Notable People
- Leaders
- Roh Tae-woo – one of the most corrupt political figure in Korea. army general and 13th President of South Korea
- Park Geun-hye – politician, daughter of Park Chung-hee
- Industrialists
- Kim Woo-jung – Korean businessman convicted of embezzlement in 2006. Founder and former chairman of the Daewoo Group
- Religious
- Kim Sou-hwan – first Korean Cardinal of the Catholic Church. His father escaped from his hometown of Chungcheong province for keeping his religion.
- Writers/composers
- Hyeon Jin-geon – novelist
- Yi Sang-hwa – poet
- Hyeon Je-myeong – composer
- Jaegwon Kim – philosopher
- Actors
- Shin Seong-il – Korean actor in the 1960s and 1970s
- Son Ye-jin – actress
- Moon Chae Won – actress
- Song Hye-kyo - actress
- Sports
- Lee Man-Soo – baseball player
- Yang Jun-Hyuk – baseball player
- Lee Seung-Yeop – baseball player
- Park Chu-Young – soccer player
- Jin Sun-Yu – short-track speed skater, triple gold medalist at 2006 Winter Olympics
- Bae Sang-moon – golfer, leading money winner on the Japan Golf Tour for the 2011 season
- Beauties
- Chang Yun-jong – 1st runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988, winner of the Miss Korea 1987
- Son Tae-young – 1st runner-up of the Miss International 2000, 2nd runner-up of the Miss Korea 2000, actress
- Seo Eun-mi – 1st runner-up of the Miss International 2009, one of two 1st runners-up of the Miss Korea 2009
- Idols
- Key of Shinee
- Kim Junsu of 2PM
- Kahi (entertainer) of After School (band)
- Mika and Karam of Dae-guk-nam-ah / The Boss
- Others
- Shin Jung Ah - female con artist who fabricated Yale diploma which brought an international dispute.
- Catherine Baillie – from New Zealand, honorary ambassador for the city, actress
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