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Kim Hye-yoon
Kim Hye-yoon (김혜윤, born 1996) is a South Korean actress who rose from bit roles to fame as Kang Ye-seo in SKY Castle, won film Best New Actress awards for The Girl on a Bulldozer, and starred in Lovely Runner (2024).
Kim Hye-yoon filmography
Kim Hye-yoon (김혜윤), South Korean actress born 1996; filmography spans Samsaengi (2013) debut, SKY Castle, The Girl on a Bulldozer, Ditto, and Lovely Runner (2024), with Daejong and Blue Dragon new-actress awards.
Kim Hyeon Mi
Kim Hyeon Mi (김현미, Kim Hyun-Mee), born 1967, South Korean handball player who won gold with Republic of Korea in the women's handball tournament at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, her only Games.
Kim Hyeon Su
Kim Hyeon Su (김현수, 金賢洙) names several South Korean athletes, chiefly a baseball outfielder born 1988 in Seoul, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, three-time Asian Games champion, and ex-Orioles/Phillies player; also a KIA Tigers pitcher born 2000.
Kim Hyeon U
Kim Hyeon U (김현우, Kim Hyeon-Woo), born 1988, South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler; 2012 London Olympic 66kg gold, 2013 world 74kg champion over Vlasov, 2016 Rio bronze.
Kim Hyesoon
Kim Hyesoon (김혜순, born 1955) is a South Korean poet known for shamanic, feminist, formally experimental poetry. Her Autobiography of Death won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize, the first won by a Korean poet.
Kim Hyo-jin (김효진)
Kim Hyo-jin (김효진), South Korean actress born 1984 in Seoul; model debut 1999, screen debut The Millennium Fox (2003), known for The Taste of Money (Cannes 2012), Private Lives, married to Yoo Ji-tae.
Kim Hyong-jik (김형직)
Kim Hyong Jik (김형직, 金亨稷), 1894-1926, Korean teacher and independence activist, father of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung; joined the secret Korean National Association in 1917, was imprisoned by Japanese police, exiled to Manchuria as an herbalist, and posthumously glorified by the DPRK state.
Kim Hyun-joo (김현주)
Kim Hyun-joo (김현주), born 1977, is a South Korean actress who starred in Glass Slippers and the Netflix series Hellbound, and has worked with director Yeon Sang-ho on five projects.
Kim Hyun-joong (김현중)
Kim Hyun-joong (김현중), born 1986 in Seoul, is a South Korean singer and actor, leader of SS501 (debuted 2005), star of Boys Over Flowers and Playful Kiss, and solo artist behind Break Down and the Japanese hit Kiss Kiss/Lucky Guy.
Kim Hyun-soo (김현수) (actress)
Kim Hyun-soo (김현수, born 2000) is a South Korean actress, distinct from the older actress Kim Hye-soo. She debuted in Silenced (2011), played young leads in My Love From the Star and Bridal Mask, and is best known as Bae Ro-na in The Penthouse: War in Life (2020-2021), winning Best Youth Actress at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards.
Kim Hyun-tae
Kim Hyun-tae (김현태, born 1976) is a South Korean executive who is co-CEO and largest shareholder of Voronoi, an AI-driven precision-oncology biotech in Songdo, Incheon.
Kim Hyung-tae (김형태) (entrepreneur)
Kim Hyung-tae (김형태), South Korean game developer, founder and CEO of SHIFT UP; former SOFTMAX team lead and NCSOFT art director on Blade & Soul; creator of Destiny Child, NIKKE, and Stellar Blade.
Kim Ik-sang
Kim Ik-sang (김익상, 1895–1941) was a Korean independence activist and member of the Uiyeoldan who bombed the Japanese Governor-General of Korea's office in Seoul in 1921.
Kim Il Ong
Kim Il Ong (김일), born 1971, North Korean freestyle wrestler; won Olympic light-flyweight (48 kg) gold at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, first PRK athlete with back-to-back Olympic titles; 1991 world silver; later wrestling official.
