List of people of Korean descent - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of famous Koreans

Korean people

The Korean people are an ethnic group originating in the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. Koreans are one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous groups in the world.-Names:...

or famous people of Korean descent. For easy reference, the hangul

Hangul

Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...

spelling of each person's name is provided alongside his or her romanized

Korean romanization

Korean romanization is a system for representing the Korean language using the Roman alphabet. In Korea, the Korean language is written using hangul, and sometimes hanja....

name.

Note: In Korean names, the family name

Korean name

A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea. In the Korean language, 'ireum' or 'seong-myeong' usually refers to the family name and given name together...

is placed first (for example, the family name of "Kim Dae-jung" is "Kim"), unless the person has decided to Western

Western world

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ize his or her name.

Visual artists

Lee Dong Young, contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...

painter
Painting
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David Choe
David Choe
David Choe is an American painter, muralist, graffiti artist and graphic novelist of Korean descent. He achieved art world success with his "dirty style" figure paintings—raw, frenetic works which combine themes of desire, degradation, and exaltation...

, Korean-American painter, muralist, graffiti artist and graphic novelist

Dancers

Sujin Kang
Hong 10
Hong 10
Hong 10 is a male South Korean B-boy . His accomplishments include both a Red Bull BC One individual title and a Battle of the Year crew title...

Professional Break Dancer; Red Bull BC One 2006
Physicx
Physicx
Physicx is a South Korean b-boy, who is currently a member of Korean b-boy crews Rivers crew, Floorgangz, and formerly a member of the Korean all-star crew, Project Soul before it was disbanded.-History:After graduating from school, he moved to Seoul, Korea, where he began his professional...

Professional Break Dancer

Kayla Magee

Filmmakers

Ahn Byeong-ki
Ahn Byeong-ki
Ahn Byeong-ki is a South Korean film director, producer, and screenwriter specializing in horror films. His representative horror works are Phone and Bunshinsaba while his non-horror produced movies involve Speedy Scandal and Sunny.- Filmography :-External links:* from www.koreafilm.co.kr * at...
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.-Biography:He was born in Daegu in 1969 and decided to become a filmmaker while in middle school, perhaps influenced by an artistic family He majored in sociology in Yonsei University in the late 1980s and was a member of the film club...
Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...
Im Kwon-taek
Im Kwon-taek
Im Kwon-taek is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry.- Early life...
Jang Jun-hwan
Jang Jun-hwan
Jang Jun-hwan is a South Korean film director. He is a graduate of Sungkyunkwan University. Jang's first directing job was on the short film 2001: Imagine. His feature-length debut film was the critically acclaimed cult film Save the Green Planet!...
Kim Ji-woon
Kim Ji-Woon
Kim Ji-woon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim Ji-woon has a history of successfully tackling a wide range of film genres, garnering a cult following among Asian films fans all over the world.-Career:...
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s...
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong
Lee Chang-dong is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as South Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004.-Life and career:Lee...
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of...
Nelson Shin
Nelson Shin
Nelson Shin is an animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985....
Song Hae-seong
Song Hae-seong
Song Hae-seong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut in 1999 with Calla, but didn't become more widely known until the success of his second film, Failan...
Yoon Je-kyoon
Yoon Je-kyoon
Yoon Je-kyoon is a South Korean film director . His debut My Boss, My Hero is about a gangster who is sent back to school, while Sex Is Zero has been compared with American Pie....

Poets and authors

Han Bi-ya
Han Bi-ya
Han Bi-ya is a celebrated Korean travel writer, relief worker and poverty reduction, refugee advocate. She has published a number of best-selling travel books and lead the Emergency Relief Team for World Vision Korea. She is one of the top celebrities of impact in South Korea according to...

, a travel writer
Travel literature
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Kang Chol-hwan
Kang Chol-Hwan
Kang Chol-Hwan is a defector from North Korea. As a child he was imprisoned in the Yodok concentration camp for 10 years; after his release he fled the country, first to China and eventually to South Korea...

