Jump to content

List of Vietnamese Americans

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity

This is a list of notable Vietnamese Americans.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Vietnamese American, or must have independent reliable source references showing they are Vietnamese American and are notable.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts and entertainment

[edit]

Actors and actresses

[edit]
Lana Condor
Maggie Q

Anchors and reporters

[edit]

Directors

[edit]

Musicians

[edit]

Artists, models, and others

[edit]

Business

[edit]

Literature, authors and journalism

[edit]

Military

[edit]
Viet Xuan Luong

Politics and law

[edit]
Jacqueline Nguyen
Viet D. Dinh

Federal

[edit]

State Legislators

[edit]

Local Government

[edit]

Other, miscellaneous

[edit]
  • Bùi Diễm (1923–2021) – one of the last Vietnamese ambassadors to the United States during the final phase of the Vietnam War
  • Amanda Nguyen – Civil rights activist and CEO of Rise (non-governmental organization), she proposed and help draft the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, a landmark for civil rights and victims rights legislation in the United States that establishes, for the first time, statutory rights in federal code for survivors of sexual assault and rape. The law impacts nearly 25 million estimated rape survivors in the United States, which passed unanimously in Congress and was signed by President Barack Obama in 2016.[50][51] She was listed in 2022 Time Women of the Year.[52]
  • Minh Dang – speaker, and advocate on matters of human trafficking and social justice. Cofounder of anti-human trafficking organizations. She was also appointed by President Obama to serve on the U.S. Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking[53]
  • Wendy Duong – first Vietnamese-American to hold judicial office in the United States
  • Huu Chanh Nguyen – founder and former Prime Minister of the Government of Free Vietnam
  • Kiem Do – Former officer of the Republic of Vietnam Navy. When Saigon fell he secretly organized the successful evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 naval ships. Ultimately preventing those 32 vessels and everyone aboard from falling into the hands of North Vietnamese forces. Later US schoolteacher and cost engineer
  • Pham Duc Trung Kien – private equity investor and philanthropist
  • Đỗ Ngọc Yến – The founder of Nguoi Viet Daily News the oldest and largest Vietnamese daily publication in the US, and a founding father of Little Saigon, Orange County California
  • Hồ Thành Việt – computer engineer and entrepreneur who is credited with making desktop publishing more accessible to Vietnamese speakers

Science and education

[edit]
Eugene H. Trinh
Han Dinh

Sports, athletes, games

[edit]
Cung Le
Dat Nguyen
Leta Lindley

Baseball

[edit]

Basketball

[edit]
  • Mark Tatum – Sports and business executive who is currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of the NBA under Adam Silver, also currently holds the position of the NBA's chief operating officer
  • Jaylin Williams – first player of Vietnamese descent to be drafted in the NBA, professional basketball player[69]
  • Johnny Juzang – NBA player
  • Kaylynne Truong – first women of Vietnamese descent to be selected in the WNBA, professional basketball player
  • David Arnold – professional basketball player
  • Tam Dinh – professional basketball player
  • Duong Vinh Luan – professional basketball player
  • Khoa Tran – professional basketball player
  • Larry Tieu – professional basketball player

Soccer

[edit]

Fighting sports

[edit]

Poker

[edit]

Golf

[edit]

Tennis

[edit]

Esports

[edit]
  • Ken Hoang – American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player and television personality. He was widely considered the most dominant Melee player in the world during the early years of the game's competitive scene in the early to mid-2000s. He pioneered several gameplay techniques integral to the game's competitive play. An gained the nickname "The King of Smash". Hoang was the 2004–2005 national champion of Major League Gaming, the 2007 international champion of Evolution Championship Series World Finals, and was the highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Melee player in the United States, Survivor contestant
  • NuckleDu – professional fighting game player particularly Street Fighter
  • Andy Dinh – professional League of Legends player, Owner of Team SoloMid (TSM), an esports organization
  • Balls (gamer) – professional League of Legends player
  • Hai (gamer) – professional League of Legends player

Chess

[edit]

Skating

[edit]

Football

[edit]

Badminton

[edit]

Swimming

[edit]

Other sports

[edit]

