List of Vietnamese people

Emperors

Vietnamese Shoguns

Trịnh lords of Northern Vietnam (1545–1787)

Nguyễn lords of Southern Vietnam (1558–1777)

Arts and entertainment

Architecture

• Ngô Viết Thụ, architect and urbanist

  Cinema

• Tran Anh Hung, film director
• Steve Tran, film & TV actor and singer
• Maggie Q, actress, fashion model
• Katsuni, adult actress
• Kieu Chinh, actress
• Thuy Trang, actress
• Trà Giang, actress
• Ngo Thanh Van, actress
• Dustin Nguyen, actor
• Dat Phan, comedian
• Linh Nga, actress, director, sound designer, screenwriter
• Anh Do, 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
• Leyna Nguyen, newsreader in movies and television shows
• Othello Khanh, producer, director, screenwriter
• Thi Be Nguyen, Vietnamese-Canadian Executive producer, documentarian, animator, philanthropist

  Culinary

• Hung Huynh, chef, winner of Top Chef Season 3
• Christine Ha, winner of MasterChef Season 3

  Dance

• Poreotics Matthew "Dumbo" Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Can "Candy" Trong Nguyen, & Charles Viet Nguyen

  Design

• Quasar Khanh. furniture designer
• Khoi Vinh, graphic designer

  Fashion

• Jonas Bevacqua, fashion designer LRG Clothing
• Chloe Dao, fashion designer, winner of Project Runway Season 2
• Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh, fashion designer
• Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, Vietnamese model, competed in Miss Universe 2008 and made into the top 15
• Trần Thị Hương Giang, Vietnamese model, competed in Miss World 2009 and made into the top 16
• Võ Hoàng Yến, Vietnamese model, 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

  Fine art

• Bùi Xuân Phái, painter
• Dao Droste, artist
• Henri Huet, war photographer
• Lim Khim Katy, painter
• Van Le Ngoc, ballet dancer, choreographer
• Dinh Q. Lê, photographer, artist

  Literature

• Bảo Ninh, novelist and short-story writer
• Dương Thu Hương, novelist, short-story writer and dissident
• Hàn Mặc Tử, 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
• Đoàn Văn Toại, 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
• Hoa Pham
• Aliette de Bodard, writer of science fiction
• Ngan Xuyen, writer and literary translator
• Vaan Nguyen, poet and actress

  Media

• Hoang-Kim Cung, NBC KSNB in Nebraska news anchor
• Leyna Nguyen, CBS Los Angeles local news anchor
• Stephanie Trong, Executive Editor of Nylon and Nylon Guys. Former Exec. Editor of Jane
• Natalie Tran, video blogger, comedian on YouTube
• Phạm Xuân Ẩn, journalist, spy for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
• Tila Tequila, TV personality
• Michelle Phan, YouTube make-up guru and spokesperson for Lancôme Paris
• Betty Nguyen, CBS Dallas local news anchor,CBS Morning News, CBS This Morning

  Music

• Chuckie Akenz, rapper
• Bằng Kiều, singer
• Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, singer
• Đặng Thái Sơn, pianist
• Diễm Liên, singer
• Don Hồ, singer
• Dương Triệu Vũ, singer
• Hồ Lệ Thu, singer
• Hồng Nhung, singer
• Hương Thuỷ, singer
• Khánh Ly, singer
• Kristine Sa, songwriter and singer
• Lâm Nhật Tiến, singer
• Lam Phương, composer
• Le Tuan Hung, composer, performer, and musicologist
• Lệ Quyên, singer
• Leslie, French singer
• Ninh Cát Loan Châu, singer
• Lưu Hữu Phước, composer, inspired creation of the anthem for the Republic of Vietnam
• Minh Tuyet, singer
• Mỹ Linh, singer
• My Tam, composer, songwriter, singer, MYTIME perfume owner
• Niels Lan Doky, pianist
• Như Quỳnh, singer
• Ngọc Sơn, singer
• Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, MC, singer, spokesperson for "Sua Ong Chua"
• Nguyên Lê, musician, composer
• Nguyen Thanh Hien, singer, dancer, and model, contestant of the Hungarian Pop Idol
• Nhật Sơn, singer
• Như 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
• Sơn Tùng M-TP, singer, songwriter, actor
• Steve Tran, singer, film & TV actor
• Stevie Hoang, singer
• Tâm Đoan, singer
• Thanh Lam, singer
• Thanh Bui, singer, Australian Idol'' finalist
• Trần Thu Hà, singer
• Trịnh Công Sơn, composer and songwriter, painter, and essayist
• Trish Thuy Trang, singer
• Trúc Hồ, composer, musician turned producer
• Tyga, rapper
• Văn Cao, composer, songwriter, poet, and painter, author of Vietnam's national anthem

  Business

• Ung Thị, built and operated the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
• Trung Dung
• Tran Dinh Truong
• Pham Duc Trung Kien
• Bill Nguyen
• Truong Gia Binh
• Pham Nhat Vuong, the first Vietnamese billionaire
• Hoàng Kiều
• Hieu Minh Ngo, Vietnamese citizen convicted of stealing identities of over 200 American citizens from Court Ventures

  History and politics

Kings and Queens

• Trưng Sisters
• Lady Triệu

  Emperors

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

  Presidents

• Ho Chi Minh
• Tôn Đức Thắng
• Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
• Trường Chinh
• Võ Chí Công
• Lê Đức Anh
• Trần Đức Lương
• Nguyễn Minh Triết
• Trương Tấn Sang
• Trần Đại Quang
• Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng

  Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

• Dương Văn Minh, last President
• Ngô Đình Diệm, first President
• Nguyễn Khánh,
• Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
• Phan Khắc Sửu
• Trần Văn Hương
• Charles Tran Van Lam, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Đỗ Quang Giai, Chairman of the Senate, OBE

  Secretary-General of Communist Party of Vietnam

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

  Prime ministers

• Phạm Văn Đồng
• Võ Văn Kiệt
• Phan Văn Khải
• Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
• Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

  Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

• Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
• Trần Thiện Khiêm
• Trần Văn Hương
• Nguyễn Xuân Oánh

  Generals

• Cao Văn Viên, 4-star general of the Republic of Vietnam
• Đăng Văn Quang
• Lê Minh Đảo
• Lê Nguyên Vỹ, Republic of Vietnam brigadier general, defeated Viet Cong forces in the Battle of An Lộc
• Ngô Xuân Lịch
• Ngô Quang Trưởng, Republic of Vietnam lieutenant general, recaptured Huế from Northern communist forces in 1968 Tet Offensive
• Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Republic of Vietnam general, defended Saigon against Viet Cong forces in the Tet Offensive
• Nguyễn Thị Định
• Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
• Phạm Văn Đồng
• Trần Hưng Đạo, general, twice defeated the Mongolian armies
• Trần Văn Hai
• Trần Văn Trà
• Viet Xuan Luong, US Army Major General
• Trình Minh Thế
• Văn Tiến Dũng
• Võ Nguyên Giáp, general, defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu

  Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)

• Phan Bội Châu
• Phan Châu Trinh
• Hồ Văn Nhựt, founder of Southern branch of Red Cross of Vietnam and South Vietnamese opposition leader
• Joseph Cao, 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, 1973
• Lê Hiền Đức, anti-corruption activist
• Lê Mai, diplomat and Deputy Foreign Minister
• Hieu Van Le, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
• Lý Long Tường
• Kaysone Phomvihane, former Laotian Prime Minister
• Philipp Rösler, German vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel's administration
• Trần Trọng Kim
• Wayne Cao, Alberta provincial deputy speaker and MLA of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

  Lawyers

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

  Religion

• Thích Thanh Từ
• Thích Nhất Hạnh
• Thích Nhật Từ
• Thích Quảng Độ
• Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Cardinal
• Philippe Trần Văn Hoài, Monsignor
• Thích Quảng Đức, Buddhist

  Sciences

Natural sciences and technology

• André Truong Trong Thi, engineer
• Tuan Vo-Dinh, professor, Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University
• Nguyễn Xuân 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, winner of the Shaw Prize in 2012 and the Kavli Prize in 2012
• Xuong Nguyen-Huu, biochemist
• Minh Le, computer game developer
• Lê Dũng Tráng, mathematician
• Đàm Thanh Sơn, theoretical physicist
• My Hang V. Huynh, chemist, recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant"
• Hoàng Xuân Hãn, professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist
• Trần Đại Nghĩa, scientist, military engineer, and father of the defense industry of Vietnam
• Frédéric Pham, mathematician
• Duong Hong Phong, mathematician, winner of Stefan Bergman Prize in 2009

  Space travel

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

  Social sciences

• Lê Quý Đôn, historian, encyclopedist, and philosopher
• Lương Kim Định, Catholic priest, scholar and philosopher
• Tran Duc Thao, philosopher
• Nguyễn Thị Duệ, Ammanese intellectual

  Sports

• Nguyễn Tiến Minh – badminton player – World Badminton Championship Bronze medalist
• Amy Tran – field hockey player, goalie
• Carol Huynh – Olympic wrestler, won a gold medal for Canada.
• Catherine Mai Lan Fox – Olympic swimmer with two gold medals
• Ken Hoang – Super Smash Bros. Melee player
• Chau Giang – professional poker player
• Cung Le – retired undefeated kickboxing champion, kickboxing coach, former Strikeforce MMA middleweight champion, retired UFC fighter,
• 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
• Howard Bach – badminton player – former world champion
• Jim Parque – In 1996, was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympic baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta
• Lee Nguyen – professional soccer player
• Marcel Nguyen – Olympic gymnast Silver Medalist
• Men Nguyen – professional poker player
• Mimi Tran – professional poker player
• Nam Phan – professional UFC Fighter & MMA Coach
• Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn – chess player
• Paul Truong – chess coach
• Rob Nguyen – Formula 3000 driver
• Scotty Nguyen – professional poker player
• Trần Hiếu Ngân – taekwondo fighter, first Vietnamese to win an Olympic medal
• Yohan Cabaye – professional soccer player
• Ben Nguyen – MMA fighter, currently fighting in the UFC
• Qui Nguyen – World Series of Poker CHAMPION 2016
• Lê Công Vinh – professional soccer player

  Criminals

• David Thai – Founder and former leader of the Born to Kill gang in Manhattan Chinatown
• Đại Cathay – Mobster from Saigon who was known as one of the "Four Great Kings" during the 1960s
• Năm Cam – Known as the "Godfather" of Vietnam, led a mafia in Saigon during the 1990s
• Khánh Trắng – President of the Đồng Xuân Labor Union, a criminal organization disguised as a labor union
• Dung Hà – Female gang boss from Haiphong
• Asau Tran – Former ringleader of a Vietnamese Toronto mob in Canada during the 1980s