List of Famous people born in South Korea

Kang Yoon-sung, better known by his stage name K, is a pop singer from South Korea under contract in Japan. In 2004, after achieving little success with his first album in South Korea, K crossed over to Japan. His first Japanese album, Beyond the Sea, has achieved a sales of over 300,000 copies.

Kim Min-seok is a South Korean actor. He had supporting roles in television series such as Flower Band (2012), Descendants of the Sun, The Doctors (2016) and Innocent Defendant (2017).

Yoon Shi-yoon is a South Korean actor and television personality. He is best known for his leading roles in King of Baking, Kim Takgu (2010), My Cute Guys (2013), Hit the Top (2017), Grand Prince (2018) and Your Honor (2018), Nokdu Flower (2019), Psychopath Diary (2019-2020), Train (2020). From 2016-2019, he was a member of the third season of variety show 2 Days & 1 Night.

Go Joon-hee is a South Korean actress. She made her entertainment debut as a school uniform model in 2001, then launched an acting career in 2003.

Lim Hyun-Gyu, often anglicized to Hyun Gyu Lim, is a South Korean mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the UFC Welterweight division.

Jo Woo-jin is a South Korean actor. He is known as an in-demand supporting or character actor on the big screen and TV series, such as Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2017), Chicago Typewriter (2017), The Drug King (2018), and Mr. Sunshine (2018). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2019 for his performance in the film Default.

Son Dam-bi is a South Korean singer, actress and entertainer. She began her career as a solo singer in 2007. She also made her acting debut in the 2009 Korean drama, Dream.

Yoon Se-ah is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the TV dramas City Hall, Wife Returns, A Gentleman's Dignity and Sky Castle.

Park Cho-a, better known by the mononym Choa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a former member of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012. She was an MC in the variety show We Got Married.

Shin Won-ho is a South Korean singer, actor and member of multinational idol group Cross Gene. He has featured in television series Bachelor's Vegetable Store (2011), Big (2012) and The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016).