List of famous or notable Vietnamese people (Ngðá»Âi Viá»Ât or Ngðá»Âi gá»Âc Viá»Ât - Vietnamese or Vietnamese-descent). This list is incomplete.
Art and design
Fashion
- ÃÂặng Thá» Minh Hạnh, fashion designer
- Nguyá»Â
n Thùy Lâm, model. She competed in Miss Universe 2008 and made into the top 15.
- Trần Thá» Hðáng Giang, model. She competed in Miss World 2009 and made into the top 16.
- Võ Hoàng Yến, 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
- , influential media figure in Vietnam and the region.
- H'Hen Niê, represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2018 and placed in the top 5.
- , Vietnamese fashion designer.
- , Vietnamese-German model and fashion entrepreneur.
Arts & Entertainment
Cinema
- Steve Tran, actor and singer
- Maggie Q, actress, fashion model
- Kieu Chinh, actress
- Thuy Trang, actress
- TrÃÂ Giang, actress
- Trần Anh Hùng, director
- Ngo Thanh Van, actress
- Dustin Nguyen, actor
- Dat Phan, comedian
- Linh Dan Pham, actress
- , director, screenwriter, actor
- Kim Nguyen, Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker, director
- Ringo Le, producer, director, screenwriter
- Ham Tran, producer, director, screenwriter
- HỠVénh Khoa, actor and model
- 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
- ChÃÂ TÃÂ i, Vietnamese comedian and actor
- HoÃÂ i Linh, Vietnamese comedian and actor
Culinary
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
- Bao Ninh, novelist and short-story writer
- Dðáng Thu Hðáng, novelist, short-story writer and dissident
- Han Mac Tu, poet
- HỠXuân Hðáng, poet, dubbed as "The Queen of Nôm poetry".
- Nguyá»Â
n ChàThiá»Ân, poet
- Nguyá»Â
n Bá»Ânh Khiêm, poet
- Nguyá»Â
n Du, poet
- Nguyá»Â
n Ngá»Âc Ngạn, novelist, MC, teacher, poet.
- Nguyá»Â
n Trãi, poet and statesman.
- Xuân Diá»Âu, poet, journalist, short-story writer, and literary critic, best known as one of the prominent figures of the twentieth-century Thá má»Âi (New Poetry) Movement.
- TỠHữu, poet
- ThuáºÂn, novelist
- Trần BÃÂch San, writer
- Vðáng 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, Vietnamese-American spoken word artist, writer and activist.
- Quang X. Pham, Vietnamese American businessman, veteran, author, and community leader. Notable as the first Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Andrew Lam, Vietnamese American author and journalist.
- Andrew X. Pham, 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, Vietnamesee-American poet, essayist, and novelist. Recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, 2016 Whiting Award, and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize. Known for his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous published in 2019.
Media
- Nguyá»Â
n Ngá»Âc Ngạn, Vietnamese-Canadian television personality and fellow MC of Paris by Night.
- Nguyá»Â
n Cao Kỳ Duyên, Vietnamese-American fellow MC for Paris by Night, singer, spokesperson for "Sua Ong Chua"
- Phạm Xuân Ẩn, notable Vietnamese spy, journalist, and correspondent for Time, Reuters and the New York Herald Tribune, stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
- Tran Thanh, Vietnamese comedian, actor, and a major presenter in Vietnamese television.
- Tina Yong, Vietnamese-Australian beauty and lifestyle YouTuber and influencer based in Australia.
- Stephanie Trong, Executive Editor of Nylon and Nylon Guys. Former Exec. Editor of Jane.
- Natalie Tran, video blogger and comedian on YouTube
- Michelle Phan, YouTube make-up guru and spokesperson for Lancôme Paris.
- Anh Do, Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. Has appeared on 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.
- Mychonny, Melbourne-based Vietnamese-Chinese Australian YouTuber.
- The Anh Phan, Vietnamese travel blogger, scholar, author, and lecturer whose work primarily focuses on sustainable consumption, cause-related marketing, and influencer marketing.
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 for "Best New Asian Artist in Vietnam".
- Chuckie Akenz, Canadian rapper of Vietnamese descent. Raise to popularity with the filming of an amateur rap video called "You Got Beef?"
- Bằng Kiá»Âu, 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 Warsaw, becoming the first pianist from Asia to win.
- Diá»Â
m Liên, singer and actress.
- Don Há»Â, Vietnamese American singer known for his appearance in Paris by Night.
- Dðáng Triá»Âu VÃ
©, singer
- Hanni (singer), (born Phạm Ngá»Âc Hân, 2004), singer and member of girl group NewJeans
- 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 Lðu), South Korean-born Vietnamese singer, actress and MC in Vietnam.
- Há» BÃÂch Ngá»Âc, singer and song writer
- Há» Lá» 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 Phðáng, composer
- Le Tuan Hung, composer, performer, and musicologist
- Leslie (singer), French singer
- Loan Chau, singer
- Lðu Hữu Phðá»Âc, composer
- Minh Tuyet, singer
- My Linh, singer
- My Tam, composer, songwriter, singer, MYTIME perfume owner
- Niels Lan Doky, pianist
- Nhð 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
- 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 ÃÂoan, 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
- VÃÂn Cao, composer, songwriter, poet, and painter, author of Vietnam's national anthem
- Son Tung MTP, singer-songwriter, actor
Painting
Business
- Phạm NháºÂt Vðợng, Vietnam's first billionaire.
- Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Phðáng 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.
- Thuan Pham, engineer, former CTO of Uber and Coupang
History and politics (non-exhaustive)
Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:
Emperors
Presidents
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam
Prime ministers
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Generals
Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)
- Trðng Sisters
- Phan Bá»Âi Châu
- Phạm Thá» Hải Chuyá»Ân, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
- Joseph Cao (Cao Quang ÃÂnh), former Louisiana representative in the United States House of Representatives
- Charles Tran Van Lam
- ÃÂinh Xuân Lðu, Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland and Israel
- Hoang Van Chi, South Vietnamese politician who publicized the Nhân VÃÂnâÂÂGiai Phẩm affair in the North under Ho Chi Minh
- Lê ÃÂức Thá»Â, Nobel Peace Prize (declined), 1973
- Hieu Van Le, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
- Lý Long Tðá»Âng
- Kaysone Phomvihane, past Laotian Prime Minister (born Nguyen Cai Song)
- Philipp Rösler, German vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel's administration
- Trần Trá»Âng Kim
- Wayne Cao, Alberta provincial deputy speaker and MLA of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
Lawyers
Religion
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)
Christianity
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Sciences
Natural sciences and technology
- 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 VÃÂn 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.)
- Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
- Lê Khánh ÃÂá»Âng, medical doctor
- Lam M. Nguyen, computer scientist and applied mathematician
- Quoc V. Le, computer scientist and machine learning pioneer
Space travel
Social sciences
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.
- Lý Hoàng Sán, professional basketball player
- 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
Video Games and Esports
- TenZ (Tyson VÃÂn Ngô) former 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
- , popular YouTuber, video game streamer.
- , 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
References