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Present Day

Gwangju (kor)

South Korea

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Gwangju ranks 635th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paraguay, Plymouth, and Volgograd. Memorable people born in Gwangju include Han Kang, Yi So-yeon, and Seungri. Gwangju has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes. Gwangju is located in South Korea.

Gwangju, formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla Province. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1967 and 2001, Gwangju was the birth place of 25 globally memorable people, including Han Kang, Yi So-yeon, and Seungri.

People Born in Gwangju

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gwangju were actors (7), athletes (6), singers (3), soccer players (3), and writers (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gwangju, including Goo Hara, Moon Geun-young, and Han Ji-hye. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gwangju, including Goo Hara, Moon Geun-young, and Han Ji-hye.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Gwangju since 1700.