List of Famous people born in South Korea

Lee Yoon-hyung was a South Korean millionaire and daughter of Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee. She died by suicide by hanging herself in her Astor Place apartment in the East Village, Manhattan on November 18, 2005.

Yoon Jung-hee is a South Korean actress. Yoon was the representative of Gyeonggi Province at the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 2000, then lived in obscurity for several years while trying to find work as an actress. She made her breakthrough in 2005 in the hit drama Dear Heaven, followed by more leading roles on television, including Blissful Woman (2007), and Family's Honor (2008). She also starred in the horror film Death Bell (2008).

Han Ye-ri is a South Korean actress.

Roh Hoe-chan was a South Korean politician. He was a member of the 17th, 19th, and 20th National Assemblies. A progressive, and a prominent socialist politician, Roh was involved with multiple progressive-leaning parties, lately with the Justice Party from 2012 until his death in 2018.

Kim Young-kwang is a South Korean actor and model. Kim began his career as a model and has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Etro. In 2008, he was the first Asian model to model at Dior Homme's show. As an actor, Kim has starred in the films Runway Cop (2012), Hot Young Bloods (2014), On Your Wedding Day (2018) and The Soul-Mate (2018), as well as the television dramas Pinocchio (2014), D-Day (2015), Sweet Stranger and Me (2016, The Guardians and The Secret Life of My Secretary.

Byun Baek-hyun, better known mononymously as Baekhyun, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. Baekhyun began training under SM Entertainment in 2011. A few months later, he made his debut in 2012 as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo, its sub-group Exo-K and later on its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He is also the leader of South Korean supergroup SuperM.

Ahn Hye-jin, known professionally by her stage name Hwasa, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, composer and television personality signed under RBW. She debuted as a member of the girl group Mamamoo in June 2014. She made her solo debut with the digital single "Twit" on February 13, 2019 and released her first EP, María, on June 29, 2020.

Ha-seong Kim is a South Korean professional baseball shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Kim was drafted 29th overall by the Nexen Heroes in the 2014 Korea Baseball Organization Draft. He made his KBO debut with the Heroes in May 2014 and won the Golden Glove Award in 2018 and 2019. In December 2020, Kim signed with the San Diego Padres.

Park Hae-joon is a South Korean actor. Park first drew attention as a supporting actor in the television series' Doctor Stranger and Misaeng: Incomplete Life both released in 2014, which led to him being cast in his first leading role in Jung Ji-woo's film Fourth Place (2015). He gained widespread recognition through The World of the Married (2020).

Kim Nam-joo is a South Korean actress. Kim rose to stardom in the 1990s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her House. After 2001, Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in commercials, particularly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005 and they started a family. Then in 2009, she made her comeback with Queen of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a ratings hit, and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals (2010) and top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim's continuing star status. In 2018, Kim received critical acclaim for her role in the series Misty.