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Turning 55 this year: born in ….
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year).

Not yet known6

  1. 14 yrs laterknown at 69 Sunjae2011 Temple Cuisine Seasoned with the Stories of Venerable Sunjae published
  2. 11 yrs laterknown at 66 Kim Young-ok1993 Top Excellence Award for Actress at the KBS Drama Awards
  3. 6 yrs laterknown at 61 Jeong Kwan2011 Temple food dinner at the Daegu World Championships in Athletics
  4. 6 yrs laterknown at 61 Kang Ae-shim2018 Acting award at the 39th Seoul Theater Festival, for the play The House with a Veranda
  5. 4 yrs laterknown at 59 Park Hang-seo2014 Last place in the K League Classic
  6. 3 yrs laterknown at 58 Yeo Kyung-lae2015 Appears on tvN’s Wednesday Food Talk + 1 more

Already known73

  1. 1 yr beforeknown at 54 Ina Garten2003 Store appears in Something’s Gotta Give
  2. 1 yr beforeknown at 54 Na Moon-hee1996 Most Popular Award at the 32nd Baeksang Arts Awards and Female Talent Award at the 23rd Korea Broadcasting Prizes + 1 more
  3. 2 yrs beforeknown at 53 Christoph Waltz2011 Water for Elephants
  4. 2 yrs beforeknown at 53 Im Kwon-taek1989 Nantes festival holds an Im Kwon-taek retrospective week
  5. 4 yrs beforeknown at 51 Tim Cook2015 Apple Watch released + 1 more
  6. 4 yrs beforeknown at 51 V. Narry Kim2024 Grand Prize at the 3rd Lim Sung-ki Researcher Award
  7. 6 yrs beforeknown at 49 Baek Hee-na2026 Publishes Gumeongcheong
  8. 6 yrs beforeknown at 49 Paik Jong-won2021 Begins appearing in Netflix’s Paik’s Spirit + 1 more
  9. 7 yrs beforeknown at 48 Minsuk Cho2021 Space K Seoul wins a Korean Institute of Architects Award
  10. 9 yrs beforeknown at 46 Han Kang2025 U.K. edition of We Do Not Part + 1 more
  11. 10 yrs beforeknown at 45 Lee Jung-eun2025 My Daughter Is a Zombie opens, Bam-sun + 2 more
  12. 11 yrs beforeknown at 44 Bryan Cranston2011 Two of the top three US films
  13. 11 yrs beforeknown at 44 Lee Sung-min2023 Best actor in TV at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards + 1 more
  14. 12 yrs beforeknown at 43 Lee Chang-dong2009 Juror in the feature competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival
  15. 13 yrs beforeknown at 42 Ricky Gervais2016 Netflix deal for David Brent: Life on the Road
  16. 13 yrs beforeknown at 42 Mark Cuban2013 How to Win at the Sport of Business released as a book
  17. 14 yrs beforeknown at 41 José Mourinho2018 Sacked by Manchester United
  18. 14 yrs beforeknown at 41 Ma Dong-seok2026 Tokyo Burst: Crime City released in Japan + 1 more
  19. 14 yrs beforeknown at 41 Ryu Seung-ryong2025 Disney+’s Low Life released + 1 more
  20. 15 yrs beforeknown at 40 Hwang Dong-hyuk2026 Coupang Play’s The Affair Was Just the Beginning is released + 1 more
  21. 15 yrs beforeknown at 40 Son Hyun-joo2020 JTBC’s The Good Detective season 1 ends
  22. 15 yrs beforeknown at 40 Ha-Joon Chang2018 Bad Samaritans reissued after 11 years
  23. 16 yrs beforeknown at 39 Jürgen Klopp2022 Liverpool win the League Cup on penalties + 1 more
  24. 16 yrs beforeknown at 39 Do Ho Suh2017 Wins the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
  25. 17 yrs beforeknown at 38 Jennifer Coolidge2016 Wins an Elliot Norton Award for Saving Kitty
  26. 17 yrs beforeknown at 38 Kim Yoon-seok2023 Noryang: Deadly Sea is released
  27. 17 yrs beforeknown at 38 Haegue Yang2026 Solo show Star-Crossed Rendezvous at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  28. 18 yrs beforeknown at 37 Park Chan-wook2018 BAFTA for film not in the English language
  29. 18 yrs beforeknown at 37 Park Hee-soon2025 Film No Other Choice released + 1 more
  30. 19 yrs beforeknown at 36 Andrea Bocelli2013 Passione
  31. 20 yrs beforeknown at 35 Harrison Ford1997 Air Force One
  32. 20 yrs beforeknown at 35 Jeff Bezos2019 Announces a divorce after 25 years of marriage
  33. 20 yrs beforeknown at 35 Yoo Hae-jin2025 Koo Gwan-hee in Yadang: The Snitch + 1 more
  34. 21 yrs beforeknown at 34 Bong Joon Ho2024 Korean trailer released for Mickey 17
  35. 21 yrs beforeknown at 34 Kim Kwang-kyu2022 tvN Our Blues first airs
  36. 22 yrs beforeknown at 33 Sul Kyung-gu2022 Kingmaker released + 1 more
  37. 22 yrs beforeknown at 33 Lee Bul2019 Main exhibition of the 58th Venice Biennale + 1 more
