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Kim Je Deok
Kim Je Deok (김제덕), born 2004, South Korean recurve archer; three Olympic golds in team events at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, plus world and Asian Games team titles.
Kim Jee-woon (김지운)
Kim Jee-woon (김지운, born 1964) is a South Korean film director known for genre-hopping from The Quiet Family and A Tale of Two Sisters to The Age of Shadows, the first Korean director of a Hollywood feature, and Apple TV+'s Dr. Brain.
Kim Jeong Hwan
Kim Jeong Hwan, born 1983, is a retired South Korean sabre fencer who won four Olympic medals, including team gold at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.
Kim Jeong-ho
Kim Jeong-ho (김정호), pen name Gosanja, was a geographer and cartographer of late Joseon Korea, active from about 1804 to 1866, who compiled the Cheonggudo, Dongyeodo, and Daedong yeojido.
Kim Jeong-hoon (김정훈)
Kim Jeong-hoon (김정훈), born 1980 in Jinju, is a South Korean singer-actor who debuted in 2000 in the duo UN ('Voice Mail'), then went solo in Japan as John-Hoon with '5 Stella Lights' and starred in Princess Hours.
Kim Jeong-hui
Kim Jeong-hui (김정희), pen name Chusa, was a Korean scholar-official, calligrapher, and epigrapher of the late Joseon dynasty, 1786 to 1856, who created the Chusache calligraphic style and the National Treasure painting Sehando.
Kim Ji Yeon
Kim Ji Yeon (김지연, born 1988, Seoul) is a South Korean sabre fencer; 2012 Olympic individual sabre champion, 2020 team bronze medalist, and multiple world and Asian Games team medalist.
Kim Ji-eun
Kim Ji-eun (김지은), born 1993, South Korean actress; lead roles in The Veil (2021 MBC Best New Actress), One Dollar Lawyer (2022 SBS Excellent Actress), Love Next Door; Namoo Actors since November 2024; distinct from the 1991-born namesake actress.
Kim Ji-ha
Kim Ji-ha (김지하; born Kim Yeong-il, 1941–2022) was a South Korean poet and democracy activist whose 1970 satirical poem "Five Bandits" made him a leading opponent of the Park Chung-hee dictatorship.
Kim Ji-hoo
Kim Ji-hoo (김지후, 1985–2008), South Korean male actor and fashion model; debuted 2007, appeared on Star King, came out on tvN's Coming Out in 2008; distinct from actress Kim Ji-ho (b. 1974).
Kim Ji-seok (actor)
Kim Ji-seok (김지석, 金知碩; born 1981, real name Kim Bo-seok) is a South Korean actor who debuted in 2001 with the group Rio, won the 2007 KBS rookie award, and played King Yeonsan in Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People (2017).
Kim Jin-woo (김진우) (musician)
Kim Jin-woo (김진우), stage name Jinu/JINU, born 1991, is the eldest vocalist of YG's boy group WINNER, a 2013 WIN: Who Is Next winner, and a 2019 soloist with JINU's HEYDAY; distinct from the baseball player and the KPop Demon Hunters character of the same name.
Kim Jip
Kim Jip (金集) was a Joseon Confucian scholar and official, born in 1574 and died in 1656, who completed Korean ritual studies with his father Kim Jangsaeng.
Kim Jo Sun
Kim Jo Sun (김조순, born 1975), South Korean recurve archer; won women's team gold at Atlanta 1996 with a 1,984-point world-record ranking round, placed 6th individually, and won world and Asian Games titles.
Kim Jones (designer)
Kim Jones (born 1979, London) is a British fashion designer, Central Saint Martins graduate, and former men's artistic director at Louis Vuitton (2011–2018), Dior Men (2018–2025), and Fendi womenswear/couture (2020–2024), known for the 2017 Supreme collaboration and streetwear-tailoring fusion.
Kim Jong Hyeon (music)
Kim Jong Hyeon (김종현), formerly known as JR, is a South Korean singer and actor who debuted in 2012 as leader of the boy group NU'EST.
Kim Jong Il (김정일)
Kim Jong Il (김정일), second supreme leader of North Korea 1994–2011, son of Kim Il Sung and father of Kim Jong Un; formalized songun military-first rule, expanded the National Defense Commission, and led through the 1990s famine.
Kim Jong Suk (김정숙)
Kim Jong Suk (김정숙), first wife of Kim Il Sung and mother of Kim Jong Il, was an anti-Japanese guerrilla who died in 1949; North Korea built her personality cult from the late 1970s as Mother of Revolution.
Kim Jong Un (김정은)
Kim Jong Un (김정은) is North Korea's supreme leader, third of the Kim dynasty, who succeeded his father Kim Jong-il in December 2011. Known for the byungjin parallel nuclear-and-economy policy, purges of elites including Jang Song-thaek, and a UN-documented record of intensified repression since 2020.
Kim Jong-gil
Kim Jong-gil, born Kim Chi-gyu (1926 – 1 April 2017), was a South Korean poet, translator, and English literature scholar best known for the poem "Seongtanje" and his English translations of Korean poetry.
Kim Jong-jik
Kim Jong-jik (김종직, 金宗直, 1431–1492) was a Joseon Korean civil official, scholar, and writer who founded the Sarim literati; six years after his death his corpse was beheaded in the 1498 Muo sahwa purge.
Kim Jong-kook (김종국)
Kim Jong-kook (김종국) is a South Korean singer who led the 1990s dance duo Turbo before a solo ballad career and a regular role on Running Man.
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
Kim Jong-min (김종민, born 1979) is a South Korean singer and variety personality, rapper-dancer of co-ed group Koyote since 2000 and an original 1 Night 2 Days cast member; KBS Entertainment Awards 2011 and 2016, married April 2025.
Kim Jong-nam (김정남)
Kim Jong-nam (김정남, 1971–2017), eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Song Hye-rim, was heir apparent until a 2001 fake-passport incident at Narita led to exile in Macau; he criticized third-generation succession and was assassinated with VX in Malaysia in 2017.
Kim Jong-seo
Kim Jong-seo (김종서, 金宗瑞) was a Joseon civil official who established the six forts on the Tumen River and was killed in the 1453 coup.
Kim Joo-hee
Kim Joo-hee (김주희, born 1974 in Daegu) is a South Korean biotech entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the drug-delivery company Inventage Lab, listed on KOSDAQ in 2022.
Kim Joo-hun
Kim Joo-hun is a South Korean actor who began in theater and became known for supporting roles in Designated Survivor: 60 Days, Dr. Romantic 2, and Big Mouth.
Kim Joo-hyuk
Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017) was a South Korean actor, son of actor Kim Mu-saeng, known for My Wife Got Married, The Servant, and 2 Days & 1 Night.
Kim Joon
Kim Joon (김준) is a South Korean actor-singer from Gwacheon who debuted in T-Max and played F4's Song Woo-bin in Boys Over Flowers (2009); distinct from the child actor born 2014, Kim Joon-han, and Kim Joon-Hyun.
Kim Ju-won
Kim Ju-won (김주원) was a jingol aristocrat of Unified Silla who served as chief minister, lost the 785 succession to King Wonseong, and withdrew to Myeongju.