Trần Văn Đôn (born 1917 in Bordeaux, France) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and one of the principal figures in the coup which deposed Ngo Dinh Diem from the presidency of South Vietnam.

Family

Don's father was the son of a wealthy Mekong Delta land owner, which allowed him to travel to France to study medicine. It was during this period that Don was born.