List of Famous people born in South Korea

Hong Sehwa is a South Korean journalist and former New Progressive Party delegate.

Lee Seung-yeon is a South Korean actress and talk show host.

Kim Young-ho is a South Korean foil fencer.

Gu Bon-gil is a South Korean fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed as part of the South Korean team in the Men's team sabre, where he won a gold medal. In the individual event he was defeated in the third round.

Han Sang-hoon is a badminton player from South Korea. He was the champion at the 2002 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event. Han who was part of the Samsung Electro-Mechanic team, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles event partnered with Hwang Yu-mi.

Seishirō Etō is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Kim Jae-hwan is a South Korean badminton player. He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the Wonkwang University. In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered Choi Sol-gyu at the World University Championships in Russia. At the same year, he won the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the Korea Masters in the men's doubles event with Ko Sung-hyun. In 2017, he competed at the Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with Seo Seung-jae.

Park Sung-hwan is a badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top-ranked men's singles player in South Korea and has succeeded at an international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and the 2010 Asian Games.