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x Ahn Hyun Soo   Nov 23, 1985 South Korea Seoul
Ahn Hyun-Soo (Hangul: 안현수; born November 23, 1985 in Seoul) or Viktor Ahn (Russian: Виктор Ан) is a Russian Short track speed skating athlete from South Korea. One of the most accomplished Short Track Speed Skaters of all time, Ahn won three gold...
x Dong-Hyek Lim   Jul 25, 1984 South Korea Seoul
Dong-Hyek Lim (born July 25, 1984 in Seoul) is a South Korean classical pianist. Lim has previously studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Hannover and received the Samsung Culture Scholarship and the Ezoe Scholarship. He currently...
x Kang Soo-yeon   Aug 18, 1966 South Korea Seoul
Kang Soo-yeon (born 18 August 1966) is a South Korean actress. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and was one of the best known and internationally acclaimed stars from South Korea from the mid-eighties to the end of the nineties. Kang made her...
x Jeong Chan   Feb 23, 1971 South Korea Seoul
Jeong Chan (also spelled Jung Chan) is a South Korean actor.
x Lee Jung-Youl   Aug 16, 1981 South Korea Seoul
Lee Jung-Youl (born August 16, 1981) is a South Korean football player who plays for FC Seoul. His previous club is Incheon United, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Chunnam Dragons. He was part of the South Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who...
x Namkung Do   Jun 4, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Namgung Do (남궁도, born June 4, 1982) is a South Korean football player who as of 2012 is currently playing for Daejeon Citizen. He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next...
x Kristina Laum   Nov 23, 1976   Seoul
Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976) is a retired professional wrestling valet and manager in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. She used the names Kimona Wanaleya in ECW and Leia Meow in WCW. Laum was asked by her...
x Ryu Shikun   Dec 8, 1971 South Korea Seoul
Ryu Shikun (柳時熏, born December 8, 1971) in Seoul, South Korea, is a professional Go player. Ryu Shikun is a Go player who grew up in Seoul. He did not move to Japan until he was 15, and just 2 years later he turned professional. He was promoted to 9...
x Hee Young Woo   Nov 13, 1963 South Korea Seoul
Hee Young Woo, also known as Mr Woo, was born (November 13, 1963). He is a former football player from South Korea. Born in Seoul, South Korea, at a very early age Woo realized he had football talent. Inspired by Diego Maradona and his unique ball...
x Johnny Kim   Sep 25, 1968   Seoul
Johnny Kim (born September 25, 1968) is an actor, film producer, investor and entrepreneur. Kim was born in Seoul, Korea and moved at an early age to Singapore, growing up in an exclusive neighborhood known as Queen Astrid Park. A close neighbor and...
x Yoo Sang-Chul   Oct 18, 1971 South Korea Seoul
Yoo Sang-Chul (born October 18, 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of K-League team Daejeon Citizen. Yoo was one of Korea's most influential players over the last decade. He was known as...
x Cho Chikun Cho Chikun Jun 20, 1956 South Korea Seoul
Cho Chihun 25th Honinbo Honorary Meijin (born June 20, 1956 in Busan, South Korea) is a professional Go player. His total title tally of 71 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the only player to hold the top three...
x Han Ji-min   Nov 5, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Han Ji-min (born November 5, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Han Ji-min started her career in show business while still a high school student. She did various commercial films (CF) and music videos before gaining wider attention in 2003, when she...
x Ryan Caugherty Ryan-caugherty Sep 23, 1982 United States of America Seoul
Ryan Caugherty (born September 23, 1982 in Seoul) is a Korean-born American soccer player, currently without a club. Caugherty grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Penn Hills High School, where he was named Section Player of the Year,...
