List of Famous people born in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Chun Doo-hwan

First Name Chun
Last Name Doo-hwan
Born on March 6, 1931
Died on November 23, 2021 (aged 90)

Chun Doo-hwan is a former South Korean politician and Republic of Korea Army General who served as the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. From December 1979 to September 1980, he was the country's de facto leader, ruling as an unelected military strongman with civilian president Choi Kyu-hah largely as a figurehead. Chun was sentenced to death in 1996 for his role in the Gwangju Massacre but was later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam, with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung, whom Chun's administration had sentenced to death some 20 years earlier.

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Moon Jae-in

First Name Moon
Last Name Jae-in
Born on January 24, 1953 (age 71)

Moon Jae-in is the current president of South Korea, having taken office in 2017. He previously served as chief of staff to then-president Roh Moo-hyun (2007–2008), leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (2015–2016) and a member of the 19th National Assembly (2012–2016).

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Song Kang-ho

First Name Song
Last Name Kang-ho
Born on January 17, 1967 (age 57)

Song Kang-ho is a South Korean actor who rose to international prominence for his performances in Snowpiercer (2013) and Parasite (2019), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #6 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

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Lee Kun-hee

First Name Lee
Last Name Kun-hee
Born on January 9, 1942
Died on October 25, 2020 (aged 78)
Net Worth $14.1B

Lee Kun-hee was a South Korean businessman who served as chairman of the Samsung Group from 1987 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2020, and is credited with the transformation of Samsung to the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones, televisions, and memory chips. He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul. With an estimated net worth of US$21 billion at the time of his death, he was the richest person in South Korea, a position that he had held since 2007.

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Park Won-soon

First Name Park
Last Name Won-soon
Born on March 26, 1956
Died on July 9, 2020 (aged 64)

Park Won-soon was a South Korean politician, philanthropist, activist, and lawyer who served as the longest-serving mayor of Seoul from 2011 until his death in July 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in 2011 and won re-election in 2014 and 2018.

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Park Jin-young

박진영
First Name Park
Last Name Jin-young
Born on September 22, 1994 (age 29)

Park Jin-young, known mononymously as Jinyoung, and formerly as Jr. and Junior, is a South Korean singer, actor, and songwriter. He is a member of the boy band Got7 and boy band duo JJ Project. He made his acting debut in the drama Dream High 2 (2012) followed by a series of supporting roles until he landed a main role in He Is Psychometric (2019). He made his film debut in the independent film A Stray Goat (2016).

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Kim Jong-kook

First Name Kim
Last Name Jong-kook
Born on April 25, 1976 (age 47)

Kim Jong-kook is a South Korean singer, entertainer, and actor. Kim debuted as a member of South Korean duo Turbo in 1995. The duo was considered to be one of the most popular idols in that time and sold out millions of albums in South Korea and Asia. Following the disbanding of the duo in 2000, Kim released his debut solo album, Renaissance, in December 2001.

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Lee Min-ki

First Name Lee
Last Name Min-ki
Born on January 16, 1985 (age 39)

Lee Min-ki is a South Korean actor, singer and model. Lee played his first TV leading role in the 2005 sports drama Taereung National Village, followed by the romantic comedies Love Truly in 2006, Dal-ja's Spring in 2007, Because This Is My First Life in 2017 and The Beauty Inside in 2018. The actor has also starred in feature films, most notably in the box office hits Tidal Wave, Quick and Very Ordinary Couple.

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Go Ara

First Name Go
Last Name Ara
Born on February 11, 1990 (age 34)

Go Ara is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for starring in the television series Sharp (2003), Heading to the Ground (2009), Reply 1994 (2013), You're All Surrounded (2014), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016–17), Black (2017), Ms. Hammurabi (2018), Haechi (2019) and Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020).

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Lee Elijah

First Name Lee
Last Name Elijah
Born on February 19, 1990 (age 34)

Lee Elijah is a South Korean actress. She debuted with leading role in 2013 tvN's drama Basketball. After several years in major supporting roles, she was cast as lead again with JTBC's The Good Detective (2020). She is best known for portraying villainous roles such as the evil mistress in The Last Empress .

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