Vũ
Vũ or Võ (武 or rarely 禹) is a common Vietnamese surname.[1] Vũ is primarily used by Vietnamese who live in the north,[2] 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.[3]
Academia[]
- Tuan Vo-Dinh (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 – Vietnamese-American poker player and former infomercial star, b. 1957
Military[]
- Võ Tánh – Vietnamese 18th century military commander, d. 1801
- Võ Nguyên Giáp – Vietnamese 20th century military commander, d. 2013
Politics[]
- Võ Chí Công – Communist party member and late 20th century President of Vietnam, d. 2011
- Vũ Hồng Khanh – 20th century Vietnamese revolutionary opposing both French and Communist rule, d. 1993
- Vũ Văn Mẫu – last Prime Minister of South Vietnam, d. 1998
- Võ Hồng Phúc – retired Vietnamese communist politician, b. 1945
- Hubert Vo (Võ Hubert) – Vietnamese-American Democratic politician, b. 1956
- Võ Văn Kiệt (born Phan Văn Hòa) – late 20th century Prime Minister of Vietnam, d. 2008
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Biggs, David Andrew (2018). Footprints of War: Militarized Landscapes in Vietnam. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780295743875.
- ^ Patrick, Hanks, ed. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2806. ISBN 9780192527479 – via Google Books (preview).
- ^ Giuōng, Phan văn; Hoà, Nguyễn Đình (2018). "vũ; võ". Tuttle Vietnamese-English Dictionary (2nd ed.). pp. PT974, PT965. ISBN 9781462919062 – via Google Books (preview).
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Vietnamese-language surnames