K Culture Wire · birth years
247 Korean actors, singers and songwriters in our roster were born in 1981. They turn 45 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.
62 more people born in 1981 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 247 total.
Showing the 60 most-read of 185 listed names.
A birth year is a birth year. Nothing here says people born in 1981 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Dong-wook | 1981-11-06 | 53,732 |
| Jun Ji-hyun | 1981-10-30 | 50,637 |
| Cho Yeo-jeong | 1981-02-10 | 31,510 |
| Zo In-sung | 1981-07-28 | 24,423 |
| Kim Ji-hun | 1981-05-09 | 24,370 |
| Park Hae-soo | 1981-11-21 | 20,668 |
| Gang Dong-won | 1981-01-18 | 19,104 |
| Lee Jin-uk | 1981-09-16 | 16,408 |
| Jang Seung-jo | 1981-12-13 | 13,094 |
| Yoo Teo | 1981-04-11 | 12,542 |
| Jang Na-ra | 1981-03-18 | 10,652 |
| Chae Young-in | 1981-11-23 | — |
| Brian Joo | 1981-01-10 | — |
| Park Ye-jin | 1981-04-01 | — |
| Ha Hyun-woo | 1981-11-25 | — |
| Bong Tae-gyu | 1981-05-19 | — |
| Gaeko | 1981-01-14 | — |
| Kwon Jin-young | 1981-01-10 | — |
| Kim Gi-bang | 1981-05-31 | — |
| Kim Min-kyoung | 1981-09-11 | — |
| Kim Min-Kyung | 1981-05-09 | — |
| Choi Ja-hye | 1981-07-26 | — |
| Chae Min-seo | 1981-03-16 | — |
| Kim Ye-joon | 1981-08-17 | — |
| Kim Yu-yeon | 1981-04-17 | — |
| Cha Soo-yeon | 1981-08-15 | — |
| Yankie | 1981-07-22 | — |
| Yeongene | 1981-10-15 | — |
| Oh Yoo-na | 1981-01-28 | — |
| Park Jung-ah | 1981-02-24 | — |
| Eugene | 1981-03-03 | — |
| Han Hye-jin | 1981-10-27 | — |
| Jo Eun-ji | 1981-02-10 | — |
| Im Jeong-eun | 1981-03-31 | — |
| Kim Rae-won | 1981-03-19 | — |
| Hong Su-hyeon | 1981-02-15 | — |
| K.Will | 1981-12-30 | — |
| Park Yoon-jae | 1981-01-14 | — |
| Yeon Woo | 1981-04-01 | — |
| Park Sung Eun | 1981-08-08 | — |
| Kim Min-gyeong | 1981-08-10 | — |
| Jin Tae-hyun | 1981-02-15 | — |
| Deegie | 1981-09-25 | — |
| Lee Eon | 1981-02-05 | — |
| Bbaek Ga | 1981-05-14 | — |
| Seo Jae-ho | 1981-11-16 | — |
| Yozoh | 1981-06-11 | — |
| Yoon Gong-joo | 1981-05-20 | — |
| Yoon Woo-hyun | 1981-11-02 | — |
| Choi Jung-won | 1981-04-24 | — |
| Jung Moon-sung | 1981-01-13 | — |
| Jeong Yang | 1981-07-02 | — |
| Jeong Yun-jo | 1981-03-06 | — |
| Gummy | 1981-04-08 | — |
| Kim Jeong-un | 1981-12-03 | — |
| Kim Tchä-han | 1981-03-29 | — |
| Kim Hyung-eun | 1981-04-25 | — |
| Lee Gyung-min | 1981-11-13 | — |
| Min Kyoung Lee | 1981-10-11 | — |
| Sonha | 1981-03-26 | — |