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SEOUL

Most Famous People Born in Seoul, South Korea

Notable people

2,330

Peak decade

1980s

Median birth year

1978

Most distinctive

Skater 15.9×

A capital where the Joseon court and the K-pop industry sit on the same list. Seoul's most distinctive professions are figure skaters at nearly sixteen times the global rate, golfers at more than ten times, and singers — the statistical fingerprint of Yuna Kim, Se Ri Pak, and the entire post-2000 K-pop wave. Almost a third of the notables here are entertainers in the strict sense, a share matched by very few cities outside Los Angeles and Mumbai.