South Korea
x Ha Seung-Jin   Aug 4, 1985 South Korea Seoul
Ha Seung-Jin (born August 4, 1985) 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 (46th overall) of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in,...
x Lee Young Ae Lee Young Ae as Jang Geum, in the Korean drama series Dae Jang Geum. Jan 31, 1971 South Korea Seoul
Lee Young Ae (born January 31, 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actress. Lee made her debut as a TV model in 1991. After appearing in TV commercials, she started playing in TV dramas and movies. Her popularity has grown in an...
x Jung Keun Bong   Jul 15, 1980 South Korea Seoul
Bong Jung-Keun (Hangul: 봉중근, Hanja: 奉重根) (born July 15, 1980) is a South Korean professional baseball player who has played in Major League Baseball with the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds and is now playing in South Korea for the LG Twins in...
x Kim Hee-sun   Feb 25, 1977 South Korea Seoul
Kim Hee-sun (born February 25, 1977) is a South Korean actress from Seoul who has been acting in Korean TV dramas and films for over a decade. Kim debuted on TV as a year 11 student and later majored in Drama at Chung-Ang University. Since then she...
x Jim Paek   Apr 7, 1967 Canada Seoul
Jim Paek (Korean: 백지선, Baek Chi-sun) (born April 7, 1967) 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...
x Tommy Phelps   Mar 4, 1974 South Korea Seoul
Thomas Allen Phelps (born March 4, 1974 in Seoul, South Korea) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the pitching coach for the Double-A Trenton Thunder in the New York Yankees organization after serving as their minor league...
x Lee Ho   Oct 22, 1984 South Korea Seoul
Lee Ho (Hangul: 이호; born October 22, 1984) is a South Korean footballer who currently plays for Ulsan Hyundai. He married Yang Eun-Ji, a member of Baby Vox Re.V and sister of actress Yang Mi-Ra. He signed for Zenit Saint Petersburg on 30 June 2006,...
x Kim Yoon-jin Yunjin Kim cropped Nov 7, 1973 United States of America Seoul
Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American film and theater actress. Although she is best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost, Kim has also appeared in numerous film and TV...
South Korea
x Han Ga In   Feb 2, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Han Ga-in (Hangul: 한가인, Hanja: 韓佳人) (born Kim Hyun-joo (Hangul: 김현주, Hanja: 金賢珠) on February 2, 1982) is a South Korean actress. As a high school student, Han Ga-in appeared on a TV quiz show and was also captured in footage of interviews with other...
x Lee Na-young Lee Na Young Feb 22, 1979 South Korea Seoul
Lee Na-young (born in Seoul, South Korea on February 22, 1979) is one of Korean film, TV and CF industry's most popular actresses. She first made a name for herself as the star in the dramatic mini-series Ruler of Your Own World. She has taken a...
x Myung-Whun Chung   Jan 22, 1953 United States of America Seoul
Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953, Seoul) is a South Korean pianist and conductor. At one time he and his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung, performed together as the Chung Trio. He was a joint second-prize winner...
x Choi Sung-Kuk Choi Sung-Kuk Feb 8, 1983 South Korea Seoul
Choi Sung-Kuk (born 8 February 1983) is a South Korean football Forward. He was part of the South Korea 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners...
x Hong Myung-Bo   Feb 12, 1969 South Korea Seoul
Hong Myung-Bo (Korean: 홍명보, Hanja: 洪明甫) (born February 12, 1969 in Seoul) 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...
x Choi Min-sik Dae-su preparing for a fight Jan 22, 1962 South Korea Seoul
Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. Min-sik was born on April 27, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Song Kang-Ho, he is one of the premiere Korean actors both domestically and on the global scene. Choi started his career as a theatrical actor...
x Peter Chung   Apr 19, 1961 United States of America Seoul
Peter Kunshik Chung (born April 19, 1961 in Seoul, South Korea, as 정건식 (Chung Geon-sik, or alternative spelling Jeong Geon-Sik) is a Korean American animator. He is best known for his unique style of animation, as the creator and director of Æon...
South Korea
x Benjamin W. Lee   Jan 1, 1935 United States of America Seoul
Benjamin Whisoh Lee (Korean language: 이휘소, Lee Whi-soh) (January 1, 1935 - June 16, 1977) or Ben Lee, was a Korean-American theoretical physicist. His work in theoretical particle physics exerted great influence on the development of the standard...
South Korea
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x Shin Hae Chul   May 6, 1968 South Korea Seoul
Shin Hae Chul (born May 6, 1968) is an avant-garde South Korean pop music performer. 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...
x John Cho John Cho 2008 Jun 16, 1972 South Korea Seoul
John Yohan Cho (born June 16, 1972) is a Korean-American actor and musician, best known for his roles and as Harold Lee in the Harold & Kumar films (2004–present) and as the character who coins the term "MILF" in the American Pie films (1999–2012)....