, an author of The Aquariums of Pyongyang
The Aquariums of Pyongyang
The Aquariums of Pyongyang, by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, is an account of the imprisonment of Kang Chol-Hwan and his family in the Yodok concentration camp in North Korea....
Ko Un
Ko Un
Ko Un is a South Korean poet. His works have been translated and published in more than 15 countries and he has been imprisoned many times...
Kim Sowol
Kim Sowol
Kim Sowol is most famous for his contributions to early modern Korean poetry. Throughout his life he wrote his beautifully poignant poetry in a style reminiscent of traditional Korean folk songs. "Azaleas" is one of his most famous poems...
Yun Dong-ju
Park Mok-wol
Park Mok-wol
Park Mok-Wol was a Korean writer. He was born in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in present-day South Korea. He was a professor at Hanyang University beginning in 1961. He became president of the Korean Poetry Association in 1968...
Park Kyung-ni
Park Kyung-ni
Park Kyung-ni or Pak Kyong Ni was a prominent South Korean novelist. She was born in Tongyeong, in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, and later lived in Wonju in Gangwon-do Province. Park made her literary debut in 1955, with Gyesan...
Han Yong-un

Businesspeople

Ahn Cheol-Soo
Ahn Cheol-Soo
Ahn Cheol-Soo , is a professor and businessperson in South Korea. He founded AhnLab Inc., an antivirus software company in 1995. Now he is the dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University. He is also serving as chairman and Chief Learning Officer of...
Chung Ju-yung
Chung Ju-yung
Chung Ju-yung was a South Korean businessman and the the founder of Hyundai Group.-Early life:Chung Ju-yung was born in Tongchon, Kangwŏn province , during a time when Korea was under Japanese rule. Born to a large impoverished family of peasants, he was the oldest out of six children...
Chung Mong-hun
Chung Mong-hun
Chung Mong-hun was the 5th son of Chung Ju-yung, the founder of the South Korean Hyundai conglomerate. After the death of his father, he took over part of his father's role and became the chairman of Hyundai Asan, the company in charge of various business ventures between North and South Korea...
Euh Yoon-dae
Euh Yoon-dae
Euh Yoon-Dae is a South Korean professor, financier, and advisor for the South Korean government. He is currently Chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea.-Childhood and Education:...
Lee Byung-chull
Lee Kun-Hee
Lee Kun-hee
Lee Kun-hee is Chairman of Samsung Electronics. He resigned on April 21, 2008 owing to Samsung Slush funds scandal, but returned on March 24, 2010. Lee has a degree in economics from Waseda University in Tokyo and attended an MBA course at George Washington University in the United States in 1966...

Actors

John Cho
John Cho
John Yohan Cho is an American actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films and the Harold & Kumar films . He also starred in the critically acclaimed hit film Better Luck Tomorrow...
Jung Jun-ho
Lee Min-ho
Rain
Jang Geun Suk
Kim Hyun Joong
Kim Hyun Joong
Kim Hyun Joong was born on 6 June 1986. He is a South Korean entertainer and the leader of boyband SS501. Kim is well-known for his role as Yoon Ji Hoo in the 2009 Korean drama Boys Over Flowers, winning Best Actor Award at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2009 and Popularity Award at the 45th...

Models

Hyoni Kang
Hyoni Kang
Hyoni Kang is a Korean fashion model. She won the 2008 Ford Models Supermodel of the World contest, the first East Asian to do so.She has shot editorials for Interview, Korean Vogue, and Flaunt magazine, appeared on the runway for Marc Jacobs, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Jason Wu, and appeared in a...
Lee Pa-ni
Lee Pa-ni
Lee Pa-ni is a South Korean model who, in 2006, was selected as the winner of Spice TV’s Playboy 2006 Korea Model Contest. Her height is 174 cm, weight is 49 kg. She is often reported to be the first Korean model to appear in the magazine, however, that distinction goes to Lee Sa-bi.-External...
Sung Hi Lee
Joo Ji Hoon
Joo Ji Hoon
Joo Ji Hoon is a popular model and actor from South Korea. He is well known for portraying Crown Prince Lee Shin in Princess Hours , which was his acting debut....
Hye Rim Park
Hye Rim Park
Hye-rim Park is a Korean-American model currently signed with Trump Model Management , Take 2 Models , Why Not Models and Viva Model Management . Park made her runway debut during the Fall/Winter 2005 season.Her big break came in early 2005, when Steven Meisel shot her for Italian Vogue prior to...
Kim Daul
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman Robinson , known professionally as Chanel Iman, is an American fashion model perhaps best known for her work for Victoria's Secret.-Early life:...

