Some famous or notable Vietnamese people (Người Việt or Người gốc Việt - Vietnamese or Vietnamese-descent) include:
Art and design [ edit ]
Fashion [ edit ]
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.[1]
Nguyễn Công Trí , Vietnamese fashion designer.
Thảo Nhi Lê , Vietnamese-German model and fashion entrepreneur.
Arts & Entertainment [ edit ]
Notable Vietnamese comedian, musician and actor, the late Nguyễn Chí Tài .
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 [ edit ]
Poreotics
Matthew Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Can Trong Nguyen, Charles Viet Nguyen, Tim Kieu
Jabbawockeez
Kinjaz
Charles Nguyen, Vinh Nguyen, Tony Tran, Kevin Nguyen
Literature [ edit ]
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 [2]
Bao Phi , poet and spoken word artist
Quang X. Pham
Andrew Lam
Andrew X. Pham
Aimee Phan
Ocean Vuong
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.[3]
AMEE , singer
Chuckie Akenz , rapper
Bằng Kiều , singer
Dam Vinh Hung ,singer
Dang Thai Son , pianist
Diễm Liên , singer
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 Bích Ngọc , singer and song writer
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
Son Tung M-TP , Vietnamese pop singerPhuong 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 [ edit ]
History and politics (non-exhaustive) [ edit ]
Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:
Emperors [ edit ]
Hàm Nghi , Emperor of Đại Nam
Presidents [ edit ]
Ho Chi Minh
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) [ edit ]
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Philipp Rösler
Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam [ edit ]
Prime ministers [ edit ]
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam [ edit ]
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) [ edit ]
Generals [ edit ]
Statue of military general, Trần Hưng Đạo , Vũng Tàu City, Vietnam
Phạm Ngũ Lão , Vietnamese military commander under Trần Hưng Đạo
Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above) [ edit ]
Le Duc Tho
Lawyers [ edit ]
Religion [ edit ]
Vietnam's major religions besides Vietnamese folk religion have been Mahayana Buddhism (East Asian Buddhism ) and Roman Catholicism .[6] Confucianism and Taoism were also legacies inherited from ancient China, but may be regarded as philosophical rather than strictly religious.
Buddhism (Mahayana) [ edit ]
Christianity (Roman Catholicism) [ edit ]
Sciences [ edit ]
Natural sciences and technology [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Social sciences [ edit ]
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[8]
Dang Van Lam , professional soccer player.
Danny Graves , MLB baseball player[9]
Dat Nguyen , NFL football player,[10] Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
David Pham , professional poker player[11]
François Trinh-Duc , French professional rugby player[12]
Hoang Xuan Vinh , Vietnam's first Olympic Gold Medalist.[13]
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[14]
Mimi Tran , professional poker player[15]
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[16]
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 [ edit ]
TenZ (Tyson Văn Ngô) former CSGO player, professional Valorant player, Vietnamese Canadian.[17]
ana (Anathan Phạm), Dota2 International 2-time champion and 2-time Major winner, Vietnamese Chinese Australian.[18] [19]
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 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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^ [4] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
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^ [6] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
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