Birthdate: May 19, 1890

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Cụm di tích Hoàng trù, Vietnam

Died: September 2, 1969

Vietnamese Communist revolutionary Hồ Chí Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement and served as North Vietnam’s prime minister, from 1945 to 1955, and president, from 1945 to 1969. He was an integral part of the Vietnam War. South Vietnam’s former capital, Saigon, was later renamed Ho Chi Minh City.