  38. 22 yrs beforeknown at 33 Jung Jae-young2025 Cast in Sedae Yugam
  39. 23 yrs beforeknown at 32 Hugh Jackman2023 Announces separation from Deborra-Lee Furness
  40. 23 yrs beforeknown at 32 K. J. Choi2025 Most cuts made at the SK Telecom Open
  41. 23 yrs beforeknown at 32 Lee Seo-jin2026 Netflix’s Ready or Not: Texas released + 2 more
  42. 24 yrs beforeknown at 31 Hwang Sok-yong1998 Released in a special pardon
  43. 25 yrs beforeknown at 30 Michelle Yeoh2017 Joins Crazy Rich Asians + 1 more
  44. 25 yrs beforeknown at 30 Song Kang-ho2022 Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival + 1 more
  45. 25 yrs beforeknown at 30 Shin Kyung-sook2018 English edition of Yi Jin, The Court Dancer, published in the U.S.
  46. 26 yrs beforeknown at 29 Go Doo-shim2006 Best actress at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival for Family Ties
  47. 26 yrs beforeknown at 29 Woo Young-mi2014 Named to the BoF 500, the most influential people in global fashion + 1 more
  48. 27 yrs beforeknown at 28 Shah Rukh Khan2020 Announces COVID-19 initiatives
  49. 27 yrs beforeknown at 28 Choi Min-sik2017 Appears in the films The Mayor and Heart Blackened
  50. 27 yrs beforeknown at 28 Cha Seung-won2025 Host of the Korean edition of the survival show The Traitors
  51. 29 yrs beforeknown at 26 Sumi Jo2017 Appointed ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
  52. 29 yrs beforeknown at 26 Jang Jin2026 New play Danforth Was Right opens
  53. 29 yrs beforeknown at 26 Lee Bong-ju2025 Video of a 5 km run released
  54. 29 yrs beforeknown at 26 Chon Kye-young2025 Unplugged Boy reissued after 28 years + 1 more
  55. 30 yrs beforeknown at 25 Keanu Reeves2019 Cyberpunk 2077 role announced + 2 more
  56. 30 yrs beforeknown at 25 Park Seo-bo1986 Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University
  57. 30 yrs beforeknown at 25 Kim Soo-yong2021 Appears on SBS Plus’s Jjeondangpo
  58. 31 yrs beforeknown at 24 Youn Yuh-jung2002 Appears in MBC’s Ruler of Your Own World
  59. 31 yrs beforeknown at 24 Hong Soo-hwan2005 Hosts KBS 2 Radio’s Hong Soo-hwan and Lee Seung-yeon’s Radio Champion
  60. 32 yrs beforeknown at 23 J.Y. Park2026 JYP Entertainment not to reappoint him as inside director + 1 more
  61. 32 yrs beforeknown at 23 Lee Jong-beom2025 Resigns as KT coach, joins Strongest Baseball as manager + 1 more
  62. 33 yrs beforeknown at 22 Go Hyun-jung2026 Renews her contract with IOK Company
  63. 33 yrs beforeknown at 22 Hwang Young-cho2025 Appointed ambassador for the 2026 Daegu World Masters Athletics Championships
  64. 33 yrs beforeknown at 22 Ha Hyung-joo2017 60th Busan Metropolitan City Culture Award
  65. 34 yrs beforeknown at 21 Myung-whun Chung2008 Named UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador
  66. 34 yrs beforeknown at 21 Hong Myung-bo2024 Official announcement of his appointment as national team manager + 1 more
  67. 34 yrs beforeknown at 21 Yoon Jong-shin2024 Mystic Story’s first boy group, ARrC, debuts
  68. 35 yrs beforeknown at 20 Hwang Sun-hong2023 Gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, three in a row
  69. 36 yrs beforeknown at 19 Cha Bum-kun2008 K League title, a double with the cup
  70. 36 yrs beforeknown at 19 Hyun Jung-hwa2024 Executive committee chair of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships + 1 more
  71. 36 yrs beforeknown at 19 Huh Jung-moo2010 Korea’s first World Cup last 16 on foreign soil + 2 more
  72. 36 yrs beforeknown at 19 Sun Dong-yol2018 Gold at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games + 1 more
  73. 38 yrs beforeknown at 17 Kim Hye-soo2025 Disney+’s Unmasked released + 1 more
31 more with nothing recorded that year＋

Jensen Huang · Martha Stewart · Viola Davis · Judy Sheindlin · Bernard Arnault · Kyung Wha Chung · Lee Ufan · Kim Hae-sook · Kim Hee-ae · Hwang Jung-min · Hu Duk-juk · Uhm Jung-hwa · Cho Hee-sook · Kim Hyesoon · Kim Yon-ja · Kang Soo-yeon · Park Hyo-nam · Chang Jung-koo · Kim Tschang-yeul · Kang Sue-jin · Cho Hun-hyun · Pomnyun · Cho Chikun · Yoo Nam-kyu · Park Joo-bong · Kim Mi-sook · Kang Seok-woo · Kim Sung-ryung · Im Ha-ryong · Noh Hee-kyung · Yuh Myung-woo

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