Incheon
Incheon ranks 308th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zaragoza, Trondheim, and Rijeka. The most famous people from Incheon are Yun Hyon-seok, Ku Hye-sun, and Choi Min-ho. Incheon has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Incheon is located in South Korea.
Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, about 3 million people live in the city, making it South Korea's third-most-populous city after Seoul and Busan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1962 and 2005, Incheon was the birth place of 60 globally memorable people, including Yun Hyon-seok, Ku Hye-sun, and Choi Min-ho.
People Born in Incheon
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Yun Hyon-seok
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1984 - 2003
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1
Ku Hye-sun
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 2
Choi Min-ho
ACTOR
1991 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 3
Park Eun-hye
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 4
Lee Chun-soo
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 5
Kang Hye-jung
ACTOR
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 6
Kim Hyo-yeon
SINGER
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 7
Kim Nam-il
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 8
Kim Young-kwang
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 9
Lee Kang-in
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 10
Lee Keun-ho
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11
Chun In-soo
ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Incheon
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ATHLETE
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 12
Jang Hee-jin
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 18
Han
MUSICIAN
2000 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 31
Lee David
ACTOR
1994 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 33
Peggy Gou
SINGER
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 34
Huh Gak
SINGER
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 37
Jeno
SINGER
2000 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 38
Moon Dae-sung
ATHLETE
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 44
Kim Nam-soon
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 45
Young Kim
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 48
Umji
SINGER
1998 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 49
Jang Dae-il
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 50
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Incheon were soccer players (17), actors (15), singers (13), athletes (9), and social activists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Incheon, including Lee Chun-soo, Kim Nam-il, and Lee Kang-in. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Incheon, including Lee Chun-soo, Kim Nam-il, and Lee Kang-in.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Incheon since 1700.
