35.1004° N, 129.0405° E
BUSAN
Most Famous People Born in Busan, South Korea
- Notable people
- 477
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1979
- Most distinctive
- Game 23.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Busan during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Busan Is Known For
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Actor is Busan's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (100).
Busan over-indexes on game — 23.6× the global rate.
Busan under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Busan's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Other
Lee Joon-gi
Born 1982
Daniel Dae Kim
Born 1968
Karen O
Born 1978
Gong Yoo
Born 1979
Moon So-ri
Born 1974
Joseph Kahn
Born 1972
Charles J. Pedersen
1904 - 1989
Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)
Born 1983
Myung-whun Chung
Born 1953
Jang Hyuk
Born 1976
Kim Hae-sook
Born 1955
Park Hae-jin
Born 1983
Kim Hye-soo
Born 1970
Park Si-yeon
Born 1979
Gang Dong-won
Born 1981
Hyomin
Born 1989
Dae-ho Lee
Born 1982
Kim Kee-hee
Born 1989
Jung So-min
Born 1989
Hoya (singer)
Born 1991
Nam Tae-hee
Born 1991
Chung Mong-joon
Born 1951
Sandara Park
Born 1984
Jang Wooyoung
Born 1989
Cho Jin-woong
Born 1976
Kang Ha-neul
Born 1990
Simon Dominic
Born 1984
Nam Joo-hyuk
Born 1994
Park Soo-ah
Born 1992
Im Si-wan
Born 1988
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1951 - 1982
Chae Jung-an
Born 1977
Kang Seung-yoon
Born 1994
Lee Jong-hyun
Born 1990
Kim Chang-soo
Born 1985
Ok Taec-yeon
Born 1988
Han Sun-hwa
Born 1990
Choi Yong-soo
Born 1973
Kim Tu-bong
1886 - 1958
Kim Bum-soo
Born 1979
Kim Mi-kyung
Born 1963
Shin Eun-kyung
Born 1973
Shin-Soo Choo
Born 1982
Yeon Jung-hoon
Born 1978
Thunder (singer)
Born 1990
Kim Hye-seong
Born 1988
Jeong Yu-mi (actress, born 1984)
Born 1984
Im Soo-hyang
Born 1990
Kim Min-seok (actor)
Born 1990
Samantha Futerman
Born 1987
Cheetah (rapper)
Born 1990
Han Chae-ah
Born 1984
Kim Kyu-sik
1881 - 1950
Park Tae-joon
1927 - 2011
Jung Eun-chae
Born 1986
Kim Seul-gi
Born 1991
Lee Jeong-hyeop
Born 1991
Ko Chang-seok
Born 1970
Jang Yeong-sil
-
Kwon Mina
Born 1993
Ryu Seung-woo
Born 1993
Lee Seung-hwan
Born 1965
Choi Jung-won (actress, born 1981)
Born 1981
Son Yeo-eun
Born 1983
Kim Young-ae
1951 - 2017
Chun Ho-jin
Born 1960
Hyun Jung-hwa
Born 1969
Jeong Keun-woo
Born 1982
Hwang Bo-ra
Born 1983
Kim Jung-tae
Born 1972
Yoo Nam-kyu
Born 1968
Lee Hyo-jung
Born 1981
Lee Kyung-kyu
Born 1960
Jung Hye-sung
Born 1991
Kim Sang-joong
Born 1965
Usun Yoon
Born 1977
Son Eun-seo
Born 1986
Ahn Bo-hyun
Born 1988
Jin Kab-yong
Born 1974
Song Seung-jun
Born 1980
Bae Woo-hee
Born 1991
Lee Eon
1981 - 2008
Lee Seung-hoon (musician)
Born 1992
