List of Vietnamese people

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Some famous or notable Vietnamese people (Người Việt or Người gốc Việt - Vietnamese or Vietnamese-descent) include:

Art and design

Main articles: List of Vietnamese artists and List of Vietnamese women artists

Fashion

• Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh, fashion designer
• Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, Vietnamese model. She competed in Miss Universe 2008 and made into the top 15.
• Trần Thị Hương Giang, Vietnamese model. She competed in Miss World 2009 and made into the top 16.
• Võ Hoàng Yến, Vietnamese model. She competed in Miss Universe 2009 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 Season 2
• Chau Bui, influential media figure in Vietnam and the region
• H'Hen Niê, represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2018 and placed in the top 5.
• Nguyễn Công Trí, Vietnamese fashion designer.
• Thảo Nhi Lê, Vietnamese-German model and fashion entrepreneur.
• Lê Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc, Miss Intercontinental 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Notable Vietnamese comedian, musician and actor, the late Nguyễn Chí Tài.

Cinema

• Steve Tran, film & TV actor and singer
• Maggie Q, actress, fashion model
• Kieu Chinh, actress
• Thuy Trang, actress
• Trà Giang, actress
• Ngo Thanh Van, actress
• Dustin Nguyen, actor
• Dat Phan, comedian
• Linh Dan Pham, actress
• Kim Nguyen, Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker, director
• Ringo Le, producer, director, screenwriter
• Ham Tran, producer, director, screenwriter
• Steve Nguyen, producer, director, screenwriter
• Doan Hoang, producer, director, screenwriter
• Anh Duong, actress, model,socialite
• France Nuyen, actress
• Ke Huy Quan, actor
• Hong Chau, actress
• Chí Tài, Vietnamese comedian and actor
• Hoài Linh, Vietnamese comedian and actor

Culinary

• Hung Huynh, chef, winner of Top Chef Season 3
• Christine Ha, winner of MasterChef Season 3
• Luke Nguyen, Vietnamese Australian chef

Dance

• Poreotics
  • Matthew Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Can Trong Nguyen, Charles Viet Nguyen, Tim Kieu
• Jabbawockeez
  • Tony Tran, Jeff Nguyen
• Kinjaz
  • Charles Nguyen, Vinh Nguyen, Tony Tran, Kevin Nguyen

Literature

Xuân Diệu

Nam Le

• Bao Ninh, novelist and short-story writer
• Dương Thu Hương, novelist, short-story writer and dissident
• Han Mac Tu, poet
• Hồ Xuân Hương, poet
• Nguyễn Chí Thiện, poet
• Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, poet
• Nguyễn Du, poet
• Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn, novelist,mc,teacher,poet
• Nguyễn Trãi, poet and statesman
• Xuân Diệu, poet of love
• Tố Hữu, poet
• Trần Bích San, writer
• Vương Trung Hiếu, writer
• Doan Van Toai, author, former student leader
• Pham Thi Hoai
• Lan Cao, author of "Monkey Bridge"
• Monique Truong, novelist
• Nam Le author of "The Boat", editor of the Harvard Review
• Bao Phi, poet and spoken word artist
• Quang X. Pham
• Andrew Lam
• Andrew X. Pham
• Aimee Phan
• Ocean Vuong

Media

Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn, fellow MC of Paris by Night

• Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn, Vietnamese-Canadian television personality and fellow MC of Paris by Night
• Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, Vietnamese-American fellow MC for Paris by Night, singer, spokesperson for "Sua Ong Chua"
• Phạm Xuân Ẩn, journalist, spy for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
• Tran Thanh, Vietnamese comedian, actor, and a major presenter in Vietnamese television.
• Tina Yong, YouTube personality
• Stephanie Trong, Executive Editor of Nylon and Nylon Guys. Former Exec. Editor of Jane.
• Natalie Tran, video blogger, comedienne on YouTube
• Michelle Phan, YouTube make-up guru and spokesperson for Lancôme Paris
• Anh Do, comedian
• Mychonny, comedian.

Music

• AMEE, singer
• Chuckie Akenz, rapper
• Bằng Kiều, singer
• Dam Vinh Hung,singer
• Dang Thai Son, pianist
• Diễm Liên, singer

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  Mỹ Tâm performing in Saigon.

