List of Vietnamese People
- 1890-05-19 Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), born in Nghệ An Province, French Indochina (d. 1969)
- 1908-04-07 Lê Duẩn, Vietnamese communist politician (General Secretary of Vietnam 1960-86), born in Quảng Trị province, French Indochina (d. 1986)
- 1911-08-25 Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, born in Lệ Thủy District, Vietnam (d. 2013)
- 1911-10-14 Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), born in Nam Định Province, French Indochina (d. 1990)
- 1913-10-22 Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor and chief of state (Annam 1926-1945; State of Vietnam, 1949-1955), born in Hue, French Indochina (d. 1997)
- 1916-02-02 Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
- 1926-10-11 Thích Nhất Hạnh [Nguyen Xuan Bao], Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, peace activist, and writer (Love Letter to the Earth; The Art of Communicating), born in Huế, Annam, French Indochina (d. 2022)
- 1931-12-27 Lê Khả Phiêu, Vietnamese leader, General Secretary (1997-2001), born in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam (d. 2020)
- 1939-07-31 France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head), born in Marseilles, France
- 1943-06-08 William Calley Jr., American war criminal, convicted by court-martial of murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre, born in Miami, Florida
- 1949-06-30 Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
- 1951-09-14 Eugene H. Trinh, Vietnamese-American astronaut (STS 50), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- 1952-10-18 Bảo Ninh [pen name for Hoàng Ấu Phương], Vietnamese novelist, know for "The Sorrow of War", born in Nghệ An, Vietnam
- 1956-10-13 Truong My Lan, Vietnamese-Chinese businesswoman at Van Thinh Phat company, sentenced to death for fraud, born in Saigon, Vietnam
- 1957-07-10 To Lam, Vietnamese politician and police officer, President of Vietnam (2024-), born in Van Giang, North Vietnam
- 1962-09-17 Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor (Harry-21 Jump Street), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- 1971-03-13 Viet Thanh Nguyen, Vietnamese-American novelist and professor ("The Sympathizer" - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2016), born in Ban Mê Thuột, Vietnam
- 1971-08-20 Ke Huy Quan [Jonathan Ke Quan], Vietnamese-American actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Everything, Everywhere All at Once), born in Saigon, South Vietnam
- 1972-04-20 Lê Huỳnh Đức, Vietnamese footballer, born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 1973-09-14 Tony Bui, Vietnamese-American film director (Three Seasons), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- 1973-12-14 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), born in Saigon, Vietnam (d. 2001)
- 1975-01-25 Dat Phan, Vietnamese-born American stand-up comedian, born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 1978-02-15 Tuan Le, Vietnamese-US poker player, born in Paris, France
- 1984-04-29 Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
- 1987-04-11 Michelle Phan, American Vietnamese make-up vlogger and entrepreneur, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Vietnamese History Timeline
