Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
Lê Văn Thiêm (29 March 1918 – 3 July 1991) was one of the most prominent scientists of Vietnam in the 20th century. Together with Hoàng Tụy, he is considered the father of Vietnam Mathematics society. He was the first director of the Vietnam Institute of Mathematics, and the first Headmaster of Hanoi National University of Education and Hanoi University of Science.