List of Vietnamese Americans
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This is a list of notable Vietnamese Americans. To be included on this list, the person must not only be notable amongst the Vietnamese American community, but must have also garnered recognition from mainstream America. Thus, including a singer from Paris by Night is not acceptable.
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[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Betty Nguyen - CBS Early Morning News anchor, former CNN anchor.[1]
- Chloe Dao - Fashion Designer / Winner of television show "Project Runway" [2]
- Cuong Vu - Grammy award winning jazz trumpeter and vocalist[3]
- Dat Phan - Comedian, Winner of first Last Comic Standing[4]
- James Duval - actor, mother is of Vietnamese-French descent
- Dustin Nguyen- actor [5]
- Hung Huynh - chef who was Top Chef (season 3) winner
- Jonathan Ke Quan - former child actor in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and the Goonies [6]
- Lance Krall - actor and star of FREE RADIO on VH1
- Maggie Q. - former model and actress in Mission Impossible III.[7]
- Leyna Nguyen- Emmy Award winning anchor.[8]
- Thuy Trang - Actress best known for her role as The Yellow Power Ranger in the series Power Rangers [9]
- Rosie Tran - Writer, actress, and comedian.
- Thuy Vu - Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter for CBS-5 Television in San Francisco
- Tom Vu - info-mercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor.
- Michelle Phan - The #1 most subscribed female on YouTube and Lancome spokesmodel
- Tila Tequila - Was the most popular female on MySpace. Had her own MTV show. Appeared in FHM Magazine
[edit] Dance group
- Poreotics ABDC season 5 Champions
- Matthew "Dumbo" Vinh Quoc Nguyen
- Charles Viet Nguyen
- Can Trong Nguyen
- Thomas Dinh
[edit] Business
- Bill Nguyen, founder of onebox.com and lala.com, sold for 850 million and 80 million respectively [10]
- Trung Dung - engineer, who sold his OnDisplay to Vignette Corporation in 2000 for $1.8 billion.
- David Tran - founder of Huy Fong Foods, maker of the popular Sriracha Chili Sauce.
- Frank Jao - Pioneer behind Little Saigon, Westminster, CA and the Asian Garden Mall.
[edit] Literature and Journalism
- Aimee Phan - author of We Should Never Meet [11]
- 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.
- Doan Van Toai - author of The Vietnamese Gulag
- Huynh Sanh Thong - author known for the An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries
- Kien Nguyen - author of The Unwanted, a Memoir of Childhood.
- Le Ly Hayslip - Author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, which was turned into a motion picture (Heaven & Earth) directed by Oliver Stone.
- Lan Cao -- former attorney and current law professor, author of Monkey Bridge
- Mong-Lan - college professor and author of Song of the Cicadas [12]
- Monique Truong- author of the Book of Salt [13]
- Nguyen Chi Thien - poet and winner of international poetry award in 1985
- Nguyen Qui Duc - essayist and radio producer and author of Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family
- Phung Le Ly Hayslip - author whose life was portrayed in the film The 1993 film Heaven & Earth, directed by Oliver Stone [14]
- Quang X. Pham - author and founder of Lathian Systems, a pharmaceutical promotions company.
- 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
[edit] Military
- Viet Xuan Luong - First Vietnamese American to command a Brigade in the U.S. Army. [25] [26] [27] [28]
- Nguyễn Ngọc Loan - Brigadier General, ARVN; subject of Eddie Adam's photograph
- Nguyen Van Kiet - Petty Officer Third Class in the Republic of Vietnam Navy and a recipient of the United States Navy Cross.
- Nguyen Quy An - Major in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force and a recipient of the United States Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Quang X. Pham - First Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the U.S. Marine Corps, author and politician.
- Elizabeth Pham - First Vietnamese American to become a Fixed Wing Naval Aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps and was later deployed to Iraq, becoming part of the first all-female F/A-18 aircrew and flying over 130 combat missions.[29]
- James Văn Thạch - The only Vietnamese American to coordinate and complete a United States military base named Combat Outpost Shocker in Iraq.[30]
- Ngo Quang Truong - Former general of ARVN and author.
[edit] Politics and law
- Hubert Vo - Texas state representative[15]
- Janet Nguyen - Orange County Board of Supervisors.
- John Quoc Duong - As President George W. Bush's appointee, he served as the Executive Director of The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.[16]
- John Tran - First Vietnamese-American Mayor in US, Mayor of Rosemead, California [17]
- Joseph Cao - First Vietnamese-American Congressman representing Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
- Kok Ksor - president of the Montagnard Foundation, Inc.[18]
- Lan Cao - law professor, novelist.[19]
- Mina Nguyen - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison at the US Treasury Department.[20]
- 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[21]
- Tony Lam - the first Vietnamese-American elected official. Former Westminster, California city council.
