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Arts and entertainment
- Adam Ho - singer
- Angela Melini - Playboy Playmate, model, Internet entrepreneur.
- Betty Nguyen - CNN anchor.[1]
- Binh Pho - wood sculptor and artist [2]
- Cardin - singer, composer and former member of group Asia 4[3]
- Cao Boi - from Survivor.
- Cat Tien - singer[4]
- Chloe Dao - fashion designer/"Project Runway" winner[5]
- Cuong Vu - jazz trumpeter and vocalist[6]
- Da Nhat Yen - singer
- Dat Phan - comedian, winner of first Last Comic Standing[7]
- Dinh Q. Le - fine arts photographer.
- James Duval - actor, mother is of Vietnamese-French decent.
- Don Duong - actor.
- Đon Hồ - singer.
- Dustin Nguyen- actor[8]
- Elizabeth Dinh - reporter, WFTS-TV (Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida)
- Ham Tran - movie director
- Hung Huynh - Top Chef (season 3) winner
- Jonathan Ke Quan - actor and stuntman[9]
- Johnny Tri Nguyen - actor
- Quang-Tuan Luong - World famous photographer[10]
- Katie Luong - actress and model[11]
- Kieu Chinh - actress
- Lance Krall - actor and star of FREE RADIO on VH1
- Loan Chau – singer
- Navia Nguyen - supermodel and actress.
- Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen - co-host of Paris by Night[12]
- Nhu Loan – singer
- Nhu Quynh – singer
- Maggie Q. - actress and model. [13]
- Mary Nguyen - reporter, WFTV (Orlando, Florida)[citation needed]
- Michelle Banzer - Miss Kentucky USA 2007
- Phi Nhung - singer [14]
- Ringo Le - movie director.
- Sean Hoang O'Harrow - director of the Figge Art Museum.[15]
- Tony Bui - movie director.
- Thao Nguyen-Lead singer of The Get Down Stay Down.[16]
- Leyna Nguyen-Anchor/Reporter-CBS2-KCAL9 (Los Angeles).[17]
- Thuy Thu Le - actress.[18]
- Thuy Trang - actress[19]
- Todd Haberkorn- Voice actor, actor , Director.
- Rosie Tran - Writer, actress, and comedian.
- Tom Vu - info-mercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor.
- Trish Thuy Trang - singer/songwriter[20][21]
- Truc Ho - Composer, producer, television executive.
Business
- Bill Nguyen, founder and CEO of lala.com [22]
- Frank Jao - pioneer of Little Saigon in Orange County, California[23]
- Quach Nhut Danh - Pharmacist, "pioneer" of Little Saigon in Orange County, California[24]
- Tran Dinh Truong - hotel owner.
- Trung Dung - engineer, who sold his OnDisplay to Vignette Corporation in 2000 for $1.8 billion.
Literature and Journalism
- Aimee Phan - author[25]
- Andrew Lam - journalist and short story writer, editor of the Pacific News Service[26]
- Andrew X. Pham - author.
- Chau Nguyen - news anchor. First Vietnamese-American to be awarded a regional Emmy-award.
- Diem Thuy Thi Le - poet
- Doan Van Toai - author, former student leader
- Huynh Sanh Thong - author.
- Kien Nguyen - author.
- Le Ly Hayslip - Author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, which was turned into a motion picture (Heaven & Earth) directed by Oliver Stone.
- Lan Cao -- author of Monkey Bridge,
- Lucy Noland - American Journalist; currently an anchor at the Fox News Channel in New York City
- Tran bich san - Writer, philosopher, and editor of "The Little Saigon News of New Orleans (1995-present)".
- Mong-Lan - writer, poet, visual artist, educator[27]
- Monique Truong- author [28]
- Nguyen Chi Thien - dissident poet
- Nguyen Qui Duc - essayist and radio producer
- Phong Bui - publisher of the Brooklyn Rail
- Phung Le Ly Hayslip - memoirist and humanitarian[29]
- Quang X. Pham - author.
- Qui Nguyen - playwright and stage fight coach
- Stephanie Trong - Jane Magazine executive editor
- Ut Huynh Cong - photographer. First Vietnamese American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography (1973) and the World Press Award
Military
- Le Ba Hung - Commander, U.S. Navy
- Nguyễn Ngọc Loan - Brigadier General, ARVN; subject of Eddie Adam's photograph
- Nguyen Van Kiet - Petty Officer Third Class in the Republic of Vietnam Navy recipient of the Navy Cross.
- Nguyen Quy An - Major in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force and a recipient of the United States Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Quang X. Pham - First Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the U.S. Marine Corps, author and politician.
- Ngo Quang Truong - Former general of ARVN and author.
- Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association - Vietnamese Americans that serve in the US Armed Forces.
Politics and law
- Hubert Vo - Texas state representative[30]
- Janet Nguyen - Orange County Board of Supervisors.
- John Quoc Duong - As President George W. Bush's appointee, he served as the Executive Director of The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. [31]
- John Tran - First Vietnamese-American Mayor in US, Mayor of Rosemead, California [32]
- Joseph Cao - First Vietnamese-American Congressman representing Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
- Kok Ksor - president of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc.[33]
- Lan Cao - law professor, novelist.[34]
- Mina Nguyen - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison at the Treasury Department[35].
