- People with the surname Nguyễn
Nguyễn is the most common Vietnamese surname, held by an estimated 40 percent of
Vietnamese people . The following is an incomplete list of notable individuals with this surname.Heads of state or government
*Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, former prime minister of South Vietnam (b. 1930)
*Nguyễn Dynasty , ruled Vietnam from 1802 to 1945
**Gia Long (born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, 1762-1820)
**Đồng Khánh (born Nguyễn Cảnh Tông, 1864-1889)
**Khai Dinh (born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo, d. 1925)
**Duy Tân (born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, 1899-1945)
**Bảo Đại (born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, 1913-1997)
*Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910-1996)
*Nguyễn Khánh, prime minister of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
*Empress Nam Phương, consort ofBảo Đại , born Nguyễn Hữu Thị Lan.
*Nguyễn Lords, the precursors to the Nguyễn Dynasty, who ruled southern Vietnam from 1558 to 1775
**Nguyễn Kim (1476-1545)
**Nguyễn Hoàng (1525-1613)
**Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên (1563-1635)
**Nguyễn Phúc Lan (1601-1648)
**Nguyễn Phúc Tần (1620-1687)
**Nguyễn Phúc Trăn (1650-1691)
**Nguyễn Phúc Chu (1675-1725)
**Nguyễn Phúc Tru (name also spelled Nguyễn Phúc Chú, 1696-1738)
**Nguyễn Phúc Khoát (1714-1765)
*Nguyễn Minh Triết ,president of Vietnam (b. 1942)
*Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, prime minister of South Vietnam (b. 1908)
*Nguyễn Phan Long, prime minister (1889-1960)
*Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Phúc, prime minister
*Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnamese Communiststatesman and revolutionary; founded independentVietnam (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, 1890–1969)
*Nguyễn Tấn Dũng ,prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1949)
*Nguyễn Thị Anh , queen of Vietnam (1422?–1459)
*Nguyễn Văn Tâm, prime minister
*Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , general and president of South Vietnam (1923–2001)
*Tay Son Dynasty , founded by the Tay Son brothers (Nguyễn Nhạc ,Nguyễn Lữ , andNguyễn Huệ ), ruled from 1778 to 1802
**Nguyễn Huệ, ruled as Emperor Quang Trung (1753-1792)Actors
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Dustin Nguyen , Vietnamese American television and film actor (b. 1962)
*Johnny Tri Nguyen , Vietnamese American actor and martial artist (b. 1974)
*Navia Nguyen , model and actressArtists
*Dustin Nguyen, comic book artist
*Mike Nguyen , artist
*Nguyen Tan Hoang , Vietnamese American video artist and academic
*Nguyen Thanh Binh , painter (b. 1954)Athletes
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Dat Nguyen , formerDallas Cowboys linebacker (b. 1975)
*Jessica Nguyen , American tennis player (b. 1987)
*Lee Nguyen , midfielder for theRanders FC (b. 1986)
*Nguyễn Lộc , martial artist (1912-1960)
*Nguyễn Minh Phương , football player
*Rob Nguyen , Australian racing car driver (b. 1980)
*Nguyen Van Hung, martial artistChess players
*Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (b. 1990)
Journalists
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Betty Nguyen , CNN news anchor
*Chau Nguyen , Houston-area news anchor (b. 1973)
*Leyna Nguyen , Los Angeles-area news anchor (b. 1969)
*Nguyen Qui Duc , Vietnamese American writer
*Vicky Nguyen , San Jose-area news reporter
* Mary Nguyen, Orlando area news reporterMilitary
*Nguyễn Chánh Thi, ARVN general (1923-2007)
*Nguyen Chi Thanh ,Vietnam People's Army (PAVN) general
*Nguyen Hong Nhi , North Vietnamese fighter pilot
*Nguyễn Hữu Có, ARVN general
*Nguyen Khoa Nam , ARVN general (1927-1975)
*Nguyễn Ngọc Lê, ARVN general
*Nguyen Quy An , air force major (b. 1943)
*Nguyễn Văn Cốc, North Vietnamese fighter pilot (b. 1943)
*Nguyen Van Cu , pilot and lieutenant in theVietnam Air Force (b. 1934)
*Nguyễn Văn Hiếu, ARVN general (1929-1975)
*Nguyễn Văn Hinh, military chief of state
*Nguyễn Văn Nhung, organizer of the coup against Ngo Dinh Diem (d. 1964)
*Nguyen Van Minh , ARVN general
*Nguyễn Văn Toàn, ARVN general (b. 1932)
*Nguyen Van Bay , North Vietnamesefighter ace (b.1937)Models
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Navia Nguyen (b. 1973)
*Tila Tequila , model, singer, Internet personality (born Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen in 1981)Musicians
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Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen , Vietnamese American singer (b. 1969)
*Hoàng Hải , singer (born Nguyễn Hoàng Hải in 1982)
*Khánh Ly, singer (born Nguyễn Lệ Mai in 1945)