  Don Hồ, singer
• Dương Triệu Vũ, singer
• Hanni Pham, singer, dancer
• Hanbin Ngo, singer, dancer
• Hari Won (Esther Lưu), singer, actor
• Hồ Lệ Thu, singer
• Hong Nhung, singer
• Huong Thuy, singer
• Jack, singer
• keshi, singer
• Khánh Ly, singer
• Kristine Sa, songwriter and singer
• Lam Nhat Tien, singer
• Lam Phương, composer
• Le Tuan Hung, composer, performer, and musicologist
• Leslie (singer), French singer

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, fellow MC of Paris by Night

• Loan Chau, singer
• Lưu Hữu Phước, composer
• Minh Tuyet, singer
• My Linh, singer
• My Tam, composer, songwriter, singer, MYTIME perfume owner
• Niels Lan Doky, pianist
• Như Quỳnh, singer
• Ngoc Son, singer
• Nguyên Lê, musician, composer
• Nguyen Thanh Hien, singer, dancer, and model, contestant of the Hungarian Pop Idol
• Nhat Son, singer
• Nhu Loan, singer
• Phạm Duy, composer and songwriter
• Phi Nhung, vocalist, singer

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  Son Tung M-TP, Vietnamese pop singer

  Phuong Thanh, singer
• Quan Yeomans, vocalist and guitarist of Regurgitator
• Quang Lê, singer
• Roni Tran Binh Trong, singer, Finnish Idol finalist
• Steve Tran, singer, film & TV actor
• Stevie Hoang, singer
• Tâm Đoan, singer
• Thanh Lam, singer
• Thanh Bui, singer, Australian Idol finalist
• Tran Thu Ha, singer
• Trinh Cong Son, composer and songwriter, painter, and essayist
• Trish Thuy Trang, singer
• Truc Ho, composer, musician turned producer
• Tyga, rapper
• Văn Cao, composer, songwriter, poet, and painter, author of Vietnam's national anthem
• Son Tung MTP, singer-songwriter, actor

Business

• Phạm Nhật Vượng, Vietnam's first billionaire.
• Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, Vietnam's first female billionaire, Vietjet Air.
• Ung Thi, built and operated the Rex Hotel, in Ho Chi Minh City.
• 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.

History and politics (non-exhaustive)

Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:

Emperors

Hàm Nghi, Emperor of Đại Nam

• Hùng Vương
• Đinh Tiên Hoàng, first Emperor
• Ngô Quyền
• Quang Trung
• Gia Long
• Minh Mạng
• Dục Đức
• Hiệp Hòa
• Kiến Phúc
• Hàm Nghi
• Duy Tân
• Khải Định
• Lê Lợi

Presidents

Ho Chi Minh

• Ho Chi Minh
• Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
• Nguyễn Minh Triết
• Trần Đức Lương
• Trường Chinh
• Võ Chí Công
• Lê Đức Anh
• Trương Tấn Sang
• Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Võ Văn Thưởng

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

• Dương Văn Minh, last President
• Ngô Đình Diệm, first President
• Nguyễn Khánh, (Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, 1964)
• Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
• Phan Khắc Sửu
• Trần Văn Hương
• Hoàng Gia Hợp, Deputy Minister of Health

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Philipp Rösler

Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam

• Đỗ Mười
• Lê Duẩn
• Lê Khả Phiêu
• Nguyễn Văn Linh
• Nông Đức Mạnh
• Trường Chinh
• Nông Đức Mạnh
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Prime ministers

• Phan Văn Khải
• Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
• Phạm Minh Chính

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

• Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
• Tran Thien Khiem
• Tran Van Huong
• Nguyen Xuan Oanh

Generals

Statue of military general, Trần Hưng Đạo, Vũng Tàu City, Vietnam

Phạm Ngũ Lão, Vietnamese military commander under Trần Hưng Đạo

• Trần Hưng Đạo
• Phạm Ngũ Lão
• Lê Lợi
• Cao Văn Viên, 4-star general of the Republic of Vietnam
• Lê Minh Đảo
• Lê Nguyên Vỹ, Republic of Vietnam brigadier general. He defeated Viet Cong forces in the Battle of An Lộc.
• Ngô Quang Trưởng, Republic of Vietnam lieutenant general. He recaptured Huế from Northern communist forces in 1968 Tet Offensive.
• Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Republic of Vietnam general. He defended Saigon against Viet Cong forces in the Tet Offensive.
• Nguyễn Thị Định
• Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
• Phạm Văn Đồng (ARVN general)
• Trần Văn Hai
• Trần Văn Trà
• Trình Minh Thế
• Văn Tiến Dũng
• Võ Nguyên Giáp, general. He defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)

