The Most Famous

COMPANIONS from South Korea

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This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 4 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 26th most number of Companions behind Japan, and Iran.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Companions of all time. This list of famous South Korean Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang (1659 - 1701)

With an HPI of 69.14, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang is the most famous South Korean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Royal Noble Consort Hui of the Indong Jang clan (Korean: 희빈 장씨; Hanja: 禧嬪 張氏; 3 November 1659 – 10 October 1701), personal name Jang Ok-jeong (장옥정; 張玉貞), was a consort of Sukjong of Joseon and the mother of King Gyeongjong. She was queen of Joseon from 1690 until her deposition in 1694.

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2. Queen Inhyeon (1667 - 1701)

With an HPI of 68.29, Queen Inhyeon is the 2nd most famous South Korean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Queen Inhyeon (Korean: 인현왕후; Hanja: 仁顯王后; 23 April 1667 – 14 August 1701), of the Yeoheung Min clan, was the second wife of King Sukjong, the 19th Joseon monarch. She was queen of Joseon from 1681 until her deposition in 1688, and from her reinstatement in 1694 until her death in 1701. She is one of the best known queens in Korean history and her life has been portrayed in many historical dramas.

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3. Queen Cheorin (1837 - 1878)

With an HPI of 66.26, Queen Cheorin is the 3rd most famous South Korean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Queen Cheorin (Korean: 철인왕후; Hanja: 哲仁王后; 27 April 1837 – 12 June 1878), of the Andong Kim clan, was queen consort of Joseon by marriage to King Cheoljong. She was known as Queen Dowager Myeongsun (명순대비) after the death of her husband and during King Gojong's reign. When King Gojong proclaimed the Korean Empire, the Queen was posthumously given the title of Cheorin, the Symbolic Empress (철인장황후; 哲仁章皇后).

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4. Kim Yoon-ok (b. 1947)

With an HPI of 55.33, Kim Yoon-ok is the 4th most famous South Korean Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Kim Yoon-ok (Korean: 김윤옥; Hanja: 金潤玉; born March 26, 1947) is a South Korean academic administrator who served as the First Lady of the South Korea from 2008 to 2013 as the wife of president Lee Myung-bak.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as South Korean companions born between 1659 and 1947. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South Korean companions include Kim Yoon-ok. The most famous deceased South Korean companions include Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Queen Inhyeon, and Queen Cheorin. As of April 2024, 4 new South Korean companions have been added to Pantheon including Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Queen Inhyeon, and Queen Cheorin.

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