United States of America
x Nam June Paik   Jul 20, 1932 United States of America Seoul
Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist. Paik is credited with an early usage (1974) of the term "super highway" in application...
x Lee Byung-Hun Lee Byung-hun Jul 12, 1970 South Korea Seoul
Lee Byung-hun (Korean: 이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor known for starring in the critically acclaimed Joint Security Area (2000), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010). His more...
x Lee Jong-wook 이종욱 세계 보건 기구 사무총장. Apr 12, 1945 South Korea Seoul
Lee Jong-wook (1945–2006) was the Director-General of the World Health Organization for three years. He was born 12 April 1945 in Seoul, Korea. After graduating from Kyungbock high school, Lee obtained a medical degree from Seoul National University...
x Jun Ji-hyun Jun-Ji-hyun Oct 30, 1981 South Korea Seoul
Jun Ji-hyun (Hangul: 전지현, Hanja: 全智賢) (born 30 October 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role as "The Girl" in the 2001 romantic comedy My Sassy Girl, one of the highest grossing Korean comedies of all time. Other notable...
x Jay Kim JayKim Mar 27, 1939 United States of America Seoul
Chang-jun "Jay" Kim (Korean: 김창준, Hanja: 金昌準) (born March 27, 1939) is a former politician from California. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. During the Korean War, his home was destroyed. He immigrated to the United States in 1961, where he...
x Richard Park Richard Park May 27, 1976 United States of America Seoul
Richard Park (Korean: 박용수, Bak Yong-Su; born May 27, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean-born American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Park moved to Southern...
x Kim Jae Won   Feb 18, 1981 South Korea Seoul
Kim Jaewon (born February 18, 1981) is a South Korean actor and model. He debuted in 2001 with the TV drama Honey Honey. Kim enlisted in the military on March 23, 2009 to fulfill his mandatory military draft. He finished his service on January 24,...
x Cho Won-Hee Chowonhee Apr 17, 1983 South Korea Seoul
Cho Won-Hee (Hangul: 조원희, born 17 April 1983) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Guangzhou Evergrande as a midfielder. As a child, Cho often played as a forward. Later, when he was picked for South Korean U20 squad, he also played as a left...
x Choi Won-Kwon   Nov 8, 1981 South Korea Seoul
Choi Won-Kwon (born 8 November 1981) is a South Korean football player who plays for Jeju United. He was part of the South Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being...
x Dennis Joseph O'Neil Dennis OH Aug 29, 1981 United States of America Seoul
Dennis Joseph O'Neil, known professionally as Dennis Oh (데니스 오), is an American model and actor. Dennis Joseph O'Neil, born on August 29, 1981, is an actor and model in South Korea. He was born to a Korean mother and a former American GI father. He...
South Korea
x Yu Ji-tae   Apr 13, 1976 South Korea Seoul
Yoo Ji-tae (Hangul: 유지태; born April 13, 1976) is a South Korean actor and director. Yoo Ji-tae in a very short time rose to become a major actor in Korean film. In the year 2000, with a series of hit films, widely-seen TV appearances, and a career...
x Bae Doo-na   Oct 11, 1979 South Korea Seoul
Bae Doona (Hangul: 배두나; born October 11, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actress and photographer. She is best known outside Korea for her role as the protagonist's political activist girlfriend, Cha Young-mi, in Park Chan-wook's film...
x Kim Ki-young Kim Ki-young Oct 10, 1919 South Korea Seoul
Kim Ki-young (October 1, 1922 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the...
x Im Sang-soo   Apr 27, 1962 South Korea Seoul
Im Sang-soo (born April 27, 1962) is an award-winning South Korean film director and screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with The Housemaid in 2010 and The Taste of Money in 2012. Im was...
x Eric Kimble   Jun 8, 1983 United States of America Seoul
Eric Andrew Kimble (born June 8, 1983 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean football wide receiver who is currently signed with the BC Lions of the CFL. He most recently played for the Miami Dolphins, and collegiately at Eastern Washington. Kimble...
