# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nguyen-khanh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:00:01.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nguyen-khanh"
name: "Nguyen Khanh"
slug: "nguyen-khanh"
description: "Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. A general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he was the leader of South Vietnam from January 1964 until February 1965 while at the head of a military junta, serving during that time in various capacities, alternatively as head of state and as prime minister. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful, from 1960 until his defeat and exile from South Vietnam in 1965. Khánh lived out his later years with his family in exile in the United States. He died in 2013 in San Jose, California, at age 85."
tagline: "South Vietnamese general and politician (1927-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Kh%C3%A1nh_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-11-08"
deathDate: "2013-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.92385066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629037/"
    handle:    "nm0629037"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "เหงียน คั้ญ"
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    title: "نگوین خانہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nguyễn Khánh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4320860"
    title: "Khanh Nguyen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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