K-pop artists

As One
As One
As One is a Korean pop duo consisting of Korean Americans Min Young Lee and Crystal Chae. Their first hit was the song "너만은 모르길," released in 1999 on Rock Records Between their fourth and fifth albums, their contract with Rock Records expired and they signed with EMI Korea; a label which also...
After School
After School (band)
After School is a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2009. They are the first group to debut with a unique admissions and graduation concept in Korea, where members are added or withdrawn in a “natural” manner...
Bae Seul Gi
Baby V.O.X.
Baby V.O.X.
Baby V.O.X. was one of South Korea's girl groups, associated with record company DR Music. Although it initially had much internal turmoil, Baby V.O.X. eventually became a cohesive group from 1999 to 2005, releasing hit albums.However, after the failure of their last album Ride West, it began to...
Baek Ji Young
Baek Ji Young
Baek Ji-Young is a South Korean pop and ballad singer.-Career:Baek began her music career in 1999, splashing onto the Korean dance scene with her first album Sorrow. The first single, "선택" , was unusual in that it was one of the first Korean pop songs to feature Latin beats...
Battle
Battle (Korean band)
Battle is a Korean boy band that debuted on December 17, 2006 with the release of their first single "Crash". They are most popular for winning the reality show, Let's Coke Play! Battle Shinhwa! The group includes Ryu, Tae-hwa, Lio, Chris, and Hwi-chan...
Big Bang
Big Mama
Big Mama
Big Mama may refer to:* Big Mama , 2001 Oscar winner for Short Documentary Feature* Big Mama, a character from the 1981 film, The Fox and the Hound...
B2ST
BoA
BoA
Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....
Brown Eyed Girls
Brown Eyed Girls
The Brown Eyed Girls , often abbreviated as B.E.G., is a South Korean girl group managed by Nega Network. The group consists of four members: Jea, Miryo, Narsha, and Ga-in. They've debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group in 2006 and challenged themselves with different music genres. Rising to...
Brown Eyes
Buzz
Buzz (band)
Buzz is an all-male Korean pop band.Their music largely consists of both plaintive rock-ballads such as "Coward" and moderately melodic, driving rock songs such as "Leaving on a Journey to Me"...
Chae Yeon
Chae Yeon
Lee Chae-Yeon , better known as Chae Yeon, is a Korean pop singer who rose to fame with her hit single "Two of Us" in 2004 and her wave dance style.- Beginning of career :...
Cho Yong-pil
Cho Yong-pil
Cho Yong-pil is a South Korean pop singer born in 1950. Cho is considered to be the most influential figure in Korean pop music and has produced many memorable hits of Korean pop music history, including "Return to Busan Port," "Dear Friend," and "The Lady Outside the Window."-Early years:...
Clazziquai
Clazziquai
Clazziquai , also known as Clazziquai Project, is a South Korean experimental band that combines several genres including electronic music, acid jazz and house. The group's first short unofficial albums were released online in 2001, spreading its music through words of "netizens," who positively...
Dalmatian
Dalmatian
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Davichi
Davichi
Davichi is a South Korean duet female group made up of Lee Hae-ri and Kang Min-kyung . Davichi is derived from the Korean word "Dabichi" meaning the light to shine over the world....
TVXQ
TVXQ
TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...
DJ DOC
DJ DOC
DJ DOC is a Korean hip hop group. DOC is an acronym for "Dream of Children". Popular in the late 1990s, the group has last release an album on July 29, 2010. DJ DOC will often be seen in live productions with similar music group 45RPM and hip hop duo Jinusean.-Albums:# DJ. DOC, 1994# 머피의 법칙, 1995#...
Epik High
Epik High
Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz...
Eun Ji Won
Eun Ji Won
Eun Ji Won is a Korean rapper, Host, dancer, composer and former leader of Korean Hip hop group Sechs Kies . Sechs Kies was divided into The Black Kies, which were the three rappers and The White Kies which were the vocalists...
Eru
Eru (singer)
ERU is the stage name of K-Pop singer-songwriter Jo Sung Hyun.-Biography:Eru was born on July 5, 1983 in New York, USA to Korean parents...
Fin.K.L
Fin.K.L
Fin.K.L was a Korean pop girl group that debuted in 1998.Their name stands for Fin Killing Liberty, and was intended to mean that the group stood against "the oppression of all freedom" . The group's name was selected by a poll of young people by the record company before the group's inception...
Fly to the Sky
Fly to the Sky
Fly to the Sky was a South Korean R&B duo, consisting of Korean American Brian Joo and South Korean native Hwanhee.Initially marketed as a duo that can sing, rap, and dance, their early works featured bubblegum pop and upbeat techno music. The duo later changed their image and style with the...
F.T. Island
F.T. Island
F.T. Island , short for Five Treasured Island, is a five-member South Korean band. The members are consist of Choi Jong Hun , Lee Hongki Lee Jae Jin , Song Seung Hyun , and Choi Min Hwan . Their debut album, titled "Cheerful Sensibility", was the sixth best-selling album in 2007...
f(x)
F(x) (band)
f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations....
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...
Haha
Haha (entertainer)
Ha Dong Hoon , better known by his stage name Haha is a German-born South Korean recording artist, actor, presenter and stand-up comedian.-Career:...
H.O.T
Hong Kyung Min
Hong Kyung Min
- Television drama :* 2006: MBC Love Can't Wait* 2006: KBS2 Fugitive, Lee Doo Young* 2007: SBS The Person I Love- External links :* at KBS World...
