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Jeong Ho Cho
Jeong Ho Cho (조정호) is a South Korean professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Yonsei University, known for printable ion-gel dielectrics and wafer-scale printed MoS2 transistor arrays.
Jeong Hwa Shin
Jeong Hwa Shin (Shin Jeong Hwa), South Korean cadet recurve archer who set four cadet women's world records (30m, 40m, 60m, 144-arrow FITA round) on 24 August 2011 at Legnica, Poland, plus a junior mixed team match record.
Jeong In (musician)
Jeong In (정인), born Choi Jung-in, is a South Korean R&B and soul vocalist who debuted in 2002 with Leessang and is known for 'Uphill Road' and 'I Hate You'.
Jeong In-ji
Jeong In-ji (정인지, 1396–1478) was a Korean civil official of early Joseon who rose to chief minister, wrote the preface to the Hunminjeongeum, and directed the Goryeosa.
Jeong Jae Eun
Jeong Jae Eun (정재은), also romanized Jung Jae-Eun, South Korean taekwondo athlete born 1980; won gold in women's featherweight -57kg at Sydney 2000, taekwondo's first Olympic Games as a medal sport, and the 1997 World Championships.
Jeong Jae Ung
Jeong Jae Ung (정재웅, also Chung Jae-Woong), born 1999 in Seoul, is a South Korean speed skater; three-medal 2016 Youth Olympian, 13th in the 2018 Olympic 1,000 m, junior world record holder, brother of Jeong Jae-Won.
Jeong Ji
Jeong Ji (정지, born Jeong Jun-je, 1347–1391) was a Goryeo naval commander who fought Japanese pirates and won the first cannon-armed sea battle at Gwan'eumpo in 1383.
Jeong Ji-yong
Jeong Ji-yong (정지용) was a leading Korean modernist poet of the Japanese colonial period, known for "Glass Window" and "Nostalgia"; he vanished during the Korean War in 1950.
Jeong Jung-bu
Jeong Jung-bu (정중부, 1106–1179) was a Goryeo general who led the 1170 military coup that deposed King Uijong, dominated Goryeo politics for about five years, and was killed in 1179 by the general Gyeong Dae-seung.
Jeong Junhee
Jeong Junhee (정준희), born 1971 in Seoul, is a South Korean media scholar and broadcast critic who studies public-service journalism and teaches at Hanyang University's ERICA campus.
Jeong Mong-ju
Jeong Mong-ju (정몽주), pen name Po-eun, was a Goryeo civil official and scholar, honored as the founder of Eastern Neo-Confucianism, who was assassinated at Seonjuk Bridge in Gaegyeong in 1392 by assassins of Yi Bang-won.
Jeong Mun-bu
Jeong Mun-bu (정문부, 1565–1624) was a mid-Joseon civil official and righteous-army commander who led about 3,000 volunteers to recapture Hamgyeong Province from Katō Kiyomasa's forces during the Imjin War.
Jeong Seon
Jeong Seon (정선, 1676–1759) was a Korean landscape painter of the late Joseon dynasty who took Korea's own mountains and towns as his subjects, creating true-view painting.
Jeong So Yeong
Jeong So Yeong (정소영, Chung So-Young, born 1967), South Korean badminton player; won women's doubles gold with Hwang Hye-Yeong at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and Asian Games medals in 1986, 1990, and 1994. Distinct from the boccia Paralympian of the same name.
Jeong Sook Ha
Jeong Sook Ha is a South Korean chemical and biological engineer, a professor at Korea University in Seoul known for stretchable micro-supercapacitors and wearable energy-storage devices.
Jeong Soon-won (정순원)
Jeong Soon-won (정순원, born 1987) is a South Korean film, TV, musical, and stage actor, active since 2006, known for detective Nam Il-young in Through the Darkness and Heo Joo-song in Connection.
Jeong Woo Han
Jeong Woo Han (한정우) is a South Korean computational catalysis researcher, professor of materials science and engineering at Seoul National University since 2023, known for perovskite exsolution.
Jeong Yak-jeon
Jeong Yak-jeon (정약전, 1758–1816) was a late Joseon civil official and Silhak scholar, elder brother of Jeong Yak-yong, exiled from 1801 to islands off Korea's southwest coast.
Jeong Yak-jong
Jeong Yak-jong (정약종) was a Korean Catholic lay leader who wrote the first Korean-language catechism in hangul, Jukyo yoji, led the Myeongdohoe, and was martyred in 1801.
Jeong Yak-yong
Jeong Yak-yong (정약용), pen name Dasan, was a leading Korean Silhak scholar-official who served King Jeongjo, designed Suwon Hwaseong fortress, and wrote major statecraft works in exile.
Jeong Yeo-rip
Jeong Yeo-rip (정여립, 1546–1589) was a Joseon civil official and thinker who organized the nationwide Daedonggye association and became the central figure of the 1589 treason investigation.
Jeong Yeo-rip's case (Gichuk oksa)
Jeong Yeo-rip's case, or Gichuk oks (기축사), was a Joseon treason investigation that began October 2, 1589, resulting in Jeong Yeo-rip's suicide and the execution or exile of 1,000 Easterners.
Jeong Young Park
Jeong Young Park (박정영) is a South Korean surface chemist and KAIST Endowed Chair Professor known for detecting hot electrons released during catalytic reactions on metal surfaces.
Jeong Yu-mi (정유미) (actress, born 1984)
Jeong Yu-mi (정유미), born in 1984 in Busan, is a South Korean actress who debuted in Silmido (2003) and won a 2018 MBC best actress award for Partners for Justice.
Jeong Yun-ho (정윤호)
Jeong Yun-ho (정윤호, 丁潤浩), stage name Yunho, born 1999 in Gwangju, is the main dancer and vocalist of KQ Entertainment's 8-member boy group ATEEZ, which debuted October 24, 2018.
Jeong‐Yun Sun
Jeong-Yun Sun (선정윤) is a South Korean materials scientist and professor at Seoul National University known for papers on tough hydrogels and stretchable, transparent ionic conductors.
Jeonggamnok
Jeonggamnok (정감록) is a Korean prophecy book, first recorded in 1739, foretelling the fall of the Joseon dynasty and its replacement by a new Jeong dynasty.
Jeonghan (윤정한)
Jeonghan (윤정한), real name Yoon Jeonghan, born 1995, is a South Korean singer, sub-vocalist of SEVENTEEN's vocal team under Pledis. First member of the group to finish mandatory service (June 2026); debuted in duo unit JEONGHAN×JOSHUA with DREAMSCAPE (2026).
Jeonghan X Wonwoo
Jeonghan X Wonwoo (정한X원우) is an official two-member unit of the South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN, formed of members Jeonghan and Wonwoo and debuted in 2024 with THIS MAN.
JEONGHYEON
JEONGHYEON (정현), real name Kim Jeong-hyun, is a South Korean future house and bass house DJ and producer who has played Ultra Japan and World DJ Festival.