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Ho Chi Minh

1890 - 1969

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Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as North Vietnam, in 1945. He served as its first president from 1945 until his death in 1969 and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955. A committed Marxist–Leninist, Hồ also played a central role in establishing the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and later led its successor, the Workers' Party of Vietnam (later the Communist Party of Vietnam), as chairman until his death. Hồ was born in Nghệ An province in French Indochina, and received a French education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 126 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 123 in 2024). Ho Chi Minh is the 85th most popular politician (up from 185th in 2024), the most popular biography from Vietnam and the most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Ho Chi Minh is most famous for being the leader of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Ho Chi Minh ranks 85 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward IV of England, Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Haile Selassie, and Hammurabi. After him are Ögedei Khan, Hannibal, Solon, George IV of the United Kingdom, Richard I of England, and Josip Broz Tito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Ho Chi Minh ranks 2. Before him is Charles de Gaulle. After him are Agatha Christie, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lawrence Bragg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Alfred Jodl, and Karel Čapek. Among people deceased in 1969, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1. After him are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Karl Jaspers, Theodor W. Adorno, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, Judy Garland, Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, and Zakir Husain.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1 out of NaN. After him are Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

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Among Politicians In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1. After him are Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Tô Lâm (1957).

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