K Culture Wire · birth years
64 Korean actors, singers and songwriters in our roster were born in 1961. They turn 65 this year. Ordered by how many people opened their English Wikipedia article in the last 30 days, so the name you are most likely to know is first.
15 more people born in 1961 are counted but not listed — Wikidata holds no English name for them, only a Korean one, and this is an English-language site. They are inside the 64 total.
A birth year is a birth year. Nothing here says people born in 1961 are better or luckier. A busy year means more people were born and recorded, not that the year was special. We tested whether birth year predicts reaching a chart, and it does not — that test is here.
| Name | Born | Readers, 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Ju-seung | 1961-09-03 | — |
| Lee Jae-hoon | 1961-04-21 | — |
| Jeong Jae-hwan | 1961-08-20 | — |
| Lee Yeong-beom | 1961-10-20 | — |
| Jo Seong-gyu | 1961-12-08 | — |
| Park Young Rok | 1961-01-13 | — |
| Yang Geum-seok | 1961-01-22 | — |
| Han Hye-kyung | 1961-05-20 | — |
| Yoo Yeol | 1961-01-12 | — |
| Kim Kang-sok | 1961-08-20 | — |
| Kim Tae Yeong | 1961-02-25 | — |
| Lee Eun-ha | 1961-03-29 | — |
| Joo Hyun-mi | 1961-09-27 | — |
| Jeong Bo-seok | 1961-05-02 | — |
| Lee Mi-young | 1961-03-16 | — |
| Seo Kap-suk | 1961-07-16 | — |
| Kye Eun-sook | 1961-07-28 | — |
| Lee Han-wi | 1961-06-17 | — |
| Geum Bo-ra | 1961-01-07 | — |
| Lee Hyo-jung | 1961-01-07 | — |
| Hong Hak-Pyo | 1961-02-09 | — |
| Lee Chang-jik | 1961-12-17 | — |
| Chang Deok | 1961-04-21 | — |
| Yoo In Suk | 1961-04-01 | — |
| Na Young-hee | 1961-03-03 | — |
| Hong Suk Youn | 1961-10-16 | — |
| Nam Gi-ae | 1961-09-13 | — |
| Yang Mi-kyung | 1961-07-25 | — |
| Han Gi-jung | 1961-03-13 | — |
| Choi Hang-suk | 1961-05-31 | — |
| Hellen Kwon | 1961-01-11 | — |
| Kang Seong-mo | 1961-09-19 | — |
| Go Tae-san | 1961-08-13 | — |
| Kim Eung-su | 1961-02-12 | — |
| Jeong Jong-hyeon | 1961-09-11 | — |
| Shin Bok Sook | 1961-01-10 | — |
| Lee Gyeong-rae | 1961-08-17 | — |
| Choi Hwa-jung | 1961-02-10 | — |
| Kim Bu-seon | 1961-07-10 | — |
| Kwon Hyeok-ho | 1961-02-25 | — |
| Kim Hye-jeong | 1961-02-14 | — |
| Kim Sung-il | 1961-05-12 | — |
| Kim Jeong-hun | 1961-12-02 | — |
| Kwon Tae-won | 1961-03-18 | — |
| Gil Eun-jung | 1961-08-08 | — |
| Oh Seh-wong | 1961-06-20 | — |
| Kim Kang-sok | 1961-09-03 | — |
| Jeong Ha-hyeon | 1961-04-06 | — |
| Hyeon-joon | 1961-09-17 | — |