List of Famous people named Nguyen

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh, born Nguyễn Phúc Thư (阮福書), was a prince of Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam.

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Bửu was a prince of Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam.

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.

Emperor Quang Trung or Nguyễn Huệ, also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình, was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. He was also one of the most successful military commanders in Vietnam's history. Nguyễn Huệ and his brothers, Nguyễn Nhạc and Nguyễn Lữ, together known as the Tây Sơn brothers, were the leaders of the Tây Sơn rebellion. As rebels, they conquered Vietnam, overthrowing the imperial Later Lê dynasty and the two rival feudal houses of the Nguyễn in the south and the Trịnh in the north.

Nguyễn Phúc Khoát was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over the southern portion of Vietnam from the 16th–18th centuries. Also known as Chúa Võ (主武) or Võ vương (武王), he continued the southern expansion undertaken by his predecessor as lord, Nguyễn Phúc Trú. Provinces and districts originally belonging to Cambodia were taken by Vo Vuong. The Vietnamese-Cambodian border established by the end of his reign remains the border today.

Định Vương Nguyễn Phúc Thuần (1754–1777) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over the southern portion of Vietnam from the 16th–18th centuries. The collapse of the house of Nguyễn lords intensified during Thuần's reign, many uprisings broke out throughout central part of Vietnam, including the Tây Sơn revolt; and the offensive of Trịnh lords from northern Vietnam. He tried to re-establish the Nguyễn lords' authority but unsuceeded. At last, he was captured and executed along with his followers and almost all family members by Tây Sơn rebel general Nguyễn Huệ in 1777.

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning an election in 1967. He established rule over South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation and relocated to Taipei, Taiwan a few days before the fall of Saigon and the ultimate North Vietnamese victory.

Nguyễn Thị Sen is a Vietnamese badminton player from Lạng Giang, Bắc Giang. Partnered with Vũ Thị Trang, she won the women's doubles title at the 2014 and 2016 Vietnam International Series and also the 2016 Bangladesh International tournaments.

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải is a Vietnamese badminton player from Army team. He was the bronze medalists at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in the men's singles event, also in the team event in 2005. He represented his country at the 2006 Asian Games.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo is a Vietnamese businesswoman, and the President and CEO of VietJet Air, President of Sovico Group and Vice President of HDBank.