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Park Yeon-mi

1993 - Today

Park Yeon-mi

Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born October 4, 1993) is a North Korean defector, author, and American conservative activist, described as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United States. Park made her media debut in 2011 on the show Now On My Way to Meet You, where she was dubbed "Paris Hilton" due to her stories of her family's wealthy lifestyle. She came to wider global attention after her speech at the 2014 One Young World Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Park Yeon-mi is the 7,105th most popular writer, the 141st most popular biography from North Korea and the 5th most popular North Korean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Park Yeon-mi ranks 7,105 out of 7,302. Before her are Sophie Dahl, Laura Gallego García, Rebecca Walker, Simon Kuper, Inna Shevchenko, and Mark Ravenhill. After her are Elizabeth Hand, Tom Holland, Amma Darko, Diablo Cody, Krisztina Tóth, and Kamila Shamsie.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Sophie Dahl
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 7,099
Laura Gallego García
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 7,100
Rebecca Walker
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 7,101
Simon Kuper
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 7,102
Inna Shevchenko
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 7,103
Mark Ravenhill
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 7,104
Park Yeon-mi
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 7,105
Elizabeth Hand
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 7,106
Tom Holland
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 7,107
Amma Darko
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 7,108
Diablo Cody
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 7,109
Krisztina Tóth
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 7,110
Kamila Shamsie
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 7,111

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Park Yeon-mi ranks 365. Before her are Simen Hegstad Krüger, Alfred Duncan, Jairo Morillas, Emma Meesseman, Anouska Koster, and Richmond Boakye. After her are Abdoulaye Doucouré, Dariya Derkach, Roberto Carballés Baena, Marcel Tisserand, Adam Maher, and Filip Zubčić.

Others Born in 1993

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Simen Hegstad Krüger
SKIER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 359
Alfred Duncan
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 360
Jairo Morillas
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 361
Emma Meesseman
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 362
Anouska Koster
CYCLIST
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 363
Richmond Boakye
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 364
Park Yeon-mi
WRITER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 365
Abdoulaye Doucouré
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 366
Dariya Derkach
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 367
Roberto Carballés Baena
TENNIS PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 368
Marcel Tisserand
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 369
Adam Maher
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 370
Filip Zubčić
SKIER
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 371