Trần (陳) or Tran is a common
Vietnamese surname. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname. It is derived from the
common Chinese surname Chen.
History
The Tran ruled the
Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and successfully withheld the
Mongol invasions of Vietnam, introducing improvements to Chinese
gunpowder. During the Tran dynasty, arts and sciences flourished, and
Chữ Nôm was used for the first time in mainstream poetry. Emperor
Trần Nhân Tông was a great reformer of Chu Nom and the first emperor to use Chu Nom in Vietnamese poetry.
List of people surnamed Tran
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Trần Bình Trọng
Prince of Bảo Nghĩa Trần Bình Trọng ( Hán tự: 陳 平 仲) (1259–1285) was a general of the Trần Dynasty well known for his heroic action in the war of Dai Viet against the second Mongol invasion. After the capture of Trần Bình ...
(1259–1285), Vietnamese general
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Trần Đại Quang (1956–2018), President of Vietnam
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Trần Độ (1923–2002), lieutenant general of the People's Army of Vietnam and political reformer
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Trần Đức Lương (born 1937), President of Vietnam
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Trần dynasty (1225–1400), rulers of Đại Việt/Vietnam
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Later Trần dynasty (1407–1413), period of unrest in Đại Việt/Vietnam
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Trần Hưng Đạo (1228–1300), prince, statesman, military commander of Đại Việt/Vietnam, whom repelled two out of three major Mongol invasions in late 13th century
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Trần Kim Tuyến (1925–1995), chief of intelligence of South Vietnam
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Trần Lệ Xuân (1924–2011), also known as
Madame Nhu, politician of South Vietnam
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Tran My Van
My-Van Tran ( vi, Trần Mỹ Vân) is a Vietnamese-Australian author and academic. Tran was born in South Vietnam, and she and her family were forced to leave the country when the North Vietnamese Army defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietn ...
(active 1986–2006), Vietnamese Australian academic in history and Asian studies
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Trần Ngọc Tâm
Trần (陳) or Tran is a common Vietnamese surname. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname. It is derived from the common Chinese surname Chen.
History
The Tran ruled the Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and succe ...
(fl 1957–64), member of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308), given name Trần Khâm, emperor of Trần dynasty,
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Trần Phú (1804-1931), Vietnamese General Secretary of Indochinese Communist Party
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Trần Quang Khôi (born 1930), general of Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Hưng Đạo, an imperial prince, statesman and military commander of
Đại Việt military forces during the
Trần dynasty.
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Trần Thái Tông (1218–1277), emperor of Trần dynasty,
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Trần Thánh Tông (1240–1290), given name Trần Hoảng (陳晃), emperor of Trần dynasty
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Trần Thiện Khiêm (1925–2021), officer in Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Thủ Độ (1194–1264), general, leader of Trần clan
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Trần Trọng Kim (1883–1953), courtesy name Lệ Thần, Vietnamese scholar, Prime Minister of Empire of Vietnam
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Trần Tử Bình (1907–1967), Vietnamese revolutionary, general of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, ambassador
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Trần Văn Đôn (1917–1998), general in Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Văn Hai (died 1976), brigadier general in Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Văn Hữu (1896–1984), president of government of Cochinchina, Prime Minister of State of Vietnam
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Trần Văn Hương (1903–1982), president of South Vietnam
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Trần Văn Khắc
Trần Văn Khắc (July 1st, 1902 - May 24, 1994) is widely recognised as the founder of the Vietnamese Scouting movement in Vietnam in 1930 in Hanoi. He was a Secretary at Agriculture Department and an athlete. The Scout movement that he cr ...
(1902-1990), founder of Vietnamese Scouting movement
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Charles Tran Van Lam
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
(1913–2001), Minister for Foreign Affairs for Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Văn Minh, also known as Sylvain Trần Văn Minh (1923–2009), diplomat, general of Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Trần Văn Trà, Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (1918–1996), Vietnamese general
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Trần Văn Thủy (born 1940), Vietnamese documentary film director
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Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức
Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức (born 29 November 1966) is a Vietnamese engineer, entrepreneur and human rights activist. He was the founder and president of EIS, an international internet and telephone line provider. He is one of Amnesty Internation ...
(born 1966) Vietnamese engineer, entrepreneur, human rights activist, prisoner of conscience
* Trần Hiếu Ngân (born 1972), Vietnamese Taekwando athlete
* Trần Thu Hà, also known as Hà Trần (born 1977), Vietnamese singer, producer
* Levy Tran (born 1983), American actress, model
* Natalie Tran (born 1986), Australian video blogger
* Roni Tran Binh Trong (born 1987), Finnish singer
* Karrueche Tran (born 1988), American actress
* Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (born 1989), Vietnamese Olympic weightlifter
* Kelly Marie Tran (born 1989), American actress
* Trần Thị Thùy Dung (born 1990), Miss Vietnam winner
* Lana Condor (born 1997), birth name Tran Dong Lan, American actress
* Thalia Tran, American actress
See also
* Chen (surname)
References
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Vietnamese-language surnames
Surnames of Vietnamese origin
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