Lee Hyori
Lee Hyori
Lee Hyori is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of the successful pop girl group Fin.K.L, but has since become a solo artist. In 2003 she released her debut solo album Stylish which won many "Daesangs"...
Hyun Young
Hyun Young
Yoo Hyun-young is a South Korean entertainer. Her name is well known as simply Hyun Young. She has worked as a model, TV show host, actress, singer, instructor for Public Relations & Personal Financial Planning at colleges, companies. Educated at Yong-In University, she is known for her unusual,...
Insooni
Insooni
Insooni on April 5, 1957) is a famous female South Korean singer. Insooni made her debut in 1978 in a group "Hee sisters ". Since then she has recorded a total of 19 albums . She is now South Korea's acclaimed R&B diva with a wide range of fans, even though nearly 30 years have passed since her...
IU
IU
IU may mean:Universities*Indiana University, a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States*a misnomer for IUP, Indiana University of Pennsylvania...
Ivy
Ivy (singer)
Ivy is a South Korean singer, model and occasional actress.- 2005: Debut :A former JYPE trainee, Ivy first appeared in Lee Soo Young's music video "Holding onto the Flowers" in 2001. She officially debuted as a singer in 2005 with the single "What Happened Tonight"...
Jaurim
Jaurim
Jaurim is a rock band from Seoul, South Korea. They had performed in the indie scene before 1997, and became major with their first released single 'Hey Hey Hey'...
Jay Park
Jay Park
Park Jaebeom , also known as Jay Park, is an American recording artist, dancer, rapper, music producer, b-boy, songwriter, composer and actor...
Julia Hwang
Julia Hwang
Julia Hwang is a South Korean–born violinist born in January 1996. She started playing the violin at age 5 however it wasn't serious until aged 7 when she moved to England....
Jun Jin
Jun Jin
Jun Jin was born Park Choong Jae on 19 August 1980. is a South Korean entertainer, known as a member and rapper of six-member boy band Shinhwa. He debuted as a dancer and rapper in Shinhwa in 1998 but started singing small parts in 2002; the release of Shinhwa's 5th album...
Jewelry
Jewelry (group)
Jewelry is a South Korean girl group. After releasing their first album with low sales, the group eventually rose to prominence via their second album and reached their commercial peak with their fourth album Superstar, which spawned a number-one hit for them...
KARA
Kara (band)
Kara is a popular South Korean girl group signed with DSP Media . The band name Kara comes from the Greek Word "chara" Kara (Hangul: 카라, Japanese: カラ, often stylized as KARA) is a popular South Korean girl group signed with DSP Media (DSP). The band name Kara comes from the Greek Word "chara" Kara...
KCM
KCM
KCM is a Korean male singer. KCM are the initials of his Korean name, Kang Chang Mo . He is known both for his muscular body and for his high-toned voice. Duet wit....
Kim Jo Han
Kim Jo Han
Kim Jo Han is a Korean-American R&B singer.-Profile:* Korean Name: Kim Jo Han * Birth Name: George Han Kim * Birthdate: March 27th, 1973* Birthplace: U.S.A* Height: 178cm* Weight: 68kg...
Kim Jong Kook
Kim Jong Kook
Kim Jong Kook is a South Korean singer. He was initially part of the Korean duo Turbo, and he later pursued a successful career as a solo artist.-Biography:...
Koyote
Kim Jong Wook
Kim Jong Wook
Kim Jong-Wook is a South Korean singer. He is best known for Only You, the theme song of the popular Korean reality show We Got Married. Before leaving for the army, Kim Jong-wook released a song “Goodbye for Now” , which was released on December 4, 2009...
Lee Jung
Lee Jung
Lee Jung aka J. Lee is a South Korean singer and actor. He made his debut as a member of 7 Dayz; Lee has since become a solo singer...
Lee Jung Hyun
Lee Seung Gi
Lee Seung Gi
Lee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.-Career:Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17...
Lee Soo Young
Lee Soo Young
Lee Soo Young is a Korean ballad singer. She made her debut in 1999 in Korea with the hit “I Believe.” Currently, she has nine released albums and five mini-albums and sang six OSTs...
Lee Seung Cheol
Lexy
Lexy
Lexy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-External links:*...
Lim Jeong Hee
Lim Jeong Hee
Lim Jeong-Hee is a South Korean R&B and Pop artist that debuted in 2005 under JYP Entertainment. One of her notable performances in 2005 was the 5th Pattaya Music Festival in Thailand, which helped promote and expose her to the foreign music industry...
MBLAQ
MBLAQ
MBLAQ is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean entertainer Rain under J.Tune Camp. The group consists of Seung Ho , G.O , Joon , Cheondoong/Thunder , and Mir...
MC Mong
MC Mong
MC Mong is a South Korean hip hop artist who is known for his comic disposition and his upbeat songs. He graduated from Dong-Ah Broadcasting College. MC Mong has collaborated with many well known artists, including Kim Tae Woo from G.o.d., Ock Ju-hyun, Ivy, Crown J, Lena Park, Park Hyo Shin, SG...
MC The Max
MC The Max
M.C the MAX is a Korean rock band. They debuted in 2000 as a 4-member band under the name "Moon Child". Their 1st album consisted of mainly techno songs, with a few rock songs. Their 2nd album had a more similar sound to what they do today, consisting mainly of ballads mixed with a rock sound...
Miss A
Miss A
Miss A , commonly stylized as miss A, is a four member South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through their sub-label AQ Entertainment in 2010. The group consists of members from both China and South Korea...
Park Jin Young
Rain
S.E.S.
