Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City ranks 739th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nagano Prefecture, Dundee, and Blackpool. Memorable people born in Ho Chi Minh City include Marguerite Duras, Amanda Lear, and Jonathan Ke Quan. Memorable people who died in Ho Chi Minh City include Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, and Hanoi Hannah. Ho Chi Minh City has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Ho Chi Minh City is located in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of 14,002,598 in 2025. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1796 and 1991, Ho Chi Minh City was the birth place of 20 globally memorable people, including Marguerite Duras, Amanda Lear, and Jonathan Ke Quan. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Ho Chi Minh City including Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, and Hanoi Hannah.
People Born in Ho Chi Minh City
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Marguerite Duras
WRITER
1914 - 1996
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 3
Amanda Lear
SINGER
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 10
Jonathan Ke Quan
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 19
Riccardo Cocciante
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 15
Tsui Hark
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 7
Charles Sobhraj
EXTREMIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 17
Chantal Goya
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 9
Jane Luu
ASTRONOMER
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 6
Phan Thanh Giản
PHILOSOPHER
1796 - 1867
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 4
Eugene H. Trinh
ASTRONAUT
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 12
Linh Dan Pham
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 18
Dustin Nguyen
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 5
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People Deceased in Ho Chi Minh City
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Ngo Dinh Diem
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1963
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 5
Thích Quảng Đức
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1897 - 1963
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 6
Hanoi Hannah
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2016
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 13
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1996
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 4
Ngô Đình Nhu
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1963
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 1
Son Ngoc Thanh
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1977
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 7
Võ Chí Công
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2011
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 11
Nguyễn Văn Linh
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1998
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
Prince Henri of Orléans
WRITER
1867 - 1901
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 15
Thành Thái
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1954
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 12
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1976
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 16
Trần Văn Trà
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 1996
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Ho Chi Minh City were actors (5), writers (3), politicians (2), singers (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were politicians (10), musicians (2), social activists (1), writers (1), and military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ho Chi Minh City, including Jonathan Ke Quan, Chantal Goya, and Linh Dan Pham. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ho Chi Minh City, including Jonathan Ke Quan, Chantal Goya, and Linh Dan Pham.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Ho Chi Minh City since 1700.
