List of Vietnamese Americans

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This is a list of notable Vietnamese Americans.

Arts and entertainment

Actors and actresses

Lana Condor

Maggie Q

• James Duval – actor, mother is of Vietnamese-French descent
• Eileen Fogarty – actor, writer, and producer
• Lance Krall – actor and star of FREE RADIO on VH1
• Hiep Thi Le – actress known for role in Heaven & Earth, third film in director Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy
• Jeannie Mai – makeup artist, fashion expert, actress, TV personality and model
• Dustin Nguyen – actor[1]
• Olivia Munn – former model, Daily Show correspondent and actress of X-Men: Apocalypse and Mortdecai fame
• Maggie Q – former model and actress in Mission: Impossible III[2]
• Jonathan Ke Quan – former child actor in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies[3]
• Rosie Tran – writer, actress, and comedian
• Thuy Trang – actress known for role as the Yellow Power Ranger in the series Power Rangers[4]
• Kathy Uyen – actress, producer, and writer
• Kieu Chinh – actress, producer, and writer
• Xanthe Huynh – anime English voice actress
• Ali Wong – actress, comedian, and writer, known for American Housewife
• Lana Condor – actress, known for Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse
• La Thoại Tân – actor
• Kelly Marie Tran – actress, known for Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Hong Chau – actress, known for role in Downsizing
• Levy Tran – actress and model, know for her role in MacGyver (2016 TV series)
• Loan Chabanol – actress
• Tram-Anh Tran – actress, known for her role in Ghostwriter

Anchors and reporters

• Betty Nguyen – CBS Early Morning News anchor, former CNN anchor[5]
• Mary Nguyen – Award-winning reporter; first Asian-American Miss Teenage America[6][7]
• Leyna Nguyen – Emmy Award-winning anchor[8]
• Thuy Vu – Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter for CBS-5 Television in San Francisco

Directors

• Tim Dang – theatre director and actor. Former artistic director at the Asian American theatre company, East West Players.
• Doan Hoang – director and producer of the PBS documentary film about a family in the Vietnam War, Oh, Saigon
• Steve Nguyen – director and film producer
• Linh Nga – director and film producer[9]
• Michael Dougherty – director/writer of Trick 'r Treat
• Ham Tran – director of Journey from the Fall
• Derek Nguyen – writer/director of The Housemaid (2016 film)

Dance groups

• Jabbawockeez
  • Jeff "Phi" Nguyen
• Poreotics – America's Best Dance Crew season 5 champions
  • Matthew "Dumbo" Vinh Quoc Nguyen
  • Charles Viet Nguyen
  • Can Trong "Candy" Nguyen

Musicians

• Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen – concert pianist and artist[10][11][12][13]
• Cuong Vu – Grammy award-winning jazz trumpeter and vocalist[14]
• Dat Nguyen – classical guitarist[15]
• Tyga – Vietnamese and Jamaican rapper signed to Young Money and Cash Money Records
• Sierra Deaton – singer-songwriter and co-winner of Season 3 of The X Factor US

Artists and others

• Binh Danh – photographer
• Thuc Doan Nguyen – writer
• Chloe Dao – fashion designer/winner of television show Project Runway[16]
• Dat Phan – comedian, winner of first Last Comic Standing[17]
• Jonas Bevacqua – adopted Vietnamese American fashion designer, creator of urbanwear LRG
• Michelle Phan – YouTube beauty guru
• Van Darkholme – gay porn actor, dungeon master, performance artist and film director
• Linda Le – cosplayer and model
• Hung Huynh – chef, Top Chef season 3 winner
• Tom Vu – infomercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor
• Tila Tequila – most popular woman on MySpace; starred on her own MTV show; appeared in FHM magazine
• Christine Ha – first blind contestant on MasterChef and the winner of its third season in 2012
• John Eklund – time-lapse photographer known for the video Purely Pacific Northwest
• Phong Bui – artist, writer, independent curator; co-founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, a monthly arts, culture, and politics journal in New York[18]
• Karrueche Tran – American model and actress
• Truong Tran – poet, visual artist, teacher
• Plastique Tiara – American-Vietnamese drag queen
• Ken Hoang – Survivor contestant and professional video game player
• Tai Trang – Survivor contestant
• Nini Nguyen – Top Chef contestant
• Shei Phan – model and artist former contestant on America's Next Top Model
• Anh-Tuan “Cao Boi” Bui – Survivor contestant

