List of Joseon Dynasty people
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This is a partial list of people who lived during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, 1392-1910.
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[edit] Rulers
[edit] Regents and royals
[edit] Scholar-officials
Scholar-officials, or munsin, held much of the power in the Joseon Dynasty bureaucracy. Many members of the intellectual elite, also remembered for their work as poets or philosophers, served as scholar-officials. Such service, however, was restricted to members of the hereditary yangban class.
- Choi Se-jin
- Ha Wi-ji
- Jeong Dojeon
- Jeong Yak-yong
- Kim Jil
- Pak Paeng-nyeon
- Seong Sammun
- Shin Gwang-su
- Yi Eon-jeok
- Yi Gae
- Yi Hwang
- Yi I
- Yu Deuk-gong
- Yu Eung-bu
- Yu Seong-won
[edit] Military officials
Military service was technically open to people outside the yangban class, but in practice most high posts were held by the aristocracy.
- Gang Hong-rip
- Shin Ip
- Shin Ryu
- Yi Eok-gi
- Yi Il
- Yi Sun-sin
[edit] Others
The common classes of Joseon included the yangmin free farmers, the jungin technical class, and the cheonmin underclass. These constituted the bulk of Joseon society, but only a handful of them are known to us today.
[edit] Women
Prominent women of the Joseon period were usually either of the high aristocratic class or kisaeng female entertainers.
- Myeongwol Hwang Jin-i
- Non Gae
- Jang Geum, royal physician
- Queen Min, queen dowager during the early reign of Gojong.
- Yi Mae-chang
[edit] Popular leaders
- Choe Je-u
- Hong Gyeong-nae
[edit] Painters
[edit] Authors
Many of the best-known writers of the Joseon period were also scholar-officials; they are listed above.
- Gosanja Kim Jeong-ho
- Kim Sat-gat
[edit] Inventors
Some scholar-officials, such as Jeong Yak-yong, also worked as inventors.
