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AT 60.At 60, these people

Turning 60 this year: born in ….
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year).

Became known at this age1

  1. 60this year Cho Hee-sook2018 Advises young chefs sent by Seoul to a Brussels food festival + 1 more

Not yet known5

  1. 9 yrs laterknown at 69 Sunjae2016 Appointed the Jogye Order’s first temple food master
  2. 6 yrs laterknown at 66 Kim Young-ok1998 Plays the owner of the Gaeseong restaurant in MBC’s daily drama Bogo Tto Bogo
  3. 1 yr laterknown at 61 Jensen Huang2023 Nvidia gains about $200 billion at the open + 1 more
  4. 1 yr laterknown at 61 Jeong Kwan2016 Talks about temple food with chef Kang Min-goo
  5. 1 yr laterknown at 61 Kang Ae-shim2023 The film Open the Door is released

Already known41

  1. 1 yr beforeknown at 59 Park Hang-seo2019 Asian Cup quarterfinals + 1 more
  2. 2 yrs beforeknown at 58 Yeo Kyung-lae2020 Soomi’s Side Dishes 100th-episode special + 1 more
  3. 3 yrs beforeknown at 57 Pomnyun2013 Insaengsueop (Life Lessons) at No. 1 for 11 straight weeks
  4. 7 yrs beforeknown at 53 Christoph Waltz2016 The Legend of Tarzan
  5. 7 yrs beforeknown at 53 Im Kwon-taek1994 The Taebaek Mountains wins Best Film at the 15th Blue Dragon Film Awards
  6. 9 yrs beforeknown at 51 Tim Cook2020 Apple reaches $2 trillion
  7. 9 yrs beforeknown at 51 Kim Hae-sook2015 Best supporting actress at the Grand Bell Awards for The Throne
  8. 11 yrs beforeknown at 49 Paik Jong-won2026 tvN’s The Genius Paik 3 begins + 1 more
  9. 12 yrs beforeknown at 48 Minsuk Cho2026 Gladstone Seoul opens a new space in Hannam-dong
  10. 16 yrs beforeknown at 44 Bryan Cranston2016 Nominated for the Academy Award for best actor
  11. 17 yrs beforeknown at 43 Lee Chang-dong2014 A Girl at My Door, which he produced, invited to Un Certain Regard at Cannes
  12. 19 yrs beforeknown at 41 Martha Stewart2001 Vanity Fair profiles her company
  13. 19 yrs beforeknown at 41 José Mourinho2023 Europa League final with Roma
  14. 20 yrs beforeknown at 40 Son Hyun-joo2025 Film Big Deal opens
  15. 20 yrs beforeknown at 40 Ha-Joon Chang2023 Edible Economics published + 1 more
  16. 21 yrs beforeknown at 39 Bernard Arnault2009 LVMH buys 50% of Château Cheval Blanc
  17. 21 yrs beforeknown at 39 Do Ho Suh2022 Solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
  18. 22 yrs beforeknown at 38 Jennifer Coolidge2021 Cast in Shotgun Wedding + 3 more
  19. 23 yrs beforeknown at 37 Park Chan-wook2023 Special screenings for Oldboy’s 20th anniversary
  20. 24 yrs beforeknown at 36 Andrea Bocelli2018 Sì debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
  21. 24 yrs beforeknown at 36 Viola Davis2025 G20 launches on Prime Video
  22. 24 yrs beforeknown at 36 Cho Hun-hyun2013 1,900 career wins
  23. 25 yrs beforeknown at 35 Jeff Bezos2024 Sells Amazon shares worth over $4 billion
  24. 27 yrs beforeknown at 33 Lee Bul2024 The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  25. 28 yrs beforeknown at 32 Im Ha-ryong2012 Appeared in the film The Neighbor
  26. 29 yrs beforeknown at 31 Hwang Sok-yong2003 Publishes Simcheong
  27. 30 yrs beforeknown at 30 Michelle Yeoh2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once + 1 more
  28. 30 yrs beforeknown at 30 Shin Kyung-sook2023 Linked story collection Jakbyeol Gyeoteseo
  29. 31 yrs beforeknown at 29 Kang Seok-woo2017 KBS2’s My Father Is Strange first airs
  30. 32 yrs beforeknown at 28 Shah Rukh Khan2025 Makes his Met Gala debut + 2 more
  31. 32 yrs beforeknown at 28 Choi Min-sik2022 Lee Hak-seong in the film In Our Prime + 1 more
  32. 34 yrs beforeknown at 26 Sumi Jo2022 Album Sarang-hal ttae + 1 more
  33. 35 yrs beforeknown at 25 Keanu Reeves2024 The Book of Elsewhere + 1 more
  34. 35 yrs beforeknown at 25 Park Seo-bo1991 Park Seo-bo: Forty Years of Painting at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
  35. 35 yrs beforeknown at 25 Kim Soo-yong2026 Appears on KBS2 Gag Concert + 2 more
  36. 36 yrs beforeknown at 24 Cho Chikun2016 Becomes honorary Meijin
  37. 39 yrs beforeknown at 21 Myung-whun Chung2013 Releases his first solo piano album on ECM
  38. 39 yrs beforeknown at 21 Park Joo-bong2024 Announces leaving the Japan head coach post
  39. 40 yrs beforeknown at 20 Chang Jung-koo2023 Announcement of the film Naneun Paiteoda (I Am a Fighter)
  40. 41 yrs beforeknown at 19 Cha Bum-kun2013 Invites the 1972 national team to his 60th birthday gathering
  41. 41 yrs beforeknown at 19 Huh Jung-moo2015 Elected K League vice president
22 more with nothing recorded that year＋

Ricky Gervais · Ina Garten · Judy Sheindlin · Harrison Ford · Mark Cuban · Kyung Wha Chung · Lee Ufan · Youn Yuh-jung · Na Moon-hee · Go Doo-shim · Hu Duk-juk · Hong Soo-hwan · Kim Hyesoon · Woo Young-mi · Kim Yon-ja · Park Hyo-nam · Ha Hyung-joo · Kim Tschang-yeul · Sun Dong-yol · Kim Mi-sook · Noh Hee-kyung · Yuh Myung-woo

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