Dương

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Dương is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Yang in Chinese and in Korean.

Duong is the anglicized variation of the surname Dương. It is not to be confused with another Vietnamese surname Đường, which is also anglicized as Duong.

Notable people

  • Dương Đình Nghệ, administrator of Giao Chỉ in around 931 AD
  • Dương Vân Nga, only empress dowager of the Đinh Dynasty and afterwards empress of Lê Đại Hành, the first emperor of the Early Lê Dynasty
  • Dương Tam Kha, King of Vietnam during the short time from 944 to 950 in the Ngô Dynasty
  • Dương Nhật Lễ, emperor of Đại Việt from 1369 to 1370
  • Dương Văn An, minister in the cabinet of Mạc Dynasty
  • Duong Hieu Nghia, ARVN officer
  • Dương Hồng Sơn, footballer
  • Duong Hong Ky, musician, composer, writer, and community activist
  • Dương Quỳnh Hoa, member of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and a member of its provisionary government, serving as a cabinet member.
  • Dương Thu Hương, Vietnamese author and political dissident.
  • Dương Trương Thiên Lý, beauty pageant contestant
  • Duong Thu, composer
  • Duong Trieu Vu (Tuấn Linh), singer
  • Duong Van Duc, ARVN general
  • Duong Van Minh, President of South Vietnam, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general
  • Duong Van Nhut, general in the People's Army of Vietnam, brother of Duong Van Minh

See also

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