the Republic of Vietnam Lê Minh Đảo Lê Nguyên Vỹ, Republic of Vietnam brigadier general, defeated Viet Cong forces in the Battle of An Lộc Ngô Quang Trưởng, Republic of Vietnam lieutenant general, recaptured Huế from Northern communist forces in 1968 Tet Offensive Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Republic of Vietnam general, defended Saigon against Viet Cong forces in the Tet Offensive Nguyễn Thị Định Nguyễn Văn Hiếu Phạm Văn Đồng (ARVN general) Trần Hưng Đạo, general, twice defeated the Mongolian armies Trần Văn Hai Trần Văn Trà Trình Minh Thế Văn Tiến Dũng Võ Nguyên Giáp, general, defeated France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu Revolutionaries, politicians, and statesmen (not mentioned above) Phan Bội Châu Joseph Cao (Cao Quang Ánh), former Louisiana representative in the United States House of Representatives Charles Tran Van Lam Đinh Xuân Lưu, Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland and Israel Hoang Van Chi, South Vietnamese politician who publicized the Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair in the North under Ho Chi Minh. Lê Đức Thọ, Nobel Peace Prize (declined), 1973 Hieu Van Le, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales Lý Long Tường Kaysone Phomvihane, past Laotian Prime Minister (born Nguyen Cai Song) Philipp Rösler, German vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel's administration. Trần Trọng Kim Wayne Cao, Alberta provincial deputy speaker and MLA of the Alberta Legislative Assembly. Lawyers Jacques Vergès – lawyer who represented well-known war criminals Religion Thích Thanh Từ Thich Nhat Hanh Thích Nhật Từ Thích Quảng Độ Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Cardinal Philippe Trần Văn Hoài, Monsignor Thích Quảng Đức – Buddhist Sciences Natural sciences and technology André Truong Trong Thi, engineer Tuan Vo-Dinh, Prof., Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University Nguyen Xuan Vinh, scientist and educator Duy-Loan Le Tan Le telecommunications entrepreneur, co-Founder of Emotiv, Young Australian of the Year 1998. Hoàng Tụy, mathematician Ngô Bảo Châu, first Vietnamese mathematician to win the Fields Medal Trinh Xuan Thuan, astrophysicist Van H. Vu, mathematician Lê Văn Thiêm, mathematician Bui Tuong Phong, computer scientist Minh Quang Tran, physicist Jane Luu, astrophysicist Xuong Nguyen-Huu, biochemist Minh Le, computer game developer Space travel Eugene H. Trinh, astronaut Pham Tuân, cosmonaut Social sciences Lê Quý Đôn, historian, encyclopedist, and philosopher Luong Kim Dinh, catholic priest, scholar and philosopher. Sports Nguyen Tien Minh – badminton player – World Badminton Championship Bronze medalist(2013) Amy Tran – hockey player. Carol Huynh – Olympic wrestler, won a gold medal for Canada. Catherine