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Famous or notable Vietnamese people include:

Contents

Sciences

Natural sciences and technology

cords[1]
  • Tuan Tran, biotechnology

Space travel

Economic sciences

  • Dam Van Nhue, economist
  • Nguyen Ngoc Anh, economist
  • Vo Dai Luoc, economist
  • Chu Van Lam, economist
  • Le Dang Doanh, economist
  • Vo Tri Thanh, economist
  • Vuong Quan Hoang, economist[2],[3],[4],[5]; applied mathematician[6],[7],[8]
  • Vu Thanh Tu Anh, economist

Social sciences

Arts and entertainment

Architecture

Cinema

Edward Phung, actor, director & worshipped as a god by some

Culinary

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  • Andrea Nguyen Quynh-Giao

Fashion

  • Barbara Bui, French fashion house founder and designer
  • Chloe Dao, fashion designer, winner of Project Runway Season 2
  • Dang Thi Minh Hanh, fashion designer
  • Jean Van Dinh, French jewellery house and designer

Fine Art

Literature

Media

Music

Sports

  • Danny Graves - MLB baseball player[12]
  • Dat Nguyen - NFL football player[13], Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
  • David Pham - professional poker player[14]
  • Hang Pham- Tumbling, Undefeated Champion, Elite Division, 1988 – 1992; Acrobatics Female Pairs Champion, Elite Division, 1991 – 1992; Excellent Acrobat Award, 1988; Youngest Elite in Vietnamese Tumbling and Acrobatics, 1988; and Tumbling Champion, Class 1, 1986. In addition to her gymnastics accomplishments, Hang has appeared in ten major dance and theater productions.[citation needed]
  • Howard Bach - badminton player - former world champion (2005)
  • Jim Parque - In 1996 he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta.
  • Karen Nguyen,Athens 2004 Olympic Gymnast
  • Khoa Nguyen - table tennis player. Member of the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Table Tennis Team[citation needed]
  • Lee Nguyen - professional soccer player
  • Men Nguyen - professional poker player[15]
  • Mimi Tran - professional poker player[16]
  • Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, chess player
  • Paul Truong - chess coach
  • Rob Nguyen,Formula 3000 driver
  • Scotty Nguyen - professional poker player[17]
  • Tran Hieu Ngan, taekwondo, first Vietnamese winning an Olympic medal (silver)

History and politics

Kings and Queens

Emperors

Presidents

Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

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

Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above)

Religion

Lawyers

  • Jacques Vergès - high profile lawyer who represented well-known war criminals

War victims

Religion

Hoa Thuong *Thich Thanh Tu , Thien Vien Truc Lam

Business

See also

References

  1. ^ http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2009/04/841612/ 13 April 2009, Stem cells, new industry in Vietnam
  2. ^ [1]Centre Emile Bernheim, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
  3. ^ [2] Pham, Minh-Chinh and Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2009) Kinh te Viet Nam - Thang tram va Dot pha, NXB Chinh Tri Quoc Gia, Ha Noi, Vietnam
  4. ^ [3] Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2007) Van minh lam giau & Nguon goc cua cai, NXB Chinh Tri Quoc Gia, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
  5. ^ [4] Vuong, Quan-Hoang and Tran, Tri Dung (2009) "Financial turbulences in Vietnam's emerging economy" in Jagadeesha and Shivakumar Deene (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Finance, pp. 43-61 , Excel Books, New Delhi, ISBN: 9788174467256
  6. ^ [5] Nguyen Van-Huu, Vuong Quan-Hoang and Tran, Minh-Ngoc (2005) "Central limit theorem for functional of jump Markov processes", VN Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 443-461, Springer Velag.
  7. ^ [6] Nguyen, Van-Huu and Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2007) "On the martingale representation theorem and on approximate hedging a contingent claim in minimum deviation square criterion", in Jeltsch, Li and Sloan (Eds.) Some Topics in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, pp. 134-151, World Scientific, ISBN: 9787040219036
  8. ^ [7] Nguyen, Van-Huu and Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2007) Cac phuong phap toan hoc trong tai chinh, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi.
  9. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/10/30/1256835150139.html
  10. ^ [8] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."
  11. ^ [9] "Dung, Vietnamese tennis champion 2006 and the first Vietnamese to start a real professional tennis career, working her way from Vietnam and Asian country to USA."
  12. ^ [10] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."
  13. ^ [11] "Nguyen and 10 other Vietnamese boys were segregated to one team..."
  14. ^ [12] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
  15. ^ [13] "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."
  16. ^ [14] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
  17. ^ Asian Pop All In

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