- Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1946–1955) and President (1946–1969) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Ho is most famous for leading the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. Ho was fluent in Vietnamese, several dialects of Chinese, English and French.
- Quang Vinh
Quang Vinh is Vietnamese pop singer.
- My Tam
Phan Thi Mỹ Tâm, best known simply as Mỹ Tâm, is one of the most famous pop singers in Vietnam. She has recently become a composer, writing two of her own songs.
- Phuong Thanh
Phương Thanh, is a Vietnamese contemporary singer. She is one of the most renowned singers from Vietnam. Phuong Thanh is known for her very diverse styles, especially while performing on stage. She also possesses a unique, unusual singing voice, gaining her recognition throughout the Vietnamese community as well as the music business. Phuong Thanh's native language, and 'lingua carta' is exclusively Vietnamese; she does not sing in English.
- Ngo Quyen
Ngo Quyen's immediate heirs proved unable to maintain a unified state. After his death in 944, Duong-Binh Vuong Tam-Kha usurped the throne for a brief time—until Ngo Quyen's two sons, Ngo Nam-Tan Vuong Xuong-Van and Ngo Thien-Sach Vuong Xuong-Ngap, finally established a joint rule, which lasted until the collapse of the Ngô Dynasty in 954.
- Nguyen Chi Thanh
Nguyen Chi Thanh (1914 - 1967) was from 1965 until his death the commanding general of North Vietnamese operations in South Vietnam. He presented plans for the Tet offensive to the North Vietnamese Politburo, but did not survive to see them put into action.
- Thanh Lam
Thanh Lam is a Vietnamese singer and song-writer who has been a long-standing Diva in Vietnamese comtemporary music.
- Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: "Nhất Hạnh"; IPA: is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam on October 11, 1926. He joined a Zen monastery at the age of 16, studied Buddhism as a novice, and was fully ordained as a monk in 1949. Commonly referred to as Thich Nhat Hanh, the title "Thích" is used by all Vietnamese monks and nuns, …
- 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.
- Hồng Nhung
Hồng Nhung is a Vietnamese singer. She is known for her performance of composer Trịnh Công Sơn songs.
- Đoan Trang
Đoan Trang is a contemporary Vietnamese singer residing in Vietnam. Her full name is Cao Thị Đoan Trang
- Hoàng Hải
Nguyễn Hoàng Hải is a Vietnamese Pop/R&B Singer. He won the contest Sao Mai Điểm Hẹn in 2006 and since then has risen to his current fame.
- Mỹ Linh
Mỹ Linh is a Vietnamese singer. Best known for her vocal power and melismatic skills, she is considered by the public and critics as one of the 4 divas in Vietnam, besides Thanh Lam, Hồng Nhung and Trần Thu Hà.
- Trần Hưng Đạo
Trần Hưng Đạo was the Vietnamese military Grand Commander and Grand Duke of Thang Long during the Trần Dynasty who is revered as a national hero. Born as Trần Quốc Tuấn (陳國峻), he commanded the Dai Viet (Đại Việt) armies that repelled three major Mongol invasions in the 13<sup>th</sup> century.
- Truong Chinh
Trường Chinh (1907 - 1988) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoritician. Dang Xuan Khu joined the Vietnamese Communist Party which was led by Ho Chi Minh sometime during the 1930s, soon after it was created. He became an admirer of the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong and adopted the pseudonym Truong Chinh, which was the Vietnamese name for the Long March which Mao undertook in China. In 1941, Truong became the first secretary of the communist party, …
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- 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.
- Vo Nguyen Giap
Võ Nguyên Giáp (born circa 1911) is a Vietnamese general and statesman. Principal wars: First Indochina War (1946-1954) and Second Indochina War (1960-1975). Principal battles: Lang Son (1950); Hoa Binh (1951-1952); Dien Bien Phu (1954); Tet Offensive (1968); the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive) (1972); and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975).
- Phan Dinh Phung
Phan Đình Phùng was a Vietnamese revolutionary who led rebel armies against the French colonial forces in Vietnam (then known as Tonkin, Annam and Cochinchina, which formed parts of French Indochina). He was the most prominent of the Confucian court scholars who were involved in anti-French campaigns in the 19th century.
- Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng is the prime minister of Vietnam. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on June 27, 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Văn Khải, who retired from office. Mr.Dũng was born in the southern province of Ca Mau and graduated with a bachelor's degree in law. Mr.Dũng previously served as First Deputy Prime Minister from September 29, 1997. He was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam on June 10, 1967, …
- Tuan Le
Tuan Le (born February 15, 1978 in Paris, France) is a professional poker player, known for his aggression and risk-taking. As a child, Le was raised in Kansas City, but by middle school age he was living in Los Angeles, California where he attended John Burroughs Junior High School, on McCadden and 6th Street. He later attended Cal State-Northridge as a finance major. He began playing in the $20/$40 limit hold'em games at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles, California, …
- Giao Hoang
Prime Minister Giao Hoang was the Prime Minister of Vietnam (in charge of ruling the country for 6 months while King Ham Nghi was sent away and was under arrest by the French). Prime Minister Giao Hoang resigned his post and retired early because he disagreed with the French Indochina policy. However, because of his loyal and excellent service to the King, he was rewarded with generous portion of land in Ha Tinh province.
- Le Quy Don
Le Quy Don was an 18th-century Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official. His pseudonym was Quế Đường. He was a native of Duyen Ha village in present-day Thái Bình Province. The period of his life was marked by a split between the Trinh Lords of the north and the Nguyen Lords of the south, followed by the Tây Sơn rebellion. In 1760, Le Quy Don went to China with an embassy mission.
- Bao Dai
Bao Dai still held great influence among local political figures in the Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế provinces and also in the city of Huế, the ancient capital of Vietnam. The Communist government of North Vietnam sent representatives to France hoping that Bảo Đại would become a member of a coalition government which might reunite Vietnam, in the hope of attracting his supporters in the regions wherein he still held influence.
- Hùng Vương
Hùng Vương was the first emperor of Văn Lang or Lạc Việt (as Vietnam was known at the time). Legend tells of the dragon lord, Lạc Long Quân and the mountain fairy, (sometimes a Chinese immortal) Âu Cơ who had 100 children, of whom Hùng Vương was the eldest. The parents belonged to different environments, so they had to split up and take half of the sons to each homeland. Hùng Vương went to live by the coast near the sea, the domain of dragons.
- Tila Tequila
Tila Nguyen (born October 24, 1981), best known as Tila Tequila, is an American model, entertainer, and singer residing in West Hollywood, California. She is best known for her appearances in "Stuff", "Maxim", "Time", her role as host of the Fuse TV show "Pants-Off Dance-Off" and her position as the most popular person on MySpace as of April 2006. She was raised in Houston, Texas.
- Trinh Cong Son
Trinh Cong Son (February 28 1939 - April 1 2001) was a Vietnamese composer, musician, painter and songwriter. He, along with Pham Duy and Van Cao, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern Vietnamese music. Trinh Cong Son wrote over 600 songs, and, during the 1960s and 1970s, Joan Baez dubbed him the "Bob Dylan of Vietnam" for his moving antiwar songs. He became one of South Vietnam's best-known singer-songwriters, after his first hit, …
- 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.
- Le Hoan
Le Hoan, was a king of Vietnam under the Anterior Lê Dynasty. He was the commander in chief of the armies of Emperor Dinh Bo Linh, who also had and illicit relationship with the Queen Mother, dethroned Dinh Bo Linh's heir and proclaimed himself King Le Dai Hanh in 980. He retained the capital in Hoa Lu and succeeded in warding off several Chinese invasions by the Song Court, but continued paying them tributes every three years in exchange for a peaceful relations.
- Phan Boi Chau
Phan Bội Châu was a pioneer of Vietnamese twentieth century nationalism. In 1903 he formed a revolutionary organization called the "Reformation Society" (Duy Tân Hội). From 1905 to 1908 he lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the liberation of Vietnam from the French colonial regime. After being forced to leave Japan, he moved to China where he was influenced by Sun Yat-Sen.
- Nhu Quynh
Như Quỳnh is a contemporary Vietnamese singer.
- Nguyễn Du
Nguyễn Du is a celebrated Vietnamese poet who wrote in "Chữ Nôm", the ancient writing script of Việt Nam. He is most known for writing the epic poem "The Tale of Kieu".
- Le Hong Minh
Le Hong Minh (born on September 15, 1978) is a Vietnamese footballer who is a midfielder for Da Nang FC. He is a member of the Vietnam national football team.
- Thuy Trang
Thuy Trang was a Vietnamese American actress.
- 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, …
- Vu Cong
Vu Cong, known in the United States as Joseph Vu. Vu was a Catholic Vietnamese politician in the Republic of South Vietnam. Vu was a Congressman in the South Vietnamese legislature where he served as an ally to the United States. In 1975 he became Minister of Labor to the South Vietnamese government and held that position until the fall of Saigon.
- 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.
- Chan Khong
Chan Khong ; born in 1938, is an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist nun, peace activist, and has worked closely with Thich Nhat Hanh in the creation of Plum Village and helping conduct spiritual retreats internationally. She wrote her autobiography, "Learning True Love: How I Learned & Practiced Social Change in Vietnam" in 1993.
- 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.
- Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm was a Vietnamese administrator, educator, poet, sage and is a saint of the Cao Dai religion. He is referred to by several names: Hanh Phu, Bach Van cu si (White Cloud Hermit) and Trạng Trình. Born on the coast in Trung An village (which is now part of Hai Phong). He passed the official government examination at the fairly late age of 44 in the exams of 1535. However, he passed the exam with the number one rank in the country.