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Heo Gyun

1569 - 1618

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Hŏ Kyun (Korean: 허균; Hanja: 許筠; 3 November 1569 – 12 October 1618) was a Korean novelist, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was also known by his art names, Kyosan (교산) and Sŏngso (성소). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heo Gyun is the 10,478th most popular politician (down from 9,557th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heo Gyun ranks 10,478 out of 19,576Before him are Elizabeth Warren, Adolf Wagner, Tommy Lapid, Farrokhroo Parsa, Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover. After him are Tini Beg, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Joseph B. Foraker, Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, and Abdalonymus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Heo Gyun ranks 12Before him are Yodo-dono, Frans Pourbus the Younger, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis. After him are Antonio Marcello Barberini, Jan Piotr Sapieha, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Emilia Lanier, and Geoffrey Keating. Among people deceased in 1618, Heo Gyun ranks 11Before him are Powhatan, Anna of Tyrol, Petrus Gonsalvus, Philip William, Prince of Orange, John, Duke of Östergötland, and Marie of the Incarnation. After him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Giovanni Bembo, Nicolò Donato, and Gerbrand Bredero.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Heo Gyun ranks 156 out of 1,128Before him are Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Song Kang-ho (1967), RM (1994), Kim Jee-woon (1964), and Na Hye-sok (1896). After him are Jim Yong Kim (1959), Jimin (1995), Chung Sye-kyun (1950), Lee Beom-seok (1900), Lee Joon-gi (1982), and Choi Eun-hee (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Heo Gyun ranks 73Before him are Kim Seong-su (1891), Pak Song-chol (1913), Bak Jungyang (1872), Beopheung of Silla (500), Ye Wanyong (1858), and Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886). After him are Chung Sye-kyun (1950), Lee Beom-seok (1900), Yi San-hae (1539), Kim Hwang-sik (1948), Park Won-soon (1956), and Yi Gwang-sik (1493).