List of Famous people born in Vietnam

Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn is a cardinal priest and archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church.

Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt is the Archbishop Emeritus of Hanoi where he served as archbishop from 2005 to 2010. In 1993, he studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France. Before becoming archbishop, he served as apostolic administrator of Hanoi.

Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space and the second Vietnamese astronaut in space.

Vincent Nguyễn Văn Long O.F.M. Conv. is a Vietnamese Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was appointed the fourth Bishop of Parramatta, Australia, by Pope Francis on 5 May 2016. He has been a bishop since 2011 after serving for several years in the leadership of the Franciscans, first in Australia and later in Rome. He is Australia's first Asian-born bishop and the first Vietnamese-born bishop to head a diocese outside of Vietnam.

Tôn-Thất Tiết is a Vietnamese-born French music composer. His double-character family name is Tôn Thất, his given name Tiết (尊室節).

James Nguyen is a Vietnamese filmmaker known for directing the 2010 romantic horror film Birdemic: Shock and Terror, as well as its sequel Birdemic 2: The Resurrection.

Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2002, he was appointed Archbishop of Hanoi on 17 November 2018.