List of Famous people born in Vietnam
Jeanne d'Hauteserre
Jeanne d'Hauteserre is a French politician, the current mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Stephanie Murphy
Stephanie Murphy is an American politician from the state of Florida. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 7th congressional district, having defeated incumbent John Mica in 2016. The district includes much of downtown and northern Orlando, as well as all of Winter Park, Maitland, Sanford and Altamonte Springs.
Dat Phan
Dat Phan is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. He first rose to fame in 2003 after defeating runner-up Ralphie May to win Season 1 of Last Comic Standing.
Kim Thúy
Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CQ is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.
Ray Lui
Ray Lui Leung-wai is a Hong Kong actor. Born in Chợ Lớn, Saigon, South Vietnam, he traces his ancestry to Lianjiang, Guangdong. He is best known for his role as "Ting Lik" in the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund produced by TVB, which propelled him to fame. Since then, Lui has acted in several films and other television series also produced by TVB.
Nguyễn Thùy Linh
Nguyễn Thùy Linh is a Vietnamese badminton player. She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games when she was 18 years old. She won her first international title at the 2016 Nepal International, and at the same year, she entered the top 100 in the women's singles world ranking.
Wan Kwong
Jackson Wan Kwong, born Lui Minkwong, is a singer from Hong Kong, nicknamed "the Temple Street Prince."
Liêm Hoang-Ngoc
Liêm Hoang-Ngoc is a Vietnamese-born French economist and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the East France constituency as a member of the French Socialist Party. During his time as a Socialist, he was known to sympathise with the left of the party, and was close to Henri Emmanuelli. He is also a member of the alter-globalization collective Attac.
Wong Kwok-hing
Wong Kwok-hing BBS MH is a Hong Kong trade unionist and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency from 2008 to 2012, and representing the Hong Kong Island from 2012 to 2016.
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition.