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This is a '''list of notable [[Vietnamese American]]s'''.
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==Arts and entertainment==<!--needs to be alphabetized by surname-->

===Actors and actresses===
[[File:Lana Condor 2015.jpg|alt=|thumb|199x199px|Lana Condor]]
[[File:MaggieQSDCCJuly10.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Maggie Q]]]]
*[[Kieu Chinh]] – actress, producer
*[[James Duval]] – actor
*[[Eileen Fogarty]]  – actor, writer, and producer
*[[Lance Krall]] – actor
*[[Hiep Thi Le]] (1971–2017) – actress
*[[Jeannie Mai]] – makeup artist, fashion expert
*[[Dustin Nguyen]] – actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cglass.vinu.edu/21js/21art5.html |title=?Dustin Nguyen Out of Saigon and into Tv |access-date=2012-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110083640/http://cglass.vinu.edu/21js/21art5.html |archive-date=January 10, 2008 }} "I was only the first Vietnamese kid in the state..."</ref>
* [[Olivia Munn]] – former model, TV personality
*[[Maggie Q]] – former model and actress <ref>[http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=122843&c=1025] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211154131/http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=122843&c=1025|date=February 11, 2009}} "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>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/01/08/indiana_jones_and_the_temple_of_doom_1984_review.shtml] "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>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrojunk.com/details_person/95/ |title=Thuy Trang &#124; Retro Junk |access-date=2006-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420003732/http://www.retrojunk.com/details_person/95/ |archive-date=April 20, 2006 |df=mdy-all }} "Vietnamese-American actress, and was born in Saigon, South Vietnam."</ref>
*[[Kathy Uyen]] – actress, producer, and writer
*[[Xanthe Huynh]] – anime English voice actress
*[[Ali Wong]] – comedian, actress and writer
*[[Lana Condor]] – actress
*[[Levy Tran]] – actress and model
*[[La Thoại Tân]] (1937–2008) – actor
*[[Kelly Marie Tran]] – actress
*[[Hong Chau]] – actress
*[[Loan Chabanol]] – actress
*[[Patti Harrison]] – actress, writer and comedian
*[[Johnny Trí Nguyễn]] - action choreographer, film actor, martial artist
*[[Vyvan Pham]] – voice actress
*[[Kimlinh Tran]] – voice actress
*[[Thalia Tran]] – actress
*[[Tien Tran]] – actress
*[[Tiana Alexandra]] – actress and filmmaker
*[[Kim Mai Guest]] – voice actress
*[[Courtney Reed]] – actress
*[[Ian Alexander (actor)|Ian Alexander]] – actor
*[[Porter Duong]] – actress
*[[Todd Haberkorn]] – voice actor
===Anchors and reporters===

*[[Betty Nguyen]] – ''CBS Early Morning News'' anchor, former CNN anchor<ref>[http://bnmagazine.com/article_detail.php?art_id=106] "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>{{cite web|url=http://www.wftv.com/news/news/mary-nguyen/nFDDg/|title=Mary Nguyen|work=wftv.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055744/http://www.wftv.com/news/news/mary-nguyen/nFDDg/|archive-date=August 8, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-21-me-928-story.html|title=Teen Pageant Winner Is as Asian-American as Apple Pie : Heritage: Mary Nguyen, the new Miss Teenage America, is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees. This 'girl next door' is a straight-A student and a cheerleader.|last=LE|first=PHUONG|date=1993-02-21|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-03-27}}</ref> 
*[[Leyna Nguyen]] – anchor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs2.com/bios/local_bio_078175652.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025055416/http://cbs2.com/bios/local_bio_078175652.html|url-status=dead|title=cbs2.com – CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team|archivedate=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
*[[Vicky Nguyen]] – NBC Investigate and Consumer Correspondent
*[[Thuy Vu]] – anchor and reporter for CBS-5 Television in San Francisco
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*[[Chau Nguyen]] – news anchor on [[KHOU|KHOU TV]]

===Directors===
*[[Tim Dang]] – theatre director and actor
*[[Doan Hoang]] – director and producer
*[[Steve Nguyen]] – director and film producer
*[[Linh Nga]] – director and film producer<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Nguoiduatin.vn|volume=21|year=2015|page=99|title=Mối tình của đại gia tiêu 1 tỷ/ngày với nàng thơ xinh đẹp|url=http://www.nguoiduatin.vn/moi-tinh-cua-dai-gia-tieu-1-tyngay-voi-nang-tho-xinh-dep-a162642.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329160132/http://www.nguoiduatin.vn/moi-tinh-cua-dai-gia-tieu-1-tyngay-voi-nang-tho-xinh-dep-a162642.html|archive-date=March 29, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Michael Dougherty]] – director/writer
*[[Ham Tran]] – director
*[[Derek Nguyen]] – writer/director
*[[Timothy Linh Bui]] - filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter
*[[Tony Bui]] – film director
*[[Charlie Nguyễn]] – film director, screenwriter and producer
*[[Victor Vu]] – film director, writer and producer
*[[Chi Muoi Lo]] – actor, writer, and entrepreneur
*[[Nadine Truong]] – director, photographer
*[[Qui Nguyen]] – playwright, screenwriter and director
*[[Thuc Doan Nguyen]] – film maker, screenwriter, producer
*[[Mike Nguyen Le]] – screenwriter, producer, and film director
*[[James Nguyen]] – filmmaker and director
*[[Bao Nguyen (filmmaker)| Bao Nguyen]] – director, producer
*[[Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh]] – film director

=== Musicians ===
*[[Trúc Hồ]] – songwriter, producer
*[[Như Quỳnh]] – singer
*[[Tyga]] – Vietnamese and Jamaican rapper 
*[[Keshi (singer)|Keshi]] – singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist
*[[Sierra Deaton]] – singer, songwriter, dancer
*[[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên (presenter)|Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên]] – MC co-host 
*[[Thanh Lan]] – singer, actress
*[[Minh Tuyết]] – singer
*[[Ý Lan]] – singer
*[[Don Hồ]] – singer
*[[Bao (musician)|Bao Vo]] – musician, singer-songwriter, composer
*[[Quang Lê]] – singer
*[[Thái Thanh]] – singer
*[[Khánh Ly]] – singer
*[[Thuy (singer)|Thủy]] – independent singer-songwriter 
*[[Thao Nguyen]] – singer-songwriter
*[[Trish Thuy Trang]] – singer-songwriter
*[[Lâm Nhật Tiến]] – pop singer
*[[V-Nasty]] – rapper
*[[Maliibu Miitch]] – rapper, singer
*[[Cuong Vu]] – jazz trumpeter and singer<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316231447/http://www.knittingfactory.com/labels/biopage/biopage.cfm?artist=Cuong%20Vu&Cat_Selected=1&SubCat_Selected=1]}} "CUONG VU is a Vietnamese born jazz trumpeter"</ref>
*[[Sangeeta Kaur]] (born Loan Xuan Mai) singer, composer, producer
*[[Matt Nguyen]] – DJ, choreographer, dancer
*[[Quynh Nguyen]] – classical pianist
*[[Viet Cuong (composer)|Viet Cuong]] – composer
*[[Lynda Trang Dai]] – singer
*[[Phi Nhung|Phạm Phi Nhung]] –  singer, humanitarian, and actress
*[[Thanh Hà (singer)|Thanh Hà]] – singer
*[[Sailorr]] – singer-songwriter
*[[Hana Vu]] – singer-songwriter

===Artists, models, and others===
*[[Daniel K. Winn]] – Painter/Sculptor
*[[Binh Danh]] – photographer
*[[Thuc Doan Nguyen]] – writer
*[[Chloe Dao]] – fashion designer/winner of television show ''Project Runway''<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/fashion/14523068.htm] "That is, after all, how the 34-year-old Vietnamese-American refugee became a successful..."</ref>
*[[Dat Phan]] – comedian, winner of first ''[[Last Comic Standing]]''<ref>[http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/98/188/04_6.html] "Dat Phan is actually my real name. It's actually derived from China, even though I'm Vietnamese"</ref>
*[[Jonas Bevacqua]] (1977–2011)  – adopted Vietnamese American fashion designer
*[[Michelle Phan]] – YouTuber
*[[Linda Le]] – cosplayer and model
*[[Hung Huynh]] – chef, ''[[Top Chef (season 3)|Top Chef]]'' season 3 winner
*[[Mina Le]] - fashion YouTuber, podcaster, and content creator
*[[Tom Vu]] – infomercial icon, professional poker player and real estate investor
*[[Tila Tequila]] – singer
*[[Christine Ha]] – chef, winner of ''[[MasterChef (American season 3)|MasterChef]]''
*[[Phong Bui]] – artist, writer
*[[Karrueche Tran]] – American model and actress
*[[Truong Tran]] – poet, visual artist, teacher
*[[Tai Trang]] – ''Survivor'' contestant
*[[Tom Cross (film editor)|Tom Cross]] – film editor
*[[Bao Phi]] – artist, writer and community activist
*[[Quan Barry]] – poet and novelist
*[[Nikita Dragun]] – YouTuber, make-up artist, and model
*[[RiceGum]] - popular YouTuber, online streamer, diss tracker
*[[Dan Lam]] – sculptor
*[[Cherie Roberts]] – photographer and model
*[[Cassey Ho]] – American social media fitness entrepreneur, YouTuber<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=TIME Staff|title=The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet|url=https://time.com/4815217/most-influential-people-internet/|access-date=June 28, 2017|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Sykkuno]] – YouTuber and live streamer
*[[JasonTheWeen]] – Twitch streamer
*[[Khoi Vinh]] – graphic designer, blogger<ref>{{cite web|title=50 Most Influential Designers in America |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/design/2011/50-most-influential-designers-in-america |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529210029/http://www.fastcompany.com/design/2011/50-most-influential-designers-in-america |archivedate=2013-05-29 }}</ref>
*[[Binh Danh]] – artist known for chlorophyll prints and daguerreotypes
*[[Savannah Gankiewicz]] – model and beauty pageant titleholder
*[[Jenn Tran|Jennifer Tran]] – television personality
*[[Thai Nguyen (fashion designer)|Thai Nguyen]] – fashion designer, television personality
*[[Christina Nguyen]] – chef and restaurateur
*[[Tuan Andrew Nguyen]] – artist known for moving-image works, sculptures and installations
*[[Navia Nguyen]] – model, actress and entrepreneur
*[[Ha Nguyen]] – costume designer
*[[Andrea Nguyen]] – food writer and cookbook author
*[[Thuy Thanh Truong]] –  entrepreneur
*[[Dinh Q. Lê]] – Multimedia artist
*[[John Pham]] – Comic Creator
*[[Charles Phan]] – chef
*[[Ann Phong]] – painter
*[[Ryan Kaji]] – YouTube star; known for [[Ryan's World]]
*[[Tam Pham]] – chef and co-owner of Tâm Tâm; 2024 MICHELIN Florida Young Chef Award winner
*[[Viet Pham]] – chef and winner of [[Iron Chef America]]
*[[Jack Lee (chef)|Jack Lee]] – celebrity chef
*[[Thi Bui]] – graphic novelist and illustrator