x Jeong Jae-eun   Jan 1, 1969 South Korea Seoul
Jeong Jae-eun (정재은; born 1969 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean film director. Jeong Jae-eun attended and was one of the first graduates of the School of Film, TV and Multimedia of the Korea National University of Arts. Early in her career...
x Yoon Eun-hye Jjh and yeh Oct 3, 1984 South Korea Seoul
Yoon Eun-hye (Korean: 윤은혜; born October 3, 1984) is a South Korean actress, singer, entertainer and model. She debuted as a member of girl group Baby V.O.X, staying with the group from 1999 to 2005. Yoon has since moved on to acting, including a...
x Lee Ji-hoon Lee Ji hoon ((이지훈) Mar 27, 1979 South Korea Seoul
Lee Ji-hoon (Hangul: 이지훈; born March 27, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is known as the "prince" of K-pop. Lee made his debut in the Korean pop music scene on 15 October 1996, he was still in high school at that time. His debut number ...
x Jung Da Bin   Mar 4, 1980 South Korea Seoul
Jeong Da-bin (March 4, 1980 – February 10, 2007) was a South Korean actress. Born Jeong Hye-seon in Seoul, Jeong attended Yongdok Girls High School and Gongguk University. There, she majored in drama for two years. In Taiwan, she gained popularity...
x Hyun Bin   Sep 25, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Hyun Bin (Korean: 현빈) (born Kim Tae-pyung on September 25, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his lead roles in the TV dramas My Name is Kim Sam-soon in 2005, and Secret Garden in 2010. Hyun Bin's acting career began when an...
x Bong Soo Han   Aug 25, 1933 South Korea Seoul
Han Bong-Soo (August 25, 1933–January 8, 2007), also known as Bong Soo Han, was a martial arts instructor, author, the founder of the International Hapkido Federation, and one of the foremost practitioners of hapkido through his participation in...
x Park Yeong-gyu   Oct 28, 1953 South Korea Seoul
Park Yeong-gyu (born 28 October 1953) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in Attack the Gas Station, in which he plays the owner of the titular gas station, and Lightereul Kyeora, in which he plays a corrupt politician.
x Cha Seung-won Cha Seung Won Jun 7, 1970 South Korea Seoul
Cha Seung-won (Born June 7, 1970 in Seoul) is a top South Korean actor and former fashion model. Cha Seung-won dropped out of Sungkyunkwan University and began a successful career as a fashion model in 1988. He was cast in the TV sitcom New York...
x Joo Ji Hoon Jjh and yeh May 16, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Joo Ji Hoon (or Ju Ji Hoon, born on May 16, 1982) is a popular model and actor from South Korea. He is well known for portraying Crown Prince Lee Shin in Princess Hours (Goong), which was his acting debut. Before entering the entertainment industry,...
x John Lee   May 5, 1964 United States of America Seoul
John Lee (born May 19, 1964 in Seoul, South Korea) is a former two-time All-American placekicker for the UCLA Bruins football team from 1982–1985. He was the 32nd pick selected in the 1986 NFL Draft and later played one year for the St. Louis...
x Fany Hwang   Jan 17, 1982 South Korea Seoul
Hwang Yoon-Seok (Korean: 황윤석, born January 17, 1982), known as Hwanhee (Korean: 환희), is a Korean singer and actor. His cousin is Lee Jang-woo. He is also a former member of South Korean R&B; duo Fly to the Sky. Hwanhee graduated from Gwang Moon High...
x Shin Jung-hwan   May 10, 1975   Seoul
Shin Jung-hwan (born 10 May 1975, Seoul) is a Korean singer and entertainer. Known first for being part of K-pop groups Roo'ra and Country Kko Kko, he has since become a "comedian", or an entertainer, on various variety shows. In November 2005, he...
x Kim Joo-Sung   Jan 17, 1966 South Korea Seoul
Kim Joo-Sung (born January 17, 1966) is a former South Korean football midfielder. He played for the clubs Chosun University and Busan Daewoo Royals, both in South Korea, and later in the German Bundesliga for VfL Bochum. He was nicknamed Yasaengma ...
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