Busan
Busan ranks 183rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Karlsruhe, Westminster, and Königsberg. Memorable people born in Busan include Kim Tu-bong, Charles J. Pedersen, and Heo Jeong. Busan has been the birth place of many actors and singers. Busan is located in South Korea.
Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants as of 2017. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1400 and 1997, Busan was the birth place of 57 globally memorable people, including Kim Tu-bong, Charles J. Pedersen, and Heo Jeong.
People Born in Busan
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Kim Tu-bong
1889 - 1958
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1
Charles J. Pedersen
1904 - 1989
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 2
Heo Jeong
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 3
Jang Yeong-sil
1400 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 4
Gong Yoo
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 5
Jungkook
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 6
Daniel Dae Kim
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 7
Kim Hae-sook
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 8
Lee Joon-gi
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 9
Sulli
1994 - 2019
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 10
Jang Hyuk
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 11
Kim Hye-soo
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Busan
Go to all RankingsKim Hae-sook
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 8
Kim Hye-soo
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 12
Jang Hye-jin
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 15
Moon So-ri
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 17
Gang Dong-won
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 18
Cho Jin-woong
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 19
Heo Sung-tae
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 22
Chae Jung-an
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 23
Kim Jung-hyun
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 25
Im Soo-hyang
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 30
Jeong Yu-mi
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 31
Park Si-yeon
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 34
Most individuals born in present day Busan were actors (34), singers (6), soccer players (4), politicians (3), and table tennis players (2), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Busan, including Gong Yoo, Daniel Dae Kim, and Kim Hae-sook. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Busan, including Gong Yoo, Daniel Dae Kim, and Kim Hae-sook.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Busan since 1700.
