title: Vien (name)
text: # Vien (name)
  
  Vien is a surname of French origin, as well as another spelling of the Vietnamese given name Viên (which often finds use alone following a title and thus appearing to English speakers to be a surname).
  
  Those bearing the surname include:
  
  * Joseph-Marie Vien (1716 – 1809), French painter
  * Thomas Vien (1881–1972), Canadian politician
  * Jacques Vien (born 1932), Canadian politician
  * Dominique Vien (born 1967), Canadian politician
  
  Those bearing the given name include:
  
  * Cao Văn Viên (1921–2008), South Vietnamese General
  * Linh Quang Viên (1918–2013), South Vietnamese Lieutenant General
  