Sejong the Great (May 6 1397 - May 18 1450, r. 1418 - 1450) was the fourth king of the Choson Dynasty of Korea. He is best remembered for creating the native Korean alphabet Hangul, despite strong opposition from the scholars educated in hanja (Chinese script). Sejong is one of only two Korean rulers posthumously honored with the appellation "the Great," the other being Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo.

Rain (Real name: Jung Ji-Hoon, born on 25 June 1982 in Seoul) is a male Korean R&B and pop singer. He has become well-known throughout East and Southeast Asia-- including Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam and Thailand. In April 2006, he was mentioned in the "Time" magazine website article that named the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World." In 2007, Rain topped Time Magazine's online user poll, …

Se7en (Korean: 세븐, born Choi Dong-Wook, Hangeul: 최동욱, Hanja: 崔東昱, November 9, 1984) is a South Korean R&B singer. He began training under a management agency YG Entertainment at the age of 15. After 4 years of training in voice and dance, he made his debut in 2003 and became successful throughout Asia. He has released a total of 5 albums (4 Korean, 1 Japanese) and various singles.

Ahn Sung-ki is known to the public as the "National Best Actor of Korea". He was born in Daegu and was grown up as a child actor. Starting from the 1980s, he participated in nearly 100 movies. He was a graduate of the Vietnamese department of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and he can speak several foreign tongues. Therefore, he was appointed by the UNICEF as representatives and you can always see his advertisements if you take a plane travelling to Korea.

Seongcheol is the dharma name of a Korean Seon (Hangul: 선, Hanja: 禪) Master (Zen Master). He was a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, being responsible for significant changes to it from the 1950s to 1990s. Seongcheol Seon Master was widely recognized in Korea as having been a living Buddha, due to his extremely ascetic lifestyle, the duration and manner of his meditation training, his central role in reforming Korean Buddhism in the post-World War II era, …

Dae Hyeonseok (Hangul:대현석, Hanja:大玄錫), otherwise known as King Gyeong, was the king of Balhae kingdom from 871 to 895.

Heo Jun was a court physician during the reign of King Seonjo of Joseon Dynasty in Korea. He was appointed as a court physician at the age of 29. He wrote a number of medical texts, but his most significant achievement is "Dongui bogam", which is often noted as the defining text of Traditional Korean medicine. The work spread to China and Japan, where it is still regarded as one of the classics of Oriental medicine today.

Yunjin Kim (Hangul: 김윤진, Hanja: 金允珍, RR: "Gim Yun-jin", M-R: "Kim Yun-chin", born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American film and theatre actress, best known outside South Korea for her role as Sun Kwon on ABC television series Lost.

Sohn Kee-Chung (Japanese: ソン・ギジョン (Son Kitei); August 29, 1912 - November 15, 2002) became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian when he won the gold medal in the Marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation, under the name of "Son Kitei", which is the Japanese pronunciation of the hanja making up his name.

Seong Sammun was a scholar-official of early Joseon who rose to prominence in the court of King Sejong the Great (ruled 1418 - 1450). He was executed after being implicated in a plot to dethrone King Sejo (r. 1455 - 1468) and restore his predecessor King Danjong (r. 1452 - 1455), and is known as one of the "sayuksin" (사육신, the six martyred ministers) with reference to this plot. Seong Sammun was born in Hongseong (then Hongju), …

Biyu of Baekje (?-455, r. 427-455) was the 20th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to the "Samguk Sagi", he was the eldest son of the 19th king Guisin. The traditional dates of Biyu's rule are based on the "Samguk Sagi". On the basis of more contemporaneous Chinese records, Best (1979) has suggested that the years 428 or 429-455 are more plausible.

Choe-U (?-1249) (Hangul : 최우 Hanja : 崔瑀) was the second Choe dictator of the Ubong Choe Military regime. He himself went out on the battlefield to lead in fighting off the Mongol invasions. Then he realized that the government was no longer safe at the capital city of Kaesong, and so he forced the king and his officials to flee to Kanghwa island. He took some of his armies and went to Kanghwa island with them.

