The Most Famous
PHILOSOPHERS from North Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest North Korean Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,081 Philosophers, 1 of which were born in North Korea. This makes North Korea the birth place of the 66th most number of Philosophers behind Uzbekistan and Morocco.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary North Korean Philosophers of all time. This list of famous North Korean Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Hwang Jini (1506 - 1544)
With an HPI of 62.91, Hwang Jini is the most famous North Korean Philosopher. Her biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Hwang Jini or Hwang Jin-yi (Korean: 황진이; 1506–1567), also known by her kisaeng name Myeongwol ("bright moon", 명월), was one of the most famous kisaeng of the Joseon period. She lived during the reign of King Jungjong. She was noted for her exceptional beauty, charming quick wit, extraordinary intellect, and her assertive and independent nature. She has become an almost myth-like figure in modern Korea, inspiring novels, operas, films, and television series. A crater on Venus, Hwangcini, is named after her.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as philosophers born between 1506 and 1506. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased philosophers include Hwang Jini.
