List of Famous people born in North Jeolla Province, South Korea

Shin Joon-Sup is a former South Korean middleweight amateur boxer and Olympic Gold Medalist.

Shin Seung-chan is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mixed doubles gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade, also in the team event in 2013 and 2015.

Park Sung-hyun is an archer from South Korea who competed in two Olympic Games, winning three gold medals. Park made her international archery debut in 2001, winning the women's recurve title at that year's World Archery Championships. Her Olympic debut came at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won gold medals in both the women's individual and women's team events. She won two further medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, achieving her third Olympic gold in the women's team event before earning the silver medal as the runner-up in the women's individual event.

Park Kyung-hoon is a South Korean male badminton player. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and won that tournament.

Jin Hee-kyung is a South Korean actress.

Lee Byung-hun (Korean: 이병헌), known mononymously as Byung Hun, is a South Korean actor and singer, He was the former member of the South Korean idol boy group Teen Top from 2010 to 2017 under the stage name L.Joe until he nullified his contract with TOP Media.

Lee Byung-kyu is a South Korean retired baseball player who played 17 seasons for the LG Twins of the KBO League, as well as three seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He played as an outfielder.

Yoo Yeon-seong is a South Korean professional badminton player.

Oh Ji-hwan is a South Korean shortstop who plays for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

Song Sae-byeok is a South Korean actor. After gaining attention as a supporting actor in The Servant (2010), Song played the leading roles in the comedies Meet the In-Laws (2011) and The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser (2012).