List of personalities of the city of Busan
This is a list of famous people from Busan City . The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in the city. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Busan is irrelevant.
- Kim Kyu-sik (1881–1950), Korean politician and independence activist; Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
- Kim Du-bong (1886 – between 1957 and 1960?), North Korean politician
- Huh Jung (1896–1988), independence activist, politician and President of South Korea
- Charles Pedersen (1904–1989), American chemist at DuPont and Nobel Prize winner
- Halla Huhm (1922–1994), dancer and dance teacher
- Kwon Jae-hwa (* 1937), Taekwondo Grand Master
- Kim Jong-hae (* 1941), poet and publisher
- Shin Boo-young (* 1944), Taekwondo athlete and trainer
- Kim Sin Yong (* 1945), writer and poet
- Yung-Han Kim (* 1946), professor of theology and Presbyterian clergyman
- Park Yŏng-han (1947-2006), writer
- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), Korean-US writer, installation and performance artist
- Chung Mong-joon (* 1951), politician and football official
- Grace Yoon (* 1952), director, actress, performance artist, author of radio plays and radio features
- Kim Sung-jun (1953-1989), light flyweight boxer
- Jong Chan (born 1953), writer
- Kim Sang-hyun (born 1955), light welterweight boxer
- Joseph Son Sam-seok (* 1955), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Pusan
- Kim Hae-sook (born 1955), actress
- Cho Chikun (* 1956), Japanese go player
- Park Chan-hee (* 1957), flyweight boxer
- Kunsu Shim (* 1958), South Korean-German contemporary composer and performance artist
- Soo-Bong Kim (* 1960), elementary particle physicist
- Park Kwang Sung (* 1962), artist and painter
- Ahn Cheol-soo (* 1962), doctor, software developer and politician
- Chang Jung-koo (* 1963), light flyweight boxer
- Choi Jum-hwan (* 1963), half-fly and straw weight boxer
- Seongju Oh (* 1964), tenor, composer, conductor and poet
- Kim Dong-won (* 1965), percussionist and composer
- Kim Sohyi (* 1965), TV cook, author of cookbooks
- Park Gok-ji (* 1965), film editor
- Cho Sung-hyung (* 1966), German-Korean film director, film editor and professor
- Sejong Park (born 1966 or 1967), animator
- Kim Yoon-seok (* 1968), actor
- Daniel Dae Kim (* 1968), American actor
- Nahamm Kim (* 1969), German-South Korean Protestant theologian
- Hyun Jung-hwa (* 1969), table tennis player
- Kim Dong-sung (* 1970), illustrator
- Kim Hye-soo (born 1970), actress
- Mihamm Kim-Rauchholz (* 1971), German-South Korean Protestant theologian
- Kim Un-su (* 1972), author
- Kim Ŏn (* 1973), poet
- Eun-Hwa Cho (* 1973), musician, composer and university lecturer
- Sung Shi-yeon (* 1975), conductor
- Park Seong-cheol (* 1975), soccer player and coach
- Ryu Ji-hae (* 1976), table tennis player
- Cho Jin-woong (born 1976), actor
- Jang Hyuk (born 1976), actor
- Chae Jung-an (* 1977), actress and singer
- Chung Jae-hee (* 1978), badminton player
- Karen O (* 1978), American singer and musician
- Yeon Jung-hoon (born 1978), actor
- Song Chong-gug (born 1979), soccer player
- Park Si-yeon (born 1979), actress
- Gong Yoo (born 1979), actor
- Mona Solheim (* 1979), Norwegian Taekwondoin
- Nina Solheim (* 1979), Norwegian Taekwondoin
- Lee Hyo-jung (* 1981), badminton player
- Gang Dong-won (born 1981), actor
- Yeonju Sarah Kim (* 1981), church musician and organist
- Lee Joon Gi (born 1982), actor
- Jeong Yu-mi (born 1983), actress
- Heamin Choi (* 1984), automobile racing driver
- Jeong Yu-mi (* 1984), actress
- Soo Yeon Lee (* 1984), table tennis player, actress and table tennis trainer
- Park Sun-young (* 1985), badminton player
- Ahn Jae-hong (* 1986), actor
- Moon Sung-min (* 1986), volleyball player
- Jung Eun-chae (* 1986), actress
- Park Eun-sun (* 1986), soccer player
- Ha Jung-eun (* 1987), badminton player
- Jung Hye-lim (* 1987), hurdler
- Kim Ji-yeon (* 1988), saber fencer and Olympic champion
- Cho Jun-ho (* 1988), judoka
- Dasol Kim (* 1989), pianist
- Hyomin (* 1989), singer and actress
- Im Su-hyang (* 1990), actress
- Jeong Suk-young (* 1993), tennis player
- Nam Ji-sung (* 1993), tennis player
- Park Jung-bin (* 1994), soccer player
- Sulli (1994–2019), singer and actress
- Jang Su-jeong (* 1995), tennis player
- Park Jimin (born 1995), singer
- Jeon Jungkook (born 1997), singer
- Lee Suji (* 1998), singer
- Kim Magnus (* 1998), cross-country skier
Honorary citizen
Since 1966, a total of 249 people, 139 Koreans and 110 foreign citizens (as of 2019) have received honorary citizenship of the city of Busan.
- 1991: Yıldırım Akbulut (* 1935), Turkish politician
- 1997: Charles Hard Townes (1915–2015), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2000: Shin Kyuk-ho (1921–2020), Japanese-South Korean entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Lotte
- 2003: Chung Mong-gyu (* 1961), entrepreneur and President of the Korea Football Association
- 2003: Guus Hiddink (* 1946), Dutch football player and coach
- 2005: Ole von Beust (* 1955), German politician
- 2010: Abdullah Gül (* 1950), Turkish politician
- 2011: Wolf D. Prix (* 1942), Austrian architect
- 2013: Tom Cruise (* 1962), American actor and film producer
- 2013: Hamadoun Touré , Malian journalist and politician, President of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- 2014: Houlin Zhao (* 1950), Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- 2015: Juan Orlando Hernández (* 1968), Honduran lawyer and politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary Citizenship , website of the City of Busan (English)
- ↑ Ole von Beust is now an honorary citizen of Busan , October 7, 2005, Hamburger Abendblatt