Ngô () is a

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) ...

, related to the

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike th ...

s Ng,

Ngo A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

and Wu.

Notable people with the surname Ngô

Ngô Văn Dụ Ngô Văn Dụ (born 21 December 1947 in Vĩnh Phúc Province) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Chairman of the Central Commission for Inspection of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. Ngô Văn Dụ was a member of the ...

Chairman of the Central Commission for Inspection of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016 *

Ngô Xuân Lịch Ngô Xuân Lịch (born 20 April 1954 in Hà Nam) is a Vietnamese politician and Vietnam's Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam.

Vietnam's Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Department of Politics of Vietnam *

Ngô Thị Thanh Hằng Ngô Thị Thanh Hằng (born 27 April 1960 in Nam Định Province) is a Vietnamese politician. She was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam The 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam was elec ...

Vietnamese politician *

Ngô Thị Doãn Thanh Ngô Thị Doãn Thanh (born 28 October 1957 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese politician. Ngô Thị Doãn Thanh was Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council from 2006 to 2015. And is member of the Central Executive of the 11th Central Committee of the C ...

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council from 2006 to 2015 *

Ngô Quang Trưởng Ngô Quang Trưởng (13 December 1929 — 22 January 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Trưởng gained his commission in the Vietnamese National Army in 1954 and moved up the ranks over the next decade, most ...

, Lieutenant General

Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975. It is estimated to have suffe ...

(ARVN) *

Ngô Quyền Ngô Quyền ( vi-hantu, 吳權) (April 17, 898 – February 14, 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from ...

, Emperor of Vietnam in 938, noted for expelling the Chinese *

Ngô Bảo Châu Ngô Bảo Châu (, born June 28, 1972) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms (proposed by Robert Langlands and Diana Shelstad). He is the first V ...

, mathematician; Fields Medal winner (2010) *

Ngô Sĩ Liên Ngô Sĩ Liên (吳士連) was a Vietnamese historian of the Lê dynasty. He was the principal compiler of the ''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'', a comprehensive chronicle of the history of Vietnam and the oldest official historical record of ...

, historian of the

Lê dynasty The Lê dynasty, also known as Later Lê dynasty ( vi, Hậu Lê triều, chữ Hán: 後黎朝 or vi, nhà Hậu Lê, link=no, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, ruling Đại Việt from 1428 to 1789. The Lê ...

Ngô Trọng Anh Ngô Trọng Anh (born 26 November 1926) was a Vietnamese civil servant. Born in Huế, he served in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) administration as Minister of Transportation and Public Works 1965-1966 and as Secretary of State, Founder of the ...

, Vietnamese civil servant *

Ngô Thanh Vân Ngô Thanh Vân (born 26 February 1979) is a Vietnamese actress, singer and model. She is also known as Veronica Ngô or her initials NTV. Early life and education Ngô Thanh Vân was born on February 26, 1979, in Trà Vinh, Vietnam. She is ...

, Vietnamese actress * Ngô Thế Linh, Army Colonel of the Republic of Vietnam *

Ngô Tự Lập Ngô Tự Lập (born 4 June 1962 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese writer, poet, essayist, translator and songwriter. Life and work Lap was born in Hanoi in 1962. He earned his first University Degree, in Navigation, in the ex-USSR (1986), and then serv ...

, Vietnamese writer, poet, essayist, translator and songwriter * Ngô Viết Thụ, architect *

Ngô Xuân Diệu Ngô () is a Vietnamese surname, related to the Chinese surnames Ng, Ngo and Wu. Notable people with the surname Ngô *Ngô Văn Dụ Chairman of the Central Commission for Inspection of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016 * Ngô Xu ...

, Vietnamese poet *

Ngô Văn Chiêu Ngô Văn Chiêu (28 February 1878 – 1932) was the first disciple of Đức Cao Đài. His religious name is Ngô Minh Chiêu.Serguei A. Blagov Caodaism: Vietnamese Traditionalism and Its Leap Into Modernity "Ngô Văn Chiêu - Atomization of C ...

(religious name Ngô Minh Chiêu), first disciple of Đức Cao Đài *

Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic o ...

family **

Ngô Đình Nhu Ngô Đình Nhu (; 7 October 19102 November 1963; baptismal name Jacob) was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and chief political advisor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held ...

Ngô Đình Khả Ngô Đình Khả (吳廷可, 1856–1923 but some sources state 1850–1925) was a high-ranking Catholic mandarin in the Court of the Emperor Thành Thái in Huế, Vietnam. He helped established the Quoc Hoc in Hue and was also a confidant t ...

Ngô Đình Cẩn Ngô Đình Cẩn (; 1911 – 9 May 1964) was a younger brother and confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and an important member of the Diệm government. Diệm put Cẩn in charge of central Vietnam, stretching fr ...

Ngô Đình Luyện Ngô Đình Luyện (1914 – 1990) was a Vietnamese diplomat. He was one of six sons born to affluent Roman Catholic parents and also had three sisters. His father, Ngô Đình Khả, was a mandarin during the French colonial era. Luyện' ...

Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, Roman Catholic Archbishop *

Ngô Thì Nhậm Ngô Thì Nhậm ( vi-hantu, 吳時任, 1746–1803) was an important Vietnamese scholar and official who served several regimes during the turbulent last decades of the eighteenth century. He had served as an official for the Trịnh lords before ...

, Vietnamese scholar and official *

Ngô Ngọc Hưng Ngô Ngọc Hưng (born 19 January 1998) or Hanbin (), is a Vietnamese singer active in South Korea as a member of the boy band group, Tempest. He had previously gained recognition competing on the Mnet reality show I-Land. Hanbin became the ...

, Founder and leader of C.A.C, contestant on the Korean survival program

I-Land ''I-Land'' (; stylised in all caps) is a South Korean boy group survival reality show organised by Belift Lab, a joint venture between entertainment companies CJ E&M and Hybe Corporation. Twenty-three male trainees participated in the show, ...

(11th place) *

Andy Ngo Andy Cuong Ngo ( ; born ) is an American conservative journalist, author, and right-wing social media influencer known for covering and video-recording demonstrators. He is the editor-at-large of '' The Post Millennial'', a Canadian conservat ...

, American conservative activist and journalist

Notable people with the surname Ngô

See also