich Quang DoThich Quang DoThích Quảng Độ is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk.In 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need, which he shared with Thích Huyền Quang and Nguyen Van Ly...
- Nguyen Van ThuanNguyen Van ThuanFrançois-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận was a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the nephew of South Vietnam’s first President, Ngô Đình Diệm, and of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.-Early life:He was born in the Imperial capital of Huế, Vietnam....
, Cardinal - Tran Van HoaiTran Van HoaiPhilippe Trần Văn Hoài was a Monsignor in the Roman Catholic Church. In the 1980s, he was mandated by the Vatican with the responsibility of shepherding the global Vietnamese Catholic Diaspora...
, Monsignor
Business
- Ung ThiUng ThiUng Thi was a prominent Vietnamese business man who, together with his wife Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga, built and operated the Rex Hotel and Cinema in Ho Chi Minh City...
, built and operated the Rex HotelRex HotelThe Rex Hotel is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.The 284 room five story building is located in the District 1, close by to the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica and the Municipal Theatre...
, in Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
. - Trung DungTrung DungTrung Dung is a Vietnamese-American businessman. His life story has been profiled in many leading publications including Forbes, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as in Dan Rather's book The American Dream.-Early life:Dung was born in South Vietnam...
- Pham Duc Trung KienPham Duc Trung KienKien Pham is the Executive Chairman of the Red Bricks Group , a private investment firm. In addition, he serves as the Vice Chairman of the VietNamNet Media Group, a portfolio company of RBG. He is also the founder and chairman of the Vietnam Foundation and was the founding executive director of...
See also
- Overseas Vietnamese
- List of Vietnamese Americans
- List of people by nationality