28 Notable alumni of
Hongik University

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Hongik University is 801st in the world, 164th in Asia, and 16th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from Hongik University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Gray

    Gray
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    singercomposerrecord producer
    Biography

    Lee Seong-hwa, better known by his stage name Gray (Hangul: 그레이; stylized as GRAY), is a South Korean rapper, singer and record producer. In 2012, he released his debut single "Blink" (Korean: 깜빡; RR: Kkamppak). In 2021, he released his first studio album Grayground. He is currently signed to hip hop label AOMG.

  2. Loco

    Loco
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Kwon Hyuk-woo, better known by his stage name Loco (Hangul: 로꼬), is a South Korean rapper signed to hip hop label AOMG. His name "loco" means "crazy" in Spanish. He won the first season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money in 2012.

  3. Noh Hong-chul

    Noh Hong-chul
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    comedianactorentrepreneur
    Biography

    Noh Hong-chul is a South Korean entertainer and entrepreneur. He is the co-host of the variety show Talents for Sale. He previously appeared on the television programs Infinite Challenge and I Live Alone. He had a cameo in the popular music video "Gangnam Style" which featured his trademark pelvic thrusting jeojil dance (저질댄스).

  4. Joo Woo-jae

    Joo Woo-jae
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    model
    Biography

    Joo Woo-jae is a South Korean model-turned-actor. He is known for his roles in television series' such as Come and Hug Me (2018), and Strong Woman Gang Nam-soon (2023); and is currently a cast member of Hangout with Yoo (since 2023).

  5. Kim Ou-joon

    Kim Ou-joon
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Kim Ou-joon is a South Korean journalist. He is well known for the host of a political podcast. He was the original creator of Naneun Ggomsuda and currently runs Ddanzi Ilbo's DAS Boeida and Traffic Broadcasting System's News Factory.

  6. Jo Han-seon

    Jo Han-seon
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Jo Han-sun is a South Korean actor. He made his debut in a beer commercial in 2001, then became a household name through the sitcom Nonstop 3 (2002) and the television drama April Kiss (2004). He is best known for the films Temptation of Wolves (2004), Cruel Winter Blues (2006), and A Better Tomorrow, the 2010 remake of the Hong Kong classic.

  7. Woo Won-jae

    Woo Won-jae
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Woo Won-jae, also known as Woo, is a South Korean rapper. In 2017, he released his debut single "We Are" (Korean: 시차; RR: Sicha) which had commercial success and widespread acclaim. He has released one studio album and two EPs. He is currently signed to hip hop label AOMG.

  8. Kim Poong

    Kim Poong
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    comics artist
    Biography

    Kim Jeong-hwan, better known by his stage name Kim Poong (Korean: 김풍) is a South Korean webtoon artist.

  9. Gaeko

    Gaeko
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Kim Yoon-sung, known professionally as Gaeko (Korean: 개코, literally dog's snout) is a South Korean rapper. He and Choiza comprise the hip hop duo Dynamic Duo, which rose to fame upon the release of their debut album Taxi Driver in 2004. In 2015, he released his first solo album, Redingray.

  10. Kim Bo-kyung

    Kim Bo-kyung
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Kim Bo-kyung is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

  11. Nancy Lang

    Nancy Lang
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Nancy Lang is a Pop artist, performance artist, entrepreneur and television personality. In 2010, she performed as "beggar the queen" in London. Her performances are considered on the fringe of artwork. From October 2012 to 2013, Lang starred Hwang Jung-min and Kim Se-a in The Vagina Monologues. She is CEO of cosmetic shop Laha Korea and Hair brand Lang Shop.

  12. Kwon Oh-jung

    Kwon Oh-jung
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Kwon Oh-joong is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in Gourmet (2008), as well as the television series The Secret Lovers (2005), Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young (2010), and Miss Ajumma (2011). Kwon has also appeared in films such as To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and Mr. Kim vs. Mr. Kim vs. Mr. Kim (also known as Master Kims, 2007).

  13. Kim Kee-hee

    Kim Kee-hee
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Kim Kee-hee is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ulsan Hyundai. He can also be fielded as a defensive midfielder. Kim has played for teams in the K-League, Qatar Stars League, Chinese Super League and Major League Soccer. He has also represented South Korea at the national level.

  14. Lisa

    Lisa
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Jung Hee-seon, known professionally as Lisa (Korean: 리사), is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress. She debuted as a singer in 2003 and made her musical theatre debut in 2008. She has starred in Korean productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Jekyll & Hyde and Rebecca.

