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Pohang (kor)

South Korea

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Pohang ranks 1,678th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Holon, Whitechapel, and Vevey. Memorable people born in Pohang include Jeong Mong-ju, Song Ji-hyo, and Lee Dong-gook. Pohang has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Pohang is located in South Korea.

Pohang, formerly spelled Po-Hang, is the largest city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, with a population of 499,363 as of 2022, bordering the East Sea to the east, Yeongcheon to the west, Gyeongju to the south, and Cheongsong and Yeongdeok to the north. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1337 and 1999, Pohang was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Jeong Mong-ju, Song Ji-hyo, and Lee Dong-gook.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pohang were soccer players (5), politicians (1), actors (1), martial arts (1), and wrestlers (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pohang, including Lee Dong-gook, Oh Beom-seok, and Park Won-jae. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pohang, including Lee Dong-gook, Oh Beom-seok, and Park Won-jae.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Pohang since 1700.