List of Famous people born in South Korea

Kim Seo-hyung is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal as the evil mistress Shin Ae-ri in the SBS revenge drama Temptation of Wife (2008) and as Coach Kim in the JTBC television series Sky Castle (2018), for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Kang Min-hyuk is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE.

Choi Min-hwan is a South Korean singer, musician, drummer and actor. He is a member of rock band F.T. Island, in which he serves as the drummer, sub vocalist, and songwriter. He is the youngest member of the group. In 2017, Choi became a certified chimellier, a connoisseur and sommelier of chicken.

Misa Yamamura , née Kimura (木村), was a Japanese novelist and a mystery writer favored as the queen of both mystery novels and tricks in Japan, often compared to Agatha Christie. Her spouse is Takashi Yamamura, a painter and a retired high school teacher. Her younger brother is Hiroshi Kimura, a professor of Political Science and her daughter is Momiji Yamamura, an actress.

Kim Shin-wook is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

Kim Yu-jin, better known by her stage name Uee, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known for being a former member of South Korean girl group After School from 2009 to 2017, and has acted in various television dramas including Queen Seondeok (2009), Ojakgyo Family (2011), Jeon Woo-chi (2012), Golden Rainbow (2013), High Society (2015), Marriage Contract (2016) and My Only One (2018). On May 31, 2017, Uee graduated and left After School and its agency, Pledis Entertainment.

Angela Warnick Buchdahl is an American rabbi. She was the first Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi, and the first Asian-American to be ordained as a hazzan (cantor) anywhere in the world. In 2011 she was named by Newsweek and the Daily Beast as one of "America's Most Influential Rabbis," and in 2012 by the Daily Beast as one of “America’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis.” Buchdahl was recognized as one of the top five in The Forward's 2014 "Forward Fifty", a list of American Jews who have had the most impact on the national scene in the previous year.

Jung Jae-won, better known by stage name One, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. He debuted in 2015 as a member of the former hip-hop duo 1Punch with Kim Samuel. The following year he moved to YG Entertainment from D-Business Entertainment. In 2019 Jaewon left YG Entertainment and since moved under his own record label PRIVATE ONLY. He is well known for appearing on the fourth and fifth season of Show Me the Money, as well as appearances on dramas such as A Korean Odyssey (2017), Room No. 9 (2018), and Her Private Life (2019).

Choo Ja-hyun is a South Korean actress. Best known in Korea for the films Bloody Tie (2006) and Portrait of a Beauty (2008), Choo has mostly worked in mainland China since 2007, notably in television drama The Temptation to Go Home (2011).

Lee Joo-Seung is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in independent films, notably Shuttlecock (2014).