Business

• Johnny Dang – notable Vietnamese American jeweler[19]
• Trung Dung – founder of OnDisplay, sold to Vignette Corporation in 2000 for $1.8 billion
• Frank Jao – pioneer behind Little Saigon, Westminster, California, and the Asian Garden Mall
• Bill Nguyen – founder of onebox.com and lala.com, sold for $850 million and $80 million respectively[20]
• David Tran – founder of Huy Fong Foods, maker of Sriracha Chili Sauce
• Thuan Pham – CTO of Uber[21]
• Kieu Hoang – pharmaceutical billionaire, CEO of RAAS, Inc (USA) and Vice Chairman of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, China[22]

Literature and journalism

• Aimee Phan – author of We Should Never Meet[23]
• Andrew X. Pham – author of Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam (1999)
• Chau Nguyen – news anchor; first Vietnamese-American to be awarded a regional Emmy Award
• Đoàn Văn Toại – author of The Vietnamese Gulag
• Huỳnh Sanh Thông – author known for An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries
• Jenna Lê – poet and physician; author of "A History of the Cetacean-American Diaspora"
• Kien Nguyen – author of The Unwanted, a Memoir of Childhood
• Lan Cao – former attorney and current law professor, author of Monkey Bridge
• Le Ly Hayslip – author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, which was turned into a motion picture (Heaven & Earth) directed by Oliver Stone
• Le Thi Diem Thuy – award-winning-author of the novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For
• Mong-Lan – college professor and author of Song of the Cicadas[24]
• Monique Truong – author of The Book of Salt[25]
• Andrew Lam – writer and journalist[26] Author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections On The Vietnamese Diaspora"[27]
• Nguyễn Chí Thiện – poet and winner of international poetry award in 1985
• Nguyen Do – poet, editor and translator; co-author of Black Dog, Black Night Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry (2008) and Beyond the Court Gate: Selected Poems of Nguyen Trai (2010)
• Nguyen Qui Duc – essayist and radio producer and author of Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family
• Lê Xuân Nhuận – author of Vietnamese poems; human rights activist; author of Poems by Selected Vietnamese[28]
• Ocean Vuong – poet and 2016 Whiting Award Winner
• Quang X. Pham – author; founder of Lathian Systems, a pharmaceutical promotions company
• Stephanie Trong – Jane executive editor
• Trinh T. Minh-ha – author, post-colonial scholar, and filmmaker
• Ut Huynh Cong – photographer; first Vietnamese American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography (1973) and the World Press Award
• Viet Thanh Nguyen – author of The Sympathizer, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• Vu Tran – author of Dragonfish
• Linh Dinh – poet, writer, translator, and photographer
• Do Nguyen Mai – poet and author of Ghosts Still Walking
• Thanh Bui – editor-in-chief, ASN magazine, founder of Shiba Rescue Society
• [[Wendy Nicole Duong (Nhu-Nguyen), lawyer, novelist, former law professor, author of River of the River Huong, Postcards from Nam, Mimi and Her Mirror, first Vietnamese American appointed to American judiciary (1992)[29]

