Nguyễn Cửu Đàm

Nguyễn Cửu Đàm (died 1777) was a Vietnamese general under the Nguyễn lords who built the citadel in Saigon in 1772 to protect the newly acquired southern territories against the Siamese army. He also built the kênh Ruột Ngựa (Sino-Vietnamese: Mã Trường Giang) "Horse Entrails canal."