The Most Famous
INVENTORS from South Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Inventors. The pantheon dataset contains 426 Inventors, 1 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 33rd most number of Inventors behind Taiwan, and Belarus.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Inventors of all time. This list of famous South Korean Inventors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jang Yeong-sil (b. 1400)
With an HPI of 63.28, Jang Yeong-sil is the most famous South Korean Inventor. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Jang Yeong-sil (Korean: 장영실; Hanja: 蔣英實; Korean pronunciation: [t͡ɕɐŋ jʌŋɕiɭ]; ? – after 1442) was a Korean mechanical engineer, scientist, and inventor during the Joseon dynasty. He was born to a mother who was a government-registered courtesan (관기; 官妓) and a father of Yuan dynasty descent. Although Jang was born a nobi, King Sejong gave him a court-technician position in the royal court. Jang's inventions, such as the Cheugugi (the rain gauge) and the water gauge, highlight the technological advancements of the Joseon dynasty.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as South Korean inventors born between 1400 and 1400. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased South Korean inventors include Jang Yeong-sil.
