List of Seoul National University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Seoul National University, located in Gwanak, Seoul, South Korea.

Notable alumni and faculty

Academia

• Ha-Joon CHANG (B.A.), economist
• Kah Kyung CHO (B.A.), philosopher
• CHOI Yang Do (B.S.) (professor at College of Agriculture), agricultural biotechnologist
• Joomyeong Kim (M.S. Microbiology, 1988), biological scientist
• KIM Sung-Hou (B.S. '60), Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley^[1]
• KIM Won-yong (professor at College of Humanities), archaeologist^[1]
• Won-Sik Yang, Korean Orthodontist
• LEE Ki-baek, professor of Korean history
• PARK Jong-sei (B.A.), former head of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology's Applied Sciences Division and chairman of the Food and Drug Administration from 1998–1999^[2]

Entertainment

• CHANG Kiha (B.A.), singer, songwriter
• CHYUNG Eun-ju (B.A.), Miss World Korea, model and broadcaster
• HWANG Dong-hyuk (B.M.), film director and screenwriter
• JANG Sun-woo (B.A.), film director
• JO Sung-hee (B.A.), film director
• JO Yun-suk, singer
• JUNG Jin-young, actor
• KAM Woo-sung, actor
• KANG Boo-ja, actress and politician
• KIM Chang-wan, actor, singer and host
• KIM Hye-eun, actress
• KIM Jeong-hoon, actor and singer (UN)
• KIM Jin Tae (B.A.), rapper, lyricist, and record producer
• KIM Ki-young, (B.A.), film director
• KIM Myung-gon, actor
• KIM Se-Yong (B.A. Fine Arts), singer (MYNAME) and actor
• KIM So-hyun, actress
• KIM Sung-min, actor
• KIM Tae-hee, actress (B.A. Fashion Design)
• LEE Dong-joon (B.A. Sociology), singer, songwriter
• LEE Ha-nui, actress and Miss Universe 2007 3rd runner-up
• LEE Sang-yoon (B.S. Physics), actor
• LEE Soo-man (B.A.), entrepreneur, founder of SM Entertainment
• LEE Soon-jae, actor
• LIM Sungbin (B.A.), rapper and music producer
• MIN Kyu-dong (B.A.), film director
• SEO Jung-hack, singer
• SHIN Young-kyun, actor
• YOU Hee-yeol (B.M. Composition), singer, songwriter

Literature, arts and culture

• CHIN Unsuk (B.M.), composer, Arnold Schönberg Prize 2005
• GUM Nanse (B.M.), conductor
• HYUN Ki-young (B.A.), author
• HWANG Byungki (B.M.), gayageum player and composer
• JO Sumi, soprano
• KIM Chi-Ha (B.A.), poet and playwright
• Kim Jihoon, opera singer and principal of The Royal Opera
• KIM Seong-Tae, composer and professor at College of Music^[1]
• KIM Seungok (B.A.), novelist and screenwriter
• KIM Swoo Geun, architect
• KIM Tschoon Su (professor at College of Fine Arts), painter
• LEE O-Young (B.A. '56), critic^[1]
• LEE Yangji (B.A.), novelist, Akutagawa Prize 2008
• MIN Hyun Sik, architect
• OH Junggeun (B.A.), painter
• PAGH-PAAN Younghi (B.M. '69), professor of Hochschule für Künste Bremen^[1]
• PARK Wansuh, writer
• PI Chun-deuk (professor at College of Education), writer^[1]
• SUH Do-ho (B.A.), sculptor and installation artist
• SUH Yongsun (B.A.), painter and sculptor
• YI In-seong (B.A.), novelist
• YI Mun-yol, writer

Medicine

• SUH Yoo-hun (M.D.) (professor at College of Medicine), neuroscientist
• YOON Bo Hyun (M.D.) (professor at College of Medicine), researcher in obstetrics and gynecology

Public service

• AHN Cheol-soo (M.D. '86), politician, founder of Ahnlab^[1]
• BAN Ki-moon (B.A. '70), UN Secretary-General^[1]
• LEE Hyun-jae (B.A. '53), Korea's 20th Prime Minister^[1]
• KIM Young-Sam (B.A '51), 14th president of South Korea
• YU Myung-hwan (B.A.), Korea's 35th Minister of Foreign Affairs

References