Religion

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "?Dustin Nguyen Out of Saigon and into Tv". Archived from the original on January 10, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2012. "I was only the first Vietnamese kid in the state..."
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine "She’s a gorgeous, Hawaiian born, Vietnamese/American actress, a model gone action star in films in Japan and China"
  3. ^ [2] "Vietnamese newcomer Ke Huy Quan makes a shrill debut..."
  4. ^ "Thuy Trang | Retro Junk". Archived from the original on April 20, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. "Vietnamese-American actress, and was born in Saigon, South Vietnam."
  5. ^ [3] "Like most Vietnamese-Americans, I was going to pursue a career that’s often regarded as bringing honor to the family..."
  6. ^ "Mary Nguyen". wftv.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014.
  7. ^ LE, PHUONG (February 21, 1993). "Teen Pageant Winner Is as Asian-American as Apple Pie : Heritage: Mary Nguyen, the new Miss Teenage America, is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees. This 'girl next door' is a straight-A student and a cheerleader". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "cbs2.com – CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team". Archived from the original on October 25, 2007.
  9. ^ "Mối tình của đại gia tiêu 1 tỷ/ngày với nàng thơ xinh đẹp". Nguoiduatin.vn. 21: 99. 2015. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015.
  10. ^ [4] "CUONG VU is a Vietnamese born jazz trumpeter"
  11. ^ [5] "That is, after all, how the 34-year-old Vietnamese-American refugee became a successful..."
  12. ^ [6] "Dat Phan is actually my real name. It's actually derived from China, even though I'm Vietnamese"
  13. ^ TIME Staff (June 26, 2017). "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet". Time. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "50 Most Influential Designers in America". Archived from the original on May 29, 2013.
  15. ^ [7] "How Vietnamese Immigrant Johnny Dang Became Rap’s Favorite Jeweler"
  16. ^ "Smart Talk: Eric Ly, Co-Founder of LinkedIn".
  17. ^ [8] "Nguyen parlayed his ascending reputation and Onebox.com's buzz into an $850 million merger with Phone.com"
  18. ^ "Kieu Hoang". Forbes.
  19. ^ "Manscaped founder on how the company became 'the de-facto standard for male groin care'".
  20. ^ [9] Archived August 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "Aimee Phan offers her observations as a Vietnamese American..."
  21. ^ "UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press". Archived from the original on July 19, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2006.
  22. ^ "Monique Truong". Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  23. ^ Andrew Lam
  24. ^ Lam, Andrew (2005). Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora. Heyday Books. ISBN 1597140201.
  25. ^ "Thanh Thanh". Lexuannhuan.tripod.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  26. ^ https://vagabondpress.net/products/van-mdec
  27. ^ https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/she-self-winding/
  28. ^ Army Times http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_vietnamese_american_commander_072309/. Retrieved May 2, 2013. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ^ Spc. Chris McKenna, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. "Rakkasans welcome incoming leadership". The Fort Campbell Courier. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ "Military Operations in Afghanistan". C-SPAN Video Library. December 28, 2010. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  31. ^ Vanden, Tom (December 28, 2010). "Coalition attacks sap key insurgents in Afghanistan". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  32. ^ "PN684 - 64 nominees for Army, 114th Congress (2015-2016)". www.congress.gov. August 5, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  33. ^ "Vietnamese-American service members' parallel paths to the American dream". www.army.mil. May 27, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  34. ^ "Viet Dinh". Archived from the original on May 21, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. "Like many Vietnamese immigrants, Dinh's emotional experience in his homeland steered him toward the Republican Party..."
  35. ^ "The History of Vietnamese Immigration". Archived from the original on May 4, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. "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."
  36. ^ "5 things to know about Stephanie Murphy, first Vietnamese-American woman elected to Congress". NBC News. November 9, 2016.
  37. ^ [10]"Jacqueline H. Nguyen of L.A. confirmed to U.S. 9th Circuit Court," Los Angeles Times. May 7, 2012
  38. ^ "Onetime Vietnam refugee confirmed to be a federal appeals judge". Los Angeles Times. May 8, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  39. ^ (Press release). www.treas.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20101123211328/http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp259.htm. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2013. {{cite press release}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  40. ^ "Ambassador J. Peter Pham". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  41. ^ [11] "Representative Bee Nguyen"
