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THE COLLECTION / BY AGEAGE 17

AT 17.At 17, these people

Turning 17 this year: born in ….
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year).

Became known at this age23

  1. 17this year Taylor Swift2006 Releases her debut single “Tim McGraw” + 1 more
  2. 17this year Rihanna2005 Releases the debut single “Pon de Replay” + 1 more
  3. 17this year Faker2013 Debuts in the LCK as mid laner for SK Telecom T1 2 + 2 more
  4. 17this year Hyunjin2017 Mnet’s Stray Kids premieres; confirmed for JYP’s debut team
  5. 17this year Park Tae-hwan2006 Pan Pacific Championships gold in the 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle + 1 more
  6. 17this year Choi Min-jeong2015 20th Coca-Cola Sports Awards rookie award + 1 more
  7. 17this year IU2010 Releases the duet “Nagging” with 2AM’s Lim Seul-ong + 1 more
  8. 17this year Kim Hye-soo1987 Lead in the KBS historical drama Samogok
  9. 17this year Lee Sedol2000 32 straight wins, “the unbeaten boy”
  10. 17this year Song Hye-kyo1998 Plays Oh Hye-kyo in the SBS sitcom Soonpoong Clinic
  11. 17this year Jo Yuri2018 Appears on Mnet’s Produce 48 + 2 more
  12. 17this year Shin Soo-ji2008 First at the Beijing Olympic team trials + 5 more
  13. 17this year Kim Hee-sun1994 Plays Chunhyang in KBS 1TV’s Chuseok special The Story of Chunhyang
  14. 17this year Jang Keun-suk2004 Becomes sole DJ of SBS Power FM’s Jang Keun-suk’s Young Street + 2 more
  15. 17this year Kang Soo-yeon1983 KBS drama A High School Student’s Diary
  16. 17this year Jiyai Shin2005 Wins the SK Enclean Invitational as an amateur + 1 more
  17. 17this year Kim Je-deok2021 Fifth in the third national team trial, first selection to the senior team + 10 more
  18. 17this year Ban Hyo-jin2024 First in the Paris Olympic national team trials + 5 more
  19. 17this year Wonhee2024 Debuts with ILLIT’s first mini album SUPER REAL ME + 6 more
  20. 17this year Kim Hyo-joo2012 Wins the KLPGA Tour Lotte Mart Women’s Open as an amateur + 3 more
  21. 17this year Ha Seung-jin2002 Samil Commercial wins the National Sports Festival boys’ high school title
  22. 17this year Lee Chang-ho1992 Wins the 3rd Tong Yang Cup, youngest world champion
  23. 17this year Jaedong2007 Wins the StarCraft event at e-Stars Seoul 2007 + 1 more

