List of Vietnamese people

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

Art and design

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

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 

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, 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
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

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
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.
Chinh Chu, Vietnamese-born American businessman.
Charlie Ton Quy, nail salon tycoon.
Trieu Nhu Phat, real estate tycoon.
Jenny Ta, Vietnamese American businesswoman.

 History and politics (non-exhaustive) 
Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:

 Emperors 

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
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

 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

 Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

 Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) 
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
Tran Thien Khiem
Tran Van Huong
Nguyen Xuan Oanh

 Generals 

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) 

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 
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 

 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

 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

 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

References 

 
Vietnamese