1952 - Today
Lee Soo-man (Korean: 이수만; Hanja: 李秀滿, born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of the pioneers of the Korean Wave. Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Soo-man has received more than 1,358,411 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lee Soo-man is the 349th most popular musician (up from 400th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from South Korea (up from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Musician.
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Among musicians, Lee Soo-man ranks 349 out of 2,662. Before him are Cliff Williams, Burt Bacharach, Grigory Sokolov, Ginger Baker, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. After him are Bo Diddley, Liberace, Florian Schneider, Farid al-Atrash, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Domenico Alberti.
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 343
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 344
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 345
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 346
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 347
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 348
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 349
1928 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 350
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 351
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 352
1910 - 1974
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 353
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 354
1710 - 1746
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 355
Among people born in 1952, Lee Soo-man ranks 81. Before him are Raymond Domenech, George Strait, Nicko McBrain, Joe Strummer, Álvaro Uribe, and Mandy Patinkin. After him are Udo Dirkschneider, Christine Baranski, Graham Greene, Alain Giresse, Eric Adams, and Ryū Murakami.
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 75
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 76
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 77
1952 - 2002
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 78
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 79
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 80
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 81
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 82
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 83
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 84
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 85
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 86
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 87
Among people born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 81 out of 944. Before him are Soh Jaipil (1864), Cha Bum-kun (1953), Song Hye-rim (1937), Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Heo Jeong (1896), and Jang Yeong-sil (1400). After him are Ko Un (1933), Won Gyun (1540), Gong Yoo (1979), Ye Wanyong (1858), Park Chan-wook (1963), and Bong Joon-ho (1969).
1864 - 1951
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 75
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 76
1937 - 2002
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 77
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 78
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 79
1400 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 80
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 81
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 82
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 83
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 84
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 85
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 86
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 87
Among musicians born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 2. Before him are Nam June Paik (1932). After him are Myung-whun Chung (1953), Kyung Wha Chung (1948), Yiruma (1978), Suga (1993), Yang Hyun-suk (1970), Unsuk Chin (1961), Bang Chan (1997), Jung Yong-hwa (1989), Eun Ji-won (1978), and Zico (1992).
1932 - 2006
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 3
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 4
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 8
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 9
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 12