  15. Kim Hye-jin

    Kim Hye-jin
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    film actor
    Biography

    Kim Hye-jin is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the 2009 television series Iris. She has appeared in Sweet 18 (2004), My Rosy Life (2005), The Secret of Birth (2013) and many more TV series. In 2020, she has confirmed her appearance in JTBC's drama Undercover, a remake of 2016 BBC miniseries of the same name. Kim Hye-jin is 1.7 m tall and is now ( in 2022 ) 47 years old.

  16. Yoo Byung-soo

    Yoo Byung-soo
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Yoo Byung-Soo is a South Korean football striker who plays for Thai club Chiangmai.

  17. Kim Sung-kyung

    Kim Sung-kyung
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Kim Sung-kyung is a South Korean television personality and actress. Kim joined the broadcasting network SBS in 1993 as a news presenter, notably as the weekend anchor for the SBS Eight O'Clock News. She left SBS in 2002 to go freelance, and also became a planning director for the "edutainment" company SangSang and I in 2007. Kim made her acting debut in 2014 (her older sister is actress Kim Sung-ryung), and has appeared in Korean dramas such as City of the Sun (2015).

  18. Park Sang-min

    Park Sang-min
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Park Sang-min is a South Korean rock singer. In 2004, he received the SBS Gayo Daejeon.

  19. Park Seo-bo

    Park Seo-bo
    Years
    1931-2023 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Park Seo-bo was a South Korean painter known for his "Écriture" series (1967 onwards), involvement in the Korean Art Informel movement, and particular formal concerns around painting that have led critics and art historians to identify him as a leading Dansaekhwa artist.

  20. Chu Sang-mi

    Chu Sang-mi
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorfilm director
    Biography

    Chu Sang-mi is a South Korean actress. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, to the popular stage actor Chu Song-woong. Along with Lee Byung-hun and Choi Ji-woo, Chu co-starred in the film Everybody Has Secrets, taking the role as the eldest sister of the trio.

  21. Kimsooja

    Kimsooja
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    video artistinstallation artisttelevision producer
    Biography

    Kimsooja was born in Daegu, South Korea. Kimsooja is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist who travels between her three homes and places of work in New York City, Paris, and Seoul. In 1980 Kim graduated with a B.F.A in Painting from Hong-Ik University, Seoul and continued to pursue her M.F.A there, obtaining the degree in 1984 at the age of 27. Her origin as a painter was a crucial starting point for the development of her art. That same year, she received a scholarship to study art at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, where she studied Printmaking. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1988 at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. Currently, her work is featured in countless international museums and galleries as well as public art fairs and other spaces. Her practice combines performance, film, photo, and site-specific installation using textile, light, and sound. Kimsooja's work investigates questions concerning the conditions of humanity, while engaging issues of aesthetics, culture, politics, and the environment. Her principle of ‘non-doing’ and ‘non-making,’ which follows a conceptual and structural investigation of performance through modes of mobility and immobility, inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor.

  22. Choi Young-mi

    Choi Young-mi
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Choe Yeongmi is a South Korean poet and novelist and one of the figureheads of the MeToo movement in Korea, most widely recognized for her poetry collection At Thirty, the Party Is Over (1994).

  23. Kim Sung-joon

    Kim Sung-joon
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Kim Sung-joon is a South Korean football player who plays for Ulsan Hyundai as a midfielder.

  24. Lee Ze-ha

    Lee Ze-ha
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Lee Ze-ha is a South Korean writer, poet and painter.

  25. Choi Jeong Hwa

    Choi Jeong Hwa
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

    Choi Jeong Hwa is an artist and designer whose work moves between the disciplines of visual art, graphic design, industrial design and architecture. His inspiration comes from popular culture and day-to-day life. Large-scale outdoor sculptures crafted from diverse materials such as consumer goods, balloons, wires, as well as recycled and found objects are the hallmarks of Choi's playful repertoire.

  26. Lee Young-chang

    Lee Young-chang
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Lee Young-chang is a South Korean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Bucheon FC 1995 in K League 2.

  27. Lee Uk-bae

    Lee Uk-bae
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    illustrator
    Biography

    Lee Uk-bae is a South-Korean writer and illustrator of children's books. Lee, known as an artist who produces picture books that effectively convey Korea's unique cultural sentiment. The elements of Minhwa(Korean folk paintings) are distinctive in his paintings. He had his first success with Sori's Harvest Moon Day in 1995, which was published in US, Japan, China, Taiwan, France and Switzerland. As an illustrator, he was the Korean nominee for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children's books.

  28. Joo Hyun-jae

    Joo Hyun-jae
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Joo Hyun-jae is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender for FC Anyang in the K League 2.