S.E.S. (band)
S.E.S. , was a popular pop girl group that signed with SM Entertainment. Lasting from 1997 to 2002, they were viewed as the female version of H.O.T., another SM group who also enjoyed phenomenal popularity during the same years.S.E.S. was the first highly successful female K-pop group...
Sugar
Sugar (band)
Sugar was an American alternative rock band of the early 1990s. Formed in 1992, they were led by the singer and guitarist Bob Mould , alongside bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis .-Career:...
SeeYa
Se7en
SG Wannabe
SG Wannabe
SG Wannabe is a popular South Korean ballad trio that debuted in 2004 with their song, "Timeless". The three members are Kim Yong Jun , Kim Jin Ho , and Lee Seok Hoon...
SHINee
SHINee
Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
Shin Hae Chul
Shin Hae Chul
Shin Hae Chul is an avant-garde South Korean pop music performer.-History:Born in Seoul, South Korea, Shin has been involved in many musical projects since his debut in 1988. He has acted as musician, singer, and producer. He introduced the techno music technique in his nation with a huge...
Shin Seung Hun
Shin Seung Hun
Shin Seung Hoon is South Korean ballad singer whose popularity peaked in the 1990s. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in South Korean pop music scene....
Shinhwa
Shinhwa
Shinhwa is a popular South Korean boy band and hip hop group. The group has six members , and debuted on March 24, 1998. It has enjoyed massive success alongside the likes of Sechs Kies, g.o.d., Turbo , Fin. K.L., H.O.T. and S.E.S...
SS501
Seotaiji
Son Dam Bi
Son Dam Bi
Son Dam Bi is a South Korean singer, dancer, model and actress.-Biography:Son Dam Bi is one of the most hyped names to debut in Korea. She had appeared in music videos for Paran and MYV, along with many advertisements. She first came to fame when she appeared in a commercial for an MP3 player...
Sung Si Kyung
Sung Si Kyung
-Inkigayo:-Dramas:* 2002: We Are Dating Now * 2003: Punch * 2005: Banjun Drama * 2006: Rainbow Romance -OST:* 2003 : Scent Of Love 희재 * 2006 : Spring Waltz 계절이 돌아오듯이...
Super Junior
Super Junior
Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
Tei
TEI
Tei can refer to:* Tei , a Korean popular music singer.* Tei, Bucharest, a neighborhood in Bucharest, Romania. It is also the Romanian name for the Tilia tree.* Tellurium monoiodide, a chemical compound with the formula TeI...
T-ara
Tiger JK
Tiger JK
Seo Jung-kwon better known by his stage name Tiger JK is a Korean American rapper, producer, songwriter, enterprenuer, and founding member of Drunken Tiger. He is the founder and former CEO of Jungle Entertainment an imprint distributed by CJ E&M...
The Grace
TVXQ
TVXQ
TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...
Uhm Jung-hwa
Uhm Jung-hwa
Uhm Jung-hwa is a South Korean female Korean pop artist and actress. Uhm began her career as a chorus member of MBC, one of the three major South Korean broadcasting companies, in 1989...
U-Kiss
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...
Wax
Wax (singer)
- Career :Before her debut, Wax was the lead vocalist of a band called "Dog" in the year 1998.She made her debut in the professional music scene singing the song "Oppa", which is a cover version of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop"...
Wheesung
Wheesung
-EPs:*2006: Against All Odds*2008: 스마일 프로젝트 Vol.2 'Love Seat*2009: 휘성 with D.O*2009: Insomnia*2010: Realslow Is Back*2010: Winter Night*2011: Words That Freeze My Heart-OSTs:*2006: 중천의 기억*2009: 우리집에 왜 왔니...
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions...
Xing (band)
Xing (band)
XING is a 5-member male group from South Korea. The members include Kim Dong Geun, Kim Jin Wan, Hwang Doo Hwan, Jin Hyeon Jin and Kim Wan Chul...
Yoon Mi Rae
Younha
Younha
Younha , is a South Korean pop singer who first got her start in Japan, and continues to have success today in both countries....
2NE1
2NE1
Both the song and the group became popular online: Fire topped Mnet's online chart and 2NE1 became a popular search term. The group was awarded three Cyworld Digital Music Awards; "Lollipop" and "Fire" both won "Song of the Month" and the group won "Rookie of the Month" for May 2009...
2AM
2AM
2AM is a South Korean four-member ballad boy band under JYP Entertainment. The members are Jo Kwon, Jinwoon, Seulong, and Changmin. 2AM is one of the two subgroups branched out from the eleven-member boy band One Day, the other being 2PM. They officially debuted on July 11, 2008 on KBS's Music...
2PM
2PM
2PM is a South Korean boy band, originally a seven-member group, but currently consisting of six members due to the sudden contract termination of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. They are managed by JYP Entertainment...
4minute
4minute
4Minute is a popular South Korean girl group founded by Cube Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Nam Jihyun , Heo Gayoon, Jeon Jiyoon, Kim Hyuna and Kwon SoHyun. The girls released their first single on June 15, 2009 and made their debut stage last June 18, 2009 on Mnet M! Countdown...
MBLAQ
MBLAQ
MBLAQ is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean entertainer Rain under J.Tune Camp. The group consists of Seung Ho , G.O , Joon , Cheondoong/Thunder , and Mir...
F.Cuz
F.Cuz
F.Cuz , is a South Korean boy band managed by Can & J's Entertainment. The group made their debut on January 8, 2010, with their first single, "Jiggy". Their fan club's name is Runway-Pre-debut:...
DNT
DNT
DNT can refer to:* Norwegian Trekking Association, * Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour* Dinitrotoluene* Denotified tribes of India* Duke Nukem Trilogy, a computer game...