Not yet known73

  1. 44 yrs laterknown at 61 Jeong Kwan1973 Enters monastic life at Yangjinam of Donghwasa in Daegu
  2. 32 yrs laterknown at 49 Kim Do-yoon1992 Begins cooking
  3. 23 yrs laterknown at 40 Park Hyo-nam1978 Begins cooking career at Grand Hyatt Seoul
  4. 14 yrs laterknown at 31 Oh Jin-hyek1998 World Junior Championships, individual and team titles
  5. 13 yrs laterknown at 30 Jang Yoon-ju1997 Debuts as a model at the SFAA collection
  6. 10 yrs laterknown at 27 Jung Ho-yeon2011 Modeling debut on OnStyle’s Korea’s Next Top Model season 2
  7. 9 yrs laterknown at 26 Deft2013 Wins the LoL Club Masters with MVP Blue
  8. 9 yrs laterknown at 26 Seo Seung-jae2014 Selected for the badminton national team
  9. 8 yrs laterknown at 25 Sabrina Carpenter2016 Adventures in Babysitting premieres on Disney Channel
  10. 8 yrs laterknown at 25 Kendrick Lamar2004 Mixtape Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year
  11. 8 yrs laterknown at 25 Woo Sang-hyeok2013 Wins the boys’ high jump at the World Youth Championships
  12. 8 yrs laterknown at 25 Ahn Hyo-seop2012 Returns to Korea alone from Canada
  13. 8 yrs laterknown at 25 Yeol Eum Son2003 Newcomer prize at the Korean Music Association’s Korean Music Awards
  14. 7 yrs laterknown at 24 Chun Woo-hee2004 Debuts in the film Love, So Divine
  15. 7 yrs laterknown at 24 Jeon Do-yeon1990 Debuts as a commercial model
  16. 7 yrs laterknown at 24 Kang Ha-neul2007 Debuts as Choi Hoon in KBS2’s My Mom! Super Mom!
  17. 7 yrs laterknown at 24 Jain Kim2005 Climbs a 40 m building wall in Myeongnyun-dong, Seoul + 1 more
  18. 7 yrs laterknown at 24 Kimin Kim2009 Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake at the Korea National Ballet
  19. 6 yrs laterknown at 23 Suga2010 Passes Big Hit Entertainment’s first Hit It audition in second place
  20. 6 yrs laterknown at 23 Gu Bon-gil2006 First place in the individual sabre event at the World Cadet Championships
  21. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Usain Bolt2003 Equals the world junior 200m record
  22. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Kim Hye-yoon2013 Debuts in KBS2’s Samsaengi
  23. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Ryu Seung-min1999 Singles and doubles at the Asian Youth Championships
  24. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Chung Hyeon2013 Runner-up in the Wimbledon boys’ singles + 1 more
  25. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Hyeseong Kim2016 Picked in the first round of the Nexen Heroes’ second-stage draft + 1 more
  26. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Huh Mi-mi2019 Enters the national team trials as a Korean resident of Japan
  27. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Chovy2018 Debuts in LCK Summer for Griffin, 2-1 comeback over Hanwha Life + 2 more
  28. 5 yrs laterknown at 22 Kim Si-woo2012 Tops the second stage of PGA Tour Q-School + 1 more
  29. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Novak Djokovic2004 Wins the Budapest Challenger
  30. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Seong-Jin Cho2011 Third prize in piano at the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition
  31. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 An Se-young2019 New Zealand Open, first title in a senior international event + 2 more
  32. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Keria2019 Debut match at the 2019 LoL KeSPA Cup; MVP of his first match
  33. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Gumayusi2019 Joins T1’s main roster
  34. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Lee Sang-hwa2006 Fifth in the 500 m at the Turin Winter Olympics
  35. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Mo Tae-bum2006 Wins at the World Junior Championships
  36. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Im Sung-jae2015 Turns pro, passes the Korean Tour and Japan Tour Q-schools
  37. 4 yrs laterknown at 21 Quaddurup2016 Starts on YouTube
  38. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Ed Sheeran2008 Asked to play a gig with Nizlopi
  39. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Caitlin Clark2019 Signs with Iowa
  40. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Kai Cenat2018 Uploads his first YouTube video
  41. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Jenna Ortega2019 Cast in season 2 of You + 1 more
  42. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Jennie2013 Features on G-Dragon’s “Black”
  43. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 An San2018 First national team spot, second year at Gwangju Sports High School + 1 more
  44. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Zo In-sung1998 Debuts as an ad model for the clothing brand Ziozia
  45. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Seungkwan2015 Debuts with Seventeen
  46. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Ko Jin-young2012 Wins the 6th KB Financial Group Cup women’s amateur golf championship
  47. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Tom Kim2019 Wins an Asian Development Tour event in Malaysia + 2 more
  48. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Lee Jun-young2014 U-KISS’s new member Jun at the Mono Scandal showcase
  49. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Chang Jung-koo1980 Pro boxing debut, third-round KO win
  50. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Kim Gil-li2021 Passes the national team trials, makes the national team for the first time
  51. 3 yrs laterknown at 20 Yook Sung-jae2012 Debuts in the group BTOB
  52. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Kai2011 Appears in the first EXO-K and EXO-M teaser video
  53. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Hyun Jung-hwa1986 Wins the team event at the Seoul Asian Games
  54. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Daesung2006 Debuts with BigBang at the YG 10th anniversary concert + 1 more
  55. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Sun Dong-yol1980 Wins the Presidential Cup high school tournament, a no-hitter at the Bonghwang Cup
  56. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Canyon2018 Signs with Damwon Gaming
  57. 2 yrs laterknown at 19 Wolf2013 Joins SKT T1 S
  58. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Lionel Messi2004 Debuts for Barcelona against Espanyol
  59. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Beyoncé1998 Releases the album Destiny’s Child
  60. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Olivia Rodrigo2020 “All I Want” enters the Hot 100
  61. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Jung Kook2014 New artist award at the 23rd High1 Seoul Music Awards, a third in total + 1 more
  62. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Son Heung-min2009 Reaches the FIFA U-17 World Cup quarterfinals
  63. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Yunchan Lim2021 Enters the Korea National University of Arts
  64. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Kim Woo-jin2009 Perfect 12 arrows at the National Sports Festival, certified as a world record
  65. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Kim Yeon-koung2005 First overall pick in the women’s rookie draft, taken by Heungkuk Life + 2 more
  66. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Hwang Sun-woo2020 National record in the 100 m freestyle at the national team trials
  67. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Hong Jin-kyung1994 Leaves for Paris as a Benetton model
  68. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Park Bo-young2007 Child actor award at the SBS Drama Awards
  69. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Jun Ji-hyun1998 TV drama debut in SBS’s Fascinate My Heart
  70. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Bae Suzy2011 KBS2’s Dream High first airs + 2 more
  71. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Sae Eun Park2006 Silver in the junior women’s division at the USA International Ballet Competition
  72. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Shin Jin-seo2017 Wins the Globis Cup World Go U-20
  73. 1 yr laterknown at 18 Chun Lee-kyung1993 World records in the 1000 m and 1500 m at the 4th Asia Cup