==Business==
* [[Trung Dung]] – founder of OnDisplay, sold to [[Vignette Corporation]] in 2000 for $1.8 billion
* [[Frank Jao]] – pioneer behind [[Little Saigon]], [[Westminster, California]], and the Asian Garden Mall
* [[Eric Ly]] – co-founder of [[LinkedIn]], a social networking service <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.smartmeetings.com/magazine_article/smart-talk-eric-ly-co-founder-linkedin |title = Smart Talk: Eric Ly, Co-Founder of LinkedIn}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Dang]] – notable Vietnamese American jeweler<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/heathermorgan/2019/09/17/how-vietnamese-immigrant-johnny-dang-became-raps-favorite-jeweler/] "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>[http://telephonyonline.com/wireless/dataapps/wireless_hope_inside_hype/] "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 sauce (Huy Fong Foods)|Sriracha Chili Sauce]]
* [[Hoang Kieu|Kieu Hoang]] – pharmaceutical billionaire, CEO of RAAS, Inc (USA) and Vice Chairman of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, China<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/kieu-hoang/ | title=Kieu Hoang| website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
* [[Thuan Pham]] – engineer, former CTO of [[Uber]] and [[Coupang]]
* [[Henry Nguyen]] – venture capitalist/investor, brought McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and Forbes to Vietnam
* [[Phong Le]] – CEO of [[MicroStrategy]]
* [[Tran Dinh Truong]] – hotel magnate, owned NYC’s infamous [[Hotel Carter]]
* [[Danh Quach]] – pioneer of [[Little Saigon, Orange County]], real estate investor, businessman, pharmacist
* [[Chinh Chu]] – co-chair of [[Blackstone Inc.|Blackstone]] Private Equity and founder of CC Capital<ref>[https://weai.columbia.edu/events/conversation-chinh-chu] "A Conversation with Chinh Chu"</ref>

==Literature, authors and journalism==
*[[Aimee Phan]] – author of ''We Should Never Meet''<ref>[http://www.van-online.org/resources/phanreview.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815033316/http://www.van-online.org/resources/phanreview.html|date=August 15, 2006}} "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 (1993 film)|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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.umass.edu/umpress/spr_01/monglan.html |title=UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719184949/http://www.umass.edu/umpress/spr_01/monglan.html |archive-date=July 19, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Monique Truong]] – author of ''[[The Book of Salt]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=8872 |title=Monique Truong |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Andrew Lam]] – writer and journalist<ref>[[Andrew Lam]]</ref> Author of ''Perfume Dreams: Reflections On The Vietnamese Diaspora''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 1597140201|title = Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora|last1 = Lam|first1 = Andrew|year = 2005| publisher=Heyday Books }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://LeXuanNhuan.tripod.com/Poet.html |title=Thanh Thanh |publisher=Lexuannhuan.tripod.com |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Ocean Vuong]] – poet and 2016 [[Whiting Award]] Winner
*[[Quang X. Pham]] – author; founder of Lathian Systems, Chairman and CEO of Cadrenal Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CVKD)
*[[Stephanie Trong]] – ''[[Jane (magazine)|Jane]]'' executive editor
*[[Trinh T. Minh-ha]] – author, post-colonial scholar, and filmmaker
*[[Nick Ut|Ut Huynh Cong]] – photographer; first Vietnamese American to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography]] (1973) and the World Press Award
*[[Viet Thanh Nguyen]] – author of ''[[The Sympathizer]]'', the 2016 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]. The novel was adapted as a [[The Sympathizer (miniseries)|television series of the same name]] on HBO.
*[[Vu Tran]] – author of ''[[Dragonfish (novel)|Dragonfish]]''
*[[Linh Dinh]] – poet, writer, translator, and photographer
*[[Thanh Bui]] – editor-in-chief, ''ASN'' magazine, founder of Shiba Rescue Society
*[[Kimberly Nguyen|Kimberly Nguyễn]] – poet and author of ''ghosts in the stalks'' and a forthcoming collection in fall{{update needed|date=May 2025}}
*[[Soleil Ho]] – ''San Francisco Chronicle''{{'}}s restaurant critic, writer, podcaster, and chef
*[[Julie C. Dao]] – best known for her debut novel ''Forest of a Thousand Lanterns'', an East Asian-inspired retelling of the Evil Queen legend from Snow White, and its sequel ''Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix''.
*[[Diana Khoi Nguyen]] – poet, her debut ''Ghost Of'', was a finalist for The 2018 National Book Award in Poetry. She is currently an assistant professor at the [[University of Pittsburgh]].
*[[Van Hoang]] – author best known for her debut novel ''[[Girl Giant and the Monkey King]]''
*[[Hoa Nguyen]] – poet, academic
*[[Mong-Lan]] – writer, poet
*[[LeUyen Pham]] – [[Children's literature|Children's book]] illustrator and writer of more than 120 books. In 2020 she won a [[Caldecott Medal]] for her illustrations in ''[[Bear Came Along]]''
*[[Bao Phi]] – poet, artist
*[[Quan Barry|Amy Quan Barry]] – poet, recipient of the [[Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize]]
*[[Thanhha Lai]] – writer, She won the 2011 [[National Book Award for Young People's Literature]] and a [[Newbery Honor]] for her debut novel, ''[[Inside Out & Back Again]]''
*[[Lê Xuân Nhuận]] – poet, writer
*[[Beth Nguyen]] – novelist and nonfiction writer, won an [[American Book Award]] for novel ''Short Girls''
*[[Hieu Minh Nguyen]] – poet

==Military==
[[File:BG Luong 8th Army.jpg|thumb|188x188px|Viet Xuan Luong]]