Classical Musicians

Chang Han-na
Han-na Chang
Han-Na Chang is a South Korean cellist and conductor.-Childhood:She was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano at age 3, and began her study in cello three years later at age 6...
Chang, Sarah
Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang is a Korean American violinist. Her debut came in 1989 with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Shortly thereafter, Chang was recognized as a child prodigy. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduating in 1999 and continuing university studies...
Chung Myung-whun
Chung Kyung-wha
Jo Su Mi
Hong Hei-kyung
Hei-Kyung Hong
Hong Hei-Kyung is a South Korean-American operatic lyric soprano.Hong studied at Yea Won Music School in Seoul and through scholarships went to the United States alone at age 15 to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and its American Opera Center...
Kim, Young-Uck
Paik Kun-Woo
Kun-Woo Paik
Kun-woo Paik is a South Korean pianist.-Early life:Kun Woo Paik was born in Seoul. he gave his first concert, aged 10, with the Korean National Orchestra . In the following years he performed many important works in Korea, including several premieres such as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition...

Historical leaders

Politicians

Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...

, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan was a ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. Chun was sentenced to death in 1996 for his heavy-handed response to the Gwangju Democratization Movement, but later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung,...

, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 1980–1988
Roh Tae-woo
Roh Tae-woo
Roh Tae-woo , is a former ROK Army general and politician. He was the 13th president of South Korea .Roh befriended Chun Doo-hwan while in high school in Daegu. In his younger life, Roh was a keen rugby union player....

, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 1988–1993
Kim Young-sam
Kim Young-sam
Kim Young-sam was a South Korean politician and democratic activist. From 1961, he spent 30 years as South Korea's leader of the opposition, and one of Park Chung-hee's most powerful rivals....

, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 1993–1998
Kim Dae-jung, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 1998–2003
Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo-hyun GOM GCB was the 16th President of South Korea .Roh's pre-presidential political career was focused on human rights advocacy for student activists in South Korea. His electoral career later expanded to a focus on overcoming regionalism in South Korean politics, culminating in his...

, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 2003–2008
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak is the President of South Korea. Prior to his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the mayor of Seoul. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother is Lee Sang-deuk, a South Korean politician. He attends the...

, President
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...

