K Culture Wire · birth years
174 Korean actors, singers and songwriters in our roster were born in 1978. They turn 48 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.
49 more people born in 1978 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 174 total.
Showing the 60 most-read of 125 listed names.
A birth year is a birth year. Nothing here says people born in 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joo Sang-wook | 1978-07-18 | 53,726 |
| Namkoong Min | 1978-03-12 | 36,935 |
| Yeon Sang-ho | 1978-01-01 | 26,196 |
| Ha Ji-won | 1978-06-28 | 15,814 |
| Lee Ji-ah | 1978-08-06 | 11,255 |
| Ha Jung-woo | 1978-03-11 | 11,199 |
| Linda Park | 1978-07-09 | — |
| Kim Ha-neul | 1978-02-21 | — |
| Im Ji-gyu | 1978-04-14 | — |
| Shim Hyeong-tak | 1978-01-12 | — |
| Yoon Se-ah | 1978-01-02 | — |
| Yiruma | 1978-02-15 | — |
| Kim Ji-yeon | 1978-03-01 | — |
| Baek Do-bin | 1978-03-21 | — |
| Kim Do-yeon | 1978-06-04 | — |
| Tony An | 1978-06-07 | — |
| Maria | 1978-09-08 | — |
| Mr.Tyfoon | 1978-09-05 | — |
| Yun Sang-hun | 1978-01-10 | — |
| Park Jin-hee | 1978-01-08 | — |
| Digili | 1978-12-07 | — |
| Kim Sa-rang | 1978-01-12 | — |
| Kim In-gwon | 1978-01-20 | — |
| Yeon Jung-hoon | 1978-11-06 | — |
| Park Sol-mi | 1978-01-03 | — |
| Jang Min-hyeok | 1978-12-28 | — |
| Seo Yoo-jeong | 1978-12-31 | — |
| Lee Yeong-ho | 1978-06-10 | — |
| Park Ji-heon | 1978-07-28 | — |
| Ju Ho | 1978-10-04 | — |
| Teddy Park | 1978-09-14 | — |
| Kim Hyeon-sook | 1978-10-16 | — |
| Venny | 1978-02-11 | — |
| Kim Sung-oh | 1978-09-15 | — |
| Seomoon Tak | 1978-03-03 | — |
| Kim Young-hoon | 1978-10-02 | — |
| Oh Seung-hyeon | 1978-03-01 | — |
| Kim Kang-woo | 1978-07-11 | — |
| Ahn Suzie | 1978-04-28 | — |
| An Sang-tchä | 1978-08-01 | — |
| Naul | 1978-09-23 | — |
| Hwang In-young | 1978-11-23 | — |
| Shin Dong-wook | 1978-01-18 | — |
| Ki Tae-young | 1978-12-09 | — |
| Park Kyeong Rim | 1978-12-08 | — |
| Moon Hee-joon | 1978-03-14 | — |
| Danny Ahn | 1978-12-22 | — |
| Yun Jun-ho | 1978-03-21 | — |
| Lee Min | 1978-12-15 | — |
| Jeong Ga-eun | 1978-06-20 | — |
| Yoon Kye-sang | 1978-12-20 | — |
| Heo Kyu | 1978-01-12 | — |
| Lee Jeong-jin | 1978-05-25 | — |
| Jang Woo-hyuk | 1978-05-08 | — |
| Gary | 1978-02-24 | — |
| Chae Yeon | 1978-12-10 | — |
| Kil Eun-sung | 1978-10-12 | — |
| Lee Seon-hee | 1978-09-11 | — |
| Lee Jae Yong | 1978-08-26 | — |
| Lee Jeong-ho | 1978-10-25 | — |