Hai Phong - Notable People

Notable People

  • Mac Dang Dung (1483–1541) king of Đại Việt country, the founder of the Mạc Dynasty
  • Nguyen Binh Khiem (1491–1585) thinker, poet, prophet, Cao Dai religion saint
  • Mai Trung Thu (1906–1980) painter
  • Văn Cao (1923–1995) musician, poet, painter and composer of the national anthem of Vietnam Tiến Quân Ca
  • Georges Condominas (1921–2011) French anthropologist, ethnologist (born in Haiphong, mother is Chinese-Vietnamese)
  • Michel Henry (1922–2002) French philosopher and novelist (born in Haiphong, lived in French Indochina until he was seven years old)
  • Fan Yang (1962 – ) Canadian bubble artist, 16-time Guinness World Records holder (born in Vietnam, his mother is a Haiphong native)
  • Ngoc Son (1970 – ) singer, songwriter
  • Tra Giang (1942 – ) film actress (born in Quang Ngai province, grew up and schooled in Haiphong)
  • Phan Thi Ha Thanh (1991 – ) artistic gymnast, first gymnast to win a world medal for Vietnam gymnastics (2011)
  • Tham Thuy Hang
  • Nguyen Quang Rieu

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