*[[Viet Xuan Luong]] – [[Major General]], Commander of [[United States Army, Japan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_vietnamese_american_commander_072309/ |title=Col. is 1st Vietnamese-American BCT commander |work=Army Times |access-date=May 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117164232/http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_vietnamese_american_commander_072309/ |archive-date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=McKenna |url=http://fortcampbellcourier.com/news/article_d351729f-b7bf-54c6-9e7d-b4942a8ccd3b.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123185815/http://fortcampbellcourier.com/news/article_d351729f-b7bf-54c6-9e7d-b4942a8ccd3b.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |title=Rakkasans welcome incoming leadership |work=The Fort Campbell Courier |access-date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/MilitaryOperationsinAfgha&showFullAbstract=1 |title=Military Operations in Afghanistan |publisher=C-SPAN Video Library |date=December 28, 2010 |access-date=May 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103042934/http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/MilitaryOperationsinAfgha%26showFullAbstract%3D1 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vanden |first=Tom |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2010-12-29-dronestrikes29_ST_N.htm |title=Coalition attacks sap key insurgents in Afghanistan |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=December 28, 2010 |access-date=May 2, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Lapthe Flora]] – Major General, Commander of [[Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = PN684 - 64 nominees for Army, 114th Congress (2015-2016)|url = https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/684|website = www.congress.gov|date = 2015-08-05|access-date = 2015-11-10}}</ref>
*[[William H. Seely III]] – Major General, US Marine Corps; Director of [[Marine Corps Intelligence]]; American father/Vietnamese mother.
*[[Quang X. Pham]] – First Vietnamese American to earn naval aviator's wings in the US Marine Corps; author and CEO
*[[Huan Nguyen]] – Engineer, [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] In the [[United States Navy]]
*[[John R. Edwards (general)|John R. Edwards]] – Major General, US Air Force; Director for Strategic Capabilities Policy on the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vietnamese-American service members' parallel paths to the American dream |url=https://www.army.mil/article/257086/vietnamese_american_service_members_parallel_paths_to_the_american_dream |website=www.army.mil |access-date=13 July 2024 |language=en |date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[Tam Minh Pham]] – First Vietnamese graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point
*[[Jean Nguyen]] – First Vietnamese women to graduate from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point

==Politics and law==
[[File:Judge Jacqueline Nguyen.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Jacqueline Nguyen]]]]
[[File:Viet Dinh by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Viet D. Dinh]]]]

===Federal===
*[[Joseph Cao]] – first Vietnamese-American Congressman, represented [[Louisiana's 2nd congressional district]] (Republican)
*[[Viet D. Dinh]] – former [[United States Assistant Attorney General]]; drafted the [[USA Patriot Act]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asianam.org/viet%20dinh.htm |title=Viet Dinh |access-date=2006-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521175839/http://www.asianam.org/viet%20dinh.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2006 |df=mdy-all }} "Like many Vietnamese immigrants, Dinh's emotional experience in his homeland steered him toward the Republican Party..."</ref>
*[[John Quoc Duong]] – President [[George W. Bush]]'s appointee as executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ailf.org/awards/benefit2005/vietnamese_essay.shtml |title=The History of Vietnamese Immigration |access-date=2006-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504022142/http://www.ailf.org/awards/benefit2005/vietnamese_essay.shtml |archive-date=May 4, 2006 |df=mdy-all }} "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."</ref> (Republican)
*[[Stephanie Murphy]] (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung) – first Vietnamese-American Congresswoman representing [[Florida's 7th congressional district]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/5-things-know-about-stephanie-murphy-first-vietnamese-american-woman-n680771 |title = 5 things to know about Stephanie Murphy, first Vietnamese-American woman elected to Congress|website = [[NBC News]]| date=November 9, 2016 }}</ref>(Democratic)
*[[Jacqueline Nguyen]] – U.S. circuit judge; first Vietnamese-American federal judge;<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-07-la-na-nguyen-20120508-story.html]"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>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/first-asian-american-woman-federal-appellate-judge.html |title=Onetime Vietnam refugee confirmed to be a federal appeals judge |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Mina Nguyen]] – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison at the US Treasury Department<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp259.htm |title=Treasury Department Names Mina Nguyen as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison |publisher=www.treas.gov |access-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123211328/http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp259.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[J. Peter Pham]], United States Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, first Vietnamese American with the rank of ambassador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/j-peter-pham/ |title=Ambassador J. Peter Pham |publisher=U.S. Department of State|access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Dat Tran]] — Acting [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
*[[Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr]] – Public health scientist, specializing in injury prevention. Dinh-Zarr was the 42nd Member of the [[National Transportation Safety Board]], and served as vice-chairman and acting chairman during her tenure
*[[Miranda Du|Miranda Mai Du]] – Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Nevada]]
*[[Buu Nygren|Buu Van Nygren]] – 10th President of the [[Navajo Nation]] the largest [[Indian reservation]] in the US. Father is Vietnamese
*[[Tony Pham]] – Acting [[Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]], Lawyer
*[[Michelle Giuda]] – was [[Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs]], and first [[Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs]], and [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs]]
*[[Danny Lam Nguyen]] – lawyer and associate judge of the [[Superior Court of the District of Columbia]] since 2024
*[[An Le|An Thanh Le]] – Served as the [[Consulate General of the United States, Ho Chi Minh City|Consul General for the United States in Ho Chi Minh City]]
*[[Caroline Pham|Caroline D. Pham]] – Commissioner of the [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]
*[[Derek Tran]] – Congressman representing [[California's 45th congressional district]] (Democrat)
*[[Hung Cao]] – Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in [[Virginia's 10th congressional district]] in 2022, Republican nominee for the [[2024 United States Senate election in Virginia]], current [[United States Under Secretary of the Navy]]

