Dương Văn Minh (February 16, 1916 – August 5, 2001), known popularly as "Big Minh," led the South Vietnamese army under Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diệm was assassinated. Dương`s rule lasted only two months, but he briefly led South Vietnam again in 1975 before surrendering the nation to Communist forces.

He got the nickname “Big Minh” because being 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and weighing 200 pounds (91 kg), he dwarfed all the other Vietnamese soldiers. It is also to distinguish him from another military general of South Vietnam, Trần Văn Minh.