List of Famous people named Kim

Name Kim is among the most common names in USA, Canada, England, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Kimberly, Kimberley. Similar names: Kimberly, Kimberley, Kym, Quim, Kem, Kimmy, Kemi, Kimi, Kimia, Kimmie, Kimio, Keemo. Here are some famous Kims:

Kim Hye-ja

First Name Kim
Last Name Hye-ja
Born on October 25, 1941 (age 84)
Born in South Korea

Kim Hye-ja is a South Korean actress. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries, What Is Love?, My Mother's Sea, and Roses and Beansprouts, Kim drew international critical acclaim in the 2009 noir thriller Mother. In 2019, she gained critical acclaim for her acting in The Light in Your Eyes.

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Kim Gordon

Kim Althea Gordon
First Name Kim
Last Name Gordon
Born on April 28, 1953 (age 72)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City to begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981. She and Moore married in 1984, and the band released a total of six albums on independent labels before the end of the 1980s. They would subsequently release nine studio albums on the major label DGC Records, beginning with Goo in 1990. Gordon was also a founding member of the musical project Free Kitten, which she formed with Julia Cafritz in 1993.

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Kim Jin-su

First Name Kim
Last Name Jin-su
Born on June 13, 1992 (age 33)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Kim Jin-su is a South Korean footballer who plays for Saudi Professional League side Al-Nassr as a left back.

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Kim Yong-chol

First Name Kim
Last Name Yong-chol
Born on November 30, 1945 (age 80)
Born in North Korea

Kim Yong-chol is a North Korean general and politician who currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea for South Korean affairs and head of the United Front Department. From February 2009 to January 2016 he was the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's primary intelligence service.

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Kim Hartman

First Name Kim
Last Name Hartman
Born on January 11, 1952 (age 74)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Kim Lesley Hartman (born 11 January 1952) is an English actress, best known for her role as Private Helga Geerhart in the BBC television sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992).

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Kim Bo-reum

First Name Kim
Last Name Bo-reum
Born on February 6, 1993 (age 33)
Born in South Korea
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Kim Bo-reum is a South Korean speed skater. She is the current South Korean record holder in the women's long track speed skating 3000 and 5000 metres. She is a two-time Olympian and specialises in the women's mass start.

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Kim Ga-eun

First Name Kim
Last Name Ga-eun
Born on February 7, 1998 (age 28)
Born in South Korea

Kim Ga-eun is a South Korean badminton player. She competed and at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014, in Nanjing, China and in 2016, Kim was selected to join the Korean national team.

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Kim Jeong-hoon

First Name Kim
Last Name Jeong-hoon
Born on January 20, 1980 (age 46)

Kim Jeong-hoon, also known by his stage name John Hoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. He initially rose to fame as a member of South Korean duo UN debuting with the single Voice Mail in 2000. After the duo disbanded in 2005, his fame increased as an actor starring in Princess Hours, a drama based on a manhwa.

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Kim Jung-hyun

First Name Kim
Last Name Jung-hyun
Born on June 28, 1976 (age 49)

Kim Jung-hyun is a South Korean actor. He starred in TV series such as Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror (2011), Dangerous Women (2011), My Lover, Madame Butterfly (2012), Empress Ki (2013), My Mother is a Daughter-in-law (2015) and Vagabond (2019).

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Kim Engelbrecht

First Name Kim
Last Name Engelbrecht
Born on June 20, 1980 (age 45)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht is a South African actress best known for her roles as Lolly de Klerk in the soap opera Isidingo, Sgt. Noma Banks on the Syfy TV show, Dominion, and Marlize DeVoe on The CW show, The Flash.

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