List of Famous people born in South Korea

Kim Geun-Chol is South Korean footballer who plays for PTT Rayong in the Thai Division 1 League. He was regarded as one of the decent young midfielders. And he had a competitive relationship with Daejeon Citizen midfielder Kwon Jip, who had a role of playmaker in Dongbuk High school.

Song Ui-young is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team.

Kim Na-young is a South Korean badminton player. She made a debut in the international tournament in 2013, and was selected to join the national team in 2014. Kim who was educated at the Hwasun High School, was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team title and grabbed the Suhandinata Cup at the 2013 World Junior Championships, and also won the silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships. Kim now plays for the Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and educated at the Dankook University.

Hwang Kyung-seon, also spelled Hwang Kyung-sun, is a female South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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 Min-ha is a South Korean actress. Park began her career as a child actress in 2011, and has appeared in such productions as the South Korean disaster film Flu (2013), the Korean drama television series King of Ambition (2013), and the music video for K.Will's song "Love Blossom" (2013). Her father is SBS anchorman Park Chan-min.

Lee Man-soo, also spelled as Man Soo Lee, is a former Korea Professional Baseball catcher and First baseman and manager. After a distinguished career as a professional player in South Korea from 1982 to 1997, Lee moved on to coaching in 1998, including positions on the coaching staff of the Chicago White Sox, and came back to South Korea in 2006 to serve as a bench coach for the SK Wyverns.