Kim Yu-Na (born September 5, 1990 in Gunpo, South Korea), is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2007 World bronze medalist, 2006 World Junior Champion, 2006 Grand Prix Final Champion and a four-time South Korean national champion.

Mu Pai Nai was a Manchu leader who invaded the north of Joseon, but was defeated by Yi Sun Shin and his army in 1583. Right after his capture, he was executed by Yi Sun Shin. Despite his real name, the Koreans still refer to him as a Jurchen (Hangul: 여진족 Hanja:女眞族).

Romi Paku (Korean: 박로미, Hanja: 朴璐美, Japanese romaji: "Paku Romi", January 22, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress who was born in Edogawa, Tokyo, graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and studied abroad in South Korea. She is of Zainichi Korean descent.

Buyeo Yung (615-682) was one of the sons of King Uija, the last king of Baekje. He was appointed as heir to the throne in 644, and would have been the kingdom's 32nd ruler. After his father was overthrown by an alliance of Silla and the Chinese Tang Dynasty in 660, Buyeo Yung was sent into exile at the Tang capital Luoyang, along with his father. After the defeat of the Baekje restoration movement led by Boksin and Dochim at the Battle of Baekgang, …

Nulji (reigned 417-458) was the nineteenth king ("maripgan") of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the son of King Naemul and Lady Boban, who was the daughter of King Michu. Nulji married the daughter of King Silseong of Silla, who nonetheless exiled Nulji's younger brothers as hostages to Goguryeo of northern Korea and Wa of Japan. Silseong also plotted to have Nulji killed, but with Goguryeo aid, Nulji was able to kill Silseong in 417, …

Chunghye of Goryeo (1315-1344, r. 1330-1331, 1340-1344) was the 28th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was remembered in the "Goryeosa" for his licentious lifestyle, particularly his habit of abducting, raping, and killing women. Chunghye was the son of King Chungsuk and Queen Myeongdeok, a Hong. He is sometimes known by his Mongolian name, which is rendered in hanja as Botapsilli. Chunghye travelled to Yuan Dynasty China in 1328.

Yoichi Sai (崔洋一 Japanese: "Sai Yōichi", Korean: Choi Yang-il (Hangul: 최양일, Hanja: 崔洋一, Revised Romanization: "Choe Yang-il", McCune-Reischauer: "Ch'oe Yang-il"), born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) is an ethnic-Korean Japanese film director. His 2004 film "Chi to hone" won four Japanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Chungmok of Goryeo (1337-1348, r. 1344-1348) was the 29th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Chunghye, and his mother was Princess Deongnyeong. Chungmok bore the title "wang", which means "king" but also signified Goryeo's submission to the Yuan Dynasty emperor. Chungmok is known in some records by his Mongolian name, which is rendered in hanja as Palsamanaeisa.

Hirofumi Arai (Japanese: 新井浩文, Korean: 박경식, Hanja: 朴慶植, January 18, 1979) is a Korean Japanese actor who was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.

Lee Kyoo Hwa (hangul:이규화, hanja:李圭化) is a Korean voice actor. He joined the Korean Broadcasting System's voice acting division in 1982. The Lee Kyoo Hwa is before popular very replaced voice cast in the Korea TV edition of "The X-Files", replacing David Duchovny. Lee Kyoo Hwa's have a Korea TV edition voice act replacing present by David Duchovny, John Travolta and Andy Garcia. and with family holding voice actor by Seo Hye Jeong

Johanna Rika Hermanna (Hanja) Maij-Weggen (born December 29, 1943) is a Dutch politician and currently the Queen's Commissioner of the province of North Brabant. From 1989 until 1994 she was minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers.

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Katya Berger (b. Munich, 1964) (sometimes credited as Katia or Katja) is the name of a German-born film actress (not to be confused with writer Katya Berger Andreadakis, the daughter of art critic John Berger). She is the daughter of veteran spaghetti western actor William Berger and Croatian songstress Hanja Kochansky. Her brother is child actor Kasimir Berger, and she is half-sister to actress Debra Berger.