Ha Yeon-soo
Born 1990
Son Min-han
Born 1975
Park Hyo-joo
Born 1982
Hwang Seok-jeong
Born 1971
Hwang Min-hyun
Born 1995
Cho Jun-ho (judoka)
Born 1988
Jeong Dong-ho
Born 1990
Yoon Jong-bin
Born 1979
Han Hye-rin
Born 1988
Park Jung-bin
Born 1994
Kim So-hee (singer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Son Ah-seop
Born 1988
Kim Moon-soo (badminton)
Born 1963
Im Ji-kyu
Born 1978
Kim Dong-jun
Born 1992
Sandeul
Born 1992
Kim Kwang-kyu (actor)
Born 1967
Lee Taek-keun
Born 1980
Yang Jung-mo
Born 1953
Shin Eun-jung
Born 1974
Toby Dawson
Born 1978
Kim Bo-kyung (actress)
Born 1976
So Yong Kim
Born 1968
Jungkook
Born 1997
Jung Dae-hyun
Born 1993
Kim Hyun-sook
Born 1978
Son Hyun-joo
Born 1965
Yoon Je-kyoon
Born 1969
Kim Chi-gon
Born 1983
Moon Sung-min
Born 1986
Seung H-Sang
Born 1952
Kim Hye-eun
Born 1973
Park Sung-woo
Born 1972
Park Gok-ji
Born 1965
Kim Gun-mo
Born 1968
Kim Min-jae (baseball)
Born 1973
Kim Sung-oh
Born 1978
Kwak Kyung-taek
Born 1966
Kim Yoo-ri
Born 1984
Lee Su-ji
Born 1998
Kim Hee-jung (actress, born 1992)
Born 1992
Chang Jung-koo
Born 1963
Jung Woo
Born 1981
Im Jung-eun
Born 1981
Han Hye-sook
Born 1951
Seo Yu-na
Born 1992
Jang Su-jeong
Born 1995
Lee Si-eon
Born 1982
Itsuo Tsuda
1914 - 1984
Cho PD
Born 1976
Kim Yoo-jin (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Cha-seung Baek
Born 1980
Ahn Jae-mo
Born 1979
Park Sung-hee
Born 1975
Kim Jung-hyun (actor, born 1990)
Born 1990
MayBee
Born 1979
Kang Daniel
Born 1996
Kim Min-joon
Born 1976
Jeong Ga-eun
Born 1978
Ahn Jae-hong (actor)
Born 1986
Ha Jung-eun
Born 1987
Woo Bum-kon
1955 - 1982
Roh Hoe-chan
1956 - 2018
Ryu Ji-hae
Born 1976
Soo Yeon Lee
Born 1984
Lee Byung-joon
Born 1964
Kim Tae-gyun (baseball, born 1971)
Born 1971
Jeong Hyeong-don
Born 1978
Gil Eun-hye
Born 1988
Nina Solheim
Born 1979
Son Chang-min
Born 1965
Yang Hyo-jin
Born 1989
Cho Sung-hyung
Born 1966
Choi Mu-bae
Born 1970
Chang Won-jun
Born 1985
Choi Dong-won
1958 - 2011
Kim Moo-sung
Born 1951
Yeo Hyo-jin
Born 1983
Baek Seung-hyeon
Born 1975
Kim Chae-yeon (actress)
Born 1977
Woo Ha-ram
Born 1998
Park Hae-joon
Born 1976
Kim Sun-il
1970 - 2004
Shin Bong-sun
Born 1980
Kim In-kwon
Born 1978
Jung Chan (author)
Born 1953
Park Seok-jin
Born 1972
Jung Hye-lim
Born 1987
Na Hyun-hee
Born 1970
Choi Cheol-han
Born 1985
Nam Na-yeong
Born 1971
Tae In-ho
Born 1980
Kim Ji-mee
Born 1940
Yoo Jae-myung
Born 1973
Ko Moo-yeol
Born 1990
Park Jung-hae
Born 1987
Jimin (singer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Su-Hyun Oh
Born 1996
Park Jung-eun
Born 1977
Park Chan-hee
Born 1957
Kang Ji-sub
Born 1981
Sin Da-woon
Born 1993
Beon Yeon-ha
Born 1980
Ryan S. Jhun
Born 1979
Ahn Ji-hyun
Born 1992
Kim Cha-youn
Born 1981
Do Sang-woo
Born 1987
