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13 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence Political and party leadership · Vietnam 1890–1969
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm Politician who became State of Vietnam premier in 1954, ousted Bảo Đại and was South Vietnam’s first president until killed in 1963 Government and administration · Vietnam 1901–1963
Hoàng Văn Hoan Hoàng Văn Hoan Pro-Chinese veteran, North Vietnam’s first ambassador to China, who defected to China after the 1979 war Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam 1905–1991
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng Ho Chi Minh's closest lieutenant and Vietnam's longest-serving prime minister, governing for 32 years Government and administration · Vietnam 1906–2000
Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Vietnam's chief theoretician, demoted for the land reform disaster and returned to launch Đổi Mới Political and party leadership · Vietnam 1907–1988
Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ Vietnamese Politburo member who negotiated the Paris Peace Accords with Kissinger and declined the Nobel Peace Prize Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam 1911–1990
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam 1911–2013
Bảo Đại Bảo Đại Last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, who abdicated in 1945 and returned as head of the French-backed State of Vietnam Monarchs and royalty · Vietnam 1913–1997
Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender Military command · Vietnam 1916–2001
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China Military command · Vietnam 1917–2002
Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt Architect of Đổi Mới and prime minister of Vietnam Government and administration · Vietnam 1922–2008
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu General who was president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, opposed the Paris Peace Accords and resigned days before the fall of Saigon Military command · Vietnam 1923–2001
Nguyễn Thị Bình Nguyễn Thị Bình PRG foreign minister, the only woman to sign the Paris Peace Accords, and later vice president of Vietnam Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam 1927–