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Vũ or Võ ( 武 or rarely 禹) is a common 
Vietnamese surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.
* A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name) ...
. Vũ is primarily used by Vietnamese who live in the north, while Võ mostly is used by Vietnamese who live in the south (from Quảng Bình Province to the south). The latinized vũ has a noun meaning of "feather", and as a verb refers to the act of dancing, while the latinized võ has a very different meaning, referring to military service, the art of fighting, wrestling or judo. ''Vũ'' might also be derived from 雨, meaning rain.
Academia
*Tuan Vo-Dinh
Tuan Vo-Dinh (Vietnamese: Võ Đình Tuấn) (Nha Trang, 11 April 1948) is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and professor of Chemistry and director of the Fit ...
(Võ Đình Tuấn) - Vietnamese biochemist, b. 1948
* Võ Tòng Xuân - Vietnamese former university administrator, also known as Dr. Rice, b. 1940
Arts and Entertainment
* Võ Hoàng Yến – Vietnamese supermodel, b. 1988 *Tom Vu
Tuan Anh Vu (; born December 5, 1957), better known as Tommy or Tom Vu, is a Vietnamese American poker player, real estate investor and speaker best remembered as an infomercial personality in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Infomercial career
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– Vietnamese-American poker player and former infomercial star, b. 1957
Military
*Võ Tánh
Võ Tánh ( 武 性, ?—1801) was an 18th-century Vietnamese military commander, best known for his role as a general of Nguyễn Ánh, who unified modern-day Vietnam and ruled as Emperor Gia Long.
Early life
Võ Tánh was born in Phước Tinh ...
– Vietnamese 18th century military commander, d. 1801
*Võ Nguyên Giáp
Võ Nguyên Giáp (; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general and communist politician who is regarded as having been one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. He served as interior minister in President ...
– Vietnamese 20th century military commander, d. 2013
Politics
*Võ Chí Công
Võ Chí Công (born Võ Toàn; 7 August 1912 – 8 September 2011) was a Vietnamese Communist politician, and the Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (Alternatively: President of Vietnam) between 1987 and 1992. He was the Standing Depu ...
– Communist party member and late 20th century President of Vietnam, d. 2011
*Vũ Hồng Khanh
Vũ Hồng Khanh (1898 – 14 November 1993) born Vũ Văn Giảng, was a Vietnamese revolutionary of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng faction.
Vũ Hồng Khanh left Vietnam for Yunnan during the French colonial crackdown of 1930 and enrolled in ...
– 20th century Vietnamese revolutionary opposing both French and Communist rule, d. 1993
*Vũ Văn Mẫu
Vũ Văn Mẫu (25 July 1914 – 20 August 1998) was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, who was the last Prime Minister of South Vietnam, serving under President Dương Văn Minh's leadership.
Early life and career
Vũ Văn Mẫu wa ...
– last Prime Minister of South Vietnam, d. 1998
*Võ Hồng Phúc
Võ Hồng Phúc (born October 19, 1945 in Vinh town, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam) is a retired Senior Vietnamese communist politician who was the Minister of Planning and Investment in Vietnam from 2002 to 2011.
He graduated in 1968 from the ...
– retired Vietnamese communist politician, b. 1945
*Hubert Vo
Hubert Vo (, born 30 May 1956) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 149. He is the first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas legislature.
Personal life
Vo was born in South Vietnam ...
(Võ Hubert) – Vietnamese-American Democratic politician, b. 1956
*Võ Văn Kiệt
Võ Văn Kiệt (; 23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008"E ...
(born Phan Văn Hòa) – late 20th century Prime Minister of Vietnam, d. 2008
See also
*Wu (surname)
''Wú'' is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Simplified Chinese 吴), which is a common surname (family name) in Mainland China. Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song Dynasty classic '' Hundred Family Surnames''. ...
References
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