Dương (楊) is a Vietnamese surname or given name. The name is transliterated as Yang in Mandarin Chinese and in Korean and Yeung in Cantonese. It is commonly anglicized as Duong. It is not to be confused with another Vietnamese surname '' Đường'' (唐 ), which is anglicized the same; some write Dzuong to distinguish the two.

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 Dương Văn An (1514 – ?; courtesy name: Tỉnh Phú, 楊文安) was a minister in the cabinet of the Mạc dynasty. He was born in 1514 in Tuy Lộc Village, Lộc Thủy Commune, Lệ Thủy district, Quảng Bình province. He w ...

, minister in the cabinet of Mạc dynasty * Dương Hiếu Nghĩa, ARVN officer *

Dương Hồng Sơn Dương Hồng Sơn (born November 20, 1982) is a Vietnamese football manager and former player who is the manager of Quang Nam. He is best known for his performance helping the Vietnam national team to win their first ASEAN Championship. He w ...

, footballer * Dương Quỳnh Hoa, member of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and a member of its provisional government, serving as a cabinet member. *

Dương Thu Hương Dương Thu Hương (born 1947) is a Vietnamese author and political dissident. Early life Born in 1947 in Thái Bình a province in northern Vietnam, Dương came of age just as the Vietnam War was turning violent. At the age of twenty, w ...

, Vietnamese author and political dissident. * Dương Trương Thiên Lý, beauty pageant contestant *

Dương Thụ Dương Thụ (Vân Đình, Ứng Hòa Hanoi, 10 February 1943) is a Vietnamese songwriter. Notable works * ''Ru em bằng tiếng sóng'' * ''Họa mi hót trong mưa'' * ''Hơi thở mùa xuân'' * ''Bay vào ngày xanh'' * ''Cho em một ngà ...

, composer *

Dương Triệu Vũ Dương Triệu Vũ (born January 1, 1984 in Cam Ranh, Vietnam) is the stage name of Tuấn Linh, a singer on the popular Vietnamese diaspora music show '' Paris By Night''. Born into a family of six children as the youngest, Tuấn Linh show ...

(Tuấn Linh), singer *

Dương Văn Đức Lieutenant General Dương Văn Đức (1927–2000) was a Vietnamese army officer. He is best known for leading a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh on 14 September 1964. He was a supporter of the Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng (D ...

, ARVN general * Dương Văn Minh, President of South Vietnam, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general *

Dương Văn Nhựt Dương Văn Nhựt ( Mỹ Tho, 1920 – 2000) was a brigadier general in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. He was also brother of Dương Văn Minh, the last president of South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Rep ...

, general in the People's Army of Vietnam, brother of Dương Văn Minh * Dương Văn Khánh, President of the Đồng Xuân Labor Union and mob boss * Porter Duong, American actress

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