Gunsan
Gunsan ranks 6,289th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huelva, Ufa Governorate, and County Antrim. Memorable people born in Gunsan include Ko Un, Lee Eun-ju, and Jeong Gyeong-mi. Gunsan has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers. Gunsan is located in South Korea.
Gunsan, also romanized as Kunsan, is a city in Jeonbuk State, South Korea. It is on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea. It has emerged as a high-tech manufacturing industrial city and an international trade seaport that is approximately 200 km (120 mi) southwest of Seoul on the midwest coast of the Korean Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1990, Gunsan was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Ko Un, Lee Eun-ju, and Jeong Gyeong-mi.
People Born in Gunsan
Go to all RankingsKo Un
WRITER
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1
Lee Eun-ju
ACTOR
1980 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 2
Jeong Gyeong-mi
WRESTLER
1985 - Present
HPI: 27.56
Rank: 3
Cha Woo-chan
ATHLETE
1987 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 4
Oh Ji-hwan
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 5
David Kenny
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 6
Lee Yong-kyu
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Newly Added People Born in Gunsan
Go to all RankingsCha Woo-chan
ATHLETE
1987 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 4
Oh Ji-hwan
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 5
David Kenny
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 6
Lee Yong-kyu
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gunsan were athletes (4), writers (1), actors (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gunsan, including Cha Woo-chan, Oh Ji-hwan, and Lee Yong-kyu. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gunsan, including Cha Woo-chan, Oh Ji-hwan, and David Kenny.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Gunsan since 1700.