Already known21

  1. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 Yuna Kim2007 Third at the World Championships, short program world record + 2 more
  2. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 Shin Min-a2001 First TV drama, SBS’s Beautiful Days + 1 more
  3. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 Han Hyun-min2018 Appears as a transfer student on JTBC’s Knowing Bros + 3 more
  4. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 Lee Seung-woo2015 Loses to Belgium in the U-17 World Cup round of 16
  5. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 BoA2003 Japanese second album Valenti, No. 1 on Oricon for two weeks
  6. 1 yr beforeknown at 16 Han Yu-jin2024 Youngest cover model for Cosmopolitan Korea + 3 more
  7. 2 yrs beforeknown at 15 Choi Ga-on2025 Bronze in her first event back from injury + 4 more
  8. 2 yrs beforeknown at 15 Choi Hyun-mi2007 Wins the 60 kg division of the Federation President’s Cup National Women’s Amateur Boxing Championship + 1 more
  9. 2 yrs beforeknown at 15 Taemin2010 Second full-length album Lucifer is released
  10. 2 yrs beforeknown at 15 Sunmi2009 Tour of the U.S. + 1 more
  11. 3 yrs beforeknown at 14 Billie Eilish2018 “Lovely” with Khalid + 1 more
  12. 3 yrs beforeknown at 14 Chaeun Lee2023 Two fourth places in FIS World Cup halfpipe + 3 more
  13. 4 yrs beforeknown at 13 Jonathan Yiombi2017 Interview on BBC News Korea
  14. 4 yrs beforeknown at 13 Kim You-jung2016 KBS2 Love in the Moonlight, her adult-role debut + 1 more
  15. 4 yrs beforeknown at 13 Park Shin-hye2007 Best Newcomer in the show/variety category at the MBC Entertainment Awards
  16. 4 yrs beforeknown at 13 Kim So-hyun2016 tvN Bring It On, Ghost: Kim Hyun-ji + 1 more
  17. 4 yrs beforeknown at 13 Moon Geun-young2004 My Little Bride opens + 1 more
  18. 5 yrs beforeknown at 12 Han-na Chang1999 First recital tour in Korea
  19. 7 yrs beforeknown at 10 Sarah Chang1997 Releases the album Simply Sarah + 1 more
  20. 11 yrs beforeknown at 6 Lee Kang-in2018 Valencia first-team debut in the Copa del Rey against Ebro
  21. 11 yrs beforeknown at 6 Kim Hyang-gi2017 Film Snowy Road opens + 1 more
410 more with nothing recorded that year＋

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