- Van Tran
Van Thai Tran is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County. Tran and Texas State Representative Hubert Vo are the highest-ranking Vietnamese American elected officials in U.S. history; Tran took office one month before Vo did, making him the first Vietnamese American to serve in a state legislature.
- Janet Nguyen
Janet Nguyen (born 1976) is the county supervisor from the first district in Orange County, California. She won her seat following an unprecedented special election where two Vietnamese-American candidates received half of the votes cast in a field of 10, separated from each other by only 7 votes. She was sworn in on March 27, 2007, after a lengthy court battle. She is the youngest person to be elected to the board of supervisors, …
- Madison Nguyen
Madison P. Nguyen in an American politician from California, currently serving on the San Jose, California City Council, representing District 7. Born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in early 80s, she received her BA in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz; and her MA in Social Science from the University of Chicago.She used to teach sociology and Vietnamese American Culture at De Anza and Evergreen colleges, San Jose, CA.
- Andrew Lam
Andrew Lam is a Vietnamese American writer. He was born South Vietnam. His father is General Lâm Quang Thi of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In April 1975, Lam left Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon with his family. He attend UC Berkeley, and then decided to be a writer. Lam has written many factual stories about the United States' involvement in Vietnam. He currently is the editor of the Pacific News Service. He is also a journalist and short story writer.
- Ly Tong
Lý Tống, a Vietnamese-American, was born in 1946 in My Tho, South Vietnam and is an ardent anti-communist.
- Nguyen Chi Thien
Nguyen Chi Thien, born in 1939 in Hanoi, Vietnam is a dissident poet who spent a total of twenty-seven years in imprisonment. Thien started school in private academies. After the defeat of the French in 1954 he cheered the Viet Minh revolutionaries as they also returned to the city, proud to invite soldiers home to supper. In December, 1960 Thien unwittingly stepped over the line while covering the high school class of a sick friend.
- Thien-An
- Pham Duy
Pham Duy is a very popular and prolific Vietnamese songwriter. He, along with Van Cao and Trinh Cong Son, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern Vietnamese music. Pham Duy's musical career spans fifty years. He has written over one thousand songs which he divides into different periods: Folk, Heart, Spiritual, Profane and Children's Songs.
- Thuy Trang
Thuy Trang was a Vietnamese American actress.
- Minh Nguyen
Minh "Pokerhost" Nguyen (born May 15) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player, residing in Bell Gardens, California. Nguyen learned to play poker from his cousin Men Nguyen and has gone on to become a regular on the poker tournament circuit since 1999. Nguyen finished 24th in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event at the 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP), earning $40,000.
- Bon Phan
"Razor" Bon (John) Phan (born October 10 1974 in Da Nang, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Long Beach, California. Phan has made numerous World Series of Poker (WSOP) money finishes, including the final table of the $5,000 Seven-card stud event in 2005, where he outlasted both Dave Colclough and Rob Hollink. Phan also made the final table of the $25,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) season 3 championship, …
- Ham Tran
Ham Tran is a Vietnamese American (Ethnic Chinese) film writer/editor/director. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film "The Anniversary", which was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. His most recent effort is the full-length Vietnamese boat people and reeducation camp drama, "Journey from the Fall", …
- Don Ho
Don Hồ is a Vietnamese American singer. Don's first video was Thuy Nga Videos in 1990's Paris By Night 12 as a back singer. But for Paris By Night 15, Don became an official singer. Then, after Paris by Night 73:The best of Duets, Don quit Thuy Nga and work on Asia Entertainment, Tinh Productions, and Don Ho Productions.
- Nguyen Khang
Nguyễn Khang was born in South Vietnam and was forced to leave his country when the communist North Vietnamese Army defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), during the Fall of Saigon. He was given political asylum by the United States and he enrolled at the University of Maryland and graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
- Nguyen Khanh
Nguyen Khanh (1927-) was a former Chief of State and Prime minister of South Vietnam. He was a General, Commander-in-chief, and Chief of staff in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
- Trish Thuy Trang
Trish Thuy Trang, born Nguyen Thuy Trang is a Vietnamese American singer and songwriter. She was born on December 15 of an uncertain year in Saigon, South Vietnam.
- Truc Ho
Truc Ho, born April 2 1964 in Vietnam. In 1981, he escaped the VN Communist regime, finally arriving US. He is a talented songwriter, composer, and a successful showbiz producer. His series of musical variety shows "Asia" is famous among the oversea Vietnamese communities around the world, for its artistry and creativity. Despite attempt by the VN government to ban his shows, they are highly regarded in VN underground. Truc Ho is also CEO of Saigon Broadcasting TV Network.
- Lam Nhat Tien
Lam Nhat Tien (born on September 3, 1971 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American singer.
- Nam Le
Nam Le (born September 10 in Irvine, California) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California. On March 3 2006, Le won the World Poker Tour (WPT) fourth season Bay 101 Shooting Star event. It was his first major poker win. As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,600,000.
- Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyễn Xuân Trí on September 17, 1962, in Saigon, South Vietnam - now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American actor. His mother My Le was an actress and dancer and his father Xuan Phat an actor, writer and producer in South Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces. They arrived in Guam, then the family was moved to a refugee camp in Arkansas, …
- Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen is a comic book artist who has worked for DC Comics and WildStorm since 2000. He has since worked on such titles as "Jet" with Dan Abnett, "Wildcats v3.0" with Joe Casey, "Batman" with Judd Winick, "Manifest Eternity" with Scott Lobdell, and the latest revamp of The Authority, "The Authority: Revolution", with Ed Brubaker. He will be doing the art for an upcoming arc of "Superman/Batman", with writer Alan Burnett.
