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List

Arts and entertainment

• Adam Ho - singer
• Angela Melini - Playboy Playmate, model, Internet entrepreneur.
• Betty Nguyen - CNN anchor.^[1]
• Cardin - singer, composer and former member of group Asia 4^[2]
• Cao Boi - from Survivor.
• Cat Tien - singer^[3]
• Chloe Dao - fashion designer/"Project Runway" winner^[4]
• Cuong Vu - jazz trumpeter and vocalist^[5]
• Da Nhat Yen - singer
• Dat Phan - comedian, winner of first Last Comic Standing^[6]
• Dinh Q. Le - fine arts photographer.
• Don Duong - actor.
• Don Ho - singer.
• Duc Truong - singer/guitarist of group Verbal Pools
• Dustin Nguyen- actor^[7]
• Phong Nguyen (Nguyễn Thuyết Phong) - ethnomusicologist and musician; winner of the National Heritage Fellowship
• Elyzabeth Pham - Miss Wisconsin USA, 1999.
• Ham Tran - movie director
• John D. Tran, Vietnamese American National Gala-VANG-Executive Director 2008
• Jonathan Ke Quan - actor and stuntman^[8]
• Johnny Tri Nguyen - actor
• Katie Luong - actress and model^[9]
• Kieu Chinh - actress
• Kristine Sa - poet, songwriter and singer.
• Ky Duyen Cao Nguyen - co-host of Paris by Night^[10]
• Maggie Q. - actress and model. ^[11]
• Ringo Le - movie director.
• Tony Bui - movie director.
• Leyna Nguyen-Anchor/Reporter-CBS2-KCAL9(Los Angeles).^[12]
• Thuy Trang - actress^[13]
• Tila Nguyen - model.^[14]
• Tom Vu - info-mercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor.
• Trish Thuy Trang - singer/songwriter^[15]
• Truc Ho - Composer, producer, television executive.

Adam Ho (born February 6, 1989) is a Vietnamese American singer/guitarist. ... Angela Melini (born July 25, 1969 in Saigon, Vietnam) is an American model, actress and entrepreneur. ... For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ... 2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare meets with fans A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). ... Betty Nguyen Betty Nguyen is a Vietnamese American news anchor currently employed by the American cable television channel, CNN. Biography Betty Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam. ... Cardin Do Nguyen (born November 11, Saigon, Vietnam), simply known as Cardin, is an American singer and composer and former member of group Asia 4. ... Survivor: Cook Islands is the thirteenth season of the reality series Survivor. ... Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show based on the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1992 by Charlie Parsons. ... Cat Tien (Cát Tiên, born November 24, 1982, New Orleans, Louisiana) is Vietnamese American pop singer currently living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Her real name is Vu Thi Thuy Tien. ... Chloe Dao (born ca. ... Cuong Vu (b. ... Da Nhat Yen ( Dạ Nhật Yến ) is a Vietnamese American singer. ... Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975 in Saigon, South Vietnam), is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. ... Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003. ... Dinh Q. Lê (1968 - ) is a Vietnamese American fine arts photographer, best known for his woven-photographs. ... Đơn Dương (b. ... Donald Tai Loy Don Ho (in Chinese characters, 何大來, Hé Dàlái) (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian musician and entertainer. ... Dustin Nguyen Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyen Xuan Tri on September 17, 1962, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American actor. ... The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. ... Elyzabeth Pham is a Vietnamese American beauty queen from Madison, Wisconsin who has competed at Miss USA. Pham was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 1999 in late 1998, the first titleholder of Asian origin. ... The Miss Wisconsin USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss USA pageant. ... Ham Tran is a Vietnamese American (Ethnic Chinese) film writer/editor/director. ... Jonathan Ke Quan (born August 20, 1971) is a Vietnamese American actor and stunt choreographer. ... Johnny Tri Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Chánh Minh Trí, Chinese: 阮正明智 Ruǎn Zhèngmíngzhì; born February 16, 1974 in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American film and television actor, stunt double, and martial artist. ... Katie Luong Katie Luong is a Vietnamese-American actress and model born on 7th January 1975, Saigon, in Vietnam. ... Kieu Chinh (real name Chinh Thi Nguyen) is an actress who first starred in a Vietnamese production called Hoi Chuong Thien Mu (The Bells of Thien Mu Temple) (1957). ... Kristine Yen Sa is Vietnamese pop singer, poet and song writer currently living in Toronto, Canada. ... Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen (Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên)(born June 30, 1965) is an Vietnamese-American personality and co-host of Paris by Night, and is a lawyer by profession. ... Paris By Night is an on-going Vietnamese language musical variety show produced by the French company Thuy Nga. ... Maggie Q, born Margaret Denise Quigley (stage name: Chinese: ; pinyin: , born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. ... Ringo Le is an Asian-American filmmaker. ... Tony Bui (b. ... Leyna Nguyen, a Vietnamese American journalist from Los Angeles, California Leyna Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American journalist from Los Angeles, California. ... Thuy Trang (Vietnamese: Trang Thùy, Chinese: 莊陲 Zhuāng Chúi[], December 14, 1973 - September 3, 2001) was a Vietnamese American actress. ... Tila Nguyen (IPA: ) (born October 24, 1981 in Singapore), best known as Tila Tequila, is an American glamour model, and singer. ... Tuan Tom Vu is a poker player, real estate investor and speaker best remembered as an infomercial personality in the early 1990s. ... Trish Thuy Trang, birth name: Nguyen Thuy Trang (Nguyễn Thùy Trang), birthdate: December 15, born in Saigon, South Vietnam, is a Vietnamese American singer and songwriter. ... Truc Ho, born February 2th 1964, is a successful Vietnamese American musician turned producer, most famous for his series of musical variety shows entitled Asia (produced by his company Asia Entertainment) and his 24-hour Vietnamese channel Saigon Broadcasting Television Network. ...

