Incheon
Incheon ranks 316th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tours, Turku, and Pasadena, California. Memorable people born in Incheon include Ku Hye-sun, So Ji-sub, and Park Eun-hye. Incheon has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors. Incheon is located in South Korea.
Incheon, formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City, is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. Today, 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
Between 1971 and 2001, Incheon was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Ku Hye-sun, So Ji-sub, and Park Eun-hye.
People Born in Incheon
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Ku Hye-sun
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 1
So Ji-sub
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 2
Park Eun-hye
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 3
Yun Hyon-seok
1984 - 2003
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 4
Choi Min-ho
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 5
Kim Nam-il
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 6
Lee Chun-soo
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 7
Yoo Seung-ho
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 8
Kim Ryeo-wook
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 9
Kang Hye-jung
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.10
Rank: 10
Ong Seong-wu
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 11
Cho Mi-yeon
1997 - Present
HPI: 35.80
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Incheon
Go to all RankingsOng Seong-wu
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 11
Nam Ji-hyun
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.40
Rank: 14
Kwon Nara
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 16
Jang Min-hee
1999 - Present
HPI: 19.35
Rank: 36
Most individuals born in present day Incheon were soccer players (13), actors (11), singers (6), athletes (4), and social activists (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Incheon, including Kim Nam-il, Lee Chun-soo, and Lee Keun-ho. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Incheon, including Kim Nam-il, Lee Chun-soo, and Lee Keun-ho.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Incheon since 1700.
