# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nguyen-huu-canh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:40:05.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nguyen-huu-canh"
name: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh"
slug: "nguyen-huu-canh"
description: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh, also known as Nguyễn Hữu Kính and his noble rank Lễ Thành Hầu, was a high-ranking general of Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu. His military expeditions into the Mekong Delta placed the region firmly under Vietnamese administrative control. Considered to be the most famous military general during the time of Vietnam's southward expansion, Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh founded the city of Saigon in 1698. His establishment of Saigon and military forts in and around the Mekong Delta served as the foundation for later military expeditions by the Vietnamese imperial court in its quest to expand its southern territory. In Vietnam, Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh is widely beloved and revered by the Vietnamese as a national hero with various shrines (miếu) and communal houses (đình) dedicated to him."
tagline: "General of Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch%C3%A2n_dung_Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%E1%BA%A3nh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1650"
deathDate: "1700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.3
  momentum:             9.067796610169491
  historical:           7.319052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%AE%E6%9C%89%E9%8F%A1"
    title: "阮有鏡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%E1%BA%A3nh"
    title: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%E1%BA%A3nh"
    title: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%E1%BA%A3nh"
    title: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%84%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%93_%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%8A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%89%E1%9F%8B"
    title: "ង្វៀន ហ៊ីវកាញ់"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%91%EC%9A%B0%EC%98%8C%ED%9D%90%EC%9A%B0%EA%B9%8C%EC%9D%B8"
    title: "응우옌흐우까인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Huu_Canh"
    title: "Nguyen Huu Canh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%E1%BA%A3nh"
    title: "Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump