Nguyen Xuan Vinh (b. January 1930 in Yen Bay, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American scientist and educator. He is married to Cung Thi Toan who's father Cung Dinh Van was executed by Ho Chi Minh along with Pham Quynh, and Ngo Dinh Khoi.

He was the Commander and first Air Marshal of the South Vietnamese Air Force from 1958 until 1962 when he resigned and came to the United States.

In 1965 he received his doctorate, the first Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences conferred by the University of Colorado. In 1972, he was awarded a national doctorate in Mathematics by the University of Paris, France. He joined the University of Michigan in 1968 as an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1972.