- Huu Chanh Nguyen - founder and former Prime Minister of the Government of Free Vietnam
- Phuc Buu Chanh Nguyen - president of the Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League, member of Vietnam's Nguyễn Dynasty[36]
- Tony Lam - the first Vietnamese-American elected official. Former Westminster, California city council.
- Van Tran - California State Assemblyman[37]
- Viet D. Dinh - former United States Assistant Attorney General who drafted the USA Patriot Act[38]
Science and education
- Bui Tuong Phong - computer graphics pioneer.
- Duy-Loan Le - prominent Texas Instruments engineer.
- Eugene H. Trinh - NASA astronaut, the first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space[39]
- Hồ Thành Việt, founder of VNI Software Co., California.
- Jane Luu - astronomer[40]
- Nguyễn Tiến Hưng - former minister of Republic of Vietnam, author, professor of Economics at Howard University
- Xuan Vinh Nguyen - professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan. The first Vietnamese to receive the Dirk Brouwer award (2007)
- Anh Duong Nguyet - led a team of scientists and engineers to develop the payload for the thermobaric bomb
- Tran Huu Dung - professor of economics at Wright State University.
- James (Jim) Spencer - Professor of Urban and Regional Planning / Political Science at University of Hawai'i at Manoa.[citation needed]
- Trịnh Xuân Thuận - author, astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia.
- Tuan Vo-Dinh - inventor, professor and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University [41]
- Xuong Nguyen-Huu - biology professor, University of California. Pioneer in AIDS research. Invented the X-ray Multiwire Area Detector.
Sports
- Amy Tran - hockey player.
- Catherine Mai Lan Fox - Olympic swimmer with two gold medals.
- Cung Le - san shou champion and coach[42]
- Danny Graves - MLB baseball player[43]
- Dat Nguyen - NFL football player[44], Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
- David Pham - professional poker player[45]
- Howard Bach - badminton player - former world champion (2005)
- J.C. Tran - professional poker player[46]
- John Phan - professional poker player
- Jim Parque - In 1996, he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta.
- Lee Nguyen - professional soccer player
- Men Nguyen - professional poker player[47]
- Mimi Tran - professional poker player[48]
- Nam Phan-MMA fighter/Caged fullcontact fighter [49]
- Paul Truong - chess coach
- Scotty Nguyen - professional poker player[50]
References
- ^ [1] "Like most Vietnamese-Americans, I was going to pursue a career that’s often regarded as bringing honor to the family..."
- ^ https://www.artfulhome.com/artist/4556.html
- ^ [http://www.vietshowbiz.com/index.php? name=News&file=article&sid=57]
- ^ [Vietnam] Cat Tien - AsianFanatics Forum
- ^ [2] "That is, after all, how the 34-year-old Vietnamese-American refugee became a successful..."
- ^ [3] "CUONG VU is a Vietnamese born jazz trumpeter"
- ^ [4] "Dat Phan is actually my real name. It's actually derived from China, even though I'm Vietnamese"
- ^ [5] "I was only the first Vietnamese kid in the state..."
- ^ [6] "Vietnamese newcomer Ke Huy Quan makes a shrill debut..."
- ^ [7]
- ^ [8] "...she is considered one of the most recognized Vietnamese-American actors in Hollywood. She was born in Vietnam, but immigrated to Southern California at a young age..."
- ^ [9][dead link]
- ^ [10] "She’s a gorgeous, Hawaiian born, Vietnamese/American actress, a model gone action star in films in Japan and China..."
- ^ [11]
- ^ [12]
- ^ [13]
- ^ cbs2.com - CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team
- ^ Le - [14] "Vietnamese actress Thuy Thu Le"
- ^ [15] "Vietnamese-American actress, and was born in Saigon, South Vietnam."
- ^ Trish Thuy Trang - Official Website
- ^ UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
- ^ Monique Truong
- ^ [16] "She is Vietnamese and a survivor of the Viet Nam war."
- ^ [17] "Hubert Vo: First Vietnamese American State Legislator in Texas"
- ^ [18] "Another notable Vietnamese American dedicated to public service is John Quoc Duong, who serves under President George W. Bush, as executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders."
- ^ AsianWeek.com
- ^ [19] "...led by Jarai-American Kok Ksor..."
- ^ [20] "It is the first novel by a Vietnamese-American about the war experience and its aftermath..."
- ^ http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp259.htm
- ^ Biography of Prince Buu Chanh
- ^ [21] "Orange County voters made Van Tran the highest-ranking Vietnamese American public official in the country this week when they elected him to the state Assembly."
- ^ [22] "Like many Vietnamese immigrants, Dinh's emotional experience in his homeland steered him toward the Republican Party..."
- ^ Trinh - [23]
- ^ [24] "Vietnamese-American astronomer"
- ^ Vo-Dinh has been ranked No. 43 on a list of the world's top 100 living geniuses in a survey conducted by Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm "Top 100 living geniuses". Telegraph.co.uk. 2007-10-31. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ [25] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."
- ^ [26] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."
- ^ [27] "Nguyen and 10 other Vietnamese boys were segregated to one team..."
- ^ [28] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
- ^ [29]
- ^ [30] "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."
- ^ [31] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
- ^ Fight Finder - Nam Phan's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics
- ^ Asian Pop All In
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