List of Famous people named Pham

Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, also known as Albert Thảo, was a communist sleeper agent of the Viet Minh who infiltrated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and also became a major provincial leader in South Vietnam. In 1962, he was made overseer of Ngô Đình Nhu's Strategic Hamlet Program in South Vietnam and deliberately forced it forward at an unsustainable speed, causing the production of poorly equipped and poorly defended villages and the growth of rural resentment toward the regime of President Ngô Đình Diệm, Nhu's elder brother. In light of the failed "land reform" efforts in North Vietnam, the Hanoi government welcomed Thao's efforts to undermine Diem.

Phạm Tuân is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and space traveler. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first non-Soviet Asian in space when he flew aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Phạm Nhật Vượng is a Vietnamese property developer and Vietnam's first billionaire.

Phạm Cao Cường is a badminton player from Vietnam. He was born in badminton family, his brothers Cao Hiếu and Cao Thắng are former national players. He had shown his potential as a badminton player when he was young, and at age 16, he reach in the top 8 at the National Championships in the men's singles event. His parents and Ho Chi Minh City Sports Department decided to send him to be trained in Indonesia under coach Asep Suharno. In the junior event, he was the runner-up at the U-19 Korea Junior Open in 2013. Phạm competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and Asian Games. He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Iran Fajr International by defeated his senior teammates Nguyễn Tiến Minh in the final.

Phạm Hồng Nam is a Vietnamese badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He was the champion at the 2016 Vietnam International Series in the men's doubles with his partner Đỗ Tuấn Đức.

Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn is a cardinal priest and archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City in the Roman Catholic Church.

Phạm Như Thảo is a badminton player from Vietnam. She won her first senior title at the 2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International tournament, by clinched two titles in the women's and mixed doubles event. Phạm won the BWF Grand Prix tournament, at the 2016 Canada Open with her current partner in mixed doubles Đỗ Tuấn Đức.

Phạm Minh Chính is a Vietnamese politician, the current Prime Minister of Vietnam, one of the highest-ranked officials in Vietnam along with Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He is currently a Member of Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Term XIII, Head of Committee for the Internal Political Protection of the Central Communist Party of Vietnam, Member of the National Assembly of Vietnam session XIV. He is General of the People's Public Security Forces and a Member of Politburo term XII, formerly Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Session XII, Head of the Organizing Commission, Deputy Director of Organizing Commission; Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Quang Ninh province; Deputy Minister of Public Security, General Director of General Department of Logistics and Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Public Security; Deputy Director-General of the General Department of Intelligence.