===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>[http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=4917&Session=25] "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>{{cite web |last=Maya |first=Grace |date=21 November 2024 |title=Utah Elects First Vietnamese-American Legislator |url=https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2024/11/21/utah-elects-first-vietnamese-american-refugee-legislator/ |work=The Daily Utah Chronicle}}</ref>
*[[Janet Nguyen]] – Orange County Supervisor, former California State Senator and State Representative (Republican)
*[[Joe Nguyen]] – Washington State Senator (Democratic)
*[[Quang Nguyen]] – Arizona State Representative (Republican) and businessman 
*[[Rochelle Nguyen]] – Nevada State Senator (Democratic)
*[[Tram Nguyen]] – Massachusetts State Representative (Democratic)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/11/07/tram-nguyen-elected-massachusetts-house|title='I knew that it was possible': Tram Nguyen ousts Republican state. Rep Jim Lyons in election upset|date=2018-11-07|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-11-22|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Janet Nguyen]] – California State Senator (Republican)
*[[Stephanie Nguyen (politician)|Stephanie Nguyen]] - California State Assemblywoman (Democratic)
*[[Duy Nguyen]] – Nevada State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Daniel Nguyen (politician)]] – Oregon State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Hoa Nguyen (politician)]] – Oregon State Representative (Democratic) 
*[[Hai Pham]] – Oregon State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Khanh Pham]] – Oregon State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Tri Ta]] – California State Assemblyman, Mayor of [[Westminster, California]] (Republican)
*[[My-Linh Thai]] – Washington State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Thuy Tran]] – Oregon State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Dean Tran]] – first Vietnamese-American elected to the [[Massachusetts Legislature]] (Republican)
*[[Long Tran]] Georgia State Representative (Democratic)
*[[Kathy Tran]] – Virginia State Delegate<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/virginia-s-first-vietnamese-american-legislator-wants-inspire-others-run-n821481|title=Virginia's first Vietnamese-American legislator wants to inspire others to run|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-11-22|language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[Thuy Tran]] – Oregon House of Representative 
*[[Van Tran]] – First Vietnamese American elected to any state legislature; [[California State Assembly]]man (Republican)<ref>[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/05/BAG2L9M32L1.DTL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805013542/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/05/BAG2L9M32L1.DTL|date=August 5, 2011}} "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."</ref>
*[[Hubert Vo]] – Texas State Representative<ref>[http://www.hubertvo.com/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060803070755/http://www.hubertvo.com/|date=August 3, 2006}} "Hubert Vo: First Vietnamese American State Legislator in Texas"</ref> (Democratic)

===Local Government===
*[[John Tran]] – Mayor of [[Rosemead, California]] (Democratic)
*[[Helen Tran (politician)|Helen Tran]] – Mayor of [[San Bernardino, California]] (Democratic)
*[[Tyrin Truong]] – Mayor of [[Bogalusa, Louisiana]] (Democratic) 
*[[Jocelyn Yow]] – Mayor of [[Eastvale, California]]
*[[Andrew Do]] – Orange County, California Board of Supervisors (Republican)
*[[Tony Lam]] – first Vietnamese-American in any elected office; [[Westminster, California]] city council (Republican)
*[[Madison Nguyen]] – [[San Jose City Council]] member and Vice Mayor of City of [[San Jose, California]] (Democratic)
*[[Al Hoang]] – member of the [[Houston City Council]] and first Vietnamese of the council, criminal defense lawyer
*[[Thu Nguyen]] – member of the [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] City Council

===Other, miscellaneous===
*[[Bùi Diễm]] (1923–2021) – one of the last Vietnamese ambassadors to the United States during the final phase of the Vietnam War
*[[Priscilla Chan]] – pediatrician and philanthropist, co-founder of [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]]
*[[Amanda Nguyen]] – Civil rights activist and CEO of [[Rise (non-governmental organization)]], she proposed and help draft the [[Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act]], a landmark for civil rights and victims rights legislation in the United States that establishes, for the first time, statutory rights in federal code for survivors of sexual assault and rape. The law impacts nearly 25 million estimated rape survivors in the United States, which passed unanimously in Congress and was signed by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/07/obama-signs-historic-sex-assault-measure.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl "Obama Signs Historic Sexual Assault Survivors' 'Bill of Rights{{'"}}]. Retrieved November 23, 2016. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009164739/http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/07/obama-signs-historic-sex-assault-measure.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl |date=2016-10-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://belatina.com/rise-amanda-nguyen-force-behind-the-sexual-assault-survivors-rights-act/|title=All Rise for Amanda Nguyen: The Force Behind the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act|last=Nahmad|first=Erica|date=January 29, 2019|website=BeLatina|access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> She was listed in 2022 [[Time (magazine)|Time]] Women of the Year.<ref name="time.com1">{{cite web |url=https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/ |title=2022 Time Women of the Year |date=March 3, 2022 |accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[[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">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Minh Dang, Member, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking |url=https://www.westcoastcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Minh-Dang-Bio.pdf |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=WestCoast Children's Clinic}}</ref>
*[[Wendy Duong]] – first Vietnamese-American to hold judicial office in the United States
*[[Nguyen Huu Chanh|Huu Chanh Nguyen]] – founder and former Prime Minister of the [[Government of Free Vietnam]]
*[[Kiem Do]] – Former officer of the [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]]. When [[Fall of Saigon|Saigon fell]] he secretly organized the successful evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 naval ships. Ultimately preventing those 32 vessels and everyone aboard from falling into the hands of North Vietnamese forces. Later US schoolteacher and cost engineer
*[[Pham Duc Trung Kien]] – private equity investor and philanthropist
*[[Yen Ngoc Do|Đỗ Ngọc Yến]] – founder of [[Nguoi Viet Daily News]] the oldest and largest Vietnamese daily publication in the US, and a founding father of [[Little Saigon, Orange County]] California
*[[Hồ Thành Việt]] – computer engineer and entrepreneur who is credited with making desktop publishing more accessible to Vietnamese speakers
*[[Nguyễn Thị Thuấn]] – Christian missionary and Women's General Commissioner of the Protestant Church of Vietnam
*[[Phạm Quang Khiêm]] – former [[South Vietnam Air Force]] pilot, orchestrated the 1975 C-130A escape, commercial aviator at [[US Airways]]
*[[Vince Dao]] – Vietnamese-American conservative political commentator
*[[Hoang Tu Duy]] – democracy activist
*[[Nguyen Quoc Quan]] – mathematics researcher and human rights activist

