List of Vietnamese persons

The following is a list of famous Vietnamese.

Economists

* Tran Van Th
* Vo Tri Thanh

Sciences

Natural sciences and technology

* Hoang Tuy, mathematician
* Ngo Bao Chau, mathematician
* Nguyet Anh Duong, scientist
* Bui Tuong Phong, computer science
* Le Van Thiem, mathematician
* Nguyen Van Hieu, nuclear physicist
* André Truong Trong Thi, engineer, the "father of the personal computer"
*Tuan Vo-Dinh, Prof., Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University
* Nguyen Xuan Vinh, scientist and educator
* Duy-Loan Le
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Space travel

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

Social sciences

*Le Quy Don, historian, encyclopeadist, and philosopher
*Tran Duc Thao, philosopher

Arts and entertainment

Architecture

*Ngo Viet Thu, architect and urbanist
*Nguyen Ngoc Nham, Architect
*Bao Chau Nguyen AIA, Architect

Cinema

*Maggie Q, actress and fashion model
*Katsuni, famous adult actress
*Tham Thuy Hang, actress
*Kieu Chinh, actress
*Thuy Trang, actress
*Tra Giang, actress
*Ngo Thanh Van, actress
*Dustin Nguyen, actor
*Johnny Tri Nguyen, actor
*Dat Phan, comedian
*Anh Do, comedian
*Linh Dan Pham, actress
*Ringo Le, producer, director and screenwriter
* Ham Tran, , producer, director and screenwriter
*Doan Hoang, producer, director and screenwriter

Culinary

*Hung Huynh, chef, winner of Top Chef Season 3

Fashion

*Chloe Dao, fashion designer, winner of Project Runway Season 2
*Dang Thi Minh Hanh, fashionn designer
*Jonas Bevacqua, fashion designer

Fine Art

*Van Le Ngoc, Ballet Dancer, Choreographer
*Bui Xuan Phai, painter
*Nguyen Thanh Binh, painter
*Tuan Nguyen, sculptor, Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster
*Diem Phung Thi, sculptor

Literature

*Bao Ninh, novelist and short-story writer
*Dương Thu Hương, novelist, short-story writer and dissident
*Han Mac Tu, poet
*Ho Xuan Huong, poet
*Huong Keenleyside, novelist
*Ma Van Khang, novelist
*Nguyen Binh Khiem, poet
*Nguyen Du, poet
*Nguyen Trai, poet and statesman
*Xuan Dieu, "poet of love"
*To Huu, poet
*Tran bich san, writer
*Mien Du Dalat, poet
* Doan Van Toai, author, former student leader
* Pham Thi Hoai

Media

*Betty Nguyen, CNN news anchor
*Pham Xuan An, journalist, spy for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Music

*Dang Thai Son, pianist
*Duy Khanh, singer, songwriter
*Duy Manh, singer
*Ha Vy, singer
*Hong Nhung, singer
*Khai Ho, rapper
*Khanh Ly, singer
*Kim Chung, guitarist
*Kristine Sa, songwriter and singer
*Lam Nhat Tien, singer
*Lam Truong, singer
*Le Tuan Hung, composer, performer and musicologist
*Luong Tung Quang, singer
*Ngoc Son, singer
*Nhat Son, singer
*Nhu Loan, singer
*Pham Duy, composer and songwriter
*Pham Hong Hanh, pianist
*Phi Nhung, vocalist, singer
*Thanh Lam, singer
*Tran Quang Minh, singer
*Tran van Khe, retired professor of music at University of Paris at Sorbonne and music theorist/musicologist.
*Trinh Cong Son, composer and songwriter, painter, and essayist
* Truc Ho, composer, musician turned producer
*Van Cao, composer and songwriter, poet and painter, author of Vietnam's national anthem
*My Tam, composer and songwriter, singer, MYTIME perfume owner
*Thai Ngo, rapper
*Chuckie Akenz, rapper
*Tyga, rapper
* Niels Lan Doky, pianist

Medicine

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

*Ky Chi Nham, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 21st Century Primary Care Physician

*Ong Lang Buom Vang, South Vietnam, Doctor Chinese Herbal Medicine. Patented many medicinal products in powder, syrup, and pills, from common colds to stomach ulcer.Ngai Nguyen,MD, Cardiologist, San Jose California, President of San Jose Heart Institute, web www.sanjosehaertinstitute.com, Member of the Advisory Board, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, a presidential appointee

Sports

*Amy Tran - hockey player.
*Catherine Mai Lan Fox - Olympic swimmer with two gold medals.
*Chau Giang - professional poker
*Cung Le - san shou champion and coach [ [http://www.cungle.com/cungle/about.html] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."]
*Thuy-Dung Nguyen - WTA Tennis player [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2002746043_peep18.html] "Dung, Vietnamese tennis champion 2006 and the first Vietnamese to start a real professional tennis career, working her way from Vietnam and Asian country to USA."]

