37 Notable alumni of
Hongik University
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Hongik University is 804th in the world, 162nd in Asia, and 14th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 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.
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Choi Won-young
- Enrolled in Hongik University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actordanceractor
- Biography
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Choi Won-young is a South Korean actor.
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Gray
- Occupations
- composersingerrecord producer
- Biography
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Lee Seong-hwa, better known by his stage name Gray (그레이; stylized as GRAY), is a South Korean rapper and record producer. In 2012, he released his debut single "Blink" (Korean: 깜빡; RR: Kkamppak). In 2021, he released his first studio album Grayground.
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Loco
- Occupations
- singerrapper
- Biography
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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.
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Joo Woo-jae
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Joo Woo-jae is a South Korean model and actor. Best known for his roles in Come and Hug Me (2018) and Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023), he currently stars as a regular cast member of Hangout with Yoo (since 2023).
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Noh Hong-chul
- Occupations
- entrepreneuractorcomedian
- Biography
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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).
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Jo Han-seon
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorsingeractor
- Biography
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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.
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Kim Ou-joon
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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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.
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Sohn Hye-won
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sohn Hye-won is a brand designer and politician in South Korea. While working as a brand designer, she created names and logos for several famous brands, including Innisfree, TVING, Chamisul and others. She entered politics and served as a member of the 20th National Assembly.
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Woo Won-jae
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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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.
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Kim Poong
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- comics artist
- Biography
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Kim Jeong-hwan, better known by his stage name Kim Poong (Korean: 김풍), is a South Korean chef.
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Gaeko
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Kim Yoon-sung, known professionally as Gaeko (개코; lit. 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.
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Kim Bo-kyung
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kim Bo-kyung is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
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Nancy Lang
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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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.
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Kwon Oh-jung
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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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).
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Kim Kee-hee
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kim Kee-hee is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. 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.
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Lisa
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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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.
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Kim Li-won
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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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.
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Kim Sung-kyung
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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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).
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Yoo Byung-soo
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yoo Byung-Soo is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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Lee Dong-gyeong
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Dong-gyeong is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gimcheon Sangmu, and the South Korea national team.
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Park Sang-min
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Park Sang-min is a South Korean rock singer. In 2004, he received the SBS Gayo Daejeon.
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Park Seo-bo
- Years
- 1931-2023 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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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.
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Chu Sang-mi
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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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.
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Kimsooja
- Occupations
- installation artistvideo artisttelevision producer
- Biography
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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.
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Choi Young-mi
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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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).
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Lee Myung-jae
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Myung-jae is a South Korean footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL League One club Birmingham City and the South Korea national team.
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Park Kwang-hyun
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Bae-jong is a South Korean commercial and film director. He is best known for co-writing and directing the 2005 critical and commercial hit Welcome to Dongmakgol.
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Kim Sung-joon
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kim Sung-joon is a South Korean football player who plays for Cheonan City as a midfielder.
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Lee Ze-ha
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Lee Ze-ha is a South Korean writer, poet and painter.
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Yu Sang-hun
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yu Sang-hun is a South Korean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Seongnam FC.
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Choi Jeong Hwa
- Occupations
- sculptor
- Biography
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Choi Jeonghwa 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.
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Lee Kyu-seong
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Kyu-seong is a South Korean football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Ulsan Hyundai in the K League 1.
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Han Yujoo
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- university teacherwritertranslatornovelist
- Biography
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Han Yujoo is a South Korean writer. Her novels portray not so much the fate of people embroiled in some kind of conflict as their psychological state when they contemplate a situation or idea. She focuses on recording spontaneous thoughts or flashbacks, rather than on describing something accurately or developing a dramatic arc. In this absence of a clear plot, the reading experience consists mostly of following the author's thought process. This is why Han's work can be considered an example of the French nouveau roman or antinovel.
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Han Ji-ho
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Han Ji-Ho is a South Korean football player who plays for Bucheon FC 1995 as a forward or winger.
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Lee Young-chang
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lee Young-chang is a South Korean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Bucheon FC 1995 in K League 2.
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Lee Uk-bae
- Occupations
- illustrator
- Biography
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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.
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Joo Hyun-jae
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Joo Hyun-jae is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender for FC Anyang in the K League 2.