Military

Viet Xuan Luong

• Viet Xuan Luong – Major General, US Army Japan [30][31][32][33]
• Lapthe Flora – Major General, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa [34]
• William Seely – Brigadier General (P), US Marine Corps; Director of Marine Corps Intelligence; American dad/Vietnamese mom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seely_III
• Huan Nguyen – first Vietnamese-American Navy rear admiral[35]
• Lê Bá Hùng – first Vietnamese-American Navy captain; commands USS Lassen (DDG 82) missile-guided destroyer[36]
• Quang X. Pham – first Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the US Marine Corps; author and politician
• David V. Pham – Marine Infantry Officer. Platoon Commander,1st Battalion, 8th Marines. Company Commander, Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines. Company Commander, Headquarters Company, 5th Marine Regiment. Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal x 2, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal w/ combat distinguishing device, and Combat Action Ribbon.[37][38][39][40]

Politics and law

Jacqueline H. Nguyen

Viet D. Dinh

• Bee Nguyen – Georgia state representative[41] (Democratic)
• Hubert Vo – Texas state representative[42] (Democratic)
• Janet Nguyen – Orange County Board of Supervisors, California State Senator (Republican)
• John Quoc Duong – President George W. Bush's appointee as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders[43] (Republican)
• John Tran – first Vietnamese-American Mayor in US, Mayor of Rosemead, California (Democratic)
• Joseph Cao – first Vietnamese-American Congressman representing Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (Republican)
• De Le – President Trump's senior policy advisor, former San Diego City Council candidate (Republican)
• Kok Ksor – president of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc.[44]
• Lan Cao – law professor, novelist[45]
• Jacqueline H. Nguyen – U.S. circuit judge; first Vietnamese-American federal judge;[46] first Asian-American woman to sit on the federal appellate court[47]
• Joe Nguyen – Washington State Senate (Democratic)
• Kathy Tran – Virginia State Delegate[48]
• Madison Nguyen – San Jose City Council member and Vice Mayor of City of San Jose, California
• Mina Nguyen – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison at the US Treasury Department[49]
• My-Linh Thai – Washington State House of Representative (Democratic)
• 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[50]
• Joseph Cao - first Vietnamese American Congressman
• Stephanie Murphy – first and current Vietnamese-American Congresswoman representing Florida's 7th congressional district[51]
• Tony Lam – first Vietnamese-American elected official; former Westminster, California city council
• Tram Nguyen – Massachusetts State Representative (Democratic)[52]
• Van Tran – former California State Assemblyman[53]
• Viet D. Dinh – former United States Assistant Attorney General; drafted the USA Patriot Act[54]
• Amanda Nguyen – President and Founder of Rise (non-governmental organization), a non-profit that works to implement a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights.
• Dean Tran – first Vietnamese-American elected to the Massachusetts Legislature (Republican)
• Bùi Diễm – one of the last crucial Vietnamese ambassadors to the United States during the final phase Vietnam War.
• Andrew Do – Orange County, CA, Board of Supervisor. Elected 2016.
• [[Wendy Nicole Duong (Nhu-Nguyen), lawyer, novelist, former law professor, first Vietnamese American appointed to the American judiciary (1992).[55]