==Science and education==
[[File:Gene Trinh (29028720973).jpg|thumb|160px|[[Eugene H. Trinh]]]]
[[File:Han-Dinh.jpg|thumb|160px|Han Dinh]]
*[[Kathy Pham]] – computer scientist and product leader; founding product and engineering member at the [[United States Digital Service]] at the White House,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/barack-obama-google-tech-talent-government-websites-118064|title=Obama's tech troops|work=POLITICO|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/uncle-sam-needs-more-geeks/|title=Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|date=January 21, 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> [[Nguoi Viet Daily News|Nguoi Viet]] 40 under 40.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nguoi-viet.com/newarticle/Nguoi-Viet-tieu-bieu-duoi-40-tuoi-Kathy-Pham-3652/|title=Người Việt tiêu biểu dưới 40 tuổi: Kathy Phạm|date=2015-03-18|work=Nguoi Viet Online|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Han T. Dinh]] – Director of Vehicle Engineering, [[United States Postal Service]]; winner of 2006 White House "Closing of Circle Award"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Dinh-Han.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516024310/http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Dinh-Han.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |title=Biography of Han Dinh |publisher=Asianamerican.net |date=April 21, 1993 |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/postal-service-honored-with-white-house-closing-the-circle-awards-for-biodiesel-fuel-and-recycling-programs-56100882.html |title=Postal Service Honored With White House Closing the Circle Awards for Biodiesel Fuel... |publisher=Prnewswire.com |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voatiengviet.com/content/a-19-2006-09-11-voa10-81869377/833123.html |title=Phỏng vấn kỹ sư Đinh Trường Hân, người quản lý kỹ thuật của hơn 200,000 xe hơi của bưu điện Mỹ |publisher=Voatiengviet.com |date=September 11, 2006 |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref>
*[[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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncvaonline.org/vaylc/biographies2004.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224235118/http://www.ncvaonline.org/vaylc/biographies2004.htm|url-status=dead|title='''Trinh''' -|archivedate=December 24, 2005}}</ref>
*[[Hồ Thành Việt]] (1955–2003) – founder of [[VNI]] Software Co., California
*[[Jane Luu]] – Astronomer, Co-discoverer of Kuiper Belt and many Asteroids<ref>[http://www.bookrags.com/biography-jane-x-luu-scit-0712345/index.html] "Vietnamese-American astronomer"</ref>
*[[Nguyễn Xuân Vinh]] (1930–2022) – professor of aerospace engineering, [[University of Michigan]]; first Vietnamese to receive the [[Dirk Brouwer Award (American Astronautical Society)|Dirk Brouwer Award]] (2006); author of ''Pilot's Life''
*[[Nguyet Anh Duong|Duong Anh Nguyet]] – Responsible for the creation of many [[Thermobaric weapon]]s, she is noted as the "Scientist who developed the bomb that ended the war with Afghanistan"<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Vietnamese American National Gala |url=http://www.vangusa.org/VANG2004/853DEF20-221D-11D9-B8F8-000D93B4265A.html |title=Great Facts & Trivia of Vietnamese Americans:Science & Technology |accessdate=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430093329/http://www.vangusa.org/VANG2004/853DEF20-221D-11D9-B8F8-000D93B4265A.html |archivedate=April 30, 2007 }}</ref> Director for the Borders and Maritime Security Division within the [[DHS Science and Technology Directorate]]. Given [[National Security Medal]] in 2007
*[[Khanh D. Pham]] – acclaimed aerospace engineer
*[[Trịnh Xuân Thuận]] – author of ''The Birth of the Universe''; [[astrophysicist]]; 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<ref>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 {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html |title=Top 100 living geniuses |work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]] |date=October 31, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2008 | location=London}}</ref>
*[[Xuong Nguyen-Huu]] – biology professor, [[University of California]]; pioneer in AIDS research; invented the x-ray multiwire area detector
*[[Đàm Thanh Sơn]] – theoretical physicist, university professor at [[University of Chicago]], member of [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Van H. Vu]] – professor of mathematics at [[Yale University]]
*[[Ngô Bảo Châu]] – professor of mathematics at [[University of Chicago]]; [[Fields Medal]] winner
*[[Trac Tran|Trần Duy Trác]] – professor of electrical and computer engineering at [[Johns Hopkins University]]
*[[SonBinh Nguyen]] – professor of chemistry at [[Northwestern University]]; Highly Cited Researcher<ref>[http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205140036/http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com/|date=December 5, 2016}} "Highly Cited Researchers - Thomson Reuters"</ref>
*[[Thuc-Quyen Nguyen]] – professor of chemistry at [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]; Highly Cited Researcher<ref>[https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2015-thomson-reuters-highly-cited-researchers-affiliated-uc-system] "2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers affiliated with the UC System"</ref>
*[[Chi Van Dang]] – professor; scientific director at [[Ludwig Cancer Research]]; former director of the [[Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine|Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine]]; member of the [[National Academy of Medicine]] (Institute of Medicine), [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|American Academy of Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ludwigcancerresearch.org/member/chi-van-dang-md-phd/|title=Ludwig Cancer Research|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>
*[[My Hang V. Huynh]] – chemist in the High Explosives Science and Technology Group at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]
*[[Lan Cao]] – professor of law at [[Chapman University School of Law]], former professor of many prominent US Law Schools, and author notable for books [[Monkey Bridge]] and [[The Lotus and the Storm]]
*[[John Pham (scientist)]] – molecular biologist and editor-in-chief of [[Cell (journal)|''Cell'']], a scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the [[List of life sciences|life sciences]]
*[[Tran T. Kim-Trang]] – artist, professor of art and media at [[Scripps College]] a private liberal arts women's college
*[[Ngo Vinh Long]] – professor of history at the [[University of Maine]] from 1985 until his death in 2022, author
*[[Xuong Nguyen-Huu]] – pioneer of [[protein crystallography]] technology. [[Professor emeritus]] of physics, biology, chemistry and biochemistry at [[UC San Diego]] since 1964. inventor of "Xuong’s X-Ray Machine"
*[[Pham Huu Tiep|Phạm Hữu Tiệp]] – mathematician, professor of mathematics at [[Rutgers University]]
*[[Duong Hong Phong|Dương Hồng Phong]] – mathematician, professor of mathematics at [[Columbia University]]
*[[Huỳnh Sanh Thông]] – scholar and translator
*[[Quynh-Thu Le]] – [[radiation oncologist]] specializing in [[head and neck cancer]], chair of the department of radiation oncology at the [[Stanford University School of Medicine]]
*[[Darrion Nguyen]] – [[science communicator]]
*[[Mimi Thi Nguyen]] – scholar, punk, zine author. professor of gender & women’s studies and Asian American studies at [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
*[[Tomas Vu]] – LeRoy Neiman Professor in Visual Arts at [[Columbia University]]
*[[An-My Lê]] – professor of photography at [[Bard College]]
*[[Pipo Nguyen-duy|Pipo Nguyen-Duy]] – Professor of Photography at [[Oberlin College]]
*[[Quoc V. Le]] – computer scientist, pioneer at [[Google Brain]]
*[[Lam Nguyen|Lam M. Nguyen]] – computer scientist and applied mathematician, Research Scientist at the [[IBM Research]]