*Danny Graves - MLB baseball player [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2002746043_peep18.html] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."]
*Dat Nguyen - NFL football player [ [http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=803a4311088964684a8f0ffce5813f87] "Nguyen and 10 other Vietnamese boys were segregated to one team..."] , Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
*David Pham - professional poker player [ [http://www.homepokergames.com/pham.php] "Like other Vietnamese players..."]
*Hang Pham- Tumbling, Undefeated Champion, Elite Division, 1988 – 1992; Acrobatics Female Pairs Champion, Elite Division, 1991 – 1992; Excellent Acrobat Award, 1988; Youngest Elite in Vietnamese Tumbling and Acrobatics, 1988; and Tumbling Champion, Class 1, 1986. In addition to her gymnastics accomplishments, Hang has appeared in ten major dance and theater productions.
*Howard Bach - badminton player - former world champion (2005)
*Jim Parque - In 1996 he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta.
*Jessica Nguyen - tennis player for Stanford
*Khoa Nguyen - table tennis player. Member of the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Table Tennis Team
*Lee Nguyen - professional soccer player
*Men Nguyen - professional poker player [ [http://www.launchpoker.com/players/poker_players/-men-nguyen-/] "Men Nguyen was born in Vietnam. At age 13 he quit school and began working as a bus driver. In 1978, when he was 24, he and other 87 Vietnamese people escaped from their native country by boat."]
*Mimi Tran - professional poker player [ [http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,1618,00.html] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."]
*Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, chess player
*Paul Truong - chess coach
*Scotty Nguyen - professional poker player [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/27/apop.DTL Asian Pop All In ] ]
*Tran Hieu Ngan, taekwondo, first Vietnamese winning an Olympic medal (silver)

History and politics

Kings and Queens

* Hung (Hung family)
*Trung Sisters

Emperors

*Bao Dai, last Emperor, (Nguyen Dynasty)
*Dinh Tien Hoang, first Emperor (Dinh Dynasty)
*Dinh Bo Linh
*Vu Nguyen Trinh
*Duc Duc
*Duy Tan
*Gia Long
*Ham Nghi
*Hiep Hoa
*Khai Dinh
*Kien Phuc
*Ngo Quyen
*Quang Trung
*Dang Nguyen Thien Binh

Presidents

Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam

*Ho Chi Minh
*Nguyen Huu Tho (acting)
*Nguyen Minh Triet
*Tran Duc Luong
*Truong Chinh
*Vo Chi Cong

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

*Duong Van Minh, last President
*Ngo Dinh Diem, first President
*Nguyen Khanh, (Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, 1964)
*Nguyen Van Thieu
*Phan Khac Suu
*Tran Van Huong

Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam

*Do Muoi
*Le Duan
*Le Kha Phieu
*Nguyen Van Linh
*Nong Duc Manh
*Truong Chinh

Prime-ministers

Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

*Nguyen Cao Ky
*Tran Thien Khiem
*Tran Van Huong
*Nguyen Xuan Oanh

Generals

*Nguyen Thi Dinh
*Tran Hung Dao, general, twice defeated the Mongolian armies
*Tran Van Tra
*Trinh Minh The
*Van Tien Dung
*Vo Nguyen Giap, general, defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Revolutionists, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)

*Le Duc Tho, Nobel Peace Prize (declined), 1973
*Charles Tran Van Lam
*Le Van Hieu, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
* Lý Long Tường
* Kaysone Phomvihane

Religion
*Thich Quang Duc-Buddhist

War victims

*Phan Thi Kim Phuc
*Ooa Trii Yen

Religion

*Thich Nhat Hanh
*Thich Nhat Tu
*Thich Quang Do
* Nguyen Van Thuan, Cardinal

Business

*Trung Dung
*Alexa Yen Doan, 21st Century First Generation Real Estate Businesswoman
*Catherine Tran, Businesswoman
*Pham Duc Trung Kien

See also

*List of Vietnamese Americans
*List of people by nationality

References

External links

* [http://www.vietnam.culturalprofiles.net Việt Nam Cultural Profile]