- Van Tran - California State Assemblyman[22]
- Viet D. Dinh - former United States Assistant Attorney General who drafted the USA Patriot Act[23]
[edit] Science and education
- Bui Tuong Phong - computer graphics pioneer. Inventor of the Phong reflection model and the Phong shading interpolation method
- Duy-Loan Le - prominent Texas Instruments engineer.
- Eugene H. Trinh - NASA astronaut, the first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space[24]
- Hồ Thành Việt, founder of VNI Software Co., California.
- Jane Luu - astronomer, co-discoverer of Kuiper Belt and many asteroids. [25]
- Xuan Vinh Nguyen - professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan. The first Vietnamese to receive the Dirk Brouwer award (2007). Author of Pilot's Life
- Anh Duong Nguyet - responsible for the creation of the Thermobaric weapon.
- Trịnh Xuân Thuận - author of The Birth of the Universe, astrophysicist and 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 [26]
- Xuong Nguyen-Huu - Biology professor, University of California. Pioneer in AIDS research. Invented the X-ray Multiwire Area Detector.
[edit] Sports
- Amy Tran - hockey player.
- Catherine Mai Lan Fox - Olympic swimmer with two gold medals.
- Cung Le - Kickboxer/MMA fighter Undefeated San Shou champion and former Strikeforce Champion and coach[27]
- Danny Graves - MLB baseball player[28]
- Dat Nguyen - NFL football player,[29] Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach
- Dat Nguyen - Pro boxing Professional boxer[30]
- David Pham - professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour[31]
- Howard Bach - badminton player - former world champion (2005)
- Leta Lindley- LPGA Tour golfer
- J.C. Tran - professional poker player. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings amount to $7,996,635[32]
- Jim Parque - In 1996, he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta.
- Men Nguyen - professional poker player. As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $9,700,000[33]
- Mimi Tran - professional poker player. As of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000[34]
- Nam Phan- MMA fighter in the UFC [35]
- Scotty Nguyen - professional poker player[36]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] "Like most Vietnamese-Americans, I was going to pursue a career that’s often regarded as bringing honor to the family..."
- ^ [2] "That is, after all, how the 34-year-old Vietnamese-American refugee became a successful..."
- ^ [3] "CUONG VU is a Vietnamese born jazz trumpeter"
- ^ [4] "Dat Phan is actually my real name. It's actually derived from China, even though I'm Vietnamese"
- ^ [5] "I was only the first Vietnamese kid in the state..."
- ^ [6] "Vietnamese newcomer Ke Huy Quan makes a shrill debut..."
- ^ [7] "She’s a gorgeous, Hawaiian born, Vietnamese/American actress, a model gone action star in films in Japan and China..."
- ^ cbs2.com - CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team
- ^ [8] "Vietnamese-American actress, and was born in Saigon, South Vietnam."
- ^ [9] "Nguyen parlayed his ascending reputation and Onebox.com's buzz into an $850 million merger with Phone.com"
- ^ [10] "Aimee Phan offers her observations as a Vietnamese American..."
- ^ UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
- ^ Monique Truong
- ^ [11] "She is Vietnamese and a survivor of the Viet Nam war."
- ^ [12] "Hubert Vo: First Vietnamese American State Legislator in Texas"
- ^ [13] "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."
- ^ AsianWeek.com
- ^ [14] "...led by Jarai-American Kok Ksor..."
- ^ [15] "It is the first novel by a Vietnamese-American about the war experience and its aftermath..."
- ^ http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp259.htm
- ^ Biography of Prince Buu Chanh
- ^ [16] "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."
- ^ [17] "Like many Vietnamese immigrants, Dinh's emotional experience in his homeland steered him toward the Republican Party..."
- ^ Trinh -
- ^ [18] "Vietnamese-American astronomer"
- ^ 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). 2007-10-31. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ [19] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."
- ^ [20] "Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."
- ^ [21] "Nguyen and 10 other Vietnamese boys were segregated to one team..."
- ^ http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=22110
- ^ [22] "Like other Vietnamese players..."
- ^ J. C. Tran
- ^ [23] "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."
- ^ [24] "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."
- ^ Fight Finder - Nam Phan's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics
- ^ Yang, Jeff (2005-10-27). "ASIAN POP All In". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/27/apop.DTL.
