Born: 19 May 1890 · Died: 2 September 1969 · Age at death: 79
How old was Ho Chi Minh when he died?
Ho Chi Minh died aged 79. He was born on 19 May 1890 and died on 2 September 1969.
Vietnamese communist revolutionary who led the fight for independence from France and became North Vietnam's first president
Did you know?In his youth, he lived in London for several years and reportedly worked in the kitchens of the Carlton Hotel.
Quick facts
Date of birth19 May 1890
Date of death2 September 1969
Age at death79
Cause of deathHeart failure
NationalityVietnamese
BirthplaceKim Liên, Vietnam
Occupationpolitician, writer, poet
Editor's Take:
Ho Chi Minh led Vietnam's long struggle for independence. As a young man he travelled the world, working on ships and in kitchens in London and Paris. He became a committed communist. In 1945 he declared Vietnam's independence, quoting the American Declaration of Independence. He led the fight against France, which ended at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. He then led North Vietnam during the war against the United States. He died in 1969. Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the war.
Key Milestones
1911: Leaves Vietnam – works abroad
1930: Communist party – founded
1945: Independence – declared in Hanoi
1954: Dien Bien Phu – French defeat
Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 (known as North Vietnam after 1954).