  42. ^ "'I knew that it was possible': Tram Nguyen ousts Republican state. Rep Jim Lyons in election upset". Boston.com. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  43. ^ "Virginia's first Vietnamese-American legislator wants to inspire others to run". NBC News. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  44. ^ [12] Archived August 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "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."
  45. ^ [13] Archived August 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "Hubert Vo: First Vietnamese American State Legislator in Texas"
  46. ^ "Haltom City elects Vietnamese-American mayor, a first for Tarrant County". wfaa.com. May 7, 2019.
  47. ^ "City in Texas makes history with its first ever Vietnamese mayor". ABC13 Houston. November 17, 2020.
  48. ^ "Fountain Valley City Council selects Michael Vo as mayor, Patrick Harper as mayor pro tem". Daily Pilot. December 9, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  49. ^ Cannestra, B. Sakura (November 2, 2023). "Former Milpitas official wants to be mayor— again". San José Spotlight.
  50. ^ "Obama Signs Historic Sexual Assault Survivors' 'Bill of Rights'". Retrieved November 23, 2016. Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  51. ^ Nahmad, Erica (January 29, 2019). "All Rise for Amanda Nguyen: The Force Behind the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act". BeLatina. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  52. ^ "2022 Time Women of the Year". March 3, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  53. ^ "Minh Dang, Member, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking" (PDF). WestCoast Children's Clinic. 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  54. ^ "Obama's tech troops". POLITICO. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  55. ^ "Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. January 21, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  56. ^ "Người Việt tiêu biểu dưới 40 tuổi: Kathy Phạm". Nguoi Viet Online. March 18, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  57. ^ "Biography of Han Dinh". Asianamerican.net. April 21, 1993. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  58. ^ "Postal Service Honored With White House Closing the Circle Awards for Biodiesel Fuel..." Prnewswire.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  59. ^ "Phỏng vấn kỹ sư Đinh Trường Hân, người quản lý kỹ thuật của hơn 200,000 xe hơi của bưu điện Mỹ". Voatiengviet.com. September 11, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  60. ^ "Trinh -". Archived from the original on December 24, 2005.
  61. ^ [14] "Vietnamese-American astronomer"
  62. ^ merican Astronautical Society)|Dirk Brouwer Award]] (2006); author of Pilot's Life
    • Tran Ngoc Huu – inventor, mapping using map technology to layout internet social platform live map requests in 3D
  63. ^ "Great Facts & Trivia of Vietnamese Americans:Science & Technology". Vietnamese American National Gala. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  64. ^ 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. London. October 31, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  65. ^ [15] Archived December 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine "Highly Cited Researchers - Thomson Reuters"
  66. ^ [16] "2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers affiliated with the UC System"
  67. ^ "Ludwig Cancer Research". Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  68. ^ [17] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."
  69. ^ "Thunder rookie Jaylin Williams has support of OKC's Vietnamese community".
  70. ^ Vertelney, Seth. "USWNT star Shaw opens up on Vietnamese heritage," USA Today, Friday, May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  71. ^ [18] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."
  72. ^ "New School Pick of the Week: Dat Nguyen – Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. November 9, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  73. ^ "Fight Finder – Nam Phan's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics". Sherdog.com. March 13, 1983. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  74. ^ [19] Archived December 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine "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."
  75. ^ Yang, Jeff (October 27, 2005). "ASIAN POP All In". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  76. ^ [20] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
  77. ^ [21] Archived January 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
  78. ^ "Nam Thien Le's Poker Statistics". Hendon Mob Poker Database. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  79. ^ "WSOP Players & Results". World Series of Poker. Caesars Interactive Entertainment. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  80. ^ "Lilia Vu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  81. ^ "Lilia Vu wins Chevron Championship in playoff for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 23, 2023.
  82. ^ "San Diego's Brandon Nakashima on the move in ATP rankings". January 15, 2020. "Anh Pham moved on to tennis in his 30s when his legs could no longer keep up on the field and passed that game on to his children. None of them, however, took to it like his grandson, Brandon Nakashima..."
  83. ^ Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Vietnamese_Americans&oldid=1263385045"