List of Vietnamese Americans

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Template:Sidebar 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.

Arts and entertainment

Actors and actresses

Lana Condor
Maggie Q

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  • Olivia Munn – former model, TV personality
  • Maggie Q – former model and actress <ref>[1] Template:Webarchive "She’s a gorgeous, Hawaiian born, Vietnamese/American actress, a model gone action star in films in Japan and China"</ref>
  • Tiffany Pham – actress, model, author, and entrepreneur
  • Ke Huy Quan – actor and stunt choreographer<ref>[2] "Vietnamese newcomer Ke Huy Quan makes a shrill debut..."</ref>
  • Chantal Thuy – actress
  • Rosie Tran – writer, actress, and comedian
  • Thuy Trang (1973–2001) – actress<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Anchors and reporters

  • Betty Nguyen – CBS Early Morning News anchor, former CNN anchor<ref>[3] "Like most Vietnamese-Americans, I was going to pursue a career that’s often regarded as bringing honor to the family..."</ref>
  • Mary Nguyen – reporter; first Asian-American Miss Teenage America<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Directors

Musicians

Artists, models, and others

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Business

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  • Johnny Dang – notable Vietnamese American jeweler<ref>[6] "How Vietnamese Immigrant Johnny Dang Became Rap’s Favorite Jeweler"</ref>
  • Bill Nguyen – founder of onebox.com and lala.com, sold for $850 million and $80 million respectively<ref>[7] "Nguyen parlayed his ascending reputation and Onebox.com's buzz into an $850 million merger with Phone.com"</ref>
  • David Tran – founder of Huy Fong Foods, maker of famous Sriracha Chili Sauce
  • Kieu Hoang – pharmaceutical billionaire, CEO of RAAS, Inc (USA) and Vice Chairman of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, China<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Literature, authors and journalism

  • Aimee Phan – author of We Should Never Meet<ref>[8] Template:Webarchive "Aimee Phan offers her observations as a Vietnamese American..."</ref>
  • 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
  • Andy Ngo – right-wing author and social media influencer and journalists
  • Đoàn Văn Toại (1945–2017) – author of The Vietnamese Gulag
  • Huỳnh Sanh Thông (1926–2008) – 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Andrew Lam – writer and journalist<ref>Andrew Lam</ref> Author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections On The Vietnamese Diaspora<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Nguyễn Chí Thiện (1939–2012) – 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Military

Viet Xuan Luong

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Politics and law

Jacqueline Nguyen
Viet D. Dinh

Federal

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  • John Quoc Duong – President George W. Bush's appointee as executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Jacqueline Nguyen – U.S. circuit judge; first Vietnamese-American federal judge;<ref>[9]"Jacqueline H. Nguyen of L.A. confirmed to U.S. 9th Circuit Court," Los Angeles Times. May 7, 2012</ref> first Asian-American woman to sit on the federal appellate court<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Mina Nguyen – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison at the US Treasury Department<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
  • J. Peter Pham, United States Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, first Vietnamese American with the rank of ambassador.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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State Legislators

  • Jerome Cochran – Tennessee State Representative (Republican), first Vietnamese-American elected to the Tennessee legislature
  • Tyler Diep – California State Assemblyman (Republican)
  • Hoan Huynh – Illinois State Representative (Democratic), first ever Vietnamese-American elected in Illinois state history
  • Bee Nguyen – Georgia State Representative<ref>[10] "Representative Bee Nguyen"</ref> (Democratic)
  • Duy Nguyen – Nevada State Representative (Democratic)
  • Hoang Nguyen – Utah State Representative (Democratic), first Vietnamese-American elected to the Utah State Legislature<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Local Government

Other, miscellaneous

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  • 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<ref name=":8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Science and education

Eugene H. Trinh
Han Dinh

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  • Bui Tuong Phong (1942–1975) – computer graphics pioneer; inventor of Phong reflection model and Phong shading interpolation method
  • Duy-Loan Le – Prominent Texas Instruments engineer
  • Eugene H. Trinh – NASA astronaut, first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Sports, athletes, games

Cung Le
Leta Lindley

Baseball

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  • 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

Basketball

  • 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Soccer

Fighting sports

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  • Nam Phan – MMA fighter in the UFC<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Poker

  • Men Nguyen – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $9,700,000<ref>[18] Template:Webarchive "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."</ref>
  • Qui Nguyen (poker player) – 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
  • Scotty Nguyen – professional poker player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • David Pham – professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour<ref>[19] "Like other Vietnamese players..."</ref>
  • 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<ref>[20] Template:Webarchive "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."</ref>
  • Nam Le – professional poker player as of August 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Golf

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Tennis

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Esports

Chess

Skating

Football

Badminton

Swimming

Other sports

Religion

References

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