Science and education

Eugene H. Trinh

Han Dinh

• Huynh Wynn Tran, MD - Physician, Writer, Professor of Medicine, and a YouTuber. Dr. Wynn Tran is the Founder of VietMD.net, a non-profit health organization helping Vietnamese students and doctors learning Medical English and USMLE and Wynn Medical Center. Dr Wynn founded Dr. Wynn Tran Youtube Channel with over 155,000 followers and 15M views. He also published book "From an architect to a doctor in the U.S." one of best selling books in Vietnam.
• Kathy Pham – computer scientist and product leader; founding product and engineering member at the United States Digital Service at the White House,[56][57] Nguoi Viet 40 under 40.[58]
• Han T. Dinh – Director of Vehicle Engineering, United States Postal Service; winner of 2006 White House "Closing of Circle Award"[59][60][61]
• Bui Tuong Phong – computer graphics pioneer; inventor of Phong reflection model and Phong shading interpolation method
• Duy-Loan Le – prominent Texas Instruments engineer
• Trang Thach Hickman – public health professional and J. William Fulbright Scholar[62]
• Eugene H. Trinh – NASA astronaut, first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space[63]
• Hồ Thành Việt – founder of VNI Software Co., California
• Tue Nguyen – scholar, earned seven degrees from MIT[64][65]
• Jane Luu – astronomer, co-discoverer of Kuiper Belt and many asteroids[66]
• Nguyễn Xuân Vinh – professor of aerospace engineering, University of Michigan; first Vietnamese to receive the [[Dirk Brouwer Award (A[67]
• Anh Duong Nguyet – responsible for the creation of the thermobaric weapon
• Trịnh Xuân Thuận – author of The Birth of the Universe; astrophysicist; professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia
• Tuan Vo-Dinh – inventor, professor and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University; ranked No. 43 on a list of the world's top 100 living geniuses[68]
• Xuong Nguyen-Huu – biology professor, University of California; pioneer in AIDS research; invented the x-ray multiwire area detector
• Đàm Thanh Sơn – theoretical physicist, University Professor at University of Chicago, member of National Academy of Sciences
• Van H. Vu – Professor of Mathematics at Yale University
• Ngô Bảo Châu – Professor of Mathematics at University of Chicago; Fields Medal winner
• SonBinh Nguyen – Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University; Highly Cited Researcher[69]
• Thuc-Quyen Nguyen – Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara; Highly Cited Researcher[70]
• Nghi Q. Lam – former Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory; former editor-in-chief of Applied Physics Letters published by American Institute of Physics[71]
• Liem X. Dang – scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; elected fellow of American Physical Society; elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science[72]
• Chi Van Dang – Professor; Scientific Director at Ludwig Cancer Research; Former Director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; member of the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine), American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[73]
• Nam Nguyen – First student in the 129‑year history of Washington State University to study abroad on every one of the seven continents; author of Maintain Your Health in College Years; President's Volunteer Service Award recipient from 44th President of the United States Barack Obama; NASPA region V undergraduate rising star award winner; Diversity Abroad global student leadership award - undergraduate winner; Forbes under 30 scholar.[74][75][76][77][78]

Sports

Cung Le

Dat Nguyen

Leta Lindley

Baseball

• Danny Graves – MLB baseball player[79]
• Jim Parque – only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996
• Tommy Pham – MLB baseball player

Fighting sports

• Cung Le – kickboxer and MMA fighter; undefeated San Shou champion; former Strikeforce champion, actor and coach[80]
• Dat Nguyen – World Ranked Professional boxer[81]
• Nam Phan – MMA fighter in the UFC[82]
• Ben Nguyen – MMA fighter, currently fighting in the UFC
• Steven Nguyen – New MMA fighter, currently fighting in the EFC
• Bi Nguyen – Survivor contestant and MMA fighter, currently fighting in ONE Championship

Poker

• Men Nguyen – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $9,700,000[83]
• Qui Nguyen (poker player) – 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
• Scotty Nguyen – professional poker player[84]
• David Pham – professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour[85]
• J.C. Tran – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings amounted to $7,996,635
• Mimi Tran – professional poker player; as of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,400,000[86]

Other sports

• Howard Bach – badminton player, former world champion (2005)
• Catherine Mai Lan Fox – Olympic swimmer with two gold medals
• Leta Lindley – LPGA Tour golfer
• Brandon Nakashima – ATP Tour tennis player of Japanese and Vietnamese descent[87]
• Lee Nguyen – Major League Soccer soccer player, currently plays for the New England Revolution
• Dat Nguyen – NFL football player,[88] Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
• Don Nguyen – pro skateboarder
• Minh Thai – first world Rubik's Cube champion (1982) at 22.95 seconds; author of the book The Winning Solution
• Amy Tran – field hockey player
• Dinh Tran – men’s professional ice skater
• Thai-Son Kwiatkowski – men's professional tennis player[89]

Religion

• Luong Kim Dinh – Catholic priest, scholar and philosopher
• Dominic Mai Thanh Lương – auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange

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