Vien is a surname of French origin, as well as another spelling of the Vietnamese given name Viên (which often finds use alone following a title and thus appearing to English speakers to be a surname).
Those bearing the surname include:
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Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791.
Biography
He was born in Montpellier. P ...
(1716–1809), French painter
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Thomas Vien (1881–1972), Canadian politician
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Jacques Vien
Jacques Vien (3 March 1932 – 8 July 2017) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. By career, he was a businessman and a bailiff.
Born in Verdun, Quebec, he was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Lauren ...
(1932–2017), Canadian politician
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Dominique Vien
Dominique Vien (born February 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action d ...
(born 1967), Canadian politician
Those bearing the given name include:
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Cao Văn Viên
Cao Văn Viên (; December 21, 1921 – January 22, 2008) was a four-star army general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He rose to the position of Chairman of the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff. Butterfie ...
(1921–2008), South Vietnamese General
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Linh Quang Viên
Linh Quang Viên (November 11, 1918 – January 17, 2013) was a Vietnamese soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Vien was born in Cao Bang, northern Vietnam. He attended Albert Sarraut High Sch ...
(1918–2013), South Vietnamese Lieutenant General
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Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (born November 9, 1996, in Cần Thơ) is a Vietnamese swimmer. She swam for Vietnam at the 2016 Olympics. At the 2014 Asian Games, she won Vietnam's first-ever medal in swimming. She has been named Vietnam's Athlete of ...
(born 1996), Vietnamese swimmer
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