- Tuan Anh
Tuan Anh is a Vietnamese American that was born in Saigon, South Vietnam and he immigrated to the United States. He started his singing career in the late 1970s and he is based in California.
- Hubert Vo
Hubert Vo (born 30 May 1956) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 149. He is the first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas legislature. Vo was born in South Vietnam and emigrated to the United States with his family to leave the communist government of Vietnam. Vo and Republican California State Assemblyman Van Tran are the highest-ranking Vietnamese American elected officials in the United States.
- Tuan Nguyen
Tuan Nguyen was born in Saigon, South Vietnam in 1963. Tuan tried to escape Vietnam in 1988, but failed, and witnessed the death of a close friend in the same escape attempt. As a result of his escape attempt, Tuan was put in a reeducation camp by the communist regime. After one year, he managed to escape the camp and fled to the United States. Tuan received his fine art degree from the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, …
- Chau Nguyen
Chau Nguyen (b. 1973) is a Vietnamese-American news anchor currently employed with KHOU-TV. Chau's family fled after the fall of Saigon, South Vietnam when she was just 2 years old and her family settled in Houston, Texas. She is the first Vietnamese-American to be awarded a regional Emmy award.
- Don Duong
Don Duong (born August 27, 1957) is a film actor who had been well known in Vietnam long before his first film was even seen in the United States. Don Duong's first appearance in a U.S. film was in 1999, with the release of Three Seasons, an award-winning film directed by his nephew Tony Bui and shot in Vietnam. In Green Dragon (2001), a film directed by Tony Bui's brother Timothy Linh Bui and starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, …
- Ly Thai Hung
Ly Thai Hung is the current general secretary of the Vietnam Reform Party. He was elected in September 2006 at the 6th Party Congress.
- Dat Nguyen
Dat Nguyen (Vietnamese: "Nguyễn Tấn Đạt", born on September 25, 1975 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas) is the first Vietnamese American to play in the National Football League. He played for the Dallas Cowboys and is currently their assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach.
- Cat Tien
Cat Tien is Vietnamese American pop singer currently living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Her real name is Vu Thi Thuy Tien. She is signed with Van Son Entertainment. Before she became solo, Cat Tien used to sing a duet with Andy Quach, also from Philadelphia.
- Hoa Nguyen
Hoa Nguyen is an American poet. Born in Vĩnh Long, near Saigon, in 1967, Hoa Nguyen grew up in the Washington D.C. area and studied poetry at New College in San Francisco, California. She now lives in Austin, Texas where she leads the Teachers & Writers Collaborative's Virtual Poetry Workshop. She co-edits "Skanky Possum", a book imprint and journal, with her husband Dale Smith, and curates a monthly reading series in Austin.
- Ngo Quang Truong
General Ngô Quang Trưởng (born in Kien Hoa, Vietnam on 13 December, 1929, Vietnam; died January 22, 2007, Falls Church, Virginia) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
- Nguyen Xuan Vinh
Nguyen Xuan Vinh (b. January 1930 in Yen Bay, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American scientist and educator. He is married to Cung Thi Toan who's father Cung Dinh Van was executed by Ho Chi Minh along with Pham Quynh, and Ngo Dinh Khoi.
- Tam Tri
Tam Tri was the stage name for Thomas Thanh Van Le (Le Van Thanh or Le Thanh Tri in Vietnamese) (born December 22, 1924 in Vietnam and died September 18, 2002 in Santa Ana, CA), who was a Vietnamese-born musician.
- Trung Dung
Trung Dung (born 1967) is a Vietnamese-American born in South Vietnam. His personal and professional story has been profiled in many leading publications including "Forbes", "Financial Times", "The Wall Street Journal" and "San Francisco Chronicle", as well as in Dan Rather's book "The American Dream".
- Ngo Thanh Van
Veronica Ngô Thanh Vân is a Vietnamese dancer, singer, actress, and model. She is also known as Veronica Ngo or her initials NTV.
- Andrew X. Pham
Andrew X. Pham (1967 -) is a Vietnamese American author. Pham was born in Vietnam in 1967 and moved to California with his family in 1977 as boat people. His father was imprisoned in a reeducation camp after the Vietnam War. Pham graduated from UCLA as an engineer but later gave up his high-paying job to bicycle through all the western states and finally, most of Vietnam.
- Nguyen Xuan Ngai
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Ngai was born in South Vietnam. He is a Vietnamese American and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the People's Action Party of Vietnam.
- Chloe Dao
Chloe Dao (born June 15, 1972 in Pakse, Laos), is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show "Project Runway" with a collection of women's evening wear. Many of the pieces in her finale collection featured billowing, voluminous sleeves, removable shrugs and strong brocade prints.
- Tony Lam
Tony Lam, was the first Vietnamese American to be elected to public office in the United States, in the City of Westminster, California. On August 11, 1998, city councilman Tony Lam announced his plan to run for re-election for the city council of Westminster, California. He served 10 years and 3 terms on the Westminster City Council. A resident of Westminster since 1978, Tony is a husband, father of six and grandfather of twelve.
- Adam Ho
Adam Ho (born February 6 1989) is a Vietnamese-American singer/guitarist. He played guitar since when he was 4, took lesson when 5. He appeared on "America's Most Talented Kids" in 2004 and has gone on to other shows such as "Paris by Night". He was also featured on the Disney Channel's "Check This Kid Out". Ho, a Vietnamese American, was born in Dallas, Texas. He lives in Orange County, California.