Kim Il Sung (김일성)
Kim Il Sung (김일성, born Kim Song-ju, 1912–1994), founder and supreme leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994; Manchurian anti-Japanese guerrilla, Soviet-installed premier and president, creator of juche and the Kim dynasty.
Kim Il Sung Stadium
Kim Il Sung Stadium (김일성경기장), Pyongyang's central multi-purpose stadium at Moran Hill, opened 1926 as Girimri Stadium, renamed 1982; football and Pyongyang Marathon venue, official capacity 100,000, about 50,000 after 2016 renovation.
Kim Il-doo
Kim Il-doo is a South Korean materials scientist, Endowed Chair Professor at KAIST, known for exhaled-breath sensors and electrospun nanofibers that protect lithium metal battery anodes.
Kim In-mun
Kim In-mun (김인문), 629 to 694, was a Silla royal prince, general, and diplomat who spent about 22 years in Tang China and led Silla forces in the campaigns that destroyed Baekje and Goguryeo.
Kim Ja-jeom
Kim Ja-jeom (김자점, 1588–1651) was a Joseon dynasty civil official who co-led the 1623 coup that deposed Gwanghaegun, rose to Chief State Councillor, and was executed for treason in 1651.
Kim Jackson (Georgia politician)
Kim Jackson is an American politician and Episcopal priest who serves as a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from District 41, representing parts of DeKalb County.
Kim Jackson (investor)
Kim Jackson is an Australian investor who co-founded Skip Capital, the Sydney family office of Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar, in 2017, investing in technology start-ups and infrastructure.
Kim Jae Beom
Kim Jae Beom, also romanized Kim Jae-Bum, is a South Korean judoka who took half-middleweight silver at Beijing 2008 and gold at London 2012, beating Ole Bischof in both finals.
Kim Jae-gyu (김재규)
Kim Jae-gyu (김재규; 金載圭, 1926–1980), South Korean KCIA director and retired lieutenant general who assassinated President Park Chung-hee and Cha Ji-cheol on October 26, 1979, ending the Yushin dictatorship, and was executed in May 1980.
Kim Jae-joong (김재중)
Kim Jae-joong (김재중, born 1986), also known as Hero Jaejoong (영웅재중), is a South Korean singer, actor, and iNKODE founder who debuted in TVXQ in 2003, formed JYJ in 2010, went solo in 2013, and now produces SAY MY NAME and KEYVITUP.
Kim Jae-kyung
Kim Jae-kyung (김재경), born 1988 in Seoul, is a South Korean actress and former leader of the girl group Rainbow; she won MBC (2018) and SBS (2022) supporting-actress awards and married a non-celebrity in 2024.
Kim Jae-wook (김재욱)
Kim Jae-wook (김재욱, born 1983) is a South Korean actor and former model who debuted in 2002, broke out in Coffee Prince (2007), and is known for villain roles such as Mo Tae-goo in Voice (2017) and leads in Her Private Life and Crazy Love.
Kim Jaewon (김재원)
Kim Jaewon (김재원, born 1981) is the South Korean actor who broke out as lead of MBC's 2002 Romance, starred in Can You Hear My Heart and May Queen, won MBC and SBS drama awards, and whose last listed credit is God's Quiz: Reboot (2018); distinct from the 2001-born Mystic Story namesake.
Kim Jang Mi
Kim Jang Mi (김장미), South Korean pistol shooter born 1992 in Incheon; 2012 London Olympic gold in women's 25 m pistol and 2010 Youth Olympic gold in 10 m air pistol; also 2022 world champion.
Kim Jang-saeng
Kim Jang-saeng (pen name Sagye, 1548–1631) was a mid-Joseon dynasty Korean scholar-official and ritual theorist, a central figure in establishing Joseon ritual studies whose disciples included Song Si-yeol.