List of Famous people born in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Shim Eun-ha

First Name Shim
Last Name Eun-ha
Born on September 23, 1972 (age 53)

Shim Eun-ha is a retired South Korean actress. Shim rose to popularity in the 1990s, starring in some of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time, such as The Last Match, M and Trap of Youth. But she is best known for her acclaimed performance in Hur Jin-ho's melodrama Christmas in August, for which she swept the Best Actress awards in 1998. This was followed by another well-received turn in romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo. Shim suddenly retired from show business at the height of her fame in 2001, and her mystique solidified her status as the most beloved South Korean actress of that decade.

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Kang Seul-gi

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First Name Kang
Last Name Seul-gi
Born on February 10, 1994 (age 32)

Kang Seul-gi, better known simply as Seulgi, is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is a member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet and its sub-unit Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi.

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Chun Woo-hee

First Name Chun
Last Name Woo-hee
Born on April 20, 1987 (age 39)

Chun Woo-hee is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2004, but first drew attention with her supporting role as a rebellious teenager in the 2011 box-office hit Sunny. In 2014, Chun received critical acclaim for her leading role as the title character in Han Gong-ju, a coming-of-age indie about a traumatized young woman trying to move on with her life after a tragedy. Her other notable films include The Piper (2015), The Beauty Inside (2015), Love, Lies (2016) and The Wailing (2016).

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Seo Jung-won

First Name Seo
Last Name Jung-won
Born on December 17, 1970 (age 55)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Seo Jung-won is a South Korean former football player and current coach. A winger who had explosive pace, he was nicknamed the "Nalssaendori", meaning an agile man in South Korea.

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Kim In-sung

First Name Kim
Last Name In-sung
Born on September 9, 1989 (age 36)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Kim In-Sung is a South Korean footballer who currently plays for Ulsan Hyundai.

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Bada

최성희
Born on February 28, 1980 (age 46)

Choi Sung-hee, known professionally as Bada, is a South Korean singer, composer, musical actress and television presenter. She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group S.E.S. in 1997. After S.E.S. disbanded in December 2002, she released her first solo studio album, A Day of Renew, in October 2003.

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Harisu

Born on February 17, 1975 (age 51)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Lee Kyung-eun, better known by her stage name Harisu, is a Korean pop singer, model, and actress. Assigned male at birth, Harisu identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is the Republic of Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue".

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Park Jeong-hwa

박 정화
First Name Park
Last Name Jeong-hwa
Born on May 8, 1995 (age 30)

Park Jeong-hwa, also known mononymously as Jeonghwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of EXID.

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Chey Tae-won

First Name Chey
Born on December 3, 1960 (age 65)
Net Worth $3.2B

Chey Tae-won is a South Korea billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of SK Group, Korea's third largest chaebol (conglomerate), that mainly engages in the provision of semiconductors, oil, telecommunication services, chemical, etc. He is well known for the group's Hynix merger deal, which eventually becomes the world's third largest chip maker followed by Samsung Electronics and Intel. SK Group recorded revenue and profit of $213.6 and $23.8 billion respectively. As of 2019, he is the 8th richest man in South Korea with net worth of $3.2 billion. Most of his fortune is came from SK Holdings, the holding company of SK Group.

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So Yul

박소율
First Name So
Last Name Yul
Born on May 15, 1991 (age 34)
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