Ryu Seung-soo
Born 1971
Jung Hyo-jung
Born 1984
Song Yoo-geol
Born 1985
Lim Gyoung-wan
Born 1975
Kwak Hyun-hwa
Born 1983
Kim Sung-jun
1953 - 1989
Moon Hee
Born 1947
Jang Do-yoon
Born 1995
Lee Yeongdo
Born 1972
Choi Im-jeong
Born 1981
Heo Jeong
1896 - 1988
Han Jung-kook
Born 1971
Choi Doo-ho
Born 1991
Shin Seung-hwan
Born 1978
Kim Tae-sul
Born 1984
Go Yoon
Born 1988
Kim Jong-hae
Born 1941
Lee Han-sup
Born 1966
Andrew Choi
Born 1980
Choi Jum-hwan
Born 1963
Kim Min-je
Born 1989
Kim Sang-hyun (boxer)
Born 1955
Kim Moon-saeng
Born 1961
Tan Tao-liang
Born 1947
Yun Sung-hwan
Born 1981
Kim Tae-gun
Born 1989
Park Han-yi
Born 1979
Yoon Ki-won
1987 - 2011
Ryu Se-ra
Born 1987
Kim Sook (comedian)
Born 1975
Oh Jae-moo
Born 1998
Kim Sohyi
Born 1965
Yung-Han Kim
Born 1946
Kim Sun-young (actress, born 1980)
Born 1980
Kwon Jin-ah
Born 1997
Jo Hea-jung
Born 1953
Heo Il-young
Born 1985
Hwang Il-su
Born 1987
Jung Tae-woo
Born 1982
Kang Kyung-ho
Born 1987
Kim Mu-young
Born 1985
Lee Yountaek
Born 1952
Jeong Suk-young
Born 1993
Choi Hyun
Born 1978
Kim Tae-wan
Born 1971
Lee Jai-jin (musician, born 1979)
Born 1979
Kim Jee-hyuk
Born 1981
Kim Joo-sung (basketball)
Born 1979
Lee Hei-chun
Born 1979
Halla Pai Huhm
1922 - 1994
Park Chul-soon
Born 1956
Ko San
Born 1976
Cho Won-woo
Born 1971
Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987)
Born 1987
Kim Hee-jin
Born 1991
Ji Yoon-ho
Born 1991
Park Yeonghan
1947 - 2006
Chae Yoo-jung
Born 1995
Hanhae
Born 1990
An Yong-bok
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Cho Eun-ju
Born 1983
Park Jeong-ah (volleyball)
Born 1993
Jung Woo-ram
Born 1985
Lee So-ra (singer)
Born 1969
Jung Myung-hoon
Born 1991
Kim Magnus
Born 1998
Park Ji-ho (diver)
Born 1991
Jang Sung-woo
Born 1990
Park Tae-hong
Born 1991
Masami Shimojō
1915 - 2004
Kim Joo-won
Born 1977
Choi Kwon-soo
Born 2004
Choi Moo-sung
Born 1968
Lee Gong-joo
Born 1980
Gum Nanse
Born 1947
Jung Seung-hwa
Born 1981
Ma Hae-young
Born 1970
Lee Jang-mi
Born 1994
Jang Tae-sung
Born 1980
Nam Ji-sung
Born 1993
Park Eun-sun
Born 1986
Kim Soo-hee
Born 1953
Lim Eun-ji
Born 1989
Giant Pink
Born 1991
Jeong Bal
1553 - 1592
Han Dong-min
Born 1989
Choi Seung-in
Born 1991
Feeldog
Born 1992
Na Hyun
Born 1970
Soo-Bong Kim
Born 1960
Park Se-wan
Born 1994
Jeon Soo-hyun
Born 1986
Kim Sung-bum
Born 1979
Kim Chang-hun
Born 1990
Park Junyoung
Born 1982
Ko Eun-ah (actress, born 1946)
Born 1946
Han Hyun-hee
Born 1993
Woo Joo-sung
Born 1993
Jung Eui-yoon
Born 1986
Cheon Yang-hee
Born 1942
Kim Jong-chul (poet)
1947 - 2014
Park Woo-jin
Born 1999
Dasol Kim
Born 1989
Chun Eun-sook
Born 1969
Lee Sang-hong
Born 1979
Park Tae-sang
Born 1979
Choi Kyu-woong
Born 1990
Lee Ra-jin
Born 1990
Geum Min
Born 1962
Moon Ki-han
Born 1989