Business

• Frank Jao - pioneer of Little Saigon in Orange County, California^[16]
• Tran Dinh Truong - hotel owner.

Frank Jao is prominent Vietnamese-Chinese American or Hoa in Southern California. ... // Little Saigon is a name given to any of several overseas Vietnamese immigrant and descendant communities outside Vietnam, usually in the United States. ... Tran Dinh Truong Tran Dinh Truong (born 1932) a Vietnamese-American was born in South Vietnam. ...

Literature and Journalism

• Aimee Phan - author^[17]
• Andrew Lam - journalist and short story writer, editor of the Pacific News Service^[18]
• Andrew X. Pham - author.
• Chau Nguyen - news anchor. First Vietnamese-American to be awarded a regional Emmy-award.
• Diem Thuy Thi Le - poet
• 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.
• Lucy Noland - American Journalist; currently an anchor at the Fox News Channel in New York City
• Mong-Lan - writer, poet, visual artist, educator^[19]
• Monique Truong- author ^[20]
• 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^[21]
• 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

Aimee Phan is an American author. ... Andrew Lam Andrew Lam (born 1964) is a Vietnamese American writer. ... Pacific News Service (PNS) is a nonprofit media organization founded in 1969. ... Andrew X. Pham (1967 - ) is a Vietnamese American author. ... Chau Nguyen (b. ... lê thi diem thúy (pronounced LAY TEE YIM TWEE; all words uncapitalized) is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer. ... Huynh Sanh Thong is a Vietnamese American scholar and translator. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Le Ly Hayslip (born Phung Thi Le Ly in Vietnam, December 19, 1949) is an American memoirist and humanitarian. ... When Heaven and Earth Changes Places is a 1989 memoir by Le Ly Hayslip about her childhood during the Vietnam War, her escape to the United States, and her return to visit Vietnam 20 years later. ... Heaven & Earth is a 1993 film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor and Hiep Thi Le. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Lucy Noland at The Live Desk on Fox News. ... Fox News redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Mong Lan (b. ... Monique Truong is a writer that is caught between her country of birth and her country of refuge – neither of which she can fully call home. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nguyen Qui Duc (Nguyễn Quí Đức in Vietnamese) is a Vietnamese American radio broadcaster, writer, editor and translator. ... Phong Bui (born September 17, 1964, in Hue, Vietnam) is the co-founder and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail. ... Started as a broadsheet in 1998, The Brooklyn Rail became a full publication in the fall of 2000, under the direction of publisher Phong Bui and editor Theodore Hamm. ... Phung Le Ly Hayslip (b. ... Quang X. Pham Quang X. Pham a Vietnamese-American was born in 1965, in Saigon, South Vietnam. ... Qui Nguyen (born in El Dorado, Arkansas) is a Vietnamese American playwright. ... Stephanie Trong is the head goat of Jane. ... Jane is a magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine. ... Huynh Cong Út, also known as Nick Ut (born March 29, 1951) is a photographer for the Associated Press (AP) who works out of Los Angeles. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography was awarded from 1968 – 1999, thereafter being renamed as the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. ...

Politics and law

• Tony Lam - the first Vietnamese-American elected official. Former Westminster city council.
• Hubert Vo - Texas state representative^[22]
• Janet Nguyen - Orange County Board of Supervisors.
• John Quoc Duong - A President George W. Bush's appointee, he served as the Executive Director of The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. ^[23]
• Huu Chanh Nguyen - founder and former Prime Minister of the Government of Free Vietnam
• Kok Ksor - president of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc.^[24]
• Lan Cao - law professor, novelist.^[25]
• Phuc Buu Chanh Nguyen - president of the Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League, member of Vietnam's Nguyễn Dynasty^[26]
• John Tran - First Vietnamese-American Mayor in US, Mayor of Rosemead, California ^[27]
• Van Tran - California State Assemblyman^[28]
• Viet D. Dinh - former United States Assistant Attorney General who drafted the USA Patriot Act^[29]

Tony Lam, was the first Vietnamese American to be elected to public office in the United States, in the City of Westminster, California. ... Hubert Vo was born in South Vietnam and his family immigrated to the United States to leave the communist government of Vietnam. ... Janet Nguyen (born 1976) is Supervisor-elect of the first District in Orange County, California. ... John Quoc Duong John Quoc Duong was born in 1973, in Saigon, in South Vietnam. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Nguyen Huu Chanh Nguyen Huu Chanh a Vietnamese-American, born in 1952, in Vietnam. ... Official language Vietnamese Headquarters In Exile in Garden Grove, California Head of State Nguyen Khanh Provisional Government of Free Vietnam (GFVN; Vietnamese: Chính Phủ Lâm Thời Việt Nam Tá»± Do) is an exile government headquartered in Garden Grove, California. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... Lan Cao (1963 - ) is the author of the 1997 novel, Cao was born in Vietnam and experienced the Vietnam War as a civilian. ... Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh (Nguyá»…n Phúc Bá»­u Chánh; born 12 February 1942, a member of Vietnams Nguyen Dynasty family) and was born in Hue, Vietnam. ... Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League (VCML), (Vietnamese:Cờ Liên Minh Quân Chủ Lập Hiến Đa Nguyên Việt Nam). ... The Nguyễn Dynasty (阮朝) was a line of rulers of Vietnam in the 19th century to mid-20th century. ... John Tran is the first Vietnamese-American to be mayor in the United States. ... Van Thai Tran (born 1964) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County. ... The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ... Viet D. Dinh This is a Vietnamese name; the surname is Dinh. ... Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General. ... In the United States, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which President George W. Bush signed into law...

