The Most Famous
PUBLIC WORKERS from South Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Public Workers. The pantheon dataset contains 15 Public Workers, NaN of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 0th most number of Public Workers.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Public Workers of all time. This list of famous South Korean Public Workers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Jeong Eun-kyeong (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 45.09, Jeong Eun-kyeong is the most famous South Korean Public Worker. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Jeong Eun-kyeong (Korean: 정은경; born 9 July 1965) is a South Korean infectious disease and public health expert who has served as the minister of health and welfare since 2025. She previously held office as the first commissioner of KDCA, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, from 2020 to 2022. Jeong was previously the first woman to lead its preceding agency, KCDC, which history dates back to 1981.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as South Korean public workers born between 1965 and 1965. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South Korean public workers include Jeong Eun-kyeong. As of April 2024, 1 new South Korean public workers have been added to Pantheon including Jeong Eun-kyeong.