, 2008–Present
Lee Hoi-chang
Lee Hoi-chang
Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician. A Catholic, he was born to an elite family in Seoheung, Hwanghae , but grew up in the south after his father, a public prosecutor, was appointed to a new post....
Lee Hun Jai
Lee Hun Jai
Lee Hun Jai is a South Korean politician who had served as the acting Prime Minister of South Korea twice, from May 19, 2000, to May 22, 2000, and from May 25, 2004, to June 30, 2004. Both times others were nominated to officially take that position and were confirmed by Parliament, while Lee was...
Lee Hae-chan
Park Jung-Hee

Religious leaders

St. Andrew Kim Taegon, was the first Korean-born Catholic priest (August 21, 1862 - September 16, 1846)
David Yonggi Cho
David Yonggi Cho
David Yonggi Cho is a Korean Christian minister. He is Senior Pastor and founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church , the world's largest congregation with a membership of 1,000,000...

- Founder/Pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church
Yoido Full Gospel Church
Yoido Full Gospel Church is a Pentecostal church on Yeouido in Seoul, South Korea. With about 1,000,000 members , it is the largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in South Korea, and the world...

.
Hae Jong Kim
Hae Jong Kim
Hae Jong Kim was a Korean American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992, who resigned as a bishop in 2005.- Early life :Kim was born in Seoul, Korea in 1935. During the Korean War he became a Christian...

- Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

of the United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...

.
Nicolas Cheong Jin-Suk - Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop of Seoul
The Archdiocese of Seoul is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church comprising Seoul, South Korea...

(1998–present).
Paul Kim (bishop) - Anglican Primate of Korea and Archbishop of Seoul (2009-present)
Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon is the Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church. He is also the founder of many other organizations and projects...

- Cult Leader

Scholars, Philosopher and Social activists

Kim Yong-ok
Do-ol
Doh-ol is the pen name of the contemporary South Korean philosopher Young-Oak Kim . He was born June 14, 1948 in Cheonan....

, philosopher
Ham Seok-heon
Ham Seok-heon
Ham Seok-heon was a notable figure in the Religious Society of Friends movement in Korea, and was nicknamed the "Gandhi of Korea." Ham was an important Asian voice for human rights and non-violence during the 20th century, despite numerous imprisonments for his convictions...
Ko Un
Ko Un
Ko Un is a South Korean poet. His works have been translated and published in more than 15 countries and he has been imprisoned many times...
Moon Ik-hwan
Moon Ik-hwan
Moon Ik-hwan was a South Korean pastor, theologist, poet and activist engaged in various social movements. He was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for his achievement in 1992...
Hwang Sok-yong
Jang Jun-ha
Jang Jun-ha
Jang Jun-Ha was a Korean independence activist, journalist and politician, and democracy activist....
Kwon Young-ghil
Kwon Young-ghil
Kwon Young-ghil is a South Korean politician. He has a Bachelor's degree in sericulture from Seoul National University. Before turning to politics, he led several labour organizations including Korean Federation of Press Unions and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions...
Roh Hoe-chan
Roh Hoe-chan
Roh Hoe-chan is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in politics from Korea University. He was in the Democratic Labor Party as an Assembly member . Now he is the president of New Progressive Party.-External links:* * -References:...
Jeon Tae-il
Jeon Tae-il
Jeon Tae-il was a South Korean worker and workers' rights activist who committed suicide by burning himself to death at the age of 22 in protest of the poor working conditions in South Korean factories...

Athletes

Alex Yi
Alex Yi
Alexander "Alex" Yi is a retired American soccer defender who last played for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer...

, footballer, trekkie
Trekkie
A Trekkie or Trekker is a fan of the Star Trek franchise, or of specific television series or films within that franchise.-History:In 1967, science fiction editor Arthur W...
Dong Keun Park
Dong Keun Park
Park Dong Keun , also known as D. K. Park, is a South Korean master of taekwondo. He holds the title "Grandmaster," the rank of 9th dan in taekwondo, and was undefeated as a taekwondo fighter in more than 200 championship competition...

, Legendary Taekwondo Champion of the 1960s http://www.lacancha.com/dongkeunpark.html
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan is a South Korean football player. He made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 World Cup second round, sending South Korea into the quarterfinals.-Football career:After starting his professional career with K-League's Busan...

, footballer
Choo Shin-Soo, MLB player, plays for the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
Cha Bum-Kun
Cha Bum-Kun
Cha Bum-Kun is a South Korean football manager and former player, nicknamed Tscha Bum in Germany because of his name and his thunderous ball striking ability. In South Korea, Cha is greatly respected for his accomplishments in the Bundesliga and the South Korean national team...

, footballer in Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
Hines Ward
Hines Ward
Hines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...

, American Football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
Hong-Man Choi, K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

Professional KickBoxer
Hee Seop Choi, former MLB
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

player, currently plays in South Korea's Professional Baseball League.
Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo is a former South Korean footballer who, along with Cha Bum Kun, is often considered among the greatest Asian footballers ever. Hong was a member of the Korean national team in four World Cups, and was the first Asian player to play in four consecutive World Cup finals tournaments....

