Ngô Quyền
Ngô Quyền (Hán tự: 吳權) (March 12, 897 – February 14, 944), formally King Ngô, is often referred as First King Ngô, was a warlord and Vietnamese monarch who reigned the independent kingdom of Tinh Hai, ruling from 939–944. He defeated the Southern Han kingdom at the Battle of Bạch Đằng River north of modern Haiphong and ended 1,000 years of Chinese domination dating back to 111 BC under the Han dynasty and consolidated the Vietnamese independence. A central district in modern Haiphong is named after him.