==Sports, athletes, games==
[[File:Cung Le at Inside MMA.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Cung Le]]]]
[[File:2007 LPGA Championship - Leta Lindley (1).jpg|thumb|160px|[[Leta Lindley]]]]

=== Baseball ===
*[[Danny Graves]] – [[MLB]] baseball player<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2002746043_peep18.html]
"Graves, the only Vietnamese-born player in the major leagues, left Saigon when he was only 14 months old."</ref>
*[[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 (basketball, born 2002)|Jaylin Williams]] – first player of Vietnamese descent to be drafted in the [[NBA]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/nba/thunder/2023/01/22/okc-thunder-jaylin-williams-nba-rookie-vietnamese-community-oklahoma-city-lunar-new-year/69828847007/ | title=Thunder rookie Jaylin Williams has support of OKC's Vietnamese community }}</ref>
*[[Johnny Juzang]] – [[NBA]] player
*[[Kaylynne Truong]] – first women of Vietnamese descent to be selected in the [[WNBA]], professional basketball player
*[[David Arnold (basketball)|David Arnold]] – professional basketball player
*[[Tam Dinh]] – professional basketball player 
*[[Justin Young (basketball)|Duong Vinh Luan]] – professional basketball player
*[[Khoa Tran]] – professional basketball player
*[[Larry Tieu]] – professional basketball player

=== Soccer ===
*[[Zara Chavoshi]] – soccer player of Vietnamese descent
*[[Lee Nguyen]] – [[Major League Soccer]] player and coach
*[[Viet Nguyen]] – soccer player, spent his entire career with the [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]]
*[[Jaedyn Shaw]] - player with [[United States women's national soccer team]] and [[San Diego Wave FC]]; Vietnamese on maternal side<ref>[https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/2024/05/10/uswnt-star-shaw-vietnamese-heritage/ Vertelney, Seth. "USWNT star Shaw opens up on Vietnamese heritage," ''USA Today'', Friday, May 10, 2024.] Retrieved May 10, 2024.</ref>
*[[Minh Vu]] – soccer player
*[[Katie Duong]] – soccer player, she has played for the [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team]]
*[[Cyrus Tran]] – professional soccer player, who plays as a midfielder for [[Becamex Binh Duong]]
*[[Thien Nguyen]] – played professionally in [[Western Soccer Alliance]] and [[MISL I]]
*[[Kennedy Fuller|Kennedy Linh Fuller]] – professional soccer player, midfielder for [[Angel City FC]], named the national 2023 [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade Player of the Year]]. Won bronze for the US at the [[2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]]

=== Fighting sports ===
*[[Cung Le]] – kickboxer and MMA fighter; undefeated San Shou champion; former [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]] champion, UFC fighter, actor and coach<ref>[http://www.cungle.com/cungle/about.html] "Growing up as a skinny Vietnamese refuge, Cung Le was an easy target for bullies..."</ref>
*[[Thanh Le]] – former [[List of ONE Championship champions|ONE Featherweight World Champion]]
*[[Dat Nguyen (boxer)]] – World Ranked [[Pro boxing|Professional boxer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=22110 |title=New School Pick of the Week: Dat Nguyen – Boxing News |publisher=Boxingscene.com |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Nam Phan]] – MMA fighter in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=5778 |title=Fight Finder – Nam Phan's Mixed Martial Arts Statistics |publisher=Sherdog.com |date=March 13, 1983 |access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Ben Nguyen]] – MMA fighter, UFC Fighter
*[[Bi Nguyen]] – ''Survivor'' contestant and MMA fighter, formerly fought in [[ONE Championship]]
*[[Bao Quach]] – featherweight, professional mixed martial artist
*[[Ngô Đồng]] – grandmaster of the International school of Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts, entomologist, professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the [[University of Florida]]

=== Poker ===
*[[Men Nguyen]] – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $9,700,000<ref>[http://www.launchpoker.com/players/poker_players/-men-nguyen-/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213081955/http://www.launchpoker.com/players/poker_players/-men-nguyen-/|date=December 13, 2017}} "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>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/27/apop.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=ASIAN POP All In | first=Jeff | last=Yang | date=October 27, 2005}}</ref>
*[[David Pham]] – professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour<ref>[http://www.homepokergames.com/pham.php] "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>[http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,1618,00.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060107054819/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,1618,00.html|date=January 7, 2006}} "Such is already the case with Mimi Tran, a Vietnamese émigré..."</ref>
*[[Nam Le (poker player)|Nam Le]] – professional poker player as of August 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=23743 |publisher=The Hendon Mob |title=Nam Thien Le's Poker Statistics |work=Hendon Mob Poker Database |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $854,337 of those winnings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsop.com/players/index.asp?pagenum=7 |work=World Series of Poker |title=WSOP Players & Results |publisher=Caesars Interactive Entertainment |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref>
*[[John Phan]] – two-time [[World Series of Poker bracelet]] winner and is a winner and four-time final tablist of [[World Poker Tour]] Championships.
*[[Kenny Tran]] – professional poker player
*[[Quinn Do]] – professional poker player
*[[Chau Giang]] – three-time [[World Series of Poker bracelet]] winner and a three-time final tablist of the [[World Poker Tour]]
*[[Minh Nguyen]] – professional poker player, is a two-time [[World Series of Poker bracelet]] winner
*[[Vinny Vinh]] – professional poker player
*[[Can Kim Hua]] – professional poker player who is a three-time final tablist at both the [[World Series of Poker]] (WSOP) and on the [[World Poker Tour]]
*[[Theo Tran]] – professional poker player