, footballer
Ha Seung-Jin
Ha Seung-Jin
Ha Seung-Jin is a South Korean professional basketball player who has played in the NBA and the NBA D-League. He was a second round draft pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in, 305 lb, he was among the largest players in the NBA...

, Professional basketball player currently playing in the Korean Basketball League.
Byung-Hyun Kim
Byung-Hyun Kim
Byung-Hyun Kim is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball. He is best known for his years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox. In 2001, Kim took over mid-season as the Diamondbacks' closer and saved 19...

, former MLB player
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi-Hyun Kim is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named was Rookie of the Year that year...

, LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

Player
Sun-Woo Kim
Sun-Woo Kim
-Pro career:Kim began his MLB career with the Boston Red Sox in and would be traded to the Montreal Expos the next season. In his career, Kim has pitched in 110 games, starting 37, recording 13 wins against 13 losses...

, baseball player.
Lee Chun-Soo
Lee Chun-Soo
Lee Chun-Soo is a football player from South Korea, who currently plays for Omiya Ardija. He was a key member of his national team during the 2002 World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics...

, footballer
Lee Seung-Yeop, NPB baseball player
Lee Hyung-Taik
Lee Hyung-taik
Hyung-Taik Lee is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea. Lee's career-high ranking in singles is World No. 36, which he achieved in August 2007.-Personal life:...

, tennis player
Lee Yong-Kyu
Lee Yong-Kyu
Lee Yong-Kyu is an outfielder who plays for the Kia Tigers in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws left-handed.-Amateur career:...

, baseball player
Moon Dae-Sung, 2004 Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

Taekwon-Do Gold medalist
Chan-ho Park
Chan-ho Park
Chan Ho Park is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles of Korea Baseball Organization. He previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League...

, MLB player
Park Ji-Sung
Park Ji-Sung
Park Ji-Sung is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Manchester United. He was also the captain of the South Korean national team until his retirement from international football...

, footballer in English club Manchester United. First ever Korean to win the Barclays Premier League and the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

.
Se Ri Pak
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:...

, LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

Player
Seol Ki-hyeon
Seol Ki-Hyeon
Seol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun |Gangwon]]) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Ulsan Hyundai as a winger or striker. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at RSC Anderlecht.-Early career:At the end of...

, footballer
Birdie Kim
Birdie Kim
Birdie Kim is a South Korean golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead on the 18th hole. Her second shot found a green-side bunker...

(born Kim Ju-yun), LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

player and 2005 Women's Open champion
Joo Se Hyuk
Joo Se Hyuk
Joo Se-Hyuk is a South Korean table tennis player who has revolutionized the way players think about the defensive style. He was the finalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships and is a member of the South Korean National Team.-Style of Play:Joo Se-Hyuk uses a defensive table tennis...

, Table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, defensive chopper
Jim Paek
Jim Paek
Jim Paek is a former professional ice hockey player. Paek played in the National Hockey League from 1990–91 to 1994–95. He is the first of two Korean hockey players to ever play in the NHL – the other being Richard Park...

, Pro ice hockey player
Myung Jae Nam
Myung Jae Nam
Myung Jae Nam or Jae-Nam Myong was a Korean Hapkido practitioner who founded two martial art styles; Hankido and Hankumdo.-Life:Myung Jae Nam was born in Jeollanam-do province but lived in Incheon for most of his life....

Hapkido master, founder of Hankido (1938–1999)
In Jin Chi
In Jin Chi
Chi In-jin is a South Korean former boxer in the featherweight division. He is a former World Boxing Council featherweight champion.- Boxing :...

Professional boxer, a former WBC world champion
Ki Soo Kim
Ki Soo Kim
Ki-Soo Kim was a South Korean southpaw boxer at middleweight. He is a South Korea's first world boxing champion....

Professional boxer, the first Korean world champion (WBA, WBC)
Park Tae-Hwan
Park Tae-hwan
Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

Swimmer
Jong Song-Ok
Jong Song-Ok
Jong Song-ok is a female long-distance runner from North Korea, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain....

, North Korean; championship of Marathon in 1999
Park Sung-Hyun Olympic medal winner Archery
Kim Yu-Na figure skater; 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist
Sohn Kee-Chung
Sohn Kee-chung
Sohn Kee-Chung became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian, when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation....

Marathon Runner; 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
Nam Sung-yong
Nam Sung-yong
Nam Sung-Yong was the bronze winner of the Marathon of the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. He is also the first Korean bronze Olympian....

Marathon Runner; 1936 Olympic Bronze Medalist

External links

List of Actors and Actresses of Korea

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