List of Famous people born in South Pyongan Province, North Korea

Kim Song-ae

First Name Kim
Last Name Song-ae
Born on December 29, 1924
Died on September 23, 2014 (aged 89)

Kim Sŏng-ae was a North Korean politician who served as the First Lady of North Korea from 1963 to 1974. She was the second wife of the President of North Korea, Kim Il-sung.

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Kim Yang-gon

First Name Kim
Last Name Yang-gon
Born on April 30, 1942
Died on December 29, 2015 (aged 73)

Kim Yang-gon was a North Korean politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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Paik Sun-yup

First Name Paik
Last Name Sun-yup
Born on November 23, 1920
Died on July 10, 2020 (aged 99)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Paik Sun-yup was a South Korean military officer. He served both Manchukuo and South Korea, the latter during the Korean War.

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Ahn Chang-ho

First Name Ahn
Last Name Chang-ho
Born on November 9, 1878
Died on March 10, 1938 (aged 59)

Ahn Changho, sometimes An Chang-ho was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also referred to by his pen name Dosan. A protestant social activist, he established the Shinminhoe when he returned to Korea from the US in 1907. It was the most important organization to fight the Japanese occupation of Korea. He established the Young Korean Academy in San Francisco in 1913 and was a key member in the founding of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai in 1919. Ahn is one of two men believed to have written the lyrics of the Aegukga, the South Korean national anthem. Besides his work for the Independence Movement, Dosan wanted to reform the Korean people's character and the entire social system of Korea. Educational reform and modernizing schools were two key efforts of Dosan. He was the father of actors Ralph and Philip Ahn, founder of the Chinese restaurant Moongate Soorah Ahn, and US Navy aerial gunnery officer Susan Ahn Cuddy, who also later worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence, the National Security Agency, the Library of Congress, and the US Department of Defense.

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Choe Thae-bok

First Name Choe
Last Name Thae-bok
Born on December 1, 1930 (age 93)

Choe Thae-bok is a North Korean politician. He is a member of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, and was Chairman (speaker) of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly 21 years, from 1998 to 2019. He was considered an advisor to Kim Jong-il, as well as a popular member of the core leadership.

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