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Turning 59 this year: born in ….
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year).

Became known at this age1

  1. 59this year Park Hang-seo2018 Runner-up at the AFC U-23 Championship + 3 more

Not yet known4

  1. 2 yrs laterknown at 61 Jensen Huang2022 Arm deal called off
  2. 2 yrs laterknown at 61 Jeong Kwan2015 Introduces temple food at Le Bernardin in New York + 1 more
  3. 2 yrs laterknown at 61 Kang Ae-shim2022 Appears in the plays The Man from Oslo and Noryangjin–Traces + 1 more
  4. 1 yr laterknown at 60 Cho Hee-sook2017 Oversees Hansikgonggan + 2 more

Already known45

  1. 1 yr beforeknown at 58 Yeo Kyung-lae2019 Appears on KBS1’s Geunyeodeul-ui Yeoyu Manman (a talk show)
  2. 2 yrs beforeknown at 57 Pomnyun2012 Appears on SBS Healing Camp
  3. 5 yrs beforeknown at 54 Judy Sheindlin2001 ABC News runs an excerpt of You’re Smarter Than You Look
  4. 5 yrs beforeknown at 54 Na Moon-hee2000 Appears in MBC’s Mom and Sister
  5. 6 yrs beforeknown at 53 Christoph Waltz2015 Spectre opens in the UK
  6. 6 yrs beforeknown at 53 Im Kwon-taek1993 Seopyeonje wins Best Film and Best Director at the 31st Grand Bell Awards + 4 more
  7. 8 yrs beforeknown at 51 Kim Hae-sook2014 Ambassador for Pope Francis’s visit to Korea
  8. 10 yrs beforeknown at 49 Paik Jong-won2025 Apologizes at the first regular shareholders’ meeting + 3 more
  9. 11 yrs beforeknown at 48 Minsuk Cho2025 Speaks at the Korea Pavilion’s 30th anniversary architecture forum in Venice + 1 more
  10. 17 yrs beforeknown at 42 Ricky Gervais2020 Hosts the Golden Globes for the fifth time + 1 more
  11. 18 yrs beforeknown at 41 Martha Stewart2000 Makes the Forbes 400 for the first time
  12. 18 yrs beforeknown at 41 José Mourinho2022 Europa Conference League with Roma
  13. 19 yrs beforeknown at 40 Son Hyun-joo2024 Genie TV original Your Honor first airs
  14. 19 yrs beforeknown at 40 Ha-Joon Chang2022 Leaves Cambridge for SOAS University of London
  15. 20 yrs beforeknown at 39 Jürgen Klopp2026 Named Germany head coach
  16. 21 yrs beforeknown at 38 Jennifer Coolidge2020 Plays Cassandra’s mother in Promising Young Woman
  17. 22 yrs beforeknown at 37 Park Chan-wook2022 Best director at the 75th Cannes Film Festival + 1 more
  18. 23 yrs beforeknown at 36 Andrea Bocelli2017 Ed Sheeran announces a “Perfect” duet with Bocelli
  19. 23 yrs beforeknown at 36 Viola Davis2024 Cecil B. DeMille Award announced
  20. 24 yrs beforeknown at 35 Jeff Bezos2023 Says he plans to return to Miami
  21. 25 yrs beforeknown at 34 Kim Kwang-kyu2026 Special award at the SBS New Year ceremony + 3 more
  22. 26 yrs beforeknown at 33 Lee Ufan1995 Solo show at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
  23. 26 yrs beforeknown at 33 Sul Kyung-gu2026 Netflix’s Mousetrap released
  24. 26 yrs beforeknown at 33 Lee Bul2023 9th Ruth Baumgarte Art Prize
  25. 29 yrs beforeknown at 30 Michelle Yeoh2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  26. 29 yrs beforeknown at 30 Song Kang-ho2026 Cast confirmed for The Gardeners
  27. 29 yrs beforeknown at 30 Shin Kyung-sook2022 Essay collection Yoga Dallyeowatseumnida (“I’ve Been to Yoga”)
  28. 29 yrs beforeknown at 30 Noh Hee-kyung2025 Lead cast of Tantara announced
  29. 30 yrs beforeknown at 29 Go Doo-shim2010 First episode of KBS1’s The Great Merchant + 1 more
  30. 30 yrs beforeknown at 29 Woo Young-mi2018 Solid Homme 30th anniversary show “Solid/Beyond 30”
  31. 31 yrs beforeknown at 28 Shah Rukh Khan2024 Kolkata Knight Riders win their third IPL title + 1 more
  32. 33 yrs beforeknown at 26 Sumi Jo2021 Death of her mother
  33. 34 yrs beforeknown at 25 Keanu Reeves2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 + 2 more
  34. 34 yrs beforeknown at 25 Kim Soo-yong2025 Appears on tvN You Quiz on the Block
  35. 35 yrs beforeknown at 24 Youn Yuh-jung2006 Appears in Maundy Thursday
  36. 35 yrs beforeknown at 24 Cho Chikun2015 Wins the Baduk Masters Cup, 74 career titles + 1 more
  37. 37 yrs beforeknown at 22 Kim Yon-ja2018 Performed at the Pusan National University festival + 1 more
  38. 38 yrs beforeknown at 21 Myung-whun Chung2012 Conducts the Unhasu Orchestra and the Radio France Philharmonic together in Paris
  39. 38 yrs beforeknown at 21 Kim Mi-sook2018 DJ of KBS Classic FM’s Family Music
  40. 38 yrs beforeknown at 21 Kim Sung-ryung2026 Press conference for the play The Glass Menagerie + 1 more
  41. 38 yrs beforeknown at 21 Yuh Myung-woo2023 Attends the Korea Boxing Promotion Agency Boxing Festival
  42. 40 yrs beforeknown at 19 Kyung Wha Chung2007 Professor at the Juilliard School
  43. 40 yrs beforeknown at 19 Kim Hee-ae2026 Coupang Play’s Bonjour Bakery is released
  44. 40 yrs beforeknown at 19 Sun Dong-yol2022 No. 1 in the vote for the KBO’s 40 legends
  45. 41 yrs beforeknown at 18 Kang Sue-jin2026 Departure from the Korean National Ballet announced + 1 more
26 more with nothing recorded that year＋

Tim Cook · Bryan Cranston · Ina Garten · Harrison Ford · Bernard Arnault · Mark Cuban · Do Ho Suh · Cha Bum-kun · Hwang Sok-yong · Lee Chang-dong · Kim Young-ok · Choi Min-sik · Hu Duk-juk · Sunjae · Hong Soo-hwan · Huh Jung-moo · Kim Hyesoon · Park Seo-bo · Park Hyo-nam · Ha Hyung-joo · Chang Jung-koo · Kim Tschang-yeul · Cho Hun-hyun · Park Joo-bong · Kang Seok-woo · Im Ha-ryong

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