=== Golf ===
*[[Lilia Vu]] - [[professional golfer]] and [[LPGA Tour]] player. In 2023, she rose to number one in the [[Women's World Golf Rankings]] and became [[LPGA Tour Player of the Year]] after winning four titles, including two majors at the [[2023 Chevron Championship]] and [[2023 Women's British Open]].<ref name="LPGA">{{cite web |title=Lilia Vu Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/lilia-vu/98230/bio |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="ESPN">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/36275382/lilia-vu-wins-chevron-championship-playoff-first-major |title=Lilia Vu wins Chevron Championship in playoff for first major |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Leta Lindley]] – [[LPGA Tour]] golfer

=== Tennis ===
*[[Brandon Nakashima]] – [[ATP Tour]] tennis player of Japanese and Vietnamese descent<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2020-01-14/brandon-nakashima-tennis-atp-oracle-pro-series-itf |title=San Diego's Brandon Nakashima on the move in ATP rankings|date=January 15, 2020}} "Anh Pham moved on to tennis in his 30s when his legs could no longer keep up on the field and passed that game on to his children. None of them, however, took to it like his grandson, Brandon Nakashima..."</ref>
*[[Thai-Son Kwiatkowski]] – men's professional tennis player<ref>[[Thai-Son Kwiatkowski]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2020}}
*[[Daniel Nguyen]] – first Vietnamese American to play in the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open Tennis tournament]]
*[[Learner Tien]] – professional tennis player
*[[Michelle Do]] – table tennis player, Youngest ever member at 17 of the U.S. Women's Table Tennis Team for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]

=== Esports ===
*[[Ken Hoang]] – American professional [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] player, [[Survivor: Gabon|Survivor]] contestant
*[[NuckleDu]] – professional [[fighting game]] player particularly [[Street Fighter]]
*[[Andy Dinh]] – professional League of Legends player, Owner of [[Team SoloMid]] (TSM), an esports organization
*[[Balls (gamer)]] – professional League of Legends player
*[[Hai (gamer)]] – professional League of Legends player

=== Chess ===
*[[Paul Truong]] – professional chess player, holds the [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] title of National Master and [[FIDE Master]]. Married to [[Women's World Chess Championship|Women's World Chess Champion]] [[Susan Polgar]]
*[[Emily Nguyen]] – professional chess player, [[Woman International Master]]

=== Skating ===
*[[Avonley Nguyen]] – ice dancer, [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020 World Junior]] champion, national [[2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2020 US Junior]] champion, [[2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]] silver medalist, won 3 gold medals at [[ISU Junior Grand Prix]] qualifying for [[2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]]
*[[Dennis Phan]] – competitive skater, [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|JPG Final]] champion,  2003 [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships|U.S. national]] junior Champion
*[[Max Settlage]] – pair skater, [[2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2014 U.S. national]] junior champion
*[[Don Nguyen]] – pro skateboarder, recognized as the first person to [[ollie (skateboarding)|ollie]] down the legendary "El Toro" 20 stair-set, one of the most infamous skate spots in the sport, considered a proving ground for athletes of skateboarding
*[[Aaron Tran]] – short track speed skater, competed in the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]

=== Football ===
*[[Dat Nguyen]] – [[NFL]] football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons with the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and is the first Vietnamese-American to be drafted, play, and be recognized as an All-Pro in the NFL. In 2017, he was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]
*[[Noel Prefontaine]] – professional [[Canadian football]] [[punter (football position)|punter]] and [[placekicker]] in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]

=== Badminton ===
*[[Howard Bach]] – badminton player, the [[2005 IBF World Championships|2005 World Champion]]
*[[Nguyễn Quang Minh]] – badminton player

=== Swimming ===
*[[Haven Shepherd]] – swimmer
*[[Jacklyn Luu]] – [[Synchronized swimming|Synchronized swimmer]], competed at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] winning a silver medal in the team event, first for the US since 2004
*[[Catherine Mai Lan Fox]] – Olympic swimmer

=== Other sports ===
*[[Minh Thai]] – World’s First Rubik's Cube Champion in 1982
*[[Amy Tran]] – field hockey player
*[[Joe Walters]] – professional lacrosse player
*[[Alain Nu]] – mentalist, illusionist
*[[Kim Maher]] – softball player, coach
*[[Yen Hoang]] – wheelchair racer
*[[Cole McDonald (skier)|Cole McDonald]] – freestyle skier
*[[Kim Pawelek Brantly]] – marathon runner
*[[Nhi Lan Le]] – [[fencing|fencer]], competed in the women's individual and team [[épée]] events at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Quang Duong]] – professional pickleball player

==Religion==
* [[Thích Thiên-Ân]] (1925–1980) – Buddhist monk
* [[Luong Kim Dinh]] (1914–1997) – Catholic priest, scholar and philosopher
* [[Dominic Mai Thanh Lương]] (1940–2017) – auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange|Diocese of Orange in California]] 
* [[Thanh Thai Nguyen|Thomas Nguyễn Thái Thành]] – auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange|Diocese of Orange in Calilfornia]]
* [[Peter C. Phan]] – Catholic theologian
* [[John-Nhan Tran|John Trần Văn Nhàn]] – auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta|Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia]]
* [[Michael Pham|Michael Phạm Minh Cường]] – bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego|Diocese of San Diego, California]]
* [[Jonathan Tran]] – theologian, scholar

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of American people of Asian descent|Vietnamese Americans]]
[[Category:American people of Vietnamese descent|*]]
[[Category:Vietnamese diaspora in the United States|*]]