What's Ho Chi Minh's real name?

Question

What's Ho Chi Minh's real name?

Answer 1

Ho's given name at birth was Nguyen Sinh Cung, he changed it later to Nguyen Tat Thanh. He also had another name - Nguyen Van Ba. Ho used this name when he worked as a steward in a ship, the La Touche Treville, on his overseas trip from Saigon to Marseilles, France. He changed back to Nguyen Tat Thanh after his arrival in France.

Ho has been known by many aliases. His first alias, second well-known after Ho Chi Minh, was Nguyen

Ho dropped the name Nguyen Ai Quoc after betraying Phan Boi Chau's whereabouts to the French authorities for Hong Kong $10,000. (Phan Boi Chau was the most well-known Vietnamese activist at the early half of 1900's who peacefully struggled for independence of Vietnam from French).

Ho also had around ten other aliases such as: Ly Thuy, Vuong, Tran, etc. Those names however, were not very well-known.

Answer 2

His real name is Nguyen Sinh Cung (Nguyễn Sinh Cung)