Science and education

• Anh Duong Nguyet - led a team of scientists and engineers to develop the payload for the thermobaric bomb
• 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^[30]
• Hau Thai-Tang - Chief engineer for the Ford Motors Company.^[31]
• Jane Luu - astronomer^[32]
• Tran Huu Dung - professor of economics at Wright State University.
• Xuan Vinh Nguyen - professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan. The first Vietnamese to receive the Dirk Brouwer award (2007)
• Xuong Nguyen-Huu - biology professor, University of California. Pioneer in AIDS research. Invented the X-ray Multiwire Area Detector.

Nguyet Anh Duong Nguyet Anh Duong is a Vietnamese-American scientist, born in South Vietnam. ... Thermobaric weapons distinguish themselves from conventional explosive weapons by using atmospheric oxygen, instead of carrying an oxidizer in their explosives. ... Bui Tuong Phong (Vietnamese: Bùi Tường Phong, 1942–1975) was a Vietnamese-born computer graphics researcher and pioneer. ... Duy-Loan Le (born 1962, Vietnam) was the first woman and the first Asian to get elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... Eugene Huu-Chau Gene Trinh was born on September 14, 1950, in Saigon, South Vietnam, he is the first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (IPA [ˈnæsÉ™]) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nations public space program. ... Hau Thai-Tang is a Vietnamese American automotive executive. ... Dr. Jane Luu Dr. Jane Luu (a. ... Tran Huu Dung is a professor of economics at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. ... Wright State University is a public university in Ohio, U.S. The university uses Dayton as its postal address but the campus is actually completely within the city limits of Fairborn. ... Nguyen Xuan Vinh (b. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, UM or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan, and one of the foremost universities in the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...

Sports

• Amy Tran - hockey player.
• Catherine Mai Lan Fox - Olympic swimmer with two gold medals.
• Chau Giang - professional poker
• Cung Le - san shou champion and coach^[33]
• Danny Graves - MLB baseball player^[34]
• Dat Nguyen - NFL football player^[35], Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
• Nam Phan-MMA fighter/Caged fullcontact fighter ^[36]
• 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.
• Lee Nguyen - professional soccer player
• Men Nguyen - professional poker player^[37]
• Mimi Tran - professional poker player^[38]
• Paul Truong - chess coach
• Scotty Nguyen - professional poker player^[39]

Amy Tran is a mystical creature who is generally associated with beauty, peace, yoga, recycling, and feng shui. ... Catherine Mai Lan Fox (born 1973) was an Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals in swimming at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Chau Giang (born 1955? in Vietnam) is an American professional poker player of Chinese descent. ... Cung Lê (born 25 May 1973 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American kickboxer and mixed martial artist fighting out of San Jose, California. ... Daniel Peter Graves (born August 7, 1973, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... Dat Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Tấn Đạt, born on September 25, 1975 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas [1]) is the first Vietnamese American to play in the National Football League. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Nam Phan (b. ... Howard Bach (born 22 February 1979) is a male badminton player from the United States. ... Jim Vo Parque James Vo Parque (born February 8, 1976 in Norwalk, California) is a former Vietnamese-American pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Lee Nguyen (born October 7, 1986 in Texas) is a Vietnamese-American soccer midfielder who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven. ... Men The Master Nguyễn (born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. ... Thithi “Mimi” Tran (born July 5, 1960 in Nha Trang, Vietnam) is an American professional poker player. ... Paul Truong, (born Hoainhan Truong in June 1965 in South Vietnam), is a US chess player, trainer, promoter and organizer. ... Thuan Scotty Nguyen (born October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam) [1] is a Vietnamese American professional poker player. ...

Other

• Ngo Quang Truong - Former general of ARVN. Author.
• Tran Quoc Binh - the first U.S. Army Vietnamese-American killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Baghdad, Iraq^[40]

General Ngô Quang Trưởng General Ngô Quang Trưởng was born in 1933, Vietnam. ... The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... Sergeant Tran Quoc Binh Tran Quoc Binh (aka Binh Quoc Bo Tran) (Vietnamese: Trần Quốc Bình)(b. ...

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