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Jang Hyun-seung
Jang Hyun-seung (장현승), born 1989, South Korean singer, former BEAST member (2009 debut) and Trouble Maker duo partner of HyunA; left BEAST April 2016, solo artist since, later nicknamed the "exorcism idol". Distinct from actor Jang Hyun-sung.
Jang Ja-yeon (장자연)
Jang Ja-yeon (장자연), South Korean actress (1980–2009) who died by suicide leaving a document alleging forced drinking and sexual entertainment of powerful figures; the "Jang Ja-yeon List" case, the 2019 Committee of Past Affairs findings, and related defamation rulings.
Jang Jaein
Jang Jaein (장재인) is a South Korean singer-songwriter born in 1991, known for a divisive folk-based vocal style, who finished in the top three of Superstar K2 in 2010.
Jang Ji Won
Jang Ji Won (장지원), born 1979, South Korean taekwondo athlete; won women's featherweight (under 57 kg) gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, beating Nia Abdallah 2-1, and was 2001 world champion at -59 kg. Distinct from the PRK shooter and volleyball libero of the same name.
Jang Ji-yeon
Jang Ji-yeon, pen name Wi-am (위암), 1864–1921, was a Korean journalist and Confucian scholar who edited Hwangseong Sinmun and wrote a famous 1905 editorial denouncing the Eulsa Treaty.
Jang Jun-ha
Jang Jun-ha (장준하, also romanized Chang Chun-ha; 1918–1975) was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and politician who founded the magazine Sasanggye and led resistance to the Park Chung-hee dictatorship.
Jang Keun-suk (장근석)
Jang Keun-suk (장근석, 張根碩), South Korean actor, singer, and model born 1987 in Danyang; child catalog model turned Hallyu star of You're Beautiful, The Happy Life, and Itaewon Homicide, nicknamed Prince of Asia.
Jang Ki-yong
Jang Ki-yong (장기용), born 1992 in Ulsan, is a South Korean actor and model under YG Entertainment. Known for Go Back Couple, My Roommate Is a Gumiho, and 2025 SBS Drama Awards wins; served in the Army 2021–2023.
Jang Mi Ran
Jang Mi Ran (장미란), born 1983, South Korean super-heavyweight weightlifter; Olympic gold 2008 (world records 140/186/326 kg), silver 2004, bronze 2012, four world titles, later sports minister.
Jang Min Hui
Jang Min Hui (장민희, also Jang Minhee), South Korean recurve archer born 1999 in Incheon. Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's team gold medalist, 2021 Yankton individual and team world champion, 2026 World Cup debut bronze.
Jang Min-ho
Jang Min-ho (장민호) is a South Korean trot singer who debuted in 1997 with idol group U-Bes and rose to fame on Mr. Trot in 2020.
Jang Na-ra (장나라)
Jang Na-ra (장나라, 張娜拉), born 1981 in Seoul, is a South Korean singer-turned-actress: 2002 'Sweet Dream' music daesangs, a 2004–2011 China career as 'tianhou', and the 2024 SBS Grand Prize for Good Partner.
Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love
Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love (장옥정, 사랑에 살다) is a 2013 SBS 24-episode fusion sageuk starring Kim Tae-hee and Yoo Ah-in, based on Choi Jung-Mi's novel, reimagining Jang Hui-bin as a Joseon fashion designer rather than a villain.
Jang Ri Ra
Jang Ri Ra (장리라), born 1969, is a South Korean handball goalkeeper who won gold with Korea at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, later serving as a Korea Handball Federation vice president.
Jang Seung-eop
Jang Seung-eop (장승업), known by his sobriquet Owon, was a Korean court painter of the late Joseon dynasty (1843–1897), one of the leading painters of the nineteenth century.
Jang Song-thaek (장성택)
Jang Song-thaek (장성택), North Korean official born 1946 in Chongjin, husband of Kim Jong Il's sister Kim Kyong-hui, vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission and de facto regent for Kim Jong Un, purged and executed December 2013.
Jang Sung Woo
Jang Sung Woo (장성우, 張誠祐), born 2002 in Daegu, is a South Korean short track speed skater for Korea University; 2020 Youth Olympic 1000 m champion and double gold medalist at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, distinct from the judoka Jang Sung-Ho.
Jang Taek-sang
Jang Taek-sang (장택상, pen name Changnang) was a South Korean politician who served as the first Foreign Minister and third Prime Minister, under Syngman Rhee in 1952.
Jang Won-young (장원영)
Jang Won-young (장원영), also Wonyoung, born 2004, South Korean singer under Starship Entertainment; IZ*ONE member via Produce 48 (2018), then IVE (2021) with ELEVEN, LOVE DIVE, After LIKE, I AM; known for the Sojang defamation lawsuit win.
Jang Wooyoung
Jang Wooyoung (장우영), born 1989, is a member of K-pop boy band 2PM (debut 2008, JYP Entertainment) and a solo singer since the 2012 EP 23, Male, Single; he returned in 2025 with Simple Dance and the mini album I'm into.
Jang Yeongsil-class submarine
The Jang Yeongsil-class submarine (장영실함) is a class of three 3,600-ton diesel-electric attack submarines for the Republic of Korea Navy, the second batch of the KSS-III program.
Jang Yong Ho
Jang Yong Ho (장용호, born 1976) is a South Korean recurve archer who won Olympic men's team gold at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, silver at Atlanta 1996, and set the 2,031-point team ranking round world record in 1996.
Jang Yoon-jeong
Jang Yoon-jeong (장윤정) is a South Korean trot singer who debuted in 1999 and led trot's 2000s revival with "Eomeona", later serving as a judge on the Miss Trot and Mr. Trot audition shows.
Jang-wook Choi
Jang-wook Choi (최장욱) is a South Korean battery and materials chemist, professor at Seoul National University, known for elastic and supramolecular binders that stabilize high-capacity battery electrodes.
Jang‐Joo Kim
Jang-Joo Kim (김장주) is a South Korean materials scientist who studies OLED efficiency, a Seoul National University professor from 2003 to 2020 and now emeritus professor.
Jang‐Sik Lee
Jang-Sik Lee (이장식) is a South Korean materials scientist and Mueunjae Chair Professor at POSTECH since 2019, known for charge-trap flash memory and ferroelectric synaptic devices for neuromorphic computing.
Jang‐Soo Chun
Jang-Soo Chun (전장수) is a South Korean biomedical scientist and professor at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, known for research on the molecular mechanisms of cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis.
Jang‐Ung Park
Jang-Ung Park (박장웅) is a South Korean materials scientist and professor at Yonsei University since 2018, known for smart contact lenses, stretchable transparent electrodes, and liquid-metal retinal implants.
Jangada
A jangada is a traditional sailing fishing raft of northeastern Brazil, built from buoyant logs with a single triangular sail, dominant in artisanal sea fishing for about four centuries.
Jaṅgal Gir
Jaṅgal Gir (जङ्गल गिर) is a fifteenth-century Dashanami renunciate of the Giri branch, credited by legend with discovering the Kali stone emblem later enshrined at Kalighat, Kolkata.