List of Famous people born in South Korea

Yoo Sang-chul is a South Korean football manager and former player. He was a former manager of Incheon United. Yoo is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team and K League 30th Anniversary Best XI.

Lee Sun-mi, known mononymously as Sunmi, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. She debuted in 2007 as a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls and left the group in 2010 to pursue an academic career. After a three-year hiatus, Sunmi resumed her career as a soloist with her 2013 debut extended play Full Moon– spawning the number two singles "24 Hours" and "Full Moon" on the national Gaon Digital Chart.

Son Ho-jun is a South Korean actor and singer. He made his acting debut in 2006 in the educational drama, Jump 2. In 2007, Son made his entertainment debut as the leader of Tachyon, a three-member boyband, which first performed on the show A-Live on Channel V Korea. The first pop group launched by J&H Media, Tachyon released the debut single Feel Your Breeze, then disbanded shortly after. After appearing in the SBS drama Coffee House, which ended in July 2010, he entered military service. Upon his return in 2013, he went back to acting and rose to stardom for playing the character Haitai in campus drama Reply 1994. He also gained popularity for appearing in reality shows, notably Youth Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village. In July 2016, Son signed with YG Entertainment. In 2017, he starred in the hit romance drama Confession Couple. In 2019, he gained critical acclaim for his acting in The Light in Your Eyes. In 2020, Son played the role of a world-renowned novelist and scriptwriter in the hit Netflix drama, Was It Love?.

Inbee Park is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 to June 2014, October 2014 to February 2015, June 2015 to October 2015, and from April to July 2018.

Lee Seo-won is a former South Korean actor.

Shon Seung-wan, known professionally as Wendy, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet.

Kim Ha-neul is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films My Tutor Friend (2003) and Too Beautiful to Lie (2004) and the action-comedy film My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009). In 2011, Kim won Best Actress at the 48th Grand Bell Awards and the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in the serial killer thriller Blind. Her television work includes romance series Romance (2002) and A Gentleman's Dignity (2012), On Air (2008), the melodrama On the Way to the Airport (2016) and the drama fantasy 18 Again (2020), a Korean version of 17 Again led by Zac Efron.

Ryu Jun-yeol is a South Korean actor. He gained popularity through his breakthrough role in the television series Reply 1988 (2015–2016). Known as a prolific Chungmu-ro actor, since then he has starred in box-office hit films The King (2017), A Taxi Driver (2017), Believer (2018), Money (2019), The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019).

Yoon Kye-sang is a South Korean actor and singer. He began his career in 1999 as part of the K-pop boy band g.o.d, then left the group in 2004 and pursued an acting career. He made his acting debut in the film Flying Boys (2004), for which he won Best New Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards. Yoon became active in both television and film, with leading roles in romantic comedies such as My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law (2004) and Who Are You? (2008) and the melodrama Crazy for You (2007), as well as more serious fare in The Moonlight of Seoul (2008) and The Executioner (2009). After a supporting turn in the hit series The Greatest Love (2011), he returned to the big screen in the well-received indie Poongsan (2011).

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.