Ho Chi Minh (jan 1, 1945 – jan 1, 1969)

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Ho Chi Minh was born in a small town in what used to be French Indochina. As a teen, he attended an excellent school in Hue. He travelled the world as a sailor and as a young man, worked in London, and eventually settled in France, where he advocated for Vietnamese nationalism and became a communist. Ho Chi Minh conducted a protracted and ultimately successful war for Vietnam's freedom. From 1945 to 1969, he was the president of North Vietnam and one of the 20 century's most prominent communist rulers. His seminal role has been recognised by naming Vietnam's largest city after him.

Ho Chi Minh led the Vietnamese nationalist movement for more than three decades, first against the Japanese, then against the French colonial state, and last against the US-backed South Vietnamese. He was the President of North Vietnam from 1954 until his death. Ho Chi Minh was born in Hoang Tru, central Vietnam, on May 19, 1890. At the time, Vietnam was a French colony known as French Indo-China, but it was ostensibly ruled by an emperor. Ho's father worked at the imperial court before being sacked for criticising France's colonial administration in the Philippines.

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