*Phương Vy , singer; winner of 2007 "Vietnam Idol " competition (born Nguyễn Ngọc Phương Vy in 1987)
*Quynh Nguyen , classical pianist (b. 1976)
*Thao Nguyen, indie-rock/alternative-folk singer and songwriter fromVirginia
*Nguyễn-Thiên Đạo, composer (b. 1940)
*Trish Thuy Trang (born Nguyễn Thùy Trang), Vietnamese-American singer and songwriter
*Văn Cao, popular songwriter who wrote the national anthem of Vietnam, "Tiến Quân Ca" (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, 1923-1995)Physicians
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Nguyen Van Nghi , practitioner of traditional medicine (1909-1999)Poets
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Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm , considered asaint by theCao Dai religion (1492-1587)
*Nguyễn Chí Thiện, dissident poet (b. 1939)
*Nguyễn Du , wrote "The Tale of Kieu " (1765–1820)
*Hoa Nguyen , American poet (b. 1967)
*Nguyễn Khuyến (1835-1909)
*Tố Hữu (born Nguyễn Kim Thành, 1920-2002)
*Nguyễn Trãi , poet and national and cultural hero of Vietnam (1380–1442)Poker players
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Danny Nguyen
*Men Nguyen (b. 1954)
*Minh Nguyen
*Scotty Nguyen (b. 1962)Politicians
*Nguyễn Bá Thanh (b. 1959)
*Nguyen Dinh Thuan , politician
*Nguyen Hop Doan , mayor of Saigon (1928-2002)
*Nguyễn Hữu Thọ , Vietnamese lawyer and politician; founder of the NLF (1910-1996)
*Nguyễn Phú Trọng (b. 1944)
*Nguyễn Sinh Hùng , First Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
*Nguyễn Thị Bình, former NLF fighter and vice president of Vietnam
*Nguyễn Thiện Nhân , Vietnamese Minister of Education (b. 1953)
*Nguyễn Tiến Hưng , former Minister of Economic Development and Planning ofRepublic of Vietnam , writer.
*Nguyễn Văn An (b. 1937)
*Nguyễn Văn Linh , NLF fighter in theVietnam War , 1986-1991 General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Vietnam (1915-1998)
*Nguyễn Văn Tường, Nguyen Dynasty regent (1824-1886)
*Nguyen Van Vy , military deputyReligious leaders
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Bửu Đồng (born Nguyễn Phước Bửu Đồng), prestiguous Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest
*Nhat Hanh (born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo in 1926), Buddhist monk and author
*Nguyen Van Ly , Roman Catholic priest and prominent Vietnamese dissident
*Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện, oldest living bishop of the Roman Catholic church (b. 1906)
*François-Xavier Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Roman Catholic cardinal (1928-2002)Revolutionaries
*Nguyễn Hải Thần (c.1878–1959)
*Cường Để (born Nguyễn Phúc Đan, 1882-1951)
*Nguyễn Quyền , anti-colonial activist (1869–1941)
*Nguyễn Thái Học, Vietnamese revolutionary; founded theNationalist Party of Vietnam (1901-1930)
*Nguyễn Thần Hiến , anti-colonial activist (1856–1914)
*Nguyễn Thượng Hiền , anti-colonial activist (1865–1925)
*Nguyễn Thị Định (1920-1992)
*Nguyễn Trung Trực, anti-French resistance leader (1837-1868)cientists
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Buu Hoi , organic/biochemistry/medical researcher, published more than 1000 papers (born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Hội in 1915)
*Nguyễn Tử Quảng, computer scientist (b. 1975)
*Nguyen Xuan Vinh (b. 1930)Writers
*Nguyễn Đình Thi (1924-2003)
*Kien Nguyen (b. 1967)
*Nguyễn Nhật Ánh , popular children's author (b. 1955)
*Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn, Vietnamese Canadian writer (b. 1946)
*Qui Nguyen , playwright
*Huong Keenleyside (born Nguyen Thi Huong in 1971)
*Nguyễn Thuyên , 13th century official and writerOther
*Nguyễn Diệu Hoa, Miss Vietnam (b. 1969)
*Nguyen Huu Bai , minister to the royal court at Hue
*Nguyen Huu Chanh , anti-communist activist (b. 1952)
*Nguyễn Huy Đẩu, anti-communist activist (b. 1914)
*Nguyễn Khác Chính, anti-communist activist (b. 1924)
*Nguyen Lac Hoa , Catholic priest and anti-communist fighter (1908-c. 1989)
*Nguyễn Mạnh Tường , lawyer and intellectual (1909–1997)
*Peter Nguyen , Catholic activist
*Nguyen Si Binh , anti-communist activist
*Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen , drug smuggler (b. 1983)
*Nguyễn Trường Tộ , 19th-century social reformer (1830-1871)
*Nguyễn Tường Vân, Vietnamese Australian drug trafficker (1980-2005)
*Nguyen Van Ly , Catholic activist (b. 1946)
*Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, would-be assassin ofRobert McNamara (1947-1964)Fictional people
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Nguyen Charlie , cartoon character
*Nguyen Toon , mythical North Vietnamese fighter pilot
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