Le Duc Tho

• Trưng Sisters
• Phan Bội Châu
• Joseph Cao (Cao Quang Ánh), former Louisiana representative in the United States House of Representatives
• Charles Tran Van Lam
• Đinh Xuân Lưu, Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland and Israel
• Hoang Van Chi, South Vietnamese politician who publicized the Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair in the North under Ho Chi Minh
• Lê Đức Thọ, Nobel Peace Prize (declined), 1973
• Hieu Van Le, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
• Lý Long Tường
• Kaysone Phomvihane, past Laotian Prime Minister (born Nguyen Cai Song)
• Philipp Rösler, German vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel's administration
• Trần Trọng Kim
• Wayne Cao, Alberta provincial deputy speaker and MLA of the Alberta Legislative Assembly

Lawyers

• Jacques Vergès, lawyer who represented well-known war criminals

Religion

Thích Quảng Đức

Vietnam's major religions besides Vietnamese folk religion have been Mahayana Buddhism (East Asian Buddhism) and Roman Catholicism. Confucianism and Taoism were also legacies inherited from ancient China, but may be regarded as philosophical rather than strictly religious.

Buddhism (Mahayana)

• Thích Thanh Từ
• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Thích Nhật Từ
• Thích Quảng Độ
• Thích Quảng Đức, Buddhist who self-immolated.

Christianity (Roman Catholicism)

• Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Cardinal
• Philippe Trần Văn Hoài, Monsignor

Sciences

Natural sciences and technology

Tan Le

Ngô Bảo Châu

• André Truong Trong Thi, engineer
• Tuan Vo-Dinh, Prof., Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University
• Nguyen Xuan Vinh, scientist and educator
• Duy-Loan Le
• Tan Le telecommunications entrepreneur, co-founder of Emotiv, Young Australian of the Year 1998
• Hoàng Tụy, mathematician
• Ngô Bảo Châu, first Vietnamese mathematician to win the Fields Medal
• 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.)

Space travel

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

Social sciences

• Lê Quý Đôn, historian, encyclopedist, and philosopher
• Luong Kim Dinh, catholic priest, scholar and philosopher
• Nguyễn Hồng Giáp, economist

Sports

• Amy Tran, retired hockey player
• Brandon Nakashima, professional tennis player.
• Carol Huynh, Olympic wrestler.
• Catherine Mai Lan Fox, Olympic swimmer with two gold medals
• Chau Giang, professional poker
• Cung Le, MMA/kickboxing champion and coach
• Dang Van Lam, professional soccer player.
• Danny Graves, MLB baseball player
• Dat Nguyen, NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
• David Pham, professional poker player
• François Trinh-Duc, French professional rugby player
• Hoang Xuan Vinh, Vietnam's first Olympic Gold Medalist.
• Howard Bach, badminton player, former world champion (2005)
• Jaylin Williams, 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, NBA basketball player.
• Le Quang Liem, Vietnamese chess player.
• 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
• 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
• Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, chess player
• Nguyen Quang Hai, professional soccer player
• Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnamese swimmer.
• 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
• Tran Hieu Ngan, taekwondo, first Vietnamese winning an Olympic medal (silver)
• Yohan Cabaye, professional soccer player

MisThy, who has over 6 mill. subscribers on Vietnamese YouTube as of 2023.

Video Games and Esports

• TenZ (Tyson Văn Ngô) former CSGO player, professional Valorant player, Vietnamese Canadian.
• ana (Anathan Phạm), 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
• MisThy, popular YouTuber, video game streamer.
• ViruSs, video game streamer, producer.
• Minh Le, (Gooseman), Vietnamese Canadian video game programmer who co-created the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike in 1999, starting the Counter-Strike series.
• Dong Nguyen, Flappy Bird mobile game.

See also

• Overseas Vietnamese
• List of Vietnamese Americans
• List of people by nationality