Hồ Tấn Quyền, was a senior navy officer of the Republic of Vietnam Navy with the rank of Navy Colonel. He came from the first class at the Naval Officers School, which was taken over by the Government of Vietnam and established from the French Naval facility transferred to the Vietnamese Navy located in a province in the Central Coast of Vietnam. He was the third Commander of the Navy from August 1959 until his assassination on November 1, 1963.

Trần Văn Chơn was a Vice Admiral of the Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN) and commander of the RVNN from 1966 to 1974.