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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.
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Nguyễn Công Trí , Vietnamese fashion designer.
Thảo Nhi Lê , Vietnamese-German model and fashion entrepreneur.
Lê Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc , Miss Intercontinental 2022
Arts & Entertainment
Notable Vietnamese comedian, musician and actor, the late
Nguyễn Chí Tài .
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
Dance
Poreotics
Matthew Vinh Quoc Nguyen, Can Trong Nguyen, Charles Viet Nguyen, Tim Kieu
Jabbawockeez
Kinjaz
Charles Nguyen, Vinh Nguyen, Tony Tran, Kevin Nguyen
Literature
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
Media
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]
Music
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 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 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
History and politics (non-exhaustive)
Non-exhaustive list of Vietnamese leaders:
Emperors
Hàm Nghi , Emperor of
Đại Nam
Presidents
Ho Chi Minh
Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Philipp Rösler
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
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)
Le Duc Tho
Lawyers
Religion
Thích Quảng Đức Vietnam's major
religions besides
Vietnamese folk religion have been
Mahayana Buddhism (
East Asian Buddhism ) and
Roman Catholicism .
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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)
Sciences
Natural sciences and technology
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
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
[7]
Dang Van Lam , professional soccer player.
Danny Graves ,
MLB baseball player
[8]
Dat Nguyen ,
NFL football player,
[9] Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
David Pham , professional poker player
[10]
François Trinh-Duc , French professional rugby player
[11]
Hoang Xuan Vinh , Vietnam's first Olympic Gold Medalist.
[12]
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
[13]
Mimi Tran , professional poker player
[14]
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
[15]
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
TenZ (Tyson Văn Ngô) former
CSGO player, professional
Valorant player, Vietnamese Canadian.
[16]
ana (Anathan Phạm),
Dota2 International 2-time champion and 2-time Major winner, Vietnamese Chinese Australian.
[17]
[18]
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
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[1] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."
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[2] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."
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[3] "Nguyen and 10 other Vietnamese boys were segregated to one team..."
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[4] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
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"Trinh-Duc the face of French new wave" . Brisbanetimes.com.au. June 23, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2012 .
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"How Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh made Olympic history in 2016" . ESPN . 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2023-05-11 .
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[5] "Men Nguyen was born in Vietnam. At age 13 he quit school and began working as a bus driver. In 1978, when he was 24, he and other 87 Vietnamese people escaped from their native country by boat."
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[6] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
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